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News Roundup: Ditches, smoke, and population decline
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News Roundup: Ditches, smoke, and population decline

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Aug 27, 2021
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The ditches in Western Colorado’s North Fork Valley—at least the ones with senior water rights—are running full this August, fields are lush, and the milkweed is healthy. I even saw a monarch butterfly or two. Earlier this summer it looked like the ditches all would be shut down by early August, causing crops to wither. But the monsoon came in early Jul…

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