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This Bulletin contains summaries of six 2019-2020 Research Fellows’ projects. Please contact us if you’d like more details on each study. The Bulletin also reflects work accomplished this year in partnership with Colorado College’s Journalism Institute and State of the Rockies supported faculty and student-faculty research grants.

June 8, 2020

2020 State of the Rockies

Now in our seventeenth year, we have been working to expand the Project while maintaining our long-standing commitment to collaborative research and education on natural resource and environmental issues in the Rocky Mountain West.

May 12, 2020

Water Sharing Agreements Along Colorado’s Front Range

A temporary water leasing agreement is the sharing of a water right between two consumers as a method of water conservation.

June 18, 2020

Spiraling-Up through Drought Responses in Colorado’s Agricultural Communities

Across the Western United States, farming communities are preparing for drought, flood, hail, and water scarcity.

June 18, 2020

Contesting Private Power: Energy Justice, Renewables, and Economic Resilience in Pueblo’s Campaign for a Municipal Electric Utility

Climate change, along with rising rates and changing technology, alters and confounds a depoliticized, uncontested energy sector.

June 19, 2020

Plains to Peaks Bulletin

2020 State of the Rockies

Water Sharing Agreements Along Colorado’s Front Range

Spiraling-Up through Drought Responses in Colorado’s Agricultural Communities

Contesting Private Power: Energy Justice, Renewables, and Economic Resilience in Pueblo’s Campaign for a Municipal Electric Utility

Bicycle Infrastructure in Colorado Springs, CO

The Power and Politics of Urban Water Output

New Frontiers for Transition Management: Lessons from Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Policy