Water contributor: Sarah Tory, Aspen Journalism Sarah Tory is a freelance writer and a correspondent for High Country News. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/sarah-tory/rss en First-of-a-Kind Agreement in Colorado Could Aid West’s Ailing Rivers Agriculture American West Environment & Wildlife Innovation Management & Supply Solutions Fri, 02 Feb 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Sarah Tory, Aspen Journalism https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2018/02/02/first-of-a-kind-agreement-in-colorado-could-aid-wests-ailing-rivers https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2018/02/02/first-of-a-kind-agreement-in-colorado-could-aid-wests-ailing-rivers A plan developed by ranchers and the Colorado Water Trust to help keep water in the state’s Crystal River could have far-reaching implications in the West if the model proves successful. Water Managers Seek Certainty in Colorado Basin American West Management & Supply Solutions Fri, 20 Oct 2017 05:00:08 +0000 Sarah Tory, Aspen Journalism https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/10/20/water-managers-seek-certainty-in-colorado-basin https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/10/20/water-managers-seek-certainty-in-colorado-basin After 16 years of drought along the Colorado River, water quantities and prices fluctuate wildly. Now cities that depend on the river are desperate for some water regularity.