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Colorado River Basin
Colorado River Basin
Colorado River Basin In April of 2013 the Colorado River was named the most endangered river in the country. An outdated system is promising more water than it can supply to a growing number of uses. The river is the major water artery in the Southwest, a region that is drier than the deserts of North Africa. In spite of the lack of rainfall and very high summer temperatures, this dry desert is now home to tens of millions of people and includes some of the major agricultural areas in the United States... read more more >>
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Colorado - National Monument
Colorado National Monument is located between Fruita and Grand Junction on Colorado's western slope. The geology of this 32 square mile region showcases beautiful red sandstone canyons of ancient precambrian basement rocks which are only visible in a few places on the Colorado Plateau... continue reading...
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Colorado, Piceance Basin – Oil Shale Development
For decades, energy companies have attempted to unlock the large, domestic oil shale resources of northwestern Colorado’s Piceance Basin. For more than a quarter of a century, Shell has conducted laboratory and field research on its In Situ (in-ground) Conversion Process to recover oil and gas... read more more >>
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Captain's Blog
4/ 5/13
These days I usually begin the week looking at www.weather.com. This has become a daily habit in addition to the aviation weather products I subscribe to, as I invariably get a call from Janey stating weather.com is saying "the snow or rain will clear from 11 to 1, that is your flying window". I scratch my head, consult my charts and say "hogwash". But weather.com is often right, so checking this has now become a staple for me.
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Latest Flight Mission
5/ 3/13
EcoFlight flew the senator and his staff over the Thompson Divide in Colorado to help deepen their understanding of this area that is critical to the local economy. The aerial perspective over the Thompson Divide presents a compelling and stark contrast, as the Divide presents an actual dividing line - to the West and North is the industrialization of the Roan Plateau and the Piceance Basin, to the South and East is the Roaring Fork Valley providing world-class recreational opportunities.
