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After the Supreme Court gutted federal protections for half of Colorado’s waters, can state leaders fill the gap?

Wetlands, seasonal streams no longer have federal protection from pollution, prompting legislation

Randy Gustafson, city of GreeleyÕs water ...
Randy Gustafson, water supply manager for Greeley, checks the watershed restoration projects site at Sheep creek, damaged during the Cameron Peak fire and flooding, in Bellvue on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Colorado lawmakers, conservationists, developers and water quality officials are rushing to fill a protection gap for wetlands and other water sources left last year by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the coverage of the Clean Water Act.
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Correction (updated at 1:34 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2024): Due to a reporter's error, the original version of this story misstated a quote by a source about the severity of Colorado's drought conditions. Josh Kuhn, Conservation Colorado's water campaign manager, said Colorado was experiencing the worst drought in 1,200 years.

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