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Chris Outcalt

  • Writer and Editor, Freelance
  • Senior Science Writer, Colorado State University
Carbondale
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writer/editor • 2020-21 @UMKnightWallace fellow • @LivingstonAward winner
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Is the water in Grand Lake too murky?

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By Chris Outcalt
| skyhinews.com
Zipping across Grand Lake in an outboard motorboat on a warm day in late September, Mike Cassio eases off the throttle as he nears a break in the shoreline and points out one of two tributaries that feed Colorado’s largest and deepest natural body of water. This one is called the North Inlet. It winds about a dozen miles northeast into Rocky Mountain National Park. “If you go up here,” Cassio says, “this river is pristine.
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Is the water in Grand Lake too murky?

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By Chris Outcalt, Danika Worthington
| The Colorado Sun Verified
Story first appeared in: GRAND LAKE — Zipping across Grand Lake in an outboard motorboat on a warm day in late September, Mike Cassio eases off the throttle as he nears a break in the shoreline and points out one of two tributaries that feed Colorado’s largest and deepest natural body of water. This one is called the North Inlet. It winds about a dozen miles northeast into Rocky Mountain National Park. “If you go up here,” Cassio says, “this river is pristine.
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Colorado’s soil moisture is better than in recent years. But that’s not saying much

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By Chris Outcalt
| Durango Herald Verified
Relationship between dry soil conditions in the fall and spring runoff has gained more attention Fall soil conditions across the Upper Colorado River Basin are not as dry as in the past few years, but the amount of moisture packed into the dirt heading into winter is still below long-term averages, according to new modeling from the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.
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