Warm, dry year breaks records in the Yampa River Basin
(WorldNews Environment)

The Yampa River flows on October 11. This year, much of the Yampa River basin saw the warmest year on record, and for the first time ever, Yampa River water users were curtailed as the river was placed on an administrative call. (Photo by Katie Berning) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS - Each spring, the snow that piles up in the Flat Tops, Elkhead and Park mountains melts off, making the Yampa River swell with runoff water. Some of that water is captured in local reservoirs, but what isn`t captured makes its way downstream into the Green and then Colorado rivers, irrigating hay meadows, helping generate power, providing habitat for plants and wildlife and recreation for river rats along the way. When the...