Lake Nighthorse

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City signs lease for Lake Nighthorse

must annex area

January 3, 2017

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Most public commenters wanted motorboat-free Lake Nighthorse

report allows motors – with restrictions

December 20, 2016

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Lake Nighthorse to open seasonally to motorized boating

Environmental assessment complete, but tribal, city negotiations will precede before public opening

December 19, 2016

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Parks and Wildlife giving away salmon at Lake Nighthorse

Fishing license holders eligible

October 27, 2016

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Lake Nighthorse to Dryside pipeline construction begins

decontamination station underway

September 14, 2016

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Lake Nighthorse turn lane work to begin Tuesday

expected on County Road 210 through October

August 31, 2016

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La Plata County Sheriff’s Office gets new boat, organizes dive team

asset takes first test run in Lake Nighthorse

June 14, 2016

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La Plata County Sheriff’s Office gets new boat, organizes dive team

asset takes first test run in Lake Nighthorse

May 31, 2016

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Public comment on Lake Nighthorse ends May 25

will weigh in on recreational use

May 21, 2016

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Lake Nighthorse road project moves forward

Construction to take 2 to 3 months

April 24, 2016

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Efforts to bring Lake Nighthorse water to the thirsty begin

Pipeline to bid; construction on horizon

April 6, 2016

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Lake Nighthorse assessment available soon for comment

Document addresses recreational activities

February 6, 2016

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Lake Nighthorse water-rights settlement pushed to Jan. 15

Chief District Judge Gregory Lyman’s ruling on a water-rights settlement agreed to last month in a long battle over water…

December 10, 2015

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Free salmon to be given away today at Lake Nighthorse

Kokanee salmon swim in a fish trap at Lake Nighthorse southwest of Durango. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will give away…

December 4, 2015

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Water rights stakeholders able to reach settlement in Animas – La Plata Project

Agreement to be reviewed by judge

November 9, 2015

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Feds plot recreation work at Lake Nighthorse

The boat dock has already been built on the northwest side of Lake Nighthorse.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file photo Lack of…

June 25, 2015

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A failure to launch

recent agreement lays out plan to concentrate recreation on east side of Lake Nighthorse and allow access to shoreline

April 3, 2015

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Lake Nighthorse construction likely this summer

A wind-whipped wave washes ashore at the boat ramp at Lake Nighthorse. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Southern…

February 9, 2015

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Durango’s councilors back tribe’s water request

Lake Nighthorse, as seen west from Carbon Mountain, was created in part to fulfill water-right obligations to the Navajo Nation…

January 5, 2015

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First kokanee spawning at Nighthorse

Species was stocked four years ago

October 27, 2014

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A glimmer of progress?

by Durango could break the ice

August 16, 2014

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Web page urges Lake Nighthorse protest

The page said the goal of “Occupy Nighthorse” is to have Lake Nighthorse open to recreational use by residents. It…

July 3, 2014

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No play at Lake Nighthorse this year

frustrates some residents

June 17, 2014

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Public meeting planned on Lake Nighthorse

A news release from Ed Warner, Western Colorado area manager, said the agency believed it was near an agreement with…

May 22, 2014