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Yampa Valley Crane Festival soars to new heights 14 years after arriving in Northwest Colorado

Steamboat Pilot 22 Aug 2025
It was 14-years-ago when Hayden resident Nancy Merrill, founder of The Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, decided the group should host a festival celebrating Yampa Valley’s most iconic bird.
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Yampa Valley Resources lists 200 services, agencies

Steamboat Pilot 16 Aug 2025
The online Yampa Valley Resources regional guide to health and well-being support services and agencies can found online at YampaValleyResources.org.
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Colorado wildfires: Crosho fire near Yampa doubles in size

The Lawton Constitution 14 Aug 2025
DENVER — More evacuation orders rolled out across Colorado’s Western Slope on Wednesday as five active wildfires burn across hundreds of square miles ... .
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Low flows force second Yampa River closure of the summer

Steamboat Pilot 14 Aug 2025
Notices are posted at notable access points along the Yampa, urging residents and visitors to stay out of the river until conditions improve.
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Crosho Fire west of Yampa reaches 500 acres, mandatory evacuation orders issued

Sky-Hi News 13 Aug 2025
The Crosho Fire, west of Phippsburg and Yampa, spread to 500 acres, according to a Wednesday morning update from InciWeb ... into 10 separate zones, with Phippsburg now in Zone 10 and Yampa in Zone 6.
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Yampa firefighters called to fire near Crosho Lake in Rio Blanco County, west of Phippsburg

Steamboat Pilot 12 Aug 2025
Yampa fire crews were called to a fire near the Crosho Lake in Rio Blanco County — just 10 miles west of Phippsburg — around 5 p.m ... Yampa Fire Protection District was then ...
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Yampa firefighters called to fire near Crosho Lake; campers issued evacuation orders

Craig Daily Press 12 Aug 2025
Yampa and U.S ... Monday, according to Routt County Emergency Communications Manager Jim Cullen ... Around 7 p.m., 4 aircraft were scoping the scene and dumping water ... Yampa Fire Protection District was then paged to the scene ... .
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Stage 2 Brings Elevated Fire Restrictions�To Yampa Valley

Steamboat Pilot 12 Aug 2025
“We’re facing a very imminent danger this summer as evident by extreme drought conditions, a continued hot and dry weather pattern and several fires already burning in the region,” commented Fire Chief Chuck Cerasoli ... .
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Residents say alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, mental health are worst health problems in Yampa Valley

Steamboat Pilot 12 Aug 2025
For the third time in a row, the Community Health Needs Assessment findings of resident-reported health needs in the Yampa Valley is shining a harsh examination light on behavioral and mental health.
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Yampa Valley Community Foundation announces philanthropists of the year

Steamboat Pilot 06 Aug 2025
Yampa Valley Community Foundation has announced awardees for the 2025 Philanthropist of the Year, which was established by the nonprofit in 1998 to heighten the visibility of giving in the Yampa Valley.
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CAA: Keeping the Yampa Flowing

Steamboat Pilot 06 Aug 2025
In early May, flows in the Yampa River above Stagecoach Reservoir reached a historic low ... As a result, the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (UYWCD) had to release more water from the reservoir than was coming in.
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Yampa Valley communities steering toward RTA vote in November

Steamboat Pilot 05 Aug 2025
Efforts to create a Yampa Valley Regional ... The RTA aims to connect communities across the Yampa Valley through expanded public transit options ... Highway 131 between Steamboat, Oak Creek and Yampa.
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Yampa Valley Basecamp offers men new spiritual retreat

Steamboat Pilot 01 Aug 2025
He said the idea for the Yampa Valley Basecamp grew out of smaller gatherings at Anchor Way Church where men would get together one night each month for a barbecue or some other event.
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Call released on main stem of Yampa River

Steamboat Pilot 29 Jul 2025
The call for senior water rights on the main stem of the Yampa River was released at 6 p.m ... The main stem of the Yampa River previously went on call during three other dry years including Sept. 4-26 in 2018, Aug. 25-Sept ... .
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Yampa River Basin now ‘on call’ for senior water rights

Craig Daily Press 29 Jul 2025
The main stem of the Yampa River went on call Friday afternoon — for the fourth time in history — as another indicator of the current dry conditions in Northwest Colorado. “The Yampa ...
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