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Climate change is hitting the Colorado River incredibly fast and incredibly hard Ian James, Arizona Republic © Nick Oza/The Republic Paul Bruchez uses a tractor to feed hay to cattle on his family’s ranch beside the Colorado River near Kremmling, Colorado. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colorado  Beside a river that winds through a mountain valley, the charred trunks of pine trees lie toppled on the blackened ground, covered in a thin layer of fresh snow. Weeks after flames ripped through this alpine forest, a smoky odor still lingers in the air. The fire, called the East Troublesome, burned later into the fall than what once was normal. It cut across Rocky Mountain National Park, racing up and over the Continental Divide. It raged in the headwaters of the Colorado River, reducing thick forests to ashes and scorching the ground along the river’s banks.

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