Posted by Jan Wondra | Apr 28, 2021
Funding Awarded as a Part of the Bennet-authored Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Tuesday morning, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) will award more than $6 million to the Colorado Open Lands Rio Grande Partnership to Preserve Agriculture and Restore Aquifer (PARA).
“The Upper Rio Grande Basin is vital to our regional economy and provides important wildlife habitat,” said Bennet. “I’m delighted that the Colorado Open Lands Rio Grande Project will receive over $6 million in funding from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. This will unlock an innovative and locally-developed new approach to groundwater management in an effort to sustain the local agricultural economy and maintain wildlife habitat. Last summer I was able to visit with producers in the San Luis Valley pursuing this project and I look f
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment just reported nearly 150 new COVID-19 outbreaks identified in the past week. Well over half of them are located in four counties, including Denver, that are currently at Level Red on the agency s dial dashboard, a system that transitioned from compulsory to advisory on April 16.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
Until recently, the state s weekly outbreak reports had been fairly stable, even though the number of new outbreaks had plateaued at a level higher than health officials liked, at 75 on March 24.
On April 8, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment added key data to its barrage of information about the battle against COVID-19. The CDPHE s vaccine dashboard now reveals the counties that have vaccinated the highest percentage of their eligible population and the statistics contain plenty of surprises.
At this point, counties with smaller populations occupy both the upper and lower portions of the chart. The top performer is Mineral County, which numbered just 824 residents in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau; it has a 49.2 percent vaccination rate. Meanwhile, Bent County, whose 2019 population hit 5,787, ranks 64th out of 64, at 10.2 percent.
San Luis Valley group goes door-to-door with COVID info
ELENA RIVERA, Colorado Public Radio
March 13, 2021
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) For Lucia Miranda in Center, it started with what felt like a cold.
She was caring for her father, who has cancer, and didn’t want to get her dad sick. She decided to go get tested for the coronavirus, just to be sure.
She remembers the exact date, October 27, when the Rio Grande Public Health Department called to tell her she was positive for COVID-19.
“They just called me that day saying I was positive and that was it. They never called me again. They didn’t give me any information on what was going to happen,” said Miranda.