Photo by Hank Lohmeyer
In spite of warm temperatures at lower elevations, all last week the reservoirs on Grand Mesa remained shrouded in icy winter cover as nighttime temperatures there remained below freezing. Water managers were hopeful the coming week would bring thawing temperatures and unlock the valuable frozen resource to flow through irrigation ditches and across dry fields in the Surface Creek Valley, and hopefully ease growing concerns over limited water supply this year. Photo is from the Ward Lake area near the USFS Visitors Center.