The grinding daily reality of life in the drought-parched West

Maddy Butcher produces the radio and podcast program “Awe, Nice!” MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. — I started getting a bad feeling last summer. The nearby McPhee Reservoir, which provides water for 63,000 irrigated acres and, on good years, draws scores of boaters, seemed to be shrinking daily. Then, we h...

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