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Denver7's Colette Bordelon talks with the state climatologist on Colorado's warm, dry conditions

February 27, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher on Denver 7 ABC News YouTube Channel.

Colorado considers earlier than normal activation of Drought Task Force as snowpack continues to lag behind

February 26, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Vail Daily.

With no end in sight to dry days and high wildfire risk, Colorado eyes a task force

February 26, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Colorado Sun.

Peak to Peak Climate: The winter of no snow

February 26, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Mountain Ear.

The West’s Winter Has Been a Slow-Moving Catastrophe

February 18, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher, Allie Mazurek and Nolan Doesken in The Atlantic.

Low snow, big impact: What Colorado’s shrinking snowpack means for future

February 16, 2026

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Rocky Mountain Collegian.

All of the reasons Colorado’s horrible snowpack is so problematic

February 12, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Sun.

Snowpack Report: Record low reached in Arkansas River Basin, relief on the way

February 11, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in KOAA News Southern Colorado.

Colorado's state climatologist explains what needs to happen in the next few months to build up snowpack

February 11, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher on Denver 7 News.

Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires

February 10, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in AP News.

Soil-moisture system will yield information for farmers, foresters and forecasters

February 10, 2026

Featuring CoAgMET in the Colorado State University Source.

The snowpack this winter is ‘pretty ugly’ but still not the worst Colorado climatologists have ever seen

February 5, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Aspen Times.

Wondering about this mild winter? Third-graders get the answers from a meteorologist

February 5, 2026

Featuring Allie Mazurek in CPR News.

Why Colorado's snowpack is so low - and if winter can still deliver

January 30, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in CBS News.

Spring preview in Western Colorado

January 29, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in KCJT.

Western states face 'snow drought' as snowpack hits record lows

January 28, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in NBC Universal.

Can Colorado get back to normal snowpack conditions this winter?

January 25, 2026

Featuring Allie Mazurek in Sky-Hi News.

Colorado snowpack falls to record low with slim chance of recovery

January 24, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Big storms needed to make up huge water supply gap - experts say

January 21, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in The Colorado Sun.

Experts issue worrying statement about major US region's winter: 'It's pretty ugly'

January 21, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Cool Down - referenced in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Winter Drought continues to deepen across Colorado, threatening spring water supply

January 20, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in Colorado Public Radio.

Colorado's snowpack hits record-lows for 3 days straight as 'bummer' winter conditions continue

January 16, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in the Summit Daily.

Colorado snowpack hits record lows, raising summer water concerns

January 15, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Western Slope Now.

Season's snowpack remains meager with little moisture in sight

January 14, 2026

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Grand Junction Sentinel.

Is it time to panic about Colorado's low snowpack? We asked experts

January 13, 2026

Featuring Peter Goble in the Coloradoan.

The western US is in a snow drought, raising fears for summer water supplies

January 9, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CNN News.

An ice park without ice: How is the outdoor recreation industry grappling with an unseasonably warm winter?

January 7, 2026

Featuring Allie Mazurek on Colorado Public Radio.

Colorado ends 2025 with extremely low snowpack

January 3, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher on KUNC.

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