County, Features

River Watch studies climate changes around White River

RBC | Meeker’s former physician and high school science instructor, Dr. Bob Dorsett, has analyzed recent critical temperature and precipitation data on the White River and written a summary report, partially motivated by the algae blooms of the last several years. Dorsett coordinates and implements Meeker’s involvement in the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s River Watch Program. This summarizes his report.

The data Dorsett analyzed came from weather stations at the river’s headwaters and from gauging…