A summer already defined by wildfires, drought and increased wildlife activity is leaving its mark across Colorado, including at a Broomfield golf course where a stormwater reservoir has nearly disappeared.
The receding shoreline has exposed countless golf balls once buried at the bottom, while the remaining water is shallow enough for fish to be easily seen from shore.
When asked about low water levels in certain areas and increased bear activity this summer, Kara Van Hoose, public information officer with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said, “It’s just unfortunate that this is a side effect of the drought that we’re experiencing in Colorado.”
The drought is also changing the look of the course itself. Once-green fairways have turned brown in parts, and cracks now stretch across patches of dry ground…