There’s a thin, winding thread holding all of Northern Colorado together: the Cache la Poudre River. It carries snowmelt from the foothills to the plains and has enabled life along the Northern Front Range for centuries.
Today, it’s a workhorse for the people, businesses, and wildlife that depend on it. It carries water to thousands of kitchen faucets. It irrigates farm fields that send produce around the country.
But now, the way we use the Poudre is changing. I set out to see those changes firsthand by biking alongside it for nearly fifty miles…