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Moonglow unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as "my grandfather." It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at mid-century, and, above all, of the destructive impact - and the creative power - of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is a portrait...

In this study, the Regional Transportation District's (RTD's) light rail operations were examined for pollutant production and runoff. Conclusions from the study: Water leaving ballasted tracks carries only a small fraction of the heavy metals that are introduced into tracks from the light rail operations. Heavy metal concentrations at the most heavily traveled light rail station showed that pollutant concentrations were far below the regulatory limits....

In this study, the Regional Transportation District's (RTD's) light rail tracks were modeled to determine the Rational Method runoff coefficient, C, values corresponding to ballasted tracks. The runoff coefficient for ballasted tracks is significantly larger than the previously tabulated values for railroad yards. The higher runoff coefficient reflects the design of ballasted tracks to drain rainfall as quickly as possible.

Wildland fires continue to threaten people and property across Colorado. Continued population growth into wildland-urban interface areas and an increasing frequency of elevated fire weather conditions present major challenges to Colorado residents. Heightened awareness of wildfire risk, prevention and mitigation are becoming increasingly important to ensure safety. The Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal provides access to information that describes...

The goal of this project is to investigate the hydraulic efficiencies of Type 13 (bar inlets), Type 16 (vane inlets), and Type R (curb-opening inlets) for street and roadway drainage. Although these inlets have been widely used in many metropolitan areas, the design empirical formulas and coefficients have not been verified.

The Colorado Forest Atlas is a web portal providing a suite of interactive mapping applications about Colorado's forests. These applications provide Colorado citizens the best available information about forest conditions and Colorado State Forest Service activities. The Forest Atlas is designed to satisfy the mission of the Colorado State Forest Service by providing easy access to this information. Applications are organized to best meet public information...