Early flowers again this year. That’s good, right? We’re on track to a 9-degree rise in average temperatures. That has profound implications for the Colorado River.

Early flowers again this year. That’s good, right? We’re on track to a 9-degree rise in average temperatures. That has profound implications for the Colorado River.

Spring came early this year on the mountain slopes near Crested Butte. David Inouye has monitored the blooming of wildflowers there during the last 55 years. This was not a record year, he reported in May, but it was remarkably…