Mountain Scholar
Mountain Scholar is an open access repository service that collects, preserves, and provides access to digitized library collections and other scholarly and creative works from Colorado State University and the University Press of Colorado. It also serves as a dark archive for the Open Textbook Library.
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- Explore the Colorado State University community’s scholarly output as well as items from the University at large and the CSU Libraries.
- A limited number of titles are available here. To see all OTL titles, please visit the Open Textbook Library at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks. Only Open Textbook Library staff have access to all OTL Archive titles held in Mountain Scholar.
- Access is limited to University Press of Colorado members. Non-members: to purchase books, please visit https://upcolorado.com/.
Recent Submissions
Item type:Item, Access status: Open Access , The future of severance taxes and water funding(2026-07) Bridges, Mindy, author; Goemans, Chris, author; Hill, Rebecca, author; Komarek, Tim, author; Ruetschlin, Hailey, author; Schlatter, Karen, author; Wasserman-Olin, Rebecca, author; Colorado Water Center, publisherItem type:Item, Access status: Open Access , The future of severance taxes and water funding: executive summary(2026-07) Bridges, Mindy, author; Goemans, Chris, author; Hill, Rebecca, author; Komarek, Tim, author; Ruetschlin, Hailey, author; Schlatter, Karen, author; Wasserman-Olin, Rebecca, author; Colorado Water Center, publisherItem type:Item, Access status: Open Access , An assessment of weather and climate monitoring systems in Colorado: "current systems, gaps, and future needs"(2017) Doesken, Nolan, author; Goble, Peter, author; Newman, Noah, author; Colorado Climate Center, publisherItem type:Item, Access status: Open Access , Climate change in Colorado: a synthesis to support wter resources management and adaptation: executive summary(2014-08) Lucas, Jeff, author; Barsugli, Joseph, author; Doesken, Nolan, author; Rangwala, Imtiaz, author; Wolter, Klaus, author; University of Colorado Boulder, publisherThis report is a synthesis of climate science relevant for management and planning for Colorado's water resources. It focuses on observed climate trends, climate modeling, and projections of temperature, precipitation, snowpack, and streamflow. Climate projections are reported for the mid-21st century because this time frame is the focus of adaptation strategies being developed by the State of Colorado and other water entities.Item type:Item, Access status: Open Access , Drought of 2012 in Colorado(2013-06) Ryan, Wendy, author; Doesken, Nolan, author