Tag: colorado river water conservation district
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The future of Colorado water: How the fight over Shoshone water rights affects the Front Range
A million acre-feet of water in the Colorado River — and the efforts by Western Slope water partners to keep it there — became the subject of a recent two-day hearing that could decide just who gets water and how much. One of the major points of tension is the objection by several water providers…
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Nearly finalized New Blue River agreement to provide more water for Colorado Springs
An agreement is nearly finalized that will provide more water for Colorado Springs and increase water storage on Colorado’s Western Slope. If approved by all seven subject parties, the agreement will settle about nine years of debate and allow Colorado Springs Utilities to expand its Montgomery Reservoir in Park County, between Alma and Hoosier Pass,…
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PRINT New Blue River agreement to provide more water for Colorado Springs (copy)
An agreement is nearly finalized that will provide more water for Colorado Springs and increase water storage on Colorado’s Western Slope. If approved by all seven subject parties, the agreement will settle about nine years of debate and allow Colorado Springs Utilities to expand its Montgomery Reservoir in Park County, between Alma and Hoosier Pass,…
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Auditors: State’s park preservation program operates ‘effectively,’ ‘efficiently’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s 27-year-old grant program for parks and open space was performing well, the state’s Legislative Audit Committee was told Monday. “They operate — this is my opinion — very effectively and efficiently on a small staff,” Kimberley Higgins said of Great Outdoors Colorado. Higgins’s firm, Eide…
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Sen. Sonnenberg’s plans to tap lottery funds for Colorado schools fails in Senate committee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Democrats on the Colorado Senate’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee want to find solutions for funding the state’s schools, they aren’t willing to touch lottery funds to do it. The Senate committee voted along party lines Monday to reject Senate Concurrent Resolution 1,…
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Water legacy: Hickenlooper’s tenure may be most judged by his water initiatives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8 after eight years as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over the legalization of recreational marijuana, but he leaves another legacy as well: water. In a fast-growing state that…