Legislators Seek To Add Muscle To Invasive Mussel Inspection Program Courtesy KJCT Aquatic nuisance species such as zebra and quagga mussels have wreaked havoc on reservoirs and water distribution systems throughout the United States for years. Luckily, Colorado is one of the few states in the nation that remains free of invasive mussel infestations, and West Slope legislators are working to keep it that
Colorado River District Funds Seven West Slope Water Projects From the Gunnison to the Yampa, the River District’s Partnership Project Funding Program is empowering communities with multi-benefit water projects At its April 20 meeting, the Colorado River District Board of Directors approved $204,134 in funding to repair a reservoir in
Colorado River District Funds Five West Slope Water Projects Board to consider two additional project proposals during April meeting The Colorado River District committed $195,441 in funding to water projects across the West Slope in its latest round of funding for partnership projects. The Colorado River District’s Board of Directors will consider two more funding requests totaling an
Learn More About The Colorado River District’s Partnership Project Funding Program At Upcoming Webinar Webinar to provide an overview of legislation and funding impacting West Slope water users Join the Colorado River District for a lunch hour webinar focusing on water policy and funding developments that affect West Slope water
2021 Second Quarterly Board Newsletter Topics Include: Colorado River District Funding Program Takes Off With Nearly $400,000 Awarded To Seven West Slope Water Projects Endangered Fish Recovery Seeing Success And Seeking New Funding For Future State And Federal Policy: Infrastructure And Economic Stimulus On Front Burner Colorado River Basin Hydrology Forecasts Paint Grim Picture Legislators
Learn More About The Colorado River District’s Partnership Project Funding Program At Upcoming Webinar Join the Colorado River District to learn more about its new Partnership Project Funding Program during the District’s upcoming Water With Your Lunch webinar. During Water With Your Lunch: Partnership Project Funding Program from noon to 1:15
2021 State And Federal Policy Updates: State Legislature Faces COVID Delays, DC Expands Some Western Water Programs STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION DELAYED DUE TO COVID-19 Facing a spike in statewide COVID-19 case numbers, leaders of the Colorado Senate and House of Representatives moved to delay the lion’s share of Colorado’s 2021
Board Makes History In Officer Elections; Adds Two New Members For the first time, two women will be leading the District in the fight to protect West Slope water. The Board unanimously elected Director Marti Whitmore of Ouray County to serve as the 21st President of the Colorado River
Learn More About The Colorado River District’s Partnership Project Funding Program At Upcoming Webinar The Colorado River District will double its contributions to a regional cloud seeding program after economic impacts from COVID-19 led to fewer contributions from ski resorts for the program. At January’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Colorado River District’s
Recent Reports Highlight Wall Street’s Renewed Interest In West Slope Water Two decades of drought and the certainty of a hotter, drier future in the Colorado River Basin have generated no shortage of media attention in recent weeks. Two recent articles, however, have created no shortage of controversy on the Western Slope and
