Water News

Colorado River Basin Hydrology Forecasts Paint Grim Picture Dave Kanzer, deputy chief engineer, and Don Meyer, senior water resources engineer, provided a disheartening update to the Colorado River District Board of Directors on the continuing drought and dire water supply outlook in 2021. Unfortunately, conditions have only worsened since January.   For most of the last two years, monthly precipitation amounts have been below average within the

Two New Faces At The Colorado River District The Colorado River District welcomed two new team members in March. Amy Moyer is the new director of strategic partnerships, heading up the recently created Partnership Project Funding Program. Amy most recently worked for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources as the Assistant Director

Endangered Fish Recovery Seeing Success And Seeking New Funding For Future Two endangered fish species proposed for downlisting as Recovery Program approaches federal authorization sunset  Courtesy KJCT The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery is a collaborative program working to recover populations of four endangered fish species native to the Upper Colorado River and its tributaries: the

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

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