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Author: Barrett Donovan

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Announcing Colorado Water Trust + Colorado Rapids Community Partnership

Posted on February 14, 2025 (February 18, 2025)

We’re excited to announce our new community partnership with the Colorado Rapids that celebrates Colorado’s rivers & supports water conservation! Today, they unveiled the Headwaters Kit, the club’s secondary jersey

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The Case for Temporary Water Sharing

Posted on November 12, 2024 (November 19, 2024)

As a representative for Colorado Water Trust, I often get asked if our purpose is to buy and dry up agricultural water rights and land. My response to that is

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For the People Who Plant Trees Under Whose Shade They Never Expect to Sit

Posted on November 11, 2024 (November 11, 2024)

We have so many long-time donors at Colorado Water Trust who support us loyally year after year in our mission to restore water to Colorado’s rivers and streams. Because our projects

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Proposition JJ is a Win for Rivers, Farmers, and Cities – and a Win for Colorado

Posted on October 30, 2024

In 2019 Colorado voters passed Proposition DD by a narrow margin state-wide. Proposition DD legalized sports betting and allocated tax proceeds from betting to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB)

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Poudre Flows: Collaboration to Protect the Cache la Poudre River

Posted on October 29, 2024 (October 30, 2024)

On October 14th, the Poudre Flows Project, a collaboration of Colorado Water Trust, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Cache la Poudre Water Users Association, the cities of Fort Collins, Greeley,

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Colorado Water Trust & Partners Protect Jasper Lake and its Water in Indian Peaks

Posted on September 3, 2024 (February 24, 2025)

Announcing a New Permanent Project: The Boulder Creek watershed is set to receive a vital boost in streamflow thanks to landmark water-sharing agreement facilitated by Colorado Water Trust. This agreement

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It’s about the Win-Win: Reservoir Releases to Support the Environment

Posted on August 28, 2024 (September 3, 2024)

Colorado’s stream ecosystems are having to do more with less. Changing conditions brought on by climate change and drought have led to diminished streamflow and earlier peaks in our hydrograph.

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The Critical Importance of Base Flows

Posted on August 12, 2024

The hot and dry July we all experienced has quickly melted most of what remains of the snowpack from last winter. Across the State, rivers and streams are slowing down,

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Restoring Water to the Yampa During Low Flows

Posted on August 5, 2024

On July 29, Colorado Water Trust began boosting flows in the Upper Yampa River with the initial order of 1,000 acre-feet of water (326 million gallons) at a rate of

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Meet Zack Alberts, Legal Intern

Posted on June 26, 2024

My name is Zack, and I am excited to join Colorado Water Trust as a Legal Intern this summer! My passion for preserving Colorado’s rivers stems from my background in

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Water Trust Writing Contest: Honorable Mentions

Posted on June 12, 2024 (June 20, 2024)

We hope you enjoy these Writing Contest submissions that received honorable mention! 60% Water Laura Belanger We’re 60% water Is that why we’re so drawn to it? Like attracts like?

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Water Trust Writing Contest: Colorado Rivers

Posted on June 11, 2024

Colorado Rivers, by Lucy McGlothan, was one of the 2024 Water Trust Writing Contest youth winners. Colorado Rivers Lucy McGlothan All the otters swim in water All the daughters play

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