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A centuries-old system determines who gets water first, and last, in dry times

Jul 12, 2022 | Article, Division 4, Featured

Aspen Public Radio, July 11, 2022 In the Upper Gunnison River Basin, the majority of the water that melts from mountains is used for agriculture. Fields are irrigated for pasture and hay to feed cattle on the nearly 100 ranches in the region. A centuries-old system...

Little Cimarron River Project is Ready to Go

Dec 9, 2021 | Blog, Division 4, Uncategorized

The Little Cimarron River project is a groundbreaking water sharing project that is designed to continue existing agricultural production during the early season and support river health when needed later in the summer. We recently installed irrigation infrastructure...

What’s Underway at the Water Trust

Aug 20, 2020 | Blog, Division, Division 4, Division 5, Division 6, Featured

Happy Summer Friends! Life is surely full of challenges right now. I don’t think any of us could have expected we would spend our 2020 summer dealing with wildfires, drought, and such extreme heat on top of a pandemic. The good news is – Colorado Water Trust is...

Coats Bros Ditch Project Map

Sep 9, 2015 | Division 4, Map

Map of the instream flow water right to be benefited by this project Coats Bros Ditch...

Next Step in FIRST Water-sharing Agreement between Agriculture & Environment

May 4, 2015 | Blog, Division 4

On April 23rd, we celebrated another important landmark for this project: we finalized a permanent water-sharing agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board under which the environment and agriculture will share the same water rights. Water that was...

New Water Agreements Benefit Area Trout Streams

May 4, 2015 | Article, Division 4

New water agreements and release patterns are a good thing for the region’s trout populations, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists. On the Little Cimarron River, a new split season in-stream flow agreement is pioneering a new way to support river...