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The Water Puzzle – Yampa River Edition

Jun 8, 2022 | Article, Blog, Division 6

This article was written to build upon Kevin Terry’s article, ‘Puzzle Season for TU’s Winter Flow Program’ at the request of the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable. Similar to Kevin Terry’s family, my family also has a tradition involving...

Colorado Water Trust has 10-year deal for environmental releases into Yampa River

Nov 26, 2021 | Article, Division 6

Steamboat Pilot – November 26, 2021Since 2012, the trust and Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District has partnered to release 14,500 acre-feet from Stagecoach ReservoirThe Colorado Water Trust secured a 10-year contract to release water from Stagecoach Reservoir...

Long-Term Environmental, Instream, and Recreational Water Storage Contract Approved for Stagecoach Reservoir

Nov 19, 2021 | Division 6, Press Release

This is a joint press release between Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District and Colorado Water Trust. For more information, contact: Dana Dallavalle Colorado Water Trust Phone: 720-570-2897 Email: ddallavalle@coloradowatertrust.org Holly Kirkpatrick Upper Yampa Water...

Water Released to lift call on Yampa River

Nov 18, 2020 | Article, Division 6

Aspen Times CRAIG — The second-ever call on the Yampa River was lifted Thursday morning after a trio of water providers announced the release of up to 1,500 acre-feet of water from Elkhead Reservoir to support irrigators in the Yampa River Valley and endangered fish....

Yampa River commercial and voluntary closures lifted

Nov 16, 2020 | Article, Division 6

Steamboat Magazine STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO- The commercial and voluntary closures on the Yampa River implemented earlier this summer/fall will be lifted starting tomorrow, Thursday, October 29, 2020. “We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone for...

A story of how working together can save fish

Oct 29, 2020 | Blog, Division 6, Featured

Written in colloboration with Emma Fredricks and Mickey O’Hara The Yampa River has long been one of the Water Trust’s major project areas. It is one of the last wild rivers in the West. Until 2018, it had never experienced a “call,” meaning that no water user...