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A special announcement from Colorado Water Trust
Dear Colorado Water Trust Friends and Supporters – I am excited to share that Anne Castle, who has served as the Colorado Water Trust Board President since 2020, has been appointed by President Biden to serve as the Federal Commissioner of the Upper Colorado River...Now Viewing Tag: Statewide
As Drought Hits Farms, Investors Lay Claim to Colorado Water
The debate over how to treat water—as a public resource or an investment tool—is escalating as climate change accelerates the water crisis in the West. Michael Jones ducked under an idle sprinkler and strode across the sandy soil where he planned to plant...Now Viewing Tag: Statewide
A Digital Future for Colorado’s Water
LEGAL CONTEXT Colorado uses a prior-appropriation system to assign the relative priorities of water rights. Water rights established earliest are assigned senior priorities relative to water rights established later. Priority is assigned to a water right when the...Now Viewing Tag: Statewide
HOW THE COLORADO WATER TRUST USES MARKET-BASED AGREEMENTS TO BENEFIT RIVERS AND IRRIGATORS
The Colorado Water Trust makes agreements with water rights holders to buy or lease water to keep in the state’s rivers and streams. It negotiates deals with water rights holders—usually farmers and ranchers, who own 85 percent of the water in Colorado—to obtain...Now Viewing Tag: Statewide