Sep 21, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Statewide, Uncategorized
I hope you read the letter from our new Water Trust Board President, Emily Hunt, earlier this week. We are so pleased that she is stepping into fill the big shoes of Anne Castle, who has left the Presidency for a new challenge at the Upper Colorado River Commission....
Aug 11, 2022 | Article, Statewide
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...
Jul 30, 2022 | Article, Statewide
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...
