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Hat Creek’s cutthroat trout get some bonus water from Vail Resorts land deal

May 15, 2012 | Article, Division 5

VAIL, Colo. — An Eagle County land trade that helped Vail Resorts add a little acreage at the Vail Village base area will also end up helping fish, including rare cutthroat trout, in Hat Creek, in the Upper Brush Creek drainage. The land and water deal involved...

Cooperative Effort Provides Water for Fish in Eagle County

Apr 26, 2012 | Division 5, Press Release

Vail, Colorado, April 25, 2012 – This summer, there will be more water for the fish who call Hat Creek their home. Hat Creek is a tributary of upper Brush Creek in Eagle County. The result of collaborative efforts of Vail Associates, the Colorado Water Trust (CWT),...

Hat Creek Water Court Decree

Apr 12, 2012 | Division 5, Report

From the Decree: The application is granted and a decree is hereby entered changing the use of the Hat Creek Ditch water right from irrigation uses to instream flow use, in Hat 6 Creek and East Brush Creek to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree...

Water Rights

Jan 25, 2008 | Blog, Division 5

As a result of collaborative efforts of Vail Associates (“VA”), the Colorado Water Trust, the U.S. Forest Service (“USFS”), and the Western Land Group, VA acquired property along Hat Creek (a tributary of upper Brush Creek in Eagle County), from the Conservation Fund...

Hat Creek Photo Gallery

Aug 1, 2006 | Division 5, Photo

Hat Creek instream flow rights secured Native cutthroat trout in Hat...