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As Drought Hits Farms, Investors Lay Claim to Colorado Water

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...

A Digital Future for Colorado’s Water

Aug 1, 2022 | Article, Division 5, Statewide

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...

HOW THE COLORADO WATER TRUST USES MARKET-BASED AGREEMENTS TO BENEFIT RIVERS AND IRRIGATORS

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...

Meet our summer legal interns!

Jun 21, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Statewide, Uncategorized

Colorado Water Trust is pleased to welcome two legal interns to our team this summer: Evan Weis, from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Mary Slosson, from the University of Colorado Law School. Mary and Evan will be working with the Water Trust staff...

Celebrating Kate and Alyson in honor of International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Type, Uncategorized

In honor of International Women’s Day, we interviewed the two amazing women that work directly on our flow restoration projects: Kate Ryan, Director of Programs and Senior Staff Attorney, and Alyson Meyer Gould, Staff Attorney and Director of Policy. Read on to learn...