#ColoradoRiver users are at a crossroads as two looming decisions hang over the West’s future: -- The #Aspen Times #COriver #aridification #CRD2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/10/20/c...
The #ColoradoRiver District hosts annual Water Seminar -- The #GrandJunction Daily Sentinel #COriver #aridification #CRD2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/10/09/t...
A simple #ColoradRiver story: use less water -- Allen Best (BigPivots.com) #COriver #aridification #CRD2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/10/09/a...
New idea for the #ColoradoRiver hits old roadblocks -- The #Aspen Daily News #COriver #aridification #CRD2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/10/07/n...
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Holm: Many of these ideas don't work the first time you try it. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Holm: There is a steep learning curve with planting these crops. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Holm: Are there different forage varieties that can save water? Some varieties are hard to establish, the first year we mostly grew weeds. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Hannah Holm: Projects. What happens if you take water off the land for savings? #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Theory versus Practice: Drought Resilience in Agriculture" panel. Moderator: Matt Aboussie. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Wills: When federal funding was available we knew we had to help with funding the expertise to apply for the funds. Most of the projects start from the bottom up. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Wills: Our funding supports projects that are community based. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridificaiton
Next up: "Community Funding Partnership, (from the #ColoradoRiver District) – Summary and Video" Melissa Wills #COriver #aridification #crd2025
Trout: Debris flow and flooding are problems after a wildfire. Recovery includes diversion structures. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Trout: Lee Fire. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Trout: Wildfire poses short and long-term impacts to water quality. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Lightning Round – Current Events".
Madeline Baker, Vanessa Trout, Randi Kim. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Déjà vu Headlines: Haven’t we been here before? Generational Divide" panel. Moderator: Lindsay DeFrates. Panelists: Ted Kowalski, Jay Seaton, Stephen Foster, and Emily Zmak. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Cooperative Conservation Alternative for Post-2026 Colorado River Guidelines: waterforcolorado.org/the-cooperat... #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Weiner: The position that the Upper Basin will not accept one drop of mandatory reductions kills conversations. How much of natural shortages is due to prior appropriation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior-a...) and how much is due to hydrology? #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Pope mentions the problem of measuring conserved water and shepherding it to, say, #LakePowell. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Weiner: We're senior but as a rural agricultural entity we don't have the economic clout. We have really strong paper water rights but are concerned with how they will perform going forward. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Weiner: The Supreme Court in AZ v. CA affirmed our water rights. #CA is not going to go dry, #AZ is not going to go dry, the Front Range of #Colorado is not going to go dry. We are at the lower end of the system. We very interested in a solution. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Pope: We have a very complex system, over 700 miles of canals. The Gunnison Tunnel deliveries are roughly 50% of our supply. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Smith: The #conservation community wants a reliable sustainable solution to the #ColoradoRiver crisis. We need to get out of crisis management and to collaborative problem solving. We have to get demand in line with supply. Key element -- conservation reserve. #crd2025 #COriver #aridification
Fleming: In 2007 when the guidelines were negotiated #LakePowell and #LakeMead storage levels were much higher. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Fleming: Nobody expected that the 2007 shortage-sharing guidelines would lead us to where we are now on the #ColoradoRiver. #COriver #crd2025 #aridificaiton
Coming up: "Lost in Translation: Interstate Divide" panel. Moderator: Peter Fleming. Panelists: Nancy Smith, Steve Pope, Jay Weiner, and Max Wilson. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Mueller: Investors are pushing the State Legislature to pass statutes to allow "shepherding" of water to #LakePowell. They want an ROI. The conserved consumption (SCPP) approach yields system water from paying diverters to forego diverting. #crd2025 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification