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Tag: RICD water rights

John Saunders rafting Yampa River
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Recreation groups ask for more inclusion in state Water Plan

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett October 14, 2022October 26, 2022

In the Colorado water world, recreation usually is lumped together with the environment as a “non-consumptive” use since both seek to keep water in the stream. But signatories to the letter say that grouping overlooks the importance of recreation to the economy.

Boaters float the Yampa River in northwest Colorado
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Stream management planning watered down by agriculture

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett May 7, 2022October 16, 2022

That divisiveness reveals the tension between traditional water users like agricultural producers, who take water out of the rivers, and recreational and environmental water advocates, whose goal is to keep water in the river.

Two Rivers whitewater park location on the Colorado River
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Glenwood Springs secures water right for whitewater parks

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett April 6, 2022October 16, 2022

Cities have long dictated water policy, even as river recreation represents a growing segment of the state’s economy.

A kayaker runs the 6-foot drop of Slaughterhouse Falls on the Roaring Fork River in June 2021. River recreation and conservation groups are pushing a bill that aims to establish a recreational in-channel values reach designation, which would create a legal mechanism to lease water for river recreation.
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Groups try again to secure water for recreation

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett February 19, 2022October 16, 2022

The proposal is an attempt to carve out a spot for — and recognize the importance of — Colorado’s outdoor-recreation economy in the hierarchy of water uses, which prioritizes the oldest water rights, usually belonging to agriculture and cities.

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Conservation groups want recreation water right tied to natural river features

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett June 20, 2021October 16, 2022

Water rights for natural river features would represent a shift in a state where putting water to “beneficial use” has traditionally meant taking water out of the river for use in agriculture or cities.

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