From the Fly Rod and Reel weblog (David Nickum/Dennis Harmon): “The good news is that the Forest Service, WSSC, and CTU all agreed that restoring native trout in the Poudre headwaters is the right approach to mitigating Long Draw’s impacts,” said David Nickum, Executive Director of CTU. “The bad news is that the Forest Service ...READ FULL POST

From the Aspen Daily News (Curtis Wackerle): Water levels in Maroon Creek will be drawn down from the current flow of about 50 cubic feet per second to 14 cfs on Tuesday and Thursday this week as the city of Aspen demonstrates the “look and feel” of a stream running near the minimum rate associated ...READ FULL POST

From the Sky-Hi Daily News: Windy Gap Reservoir outside Granby was drained recently so crews could remove a build-up of silt that was threatening the pumping facility…The reservoir will be refilled when construction is complete. More Windy Gap coverage here and here. Filed under: Climate Change, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Water, Infrastructure, Northern Colorado Water ...READ FULL POST

From The Fort Morgan Times: The offices of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Betsy Markey, along with the USDA, are hosting a forum on agriculture, conservation and rural development in Fort Morgan on Thursday, Sept. 9. The event is to be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Morgan Community College in the Founders ...READ FULL POST

From the Valley Courier: At Wednesday’s natural resources and energy workshop sponsored by Adams State College Community Partnerships, about two dozen of the Valley’s water users, including a few of those whom Gibson calls “water buffalos,” gathered to meet Karuna Eberl, film maker and director/producer of Wandering Dog Films. Eberl and her crew plan to ...READ FULL POST

From The Pueblo Chieftain (Chris Woodka): Mauch was president of the Fort Lyon Canal during the 2002 drought, when many of the shareholders decided it was time to sell to High Plains A&M. The investors bought up nearly a quarter of the canal and persuaded others to vote with them. “We were this close to ...READ FULL POST

I hope you’re having a relaxing time with family and friends. Filed under: Climate Change, Colorado Water

From The New York Times (Chery Gay Stolberg): Mr. Obama will lay out the plan, which is intended to promote the creation of construction jobs over the coming year and beyond, during a trip to Milwaukee on Monday afternoon, where he will observe Labor Day by attending a union festival. It would require Congressional approval, ...READ FULL POST

From email from DARCA (John McKenzie): Grand Mesa provides most of the Grand Valley’s drinking water. It is where we go to ski in winter and beat the heat in summer. Grand Mesa is also home to working ranches, natural gas wells, and wildlife. On Saturday, September 18, 2010, the Water Center at Mesa State ...READ FULL POST

The Pueblo Chieftain is running an article from Harris Sherman U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary of natural resources and environment praising the Forest to Faucet Partnership between Denver Water and the U.S. Forest Service. Here’s an excerpt: Water for more than 60 million Americans comes from our national forests. Half of those people turn on ...READ FULL POST

From the Glenwood Springs Post Independent (John Colson): Energy industry liaison Judy Jordan is on tap give the Board of County Commissioners an update on the latest estimates about how much water may be needed to extract the estimated 1.2 trillion barrels of “oil” trapped in subterranean rock strata in the Piceance Basin, which is ...READ FULL POST

From The Greeley Tribune (Bill Jackson): The decision gives the Water Supply and Storage Co. a 30-year easement for operations at Long Draw Reservoir, near the top of the Poudre Canyon. It requires the company to participate with the U.S. Forest and Park Services in the restoration of native trout populations and the installation of ...READ FULL POST

From Steamboat Today (Zach Fridell): …the town, with a federal grant through the De part ment of Local Affairs, is in the first stages of more than doubling its water supply in a project that could be finished by the end of next year. The current tank, on the hillside at the top of Bell ...READ FULL POST

World Water Week kicks off today in Stockholm. This year’s theme is The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement. Click through for a complete listing of events. Here’s the link for their RSS feed. Colorado has no water quality challenges unless you consider past mining activities, agricultural runoff, storm runoff from our ...READ FULL POST

Here’s a report from Nancy Lofholm writing for The Denver Post. Click through and read the whole thing. Here’s an excerpt: One fact is clear: The climate surrounding uranium processing is much different than during the secretive era of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Manhattan Project. Mills then were popping up across the state ...READ FULL POST

From the Summit County Citizens Voice (Bob Berwyn): August brought a precipitation surplus to Breckenridge, with 3.07 inches of rain, about 35 percent above the average. The monthly rainfall also brought the seasonal total to within .01 inches of average for the year to date, with just one month left in the hydrological year… The ...READ FULL POST

Here’s the release from the Colorado River District (Jim Pokrandt): Rafters, endangered fish and municipalities are iting from an agreement among reservoir owners and water users that maintains flows in the Colorado River even when the Shoshone Hydropower Plant is not calling for its senior water right. In addition to producing green power for owner ...READ FULL POST

From the Summit Daily News: At the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam on the Colorado River near Rifle, a new “passive integrated transponder” (PIT) tag system is now monitoring the movement of endangered fish that are PIT tagged. A PIT tag is similar to a small microchip placed in a dog or cat at a veterinary clinic ...READ FULL POST

From The Mineral County Miner (Toni Steffens-Steward): The water line project started with the first phase that replaced lines under La Garita Street, and the second phase was just recently finished. The fourth and final phase of construction is planned to start in the spring of 2011. Replacement work will begin at the south end ...READ FULL POST

Click here for all the dope about the conference. Here’s an excerpt: October 5-7, 2010 at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa The draft agenda is available here. This year’s conference highlights include: - Pre and post-conference workshops and field trips on water education, 319 grant requirements, algae identification, willow installation and much more - ...READ FULL POST

From email from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (Lisa Barr): The Colorado Water Conservation Board is meeting on September 13-15, 2010, at Ute Water Conservancy District’s Headquarters Office, 2190 H ¼ Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505. The agenda is available on the CWCB website. CWCB staff memos and other materials will be available September 3, ...READ FULL POST

From email from Reclamation (Kara Lamb): Just wanted to let you know that Ruedi will maintain its current release through the holiday weekend. The Fryingpan River will remain around 322 cfs. More Fryingpan-Arkansas Project coverage here. Filed under: Arkansas Basin, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Water, Fryingpan Watershed, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Infrastructure, Instream flow, Roaring Fork Watershed, ...READ FULL POST

From email from Reclamation (Kara Lamb): This weekend, we will see the water elevation at Lake Estes fluctuate a little, but average out at 7471 feet. It will likely be above 7471 in the afternoons and early evenings, and at 7471, or slighly lower, in the mornings. Releases from Olympus Dam to the Big Thompson ...READ FULL POST

From the Boulder Daily Camera (Heath Urie): The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission in 2007 approved new standards for wastewater discharge lines that require municipalities to better control the temperature of the water that’s treated and then dumped into creeks and rivers. The rules were put in place to protect fish and other wildlife that ...READ FULL POST

From the North Forty News: Despite an affirmative recommendation from the planning commission and planning staff, Larimer County Commissioners voted 3-0 against a metropolitan district that could eventually have provided an emergency water source for Wellington. Commissioners said the proposal did not provide enough information for them to support the idea, which would create a ...READ FULL POST