Water Talks: Colorado Water Rights as Private Property Rights
The misreading of Section 5, Article 16 of the Colorado Constitution has led many citizens to...
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Category: Water Talks
Letter to the Editor: Water belongs to all of us
“The water of every natural stream is declared to be the property of the public.” That text is from Article 16, Section 5 of the Colorado Constitution. In the article by Terry Scanga, general manager of the Upper Arkansas Water...
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Colorado snow pack, plenty of moisture bodes well for the summer season
It’s looking like Arkansas Valley residents can expect a summer with plenty of moisture. Terry...
Read MoreCentral Colorado Conservancy featuring award-winning environmental journalist presenting beaver ecology
The Central Colorado Conservancy (CCC) will hold a special lecture on beaver biology and ecology at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, at the Salida Steam Plant Theater. Ben Goldfarb. a graduate of Yale’s School of Forestry and...
Read MoreCurrent and future challenges to Upper Arkansas Basin Water supplies
Most discussions involving water supply or quality require a good examination of the historical perspective of water development. For this reason, understanding the system by which water is and has been allocated in Colorado...
Read MoreMessy streams and other conservation strategies
Michael Blazewicz of Round River Design is presenting a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Scout Hut in Riverside Park in Salida, on the benefits of what he calls “messy” streams. It’s the first of...
Read MoreCommissioners approve creation of fairgrounds monster truck event
The regular meeting of meeting of the Chaffee Board of County Commissioners was largely devoted to a line-by-line review of the contract for the Live Nation/Seven Peaks Festival; with the final amended version receiving...
Read MoreCommissioners consider “Notice of Opposition” filing to determine if Chaffee County reservoirs can be used as storage and augmentation sources
A small note regarding water, on the agenda of the Chaffee Board of County Commissioners’ regular meeting, beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Buena Vista School District meeting room, may have major significance...
Read MoreUpper Arkansas Water Conservancy cancels Feb. meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Upper Arkansas Water Activity Enterprise Committee and the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District Board, previously scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, has been canceled. The announcement made...
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Chaffee Community focuses on protecting recreation and natural landscapes
Chaffee County residents, county officials, and government agencies and nearly 100 members of the...
Read MoreHayden Pass Fire Coalition meeting set for Feb. 9
While the public might think of the 2016 Hayden Pass fire as something that happened in the past, those impacted by the fire and the subsequent damaging flooding are still recovering. A coalition meeting scheduled for 1 p.m....
Read MoreProperty owners prevail against effort to make Arkansas riverbed public property
A recent ruling in U.S. District Court reaffirmed that private property owners, not the state of Colorado, own the land beneath the Arkansas River and other Colorado waterways. Federal Judge Kathleen Tafoya ruled in favor of...
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