colorado water congress
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Native American tribes push for seat at Colorado water negotiations
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Tribal leaders are pushing for a seat at the negotiating table, where allocation and management of the Colorado River will be determined. The representatives from tribal nations joined a panel discussion called “Colorado River: The Emerging Role of Tribes in the 2026 Negotiations,” moderated by the Nature Conservancy’s Western Colorado Water Project Director Celene Hawkins,…
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Gov. Polis unveils new Colorado River information hub at annual Water Congress
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis opened the 2025 Summer Colorado Water Congress Conference at the Steamboat Grand Hotel by unveiling a new information site and leading a panel on federal water funding and wildfire impacts. Speaking to a packed Grand Ballroom, Polis was joined by U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse and U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael…
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Water conservation takes center stage at 2025 Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs
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As the Lee Fire tears through more than 137,000 drought-parched acres in northwest Colorado — now the fifth largest wildfire in state history — hundreds of water experts and policymakers gathered just miles away in Steamboat Springs for the 2025 Summer Colorado Water Congress Conference “It’s a great turnout this year,” said the Water Congress’s…
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Colorado lawmakers, officials grapple with U.S. Supreme Court ruling on wetlands
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The 2024 legislative session is likely to see lawmakers trying to figure out how to protect Colorado wetlands following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied a more stringent test on what should be considered one. A panel of legislators last month heard pleas from municipal and state officials to come up with a…
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CAPITOL M | Politics get messy, more attack ads
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With last week’s Club 20 debates providing the unofficial kickoff to the fall campaign season, lots of shenanigans of all shapes and sizes on election mailers and other such stuff are starting to surface. We start with an interesting observation from Aspen Times reporter Brent Gardner Smith (he’s the BOMB on water reporting, by the…
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Attorney general candidates show off "water chops" to Water Congress
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VAIL – Candidates for Colorado attorney general flaunted their “water chops” at the annual meeting of the Colorado Water Congress this week. On Wednesday Republican George Brauchler became the first in a parade of candidates for top state offices to address the summer conference. Brauchler is the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. He’s…
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ANALYSIS: At Colorado Water Congress, Polis hesitates on water czar, more storage
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When U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder spoke to the Colorado Water Congress Thursday in his capacity as the Democratic nominee for governor, he didn’t need to pander to an audience. So he didn’t. Polis was given a polite reception Thursday from the 300 attendees at the annual summer conference in Vail. He stuck to…
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ANALYSIS | Walker Stapleton’s water policy sounds a lot like John Hickenlooper’s
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VAIL – One of the biggest secrets in Colorado, up until now, might have been what Walker Stapleton thinks about water. It’s not mentioned anywhere on the Republican gubernatorial candidate’s website, nor had he addressed the issue with the water community until Wednesday, when his campaign said he would announce his water policy at the…
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Gubernatorial hopefuls, other candidates to talk drought issues at Colo. Water Congress
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The annual summer conference of the Colorado Water Congress will bring together all manner of candidates for some of the state’s top offices later this week to discuss water policy, drought and the future of the state water plan. The three-day conference, which starts Wednesday and will be held at the Hotel Talisa in Vail,…
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Senate Republicans to governor: no to severance taxes for water plan
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Senate Republican leaders Monday put the kibosh on any efforts to increase severance tax dollars to pay for the state water plan, an idea floated by Gov. John Hickenlooper last week at the Colorado Water Congress. The state water plan carries a price tag estimated at $20 billion or more. While water providers are expected…
