colorado water congress
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser promises to appoint rural outreach director, water adviser
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Phil Weiser told the Colorado Water Congress Thursday he intends to appoint a rural outreach director and a water policy adviser should he win the election in November. Weiser’s speech at the Steamboat Springs event — well received by the audience — covered his work on water issues…
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Attorney general candidates present priorities at Colorado Water Congress
The two major-party candidates for attorney general — Republican Michael Allen, the district attorney for Teller and El Paso counties, and Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold — on Thursday outlined their priorities at the Colorado Water Congress. Griswold attended the session after originally being scheduled to speak on Wednesday at the annual conference held…
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx pushes aggressive water-storage expansion at Colorado Water Congress
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for governor, took the spotlight Wednesday during the opening day of the Colorado Water Congress, laying out how he says the state should approach its water future. Marx told the standing-room-only audience in Steamboat Springs that he holds water rights himself, giving him a personal stake in Colorado’s water challenges.…
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Native American tribes push for seat at Colorado water negotiations
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…