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Hickenlooper-Barrasso bill aims to reauthorize Colorado River water conservation plan
U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and John Barrasso are teaming up on legislation to help the upper basin states of the Colorado River in their quest to meet the demands by the Bureau of Reclamation to conserve water. The legislation from the Denver Democrat and Wyoming Republican would reauthorize the System Conservation Pilot Program through 2026, to…
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Tipton asks USDA to back off Colorado water rights, again, ahead of ski season
Just as Colorado’s ski areas are getting ready for the winter season, one of Colorado’s Congressional representatives wants to make sure the ability of ski areas to use their water rights doesn’t come under attack. U.S. Congressman Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, was among 20 Congressional signatories to a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture…


