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  • A Look at Laws Authorizing Uses of Conserved and Saved Water in California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington by Cassidy Woodard

    A Look at Laws Authorizing Uses of Conserved and Saved Water in California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington

    Cassidy Woodard

    Publication Date: 2016

    28 pages : color illustrations.

  • An Enhanced Water Bank for Colorado by Anne J. Castle and Lawrence J. MacDonnell

    An Enhanced Water Bank for Colorado

    Anne J. Castle and Lawrence J. MacDonnell

    Publication Date: 2016

    23 pages.

    Introduction and rationale -- Background on Colorado water law -- The initial Colorado water bank -- Water banks in other western states -- An enhanced water bank framework for Colorado -- Overcoming municipal preference for permanent acquisition -- Existing authority and new authority needed -- Conclusion and recommendation -- Attachment: Provisions for consideration in water bank operating guidelines.

  • Colorado Acequia Handbook: Water Rights and Governance Guide for Colorado's Acequias by Jens Jensen; Peter D. Nichols; Ryan Golten; Sarah Krakoff; Sarah Parmar; Karl Kumli; Jesse Heibel; Blake Busse; Karoline Garren; Julia Guarino; Megan Gutwein; Cori Hach; Melissa S. Jensen; Shannon Liston; Gunnar Paulsen; Nate Miller; John R. Sherman; Dan Weiss; Michael Weissman; Emily Neiley; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; Gates Family Foundation; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area; Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association; and Colorado Open Lands

    Colorado Acequia Handbook: Water Rights and Governance Guide for Colorado's Acequias

    Jens Jensen; Peter D. Nichols; Ryan Golten; Sarah Krakoff; Sarah Parmar; Karl Kumli; Jesse Heibel; Blake Busse; Karoline Garren; Julia Guarino; Megan Gutwein; Cori Hach; Melissa S. Jensen; Shannon Liston; Gunnar Paulsen; Nate Miller; John R. Sherman; Dan Weiss; Michael Weissman; Emily Neiley; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; Gates Family Foundation; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area; Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association; and Colorado Open Lands

    Publication Date: 2016

    51 pages (includes 1 color map)

    Introduction -- Definitions -- Water rights -- Change of water right -- Transfers of water rights -- Water sharing agreements -- Losing your water rights ("use it or lose it") -- Preventing the transfer of water out of the acequia -- Conservation easements -- Governing the acequia -- Assessments -- Easements -- Enforcement -- Tort liability -- Water quality -- The Rio Grande Compact -- Main government water entities -- Where can an acequia get legal assistance? -- Appendix I. Water rights : frequently asked questions -- Appendix II. Acequia bylaws : frequently asked questions -- Appendix III. Acequia incorporation : frequently asked questions -- Appendix IV. Model bylaws -- Appendix V. Catlin provision (Also included at Art. 10 in Model Bylaws) -- Appendix VI. Topics to consider about bylaws -- Appendix VII. The new Acequia laws passed in 2009 and 2013 -- Appendix VIII. Process for incorporating -- Appendix IX. Protest to Revised Abandonment List -- Appendix X. Contacts for organizations and agencies.

    "Acequias are unique and longstanding cultural and legal institutions in Colorado. Spanish and Mexican farmers and ranchers who settled here long before Colorado became a state created these systems for irrigation and water sharing that ensure sustainable use of water, and create important community bonds. Despite their long history, which includes acknowledgment in the session laws of the Colorado Territory, it was not until 2009 that acequias received recognition in Colorado state statutes. The 2009 Acequia Recognition Law, which was amended in 2013, allows acequias to continue to exercise their traditional roles in governing community access to water, and also strengthens their ability to protect their water. For acequias in Colorado to take full advantage of the statute, it is necessary to have a set of written bylaws that formalize existing customs and adopt the recently recognized powers. This Handbook was drafted in part to highlight the opportunities presented by the Acequia Recognition Law, as well as to explain the basics of Colorado water law for acequia members and those who work with acequias."--Introduction

  • Enhancing Watershed Planning in Implementation of the Colorado Water Plan: An Overview of Implementation Challenges and Opportunities by Douglas S. Kenney

    Enhancing Watershed Planning in Implementation of the Colorado Water Plan: An Overview of Implementation Challenges and Opportunities

    Douglas S. Kenney

    Publication Date: 2016

    25 pages.

    Introduction -- Review of existing efforts -- Summary of interviews -- The salience of funding -- Recommendations -- Attachment A: Summary of reviewed watershed plans.

  • Improving Irrigation Water Uses for Agricultural and Environmental Benefits by Anne Castle, Amy Beattie, Zach Smith, Drew Peternell, and Ted Kowalski

    Improving Irrigation Water Uses for Agricultural and Environmental Benefits

    Anne Castle, Amy Beattie, Zach Smith, Drew Peternell, and Ted Kowalski

    Publication Date: 2016

    37 pages : color pictures, color maps.

    Introduction -- Agricultural and environmental enhancements -- An ag and environmental enhancement program for Colorado -- Appendix A: Conservation case studies in Colorado -- Appendix B: Related Colorado water law -- Appendix C: Relevant laws from other states -- Appendix D: Legislative attempts to statutorily recognize conserved water -- Appendix E: The problem of vocabulary

  • Looking Upstream: An Analysis of Low Water Levels in Lake Powell and the Impacts on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation, and the Environment: A Companion Report to The Bathtub Ring by Michael Johnson; Lindsey Ratcliff; Rebecca Shively; Leanne Weiss; Yale University. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; and Western Water Policy Program

    Looking Upstream: An Analysis of Low Water Levels in Lake Powell and the Impacts on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation, and the Environment: A Companion Report to The Bathtub Ring

    Michael Johnson; Lindsey Ratcliff; Rebecca Shively; Leanne Weiss; Yale University. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; and Western Water Policy Program

    Publication Date: 2016

    viii, 110 pages : color illustrations, color maps

  • Prioritizing Management and Protection of the Colorado River's Environmental Resources by Colorado River Research Group

    Prioritizing Management and Protection of the Colorado River's Environmental Resources

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2016

    4 pages.

  • Proposal for an Enhanced Colorado Water Bank by Anne J. Castle and Lawrence J. MacDonnell

    Proposal for an Enhanced Colorado Water Bank

    Anne J. Castle and Lawrence J. MacDonnell

    Publication Date: 2016

    4 pages.

    Outlines and explains 8 characteristics of an enhanced Colorado water bank.

  • Tribes and Water in the Colorado River Basin by Colorado River Research Group

    Tribes and Water in the Colorado River Basin

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2016

    4 pages : charts.

    The special nature of tribal water rights -- Quantified water rights -- The Colordo mainstream reservations -- Central Arizona tribes -- Upper basin tribes -- Outstanding / unresolved tribal claims -- The path forward.

  • Watershed Planning and Management in Colorado by University of Colorado Boulder. Getches Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

    Watershed Planning and Management in Colorado

    University of Colorado Boulder. Getches Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

    Publication Date: 2016

    9 pages.

    Introduction -- The watershed approach in Colorado -- Moving to the next level : implementation of the BIPs -- Possible next steps -- Conclusion.

  • A Look at the Interim Guidelines at Their Mid-Point: How Are We Doing? by Colorado River Research Group

    A Look at the Interim Guidelines at Their Mid-Point: How Are We Doing?

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2015

    4 pages.

  • Navigating a Pathway Toward Colorado's Water Future: A Review and Recommendations on Colorado's Draft Water Plan by Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Colorado Water Working Group

    Navigating a Pathway Toward Colorado's Water Future: A Review and Recommendations on Colorado's Draft Water Plan

    Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Colorado Water Working Group

    Publication Date: 2015

    40 pages (includes color illustrations).

  • The Bathtub Ring. Shrinking Lake Mead: Impacts on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation and the Environment by Ning Jiang, Season Martin, Julia Morton, Skyler Murphy, and Colorado River Governance Initiative

    The Bathtub Ring. Shrinking Lake Mead: Impacts on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation and the Environment

    Ning Jiang, Season Martin, Julia Morton, Skyler Murphy, and Colorado River Governance Initiative

    Publication Date: 2015

    4 pages (includes color illustrations and color maps).

  • The Case for Conservation by Colorado River Research Group

    The Case for Conservation

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2015

    4 pages.

    The unfolding success story of municipal and industrial conservation -- Agricultural water conservation and transfers -- Conclusion.

  • The Hallett Decrees and Acequia Water Rights Administration on Rio Culebra in Colorado by Will Davidson and Julia Guarino

    The Hallett Decrees and Acequia Water Rights Administration on Rio Culebra in Colorado

    Will Davidson and Julia Guarino

    Publication Date: 2015

    58 pages.

    Article on p. 219-276.

  • The Value of Water in the Colorado River Basin: A Snapshot of a Fluid Landscape by Brian Annes and Colorado River Governance Initiative

    The Value of Water in the Colorado River Basin: A Snapshot of a Fluid Landscape

    Brian Annes and Colorado River Governance Initiative

    Publication Date: 2015

    33 pages.

  • An Introduction to the Colorado River Research Group: Purpose, Membership and Contact Information by Colorado River Research Group

    An Introduction to the Colorado River Research Group: Purpose, Membership and Contact Information

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2014

    [11] p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm

  • Charting a New Course for the Colorado River: A Summary of Guiding Principles by Colorado River Research Group

    Charting a New Course for the Colorado River: A Summary of Guiding Principles

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2014

    [4] p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

  • Considerations for Climate Change and Variability Adaptation on the Navajo Nation by Julie Nania; Karen Cozzetto; Nicole Gillett; Sabre Druen; Anne Mariah Tapp; Michael Eitner; Beth Baldwin; National Integrated Drought Information System (U.S.); Western Water Assessment (Program); University of Colorado Boulder. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute; and University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

    Considerations for Climate Change and Variability Adaptation on the Navajo Nation

    Julie Nania; Karen Cozzetto; Nicole Gillett; Sabre Druen; Anne Mariah Tapp; Michael Eitner; Beth Baldwin; National Integrated Drought Information System (U.S.); Western Water Assessment (Program); University of Colorado Boulder. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute; and University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

    Publication Date: 2014

    [6], 204 p. : color illustrations, color maps

  • Research Needs in the Colorado River Basin: A Summary of Policy-Related Topics to Explore Further in Support of Solution-Oriented Decision-Making by Colorado River Governance Initiative and University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment Western Water Policy Program

    Research Needs in the Colorado River Basin: A Summary of Policy-Related Topics to Explore Further in Support of Solution-Oriented Decision-Making

    Colorado River Governance Initiative and University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment Western Water Policy Program

    Publication Date: 2014

    14 p. ; 28 cm

  • Restoring Sacred Waters: A Guide to Protecting Tribal Non-Consumptive Water Uses in the Colorado River Basin by Julie Nania; Julia Guarino; and University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

    Restoring Sacred Waters: A Guide to Protecting Tribal Non-Consumptive Water Uses in the Colorado River Basin

    Julie Nania; Julia Guarino; and University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

    Publication Date: 2014

    105 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm

    Introduction -- Gathering information and starting the process -- Indian federal reserved water rights -- Using Indian federal reserved water rights for instream flows -- Negotiating for non-consumptive uses in settlement agreements -- Protecting non-consumptive uses in tribal water codes -- Other legal tools -- Irrigating for instream flows and traditional plants -- Summary and key points

  • The First Step in Repairing the Colorado River’s Broken Water Budget: Summary Report by Colorado River Research Group

    The First Step in Repairing the Colorado River’s Broken Water Budget: Summary Report

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2014

    4 p. : color illustration and chart ; 28 cm.

  • The First Step in Repairing the Colorado River’s Water Budget: Technical Report by Colorado River Research Group

    The First Step in Repairing the Colorado River’s Water Budget: Technical Report

    Colorado River Research Group

    Publication Date: 2014

    22 p. : charts (some color) ; 28 cm.

    Contents: Introduction -- Diagnosing the problem -- Plans to increase use of basin water: Overview; Upper basin states: Colorado; New Mexico; Utah; Wyoming; Lower basin states: Arizona; California; Nevada; Tribal demands -- Reconciling fantasy with reality: Upper basin; Lower basin -- Conclusion -- Literature cited.

    Tables and figures: Declining reservoir storage on the Colorado River -- Average supplies versus demands on the Colorado River mainstem -- Relationship between Lake Powell storage and Lee Ferry virgin flows -- Relationship between Lake Powell releases and Lake Mead storage -- Tribal water rights/demands: upper basin -- Tribal water rights/demands: lower basin mainstem -- Tribes served by Central Arizona Project (CAP) water -- Water Use and Availability in the Upper Basin.

  • Cross-Boundary Water Transfers in the Colorado River Basin: A Review of Efforts and Issues Associated with Marketing Water Across State Lines or Reservation Boundaries by Colorado River Governance Initiative; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; and Western Water Policy Program

    Cross-Boundary Water Transfers in the Colorado River Basin: A Review of Efforts and Issues Associated with Marketing Water Across State Lines or Reservation Boundaries

    Colorado River Governance Initiative; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; and Western Water Policy Program

    Publication Date: 2013

    65 p. : charts ; 29 cm

  • The "Upper Basin Voluntary Demand Cap" as a Means of Mitigating Legal Uncertainty in the Colorado River Basin: Modeling Results by Colorado River Governance Initiative; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; and Western Water Policy Program

    The "Upper Basin Voluntary Demand Cap" as a Means of Mitigating Legal Uncertainty in the Colorado River Basin: Modeling Results

    Colorado River Governance Initiative; University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment; and Western Water Policy Program

    Publication Date: 2013

    15 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

 

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