As spring's welcome beauty flows to summer's sun, their climate cousins flood, drought and storms will likely be paying us a call as well. So whether you fish, swim or just drink it, April is a good time to be thinking about water and that's what the U.S. Congress is doing.
By Andy Vuong and John Ingold The Denver Post
Ken Neubecker, a Carbondale resident and president of Colorado Trout Unlimited, said the erosion into a waterway is "basically one of our worst fears from this kind of development."
Colorado Springs Gazette Op-Ed by Bill Alt http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1208066400/1
The Greeley Tribune - April 14 "With their variety of color, texture and fragrance, water-wise gardens are not only drought-tolerant, they provide year-round beauty....."
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080413/FEATURES/663309644
When I got started in fly-fishing, you heard the phrase "home water" a lot more often than you do now....
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/apr/14/at-home-on-the-south-platte/
By Katie LoobySky-Hi Daily News April 10, 2008
The Colorado Legislature has given final approval to a bill that could benefit the Fraser and Colorado rivers.
The legislation would allow water rights owners to leave their water in a stream or river without the risk of losing it, through special circumstances, said Kirk Klancke, Winter Park Ranch Water & Sanitation District manager.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080410/NEWS/983196381
By Katie LoobySky-Hi Daily News April 10, 2008
“We have to be really careful about any sediment getting in the water,” Klancke said. “We live on an extremely depleted river. The more water you remove from the river, the less velocity the river has and the less capability of carrying sediment.”
Sediment covers spawning beds and smothers bug life, he said.
“It really has killed off the aquatic habitat,” Klancke said. “You just can’t cover a habitat without killing everything in that habitat. … Trout won’t lay eggs in anything but gravel.”
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080410/NEWS/886432213
Mountain Mail
Reed Dils, 60 of Buena Vista, was appointed to the Colorado Water Conservation Board Monday by Gov. Bill Ritter. Dils helped create Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, was named 2006 Outstanding Volunteer by Colorado Trout Unlimited and was recognized by numerous organizations for his work on the Arkansas River.
http://www.themountainmail.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=13447&TM=42314.91
Pueblo Chieftain Chris Woodka
The letter is signed by representatives from the Colorado Environmental Coalition, Western Resource Advocates, Trout Unlimited’s Colorado Water Project, Sierra Club, High Country Citizens Campaign, Environment Colorado and the Colorado Progressive Coalition.
