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Colorado River Water Conservation District reports higher snowpack, Shoshone permanency progress and reservoir operations updates
Summary
Representatives from the Colorado River Water Conservation District briefed Grand County commissioners on recent increases in snowpack, project-level funding and updates on the Shoshone permanency effort, Wolford Reservoir operations and enterprise water marketing.
A Colorado River Water Conservation District (River District) briefing to Grand County commissioners Feb. 18 covered hydrologic updates, the Shoshone water-rights permanency effort, community-funding grants and enterprise water-marketing activity.
The River District reported improving mountain snowpack after a storm in February: county-wide basin readings improved from under 85% of average to roughly 90–95% in many upper-basin monitoring sites. Presenters cautioned the season remained only about halfway complete and that later-spring conditions and soil moisture will affect runoff.
District staff summarized regional River District priorities and operations. The briefing noted the district’s involvement in a proposed Upper…
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