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Poudre Flows plan decreed after long negotiation; partners aim to protect river reaches this year
Summary
A multi‑party Poudre Flows augmentation plan covering a 55‑mile reach was decreed in Division 1 water court on Dec. 5, 2025 after extensive settlement. Partners, including Fort Collins, Greeley, Thornton, Northern Water and Colorado Water Trust, will finalize an implementation agreement in 2026 and hope to protect added augmentation water in river segments this year where hydrology allows.
After more than a decade of planning and negotiation, the Poudre Flows augmentation plan — a locally managed court‑approved framework to protect added augmentation water in the Cache la Poudre River — received a final decree in Division 1 water court on Dec. 5, 2025.
"The simple idea behind Poudre Flows is to use a law‑based court approved tool, a plan for augmentation, to allow water users to voluntarily contribute water that has already been decreed for augmentation back to the Poudre where it can be protected in stream," Josh Boiservain of the Colorado Water Trust said in the board meeting. The…
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