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State of the Blue river |
annual update
Recording of 2023 event
Speaker lineup by timestamp. (Minutes into video recording)
- 0.00 Welcome
- Marielle Cowdin, Director of Public Relations, Colorado River District
- Kendra Fuller, Executive Director, Blue River Watershed Group
- 4:00 Outlook: Water Year 2023
- Brendon Langenhuizen, Director of Technical Advocacy, Colorado River District
- 23:00 Our Water, Our Future on the West Slope
- Lindsay DeFrates, PR & Media Specialist, Colorado River District
- 45:20 Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado Water Conservation Board Director and Colorado’s Commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission
- 1:06:20 2023 Colorado Legislative Roundup Discussion
- Rep. Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives
- Senator Dylan Roberts, Colorado State Senate, District 8
- Zane Kessler, Director of Government Relations, Colorado River District
- 1:32:30 Big Thompson Project & Federal Operations at Green Mountain Reservoir
- Victor Lee, Civil Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- 1:45:30 Transmountain Diversions & Operations at Dillon Reservoir
- Nathan Elder, Manager of Water Resources, Denver Water
- 1:51:53 Blue River’s IWMP & Habitat Restoration Concept Plan
- Kendra Fuller, Executive Director, Blue River Watershed Group
Summary: This year's presentation included an overview of current and projected snow water equivalent data and how our snowpack will affect reservoir levels and releases. Presentations surrounding water allocations, Lake Mead and Lake Powell release and storage planning, and how water policy impacts Colorado residents, riparian ecosystems, and agricultural and non agricultural users along the Colorado River were also provided by the Colorado River District. A closer look at how all of these issues, as well as local considerations, and how growth along the front range directly impact the Blue River were discussed by several presenters. Kendra Fuller, our own ED of the Blue River Watershed Group, gave attendees an in depth look at how the Integrated Watershed Management Plan helps address some of the pressing problems facing the Blue and it's surrounding watershed.
2022 Speaker Presentations and Recordings
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Attorney General
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Colorado Basin View
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Local Blue River Basin
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Opportunity and Action
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2021 PRESENTATIONS & overview
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Watch the video to the left to see the 2021 update of the Blue River Annual Address sponsored by Breckenridge Outfitters and Denver Water.
Click on the links below to view presentations from local, regional, and state experts. |
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DENVER WATER
Nathan Elder Dillon Reservoir Operations Jason Finehout Conservation and communication efforts |
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Header photo courtesy of John Fielder
