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State of the Blue river |
Summit County State of the river 2025 date: may 22nd 2025
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This May, BRWG will host the 2025 Summit County State of the River presentation at the Silverthorne Pavilion. The Colorado River District’s State of the River meetings are a spring tradition in Western Colorado. Learn about river forecasts, local water projects, and western water issues. This event is free to the public and includes a light dinner. **Registration is required.
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Learn about planned water diversion projects in our watershed, ongoing restorations in the county, and how you can get involved. Support restoration efforts to improve the Blue River today!
Where: Silverthorne Pavilion
When: May 22nd 6:00 -8:00pm
Where: Silverthorne Pavilion
When: May 22nd 6:00 -8:00pm
2025 SPEAKER Presentations and recordings
2024 SPEAKER Presentations
Presentations will give forecasts of how much water will fill our rivers and reservoirs this summer, how Summit County fits into forecasted shortages facing the larger Colorado River Basin, provide an update on Summit County reservoirs and trans-mountain diversions, and invite you to participate in Blue River planning efforts to assess and sustain this valuable resource and its associated ecosystem.
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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 Amy Moyer, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Colorado River District Vanessa Logsdon, Executive Director, Blue River Watershed Group 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤: 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 Russ Schumacher, Director, Colorado Climate Center and Colorado State Climatologist 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 - 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 Lindsay DeFrates, Deputy Director of Public Relations, Colorado River District |
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𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Julie McCluskie Senator Dylan Roberts, Colorado State Senate, District 8 Zane Kessler, Director of Government Relations, Colorado River District |
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𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
Maria Pastore, Senior Project Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities Key Points:
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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Victor Lee, Civil Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Nathan Elder, Manager of Water Resources, Denver Water Key Points:
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𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐈𝐖𝐌𝐏 & 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧
Vanessa Logsden, Executive Director, Blue River Watershed GroupKey Points:
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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
