Due to the record setting drought we are experiencing this year, we are planning a Mid-Year West Slope Water Summit for May 19, 2026 from 7:30 am-11:00 am. This event is free but registration is required. More details will be posted soon.
Watch the 2023 Water Summit Recording To view the full livestream of the 2023 Water Summit, please visit the Montrose County YouTube channel. Persevere to Prioritize Agenda 9am Sue Hansen – Welcome 9:05am Andy Mueller – Opening Remarks 9:10am Roger Pielke, Jr. Five Things Everyone Should Know About Climate and Energy 10:15am Connie Woodhouse Tree-rings…
Register today to join us next Monday, March 20, for the Montrose State of the River meeting at the Montrose Event Center. A light dinner will be served at 6 p.m., and then at 6:30, attendees will get to hear from local water managers, agricultural producers, and the staff at the Colorado River District as…
Register for the Upcoming Ag Water NetWORK Webinar: the Colorado Master Irrigator Program When: Apr 4, 2023. 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Mountain Time Presenters: Brandi Baquera, Master Irrigator Program Manager Paul Brittain, Farmer and Master Irrigator Program graduate The Colorado Master Irrigator Program started in the Republican River Basin as a producer…
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From Western Colorado Soil Health, Food & Farm Forum Valley Food Partnership and Shavano Conservation District are excited to announce the combination of the Western Colorado Food and Farm Forum (WCFFF) and the Western Colorado Soil Health Conference. Their joint two-day conference, The Western Colorado Soil Health, Food, and Farm Forum, will be held on…
Watch the live stream recording from the 2022 West Slope Water Summit that occurred on November 10th, 2022 at the Montrose County Event Center. West Slope Water Summit Speakers Jim Hokit, Welcome Andy Mueller (Executive Director, Colorado River District) Don Day, Jr. (Meteorologist, Day Weather Inc.) Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association Panel Greg Walcher (Natural…
As originally published in the Montrose Mirror on November 14th, 2022
As seen in the Montrose Daily Press on November 11th, 2022 in article by Katharhynn Heidelberg. If Colorado’s legal/political position on the complex, century-old Colorado River Compact can be broken down into bite-sized chunks, it might look like this: The state and the other Upper Basin states have lived within the hydrology of the ever-drying…
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