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HB-1066, Public Access Landlocked Publicly Owned Lands was held over for action at the request of sponsor Colorado Rep. Brandi Bradley, R-Douglas, though comments were heard during the meeting of the Colorado House Agriculture, Water...
Editor’s Note: This story is a collaborative report by Fresh Water News working with nine other Colorado news outlets.
Colorado’s high altitude hay meadows, a significant water user in the state, could be re-operated to yield more than 40 percent in water savings, according to a new report. The report is based on a major high tech research initiative to see if ranch-scale water conservation techniques, in which farmers are paid to voluntarily stop irrigating their fields temporarily, could produce enough saved water to help protect the Colorado River from unplanned shortages due to drought and climate change. The research is one of several efforts to find ways to ensure demand on the Colorado River doesn’...