Who calls the shots on the Colorado River? | Rio Blanco Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado
Listen to this post RBC | If there’s a dominant force in the Colorado River Basin these days, it’s the Walton Family Foundation, flush with close to $5 billion to give away. STOCK PHOTO Run by the heirs of Walmart founder Sam Walton, the foundation donates $25 million a year to nonprofits concerned about the Colorado River. It’s clear the foundation cares deeply about the River in this time of excruciating drought, and some of its money goes to river restoration or more efficient irrigation. Yet its main interest is promoting “demand management,” the water marketing scheme that seek...
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