From The Greeley Tribune:
Northern Colorado farm and ranch organizations and public officials have announced an agricultural rally to show support for the Northern Integrated Supply Project, a proposed water storage project that is a cooperative venture between agricultural ditch companies and growing northern Front Range communities. The rally will be from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. July 15 at Anderson Farms, outside Erie. The farm, at 6728 Weld County Road 3.25, is 2.5 miles east of Interstate 25 on Colo. 52 and a mile north on Weld 3.25…
“Had the NISP project been in place in the last two years, Colorado would have been able to capture and store more than 150,0000 acre-feet of water from the Poudre and South Platte basins alone,” Foutz said in a news release. “Instead, Colorado must watch as that water flows downstream to Nebraska.” The rally is designed to demonstrate the agricultural communities’ strong support for the water storage project. It will feature speakers from the farming and livestock community in northern Colorado, agricultural industry representatives and elected officials. It also will be an opportunity to highlight the importance of water storage to the future of agriculture in the region, and the strong farm and ranch community support for NISP, Foutz said. The rally will be open to the public and a barbecue lunch will be served.
More coverage from The Pulse – of Colorado Farm Bureau (Shawn Martini).
More Northern Integrated Supply Project coverage here and here.