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The proposed expansion of the Moffat Tunnel and Windy Gap water diversion projects threatens to leave the Upper Colorado River and Fraser River with only 25% of their native flows. Through grassroots advocacy and organizing during the projects’ permitting processes, CTU and its local chapters successfully mobilized over 3,000 citizens who voiced their concerns over the potential impacts of these projects on fish, wildlife, and local recreation-based economies. The Colorado River Headwaters Chapter has generated widespread community involvement in protecting their “home waters” — from educational public meetings to inform residents about the projects and their impacts, to a “RiverStock” music festival in Fraser to raise community awareness and engagement. With support and expertise from TU’s Western Water Project, CTU and the chapter will continue to play a part in negotiating and advocating protections for these rivers as the Army Corps of Engineers and other state and federal agencies evaluate the proposed projects throughout 2010.