2010 Colorado elections: Roaring Fork Conservancy releases first ever ‘Voters Guide to Water Issues in the Roaring Fork Watershed’

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Here’s the link to the guide. Here’s a report from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent (Janet Urquhart). From the article:

The conservancy polled candidates seeking election to six different seats that represent part or all of the Roaring Fork Valley, asking each of them the same two questions (one question has two parts, so there are really three questions) and publishing their unedited responses. The conservancy is not endorsing any candidates, noted Rick Lofaro, executive director, but wanted citizens to hear the candidates’ views in advance of the Nov. 2 election. “Oftentimes, water is not part of the political discussion when candidates are running. It’s often overlooked,” he said. In his introduction to the guide, Lofaro notes that projections show Colorado’s population doubling by 2050 and water shortfalls approaching 600,000 acre feet per year, statewide, by 2030. That shortfall is enough water for 1.2 million families of four for a year, he writes.

More 2010 Colorado elections coverage here.

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