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The Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (GWC) is excited to announce the release of two new studies prepared by the GWC’s Colorado River Governance Initiative:
Restoring Sacred Waters: A Guide to Protecting Tribal Non-Consumptive Water Uses in the Colorado River Basin is a detailed review of strategies available to tribes seeking to protect non-consumptive uses of their federal reserved rights. It surveys potential legal and political hurdles that tribes may encounter when applying their rights to instream flows and offers practical strategies derived from case studies the advice of tribal officials on how to surmount these hurdles. Strategies outside of the application of Indian federal reserved rights are also explored, including how federal environmental laws and conservation easements have been used to create additional flows in reservation streams.
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Research Needs in the Colorado River Basin is a synthesis of ideas gained from interviews and reports assessing the state of research post Basin Study, identifying those areas where additional progress is most needed to aid the policy discussions. Embedded in this effort is an assessment of the role that the academic community can play going forward in addressing any shortcomings.
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All reports of the Colorado River Governance Initiative can be found at the Colorado River Information Portal:
http://www.waterpolicy.info/projects/CRIP/index.htmlFor more information on Restoring Sacred Waters,
Please contact:
Julie Nania at Julie.Nania@Colorado.edu or
Julia Guarino at Julia.Guarino@Colorado.eduFor more information on Research Needs in the Colorado River Basin, please follow up with Doug Kenney at Douglas.Kenney@Colorado.edu.
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