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From email from the Colorado Foundation for Water Education:
The itinerary for this year’s annual river basin tour in Colorado’s Southwest is full of exciting site visits and informative speakers!
We’ll be covering a wide range of local municipal, recreational, industrial, agricultural and ecological projects and priorities. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss.
But hurry, the tour is next week and there are just eight seats left, including one scholarship spot!
Get on the bus for this year’s Southwest Basin Tour, hosted in Colorado’s beautiful San Juan mountains June 13-14. Share a unique educational experience with other tour participants, including the Colorado legislative Interim Water Resources Review Committee, and get an in-depth look at how the Southwest Basin Implementation Plan is being put into action in the San Miguel and Dolores watersheds. Review the draft agenda here, find some highlights below, and register now to reserve your spot.
On Day 1, we’ll make exciting stops at sites along the lower San Miguel watershed and part of the Dolores, hearing from agency reps, nonprofits, and civic leaders about topics such as:
- Blending a local ag and recreational economy, and balancing the needs of multiple users
- Using instream flow appropriations as a tool to protect Wild and Scenic Outstandingly Remarkable Values plus alternative Wild and Scenic stakeholder processes
- Native fish restoration and the Dolores River Dialogue
- A local municipal raw water project
- Other Southwest Basin Implementation plan priorities
- Plus tour the Paradox Salinity Unit and Indian Ridge Farm
On Day 2, we’ll concentrate on the upper San Miguel and explore topics including:
- Ski industry concerns in the face of climate change and unpredictable snowpack
- Regional cloud-seeding efforts to stimulate precipitation
- Creative and collaborative municipal water management in conjunction with local mining and power supply
- The evolution of watershed planning and incorporation of stream management plans
- Plus tour the Valley Floor Project restoration site and view a special showing of the film that debuted at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival
BONUS: Participants now have the option to add on an optional whitewater rafting trip at the end of the tour and will receive a 40% discount off of normal rates. Find out more here.
*Interested in a scholarship? Email Jennie@yourwatercolorado.org to let us know what you do and why you need a scholarship to attend.