Click the link to read the article on The Pagosa Springs Sun website (Josh Pike). Here’s an excerpt:
At a Nov. 16 meeting, the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) Board of Directors discussed a report from Ehat Consulting and next steps on the district’s reservoir project. SJWCD board president Al Pfister opened the discussion, noting that the board previously discussed se- curing a grant from the Southwest Basin Roundtable to fund a project coordinator for the reservoir project, though SJWCD grant writer Renee Lewis subsequently advised the board that the roundtable does not typically fund staff and conversations with roundtable staff indicated that “it’s a very gray area” on whether the grant would be successful.
Pfister added that the effort to secure funding for the coordinator is “ongoing” and that he also wanted to propose to the board hiring a contractor in 2024 to locate land for a land exchange with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to secure all the land necessary for the proposed reservoir. He added that he believes the board is making progress and that the SJWCD’s volunteer board members should not be expected to oversee the entirety of the reservoir project without assistance.