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Public Scoping Announced for Green River Pumpback
posted March 20, 2009
by Nathan Fey
Green River, Wyoming - After much anticipation, the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) has announced the first set of public meetings on thecontroversial Regional Watershed Supply Project (RWSP)--also known as the Green River or Flaming Gorge Pumpback. The Project proposes to remove up to 250,000 acre-feet of water from the Green River at Flaming Gorge, sending it east through 500 miles of pipelines to Colorado's Front Range. The project also proposes two new reservoirs for Colorado's Front Range. The ACOE will be holding several meetings to describe the project, the NEPA process, and to solicit input on the issues and alternatives to be evaluated before permiting the RWSP.
Paddlers Identify Recreational Water Needs in Colorado
posted July 24, 2007
by Nathan Fey
American Whitewater is working with paddlers to advocate for river recreation in Colorado, and to
assist nine river-basin roundtables with identifying and protecting recreational and environmental
water needs. Each Roundtable is charged by the Colorado Legislature to determine how much water is
"unused" in their basins, that could be trasported to areas that are in need of additional water to
meet current and future demands. Now is the time to protect your favorite rivers in Colorado, or
risk losing them forever!
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