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Roaring Fork Watershed Plan Purpose: To plan for and work toward an environmentally and economically healthy watershed that benefits all who have a stake in it. Sponsor: Ruedi Water & Power Authority Lead Consultant: Roaring Fork Conservancy |
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Roaring Fork Watershed Plan Complete!  The Roaring Fork Watershed Plan has been finalized! The Watershed Plan consists of a number of sections including an introduction and overview, recommendations for urgent actions, recommendations applicable to water quality, water quantity and regional water management, and a discussion of implementation. The matrices, which arrange the recommendations in a sortable format, divide the recommendations into several categories which allow for examining the recommendations from a number of perspectives such as location, key entities and recommendation type (study, project or regulation). Although the Watershed Plan is intended to be an ever-evolving and flexible document we do hope to update it periodically as information, prioritizes and planning changes. For more on the watershed plan visit www.roaringfork.org/watershedplan. Roaring Fork Watershed Plan - April 12, 2012 (.pdf) Roaring Fork Watershed Plan - Recommended Actions (Matrix Format .xls) Roaring Fork Watershed Plan - Recommended Actions (Google Docs) - for use by key participants to update status Roaring Fork Watershed Plan Brand Naming Contest  Roaring Fork Conservancy, Ruedi Water and Power Authority, and Kootenay Resources released the completed Roaring Fork Watershed Plan and branding (by Schwener Design Group) for the Plan April 12, 2012. You now have the opportunity to participate in the brand naming contest to name this character (right). Enter your name suggestions here to win two tickets for the 2012 Annual River Float. Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 18th.Opportunities for Water Conservation Report Released  The research and recommendations presented in this report arose from the desire among local interests in the Roaring Fork Watershed to understand how water conservation efforts could be used to improve local streamflows. The report – completed by Roaring Fork Conservancy with funding from Garfield County and the Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund – has its origins in a commonly heard local question: “Why hasn’t Roaring Fork Conservancy engaged in a water conservation campaign to improve streamflows?” Generally, the reason has been because in Colorado water conservation raises a host of complicated legal issues, such as abandonment, waste, and potential injury to other water users. Yet such legal barriers do not change the fact that conservation efforts are likely to prove essential to ensuring adequate streamflows in the Roaring Fork Watershed. For more Roaring Fork Watershed Plan documents visit www.roaringfork.org/watershedplan. Opportunities for Water Conservation Report - April 12, 2012 (.pdf) Notable Quote "After experiencing three of these input sessions and listening to the dialogue, I have come to understand that we are really talking about changing the culture of our relationship to water in the region. We can propose some regulatory changes that could have some impact, but the real change will be based on people having a different relationship with water and a culture of water responsibility becoming part of our regional ethic. That cannot be mandated." - Bob Schultz, meeting facilitator Benefits of a Watershed Plan • A structure for continued input from and dialogue between all stakeholders |
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