Author: Jennifer

Growing Forward

Proceedings of the 26th
Annual South Platte Forum
October 28-29, 2015 Embassy Suites, Loveland, CO
Embassy Suites Hotel, Loveland, Colorado

"Big Thompson Rocky Mountain National Park"
by Jon R. Ford Photo Contest Winner

"Brainard Lake"
by Janet Williams
Honorable Mention

Colorado Water Institute
Information Series No. 118

"Poudre Bend"
by John Bartholow
Photo Contest Winner

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

Luncheon Sponsors

Break Sponsors

Planning Committee

Colorado Water Institute

This report was financed in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Institute. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.
Additional copies of this report can be obtained from the Colorado Water Institute, E102 Engineering Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1033, 970-491-6308 or email: cwi@colostate.edu or downloaded as a PDF file from cwi.colostate.edu.
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Organizing Committee
Don Kennedy, Chair
Denver Water
Sean Cronin, Chair St. Vrain and Left Hand WCD
Brian Werner, Treasurer
Northern Water
Committee Members:
Troy Bauder & Erik Wardle
Colorado State University Extension
Pete Conovitz
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
James Dorsch
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Laura Harger
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Marcella Hutchinson
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Suzanne Paschke
U.S. Geological Survey Sandy Vana-Miller
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Richard Vidmar
Aurora Water Reagan Waskom
Colorado Water Institute Jennifer Brown, Dana Russell
Coordinators

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Sponsored by
Aurora Water
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Colorado State University Extension
Colorado Water Institute
Denver Water
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Northern Water
St. Vrain and Left Hand WCD
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Geological Survey

Mark Your Calendars for the 27th Annual
South Platte Forum
October 26-27, 2016
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Wednesday, October 28

8:20 Welcome – Reagan Waskom, Colorado Water Institute
8:30 Partners in Progress: Together Toward Tomorrow
Moderator: Reagan Waskom, Colorado Water Institute
Partners for Fish and Wildlife — Heather Johnson, Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Reconciling Water Development and Wetlands — Brad Johnson, Johnson Enviromental
The Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area — Kathleen Benedict,
Poudre Heritage Alliance
Collaboration for Recovery — Rebecca Tyer, St. Vrain Creek Coalition
9:50 Break
10:20 Growing Activities in the Urban Corridor
Moderator: Rich Vidmar, Aurora Water
A Temperature Tale: Water Temperature Patterns and Policy — Alice Conovitz and
Mary Gardner, Integral Consulting
Lower Bear Creek: Uncommon Partners in Water Quality Monitoring — Rachel Hansgen, Groundwork Denver
Chatfield Resevoir Reallocation Project — Thomas Browning,
Colorado Water Conservation Board
What is Sprouting up Along the South Platte Forum? — Laura Kroeger,
Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
11:50 Keynote Luncheon
Friends of the South Platte Presentations: Environmental and Recreational Needs in the South Platte Basin — Bob Broscheid, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
1:10 More than Growing Crops
Moderator: Troy Bauder, CSU Extension
Irrigation History: South Platte River and Beyond — Tom Cech,
One World One Water Center
The Developing Science of Precision Irrigation — Raj Khosla,
CSU Precision Irrigation Specialist
Colorado’s Irrigated Eden — Jeremy Sueltenfuss,
Colorado National Heritage Program, CSU
2:45 Break
3:15 Budding Opportunities: Water for Weed Moderator: Brian Werner, Northern Water
Grower Perspectives on Acquiring Water — Shawn Honaker
Rocky Mountain High: Efficient Water Use for a Budding Industry — Jeff Tejral, Denver Water
Water Rights Adminstration — Rachel Zancanella, Water Resource Engineer, Div. 2,
Baby Steps In Hemp Research — John McKay, CSU
5:00 POND Reception

8:20 Welcome
8:30 Opening Keynote: Growing Forward: What is Driving Population Growth?
Elizabeth Garner, State Demographer
9:10 Moving Forward: Beyond Planning
Moderator: Becky Mitchell, Colorado Water Conservation Board
Conservation — Drew Beckwith, Western Resources Advocates
Conserving Agriculture and Supplying Water — Sarah Parmar, Colorado Open Lands
Water Planning and New Projects — Brian Werner, Northern Water
10:20 Break
10:50 Growing Problems & Stretching Supplies Moderator: Stacey Eriksen, U.S. EPA
Dust Issues with Snowmelt Timing — Jeff Deems, Western Water Assessment
Fifty Shades of Water: Gray Water Reuse — Sybil Sharvelle, CSU
Denver Water’s Collection System Planning — Bob Steger, Denver Water
12:00 Luncheon
12:35 Making the Great Divide
Producer Jim Havey
1:15 Special Screening — The Great Divide
2:45 SP WRAP Meeting

Thursday, October 29

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Wednesday, October 28
Partners in Progress/Together Toward Tomorrow
Moderator Reagan Waskom, Director, Colorado Water Institute, 1033 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1033, reagan.waskom@colostate.edu, 970-491-6308
Reagan Waskom currently serves as the Director of the Colorado Water Institute and the Chair of the Colorado State University Water Center. Waskom is a member of the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at CSU, where he has worked on various water related research and outreach programs for the past 28 years, conducting statewide educational and applied research programs on water quality, water quantity, water policy, and natural resource issues related to water use. His current teaching responsibility at CSU is for GRAD592 – the Graduate Water Resources Seminar. In addition, Waskom oversees the CSU Extension Water Outreach program and personnel. Waskom’s current research emphasis is on the integrated use of surface and groundwater, the impacts of shale gas development on water resources, and agricultural water conservation in the Colorado River Basin.
Partners for Fish and Wildlife / Lower SP
Heather Johnson, Regional Coordinator, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, 134 Union Blvd, Suite 300, Lakewood, CO 80228, Heather_johnson@fws.gov, 303-236-4316
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (Partners Program) is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s private lands habitat restoration program. The program began in 1986,with an emphasis on habitat restoration to benefit waterfowl in the nesting grounds of the Prairie Pothole Region. The
program is now a national program and very broad in scope. The Partners Program provides both financial and technical assistance to private landowners to conduct habitat restoration and enhancement practices on their land. These practices include wetland, upland, and riverine habitats, with a specific emphasis on habitat for high priority Federal Trust species. These species include migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, inter-jurisdictional fish, certain marine mammals, and species of international importance. The program is a voluntary cost-share program, requiring a 10 year commitment by the landowner to maintain the practices agreed upon in their Private Landowner Agreement. Project selection is guided by a five year strategic plan developed for each regional program. Priority species are selected, as well as focus areas and key habitats.
With approximately 70% of the land in the U.S. in private ownership, it is critically important that we partner with private landowners if we are going to meet our conservation goals for priority fish and wildlife species. The Partners Program places their field biologists in the heart of their focus areas where they can most effectively be a part of the community to build trust and credibility with their landowner cooperators. The Partners Program can assist with projects in all habitat types that restore or enhance native vegetation, hydrology, and soils associated with key habitats for priority fish and wildlife species. These may include native prairies, sagebrush-steppe, wetlands, rivers, and streams. The locally-based field biologists work one-on-one with private landowners and other partners to plan and implement their projects.
Heather Johnson is the Regional Coordinator for the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in the Mountain-Prairie Region with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She has been in this capacity since 2009 and with the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program since 2004. Johnson has an Associate of Science degree in Agriculture from Northwest College in Wyoming and a Bachelor’s of Science in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana. Johnson has been working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the past 25 years, working in a number of different capacities in the Mountain-Prairie Region, as well as spending ten years in the Alaska Region and three years in Washington, D.C. She worked in Refuge Management, Migratory Birds, External Affairs, International Affairs and Partners. Johnson is a Wyoming native, currently living in Evergreen, Colorado.
Benedict is a graduate of Purdue University and the University of Colorado. Benedict joined the Poudre Heritage Alliance Board in 2003 and became their first Executive Director in 2013. With her background in large landscape management and a deep interest in history, Benedict is the impetus behind the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area referred to as CALA, one of only 49 Heritage Areas in America. Promoting the mission of CALA thru public outreach, she is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable source of historical and cultural influences of the river. She has brought the CALA to the forefront and made plenty of friends along the way.
Flood Recovery Watershed Coalitions
Rebecca Tyer, Watershed Coordinator, St. Vrain Creek Coalition rtyer.svcc@gmail.com,
303-774-4514
Growing Activities in the Urban Corridor
Moderator: Rich Vidmar, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Aurora Water, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80012, 303-739-7326, rvidmar@ci.aurora.co.us
Richard Vidmar is a Water Resources Engineer for Aurora Water specializing in water rights acquisitions, appropriations, and protection in the South Platte Basin. Vidmar holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University. Prior to earning his degree, Vidmar worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for six years at the Mt. Elbert power plant’s water operations and maintenance division. Vidmar has been employed at Aurora Water for more than six years, working on many different projects including the Prairie Waters Project. Vidmar grew up in Buena Vista where his father, Tom, is the superintendent of the Homestake Water Project. Vidmar also completed the Colorado Foundation for Water Education Water Leaders program.
A Temperature Tale: Water Temperature Patterns and Policy in the South Platte River
Mary Gardner and Alice Conovitz, Managing Scientist, Integral Consulting, 605 S College Ave,
Suite 101, Fort Collins, CO 80524, awconovitz@integral-corp.com, 970-682-2184
Thermal discharges of effluent from power plants, industrial facilities, and wastewater treatment facilities can affect the biology and quality of receiving waters through altering water temperature and patterns of temperature change. Engineered effluent cooling treatments are often expensive, high in energy use, and may result in water loss and reduced plant operational efficiency. Across the nation, thermal impacts recently have received renewed regulatory attention as part of discharge variances allowed under Section 316(a) of the Clean Water Act and updates to some state water quality standards, prompting the need for updated thermal evaluations. This presentation focuses on a case study of water temperature in Segment 14 of the South Platte River, which flows through the urban Denver corridor. Utilizing nearly 10 years of water temperature data, our analyses include evaluation of seasonal patterns, spatial changes, influences of ambient air temperature and stream flow, and observed fish species. The presentation also includes a summary of types of water temperature issues observed throughout Colorado, current statewide temperature regulations, and possible future changes to those regulations.
Alice Conovitz is a Consultant in watershed, aquatic chemistry, and mining-related watershed issues. She has more than 10 years of experience in watershed sciences, including assessment of contaminant transport through surface and groundwater, estimation of loading to streams, and analysis of contaminant sorption on sediments. In addition to data analysis and reporting, Conovitz has coordinated watershed stakeholder organizations, co-authored award-winning watershed management plans, and prepared successful mine permit application packages. She has worked with federal, state, and local agencies on diverse sites, including NRDA, Superfund, NPDES, nonpoint source, and total maximum daily load projects. Conovitz received her Masters of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado. She is a Managing Scientist at Integral Consulting, based in their Fort Collins office. When not working, she tries to keep up with her two young daughters and flock of chickens.
Thursday, October 29th
Growing Forward: What is Driving Population Growth?
Elizabeth Garner, Department of Local Affairs, State Demography Office
1313 Sherman St, Rm 521, Denver, CO 80238, elizabeth@garnerco.com, 303-864-7750
Colorado is in the midst of a “demographic transition.” Colorado is maturing economically and demographically and many of its characteristics are becoming closer to U.S. averages. Due to desirable living/working conditions, the Front Range has landed at the top of many lists for net migrants within the U.S. However, population growth (decline) patterns across the state continue to be driven by both demographic and economic factors.
What factors are impacting Colorado and the South Platte Basin and how are they forecast to change over time? Incomes, Migration, Age, Growth and Ethnicity/race (IMAGE) and their related factors are pushing Colorado and the South Platte Basin into a “demographic transition” – are we ready? This presentation will provide an update on the current population and economic estimates and forecasts for the state/region and highlight the key trends impacting the State and South Platte Basin – like its IMAGE.
Elizabeth Garner is the State Demographer and joined the State Demography Office in the Department of Local Affairs in 2004. She has over 20 years of experience analyzing population and economic trends in the state. The State Demography Office produces population and economic estimates and forecast for use by state agencies and local governments. Current areas of research include aging in Colorado, characteristics of migration, cost of living, and poverty. Garner is an
economist and received her Bachelor of Arts in Business at the University of San Diego and her master’s degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University. Garner is a Denver native.
Moving Forward: Beyond Planning
Moderator: Becky Mitchell, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Water Conservation Board, rebecca.mitchell@state.co.us, 303-866-3441 x 3217
Conservation
Drew Beckwith, Western Resources Advocates, 2260 Baseline Rd. Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302,
drew.beckwith@westernresources.org,720-763-3726
Water conservation and efficiency are the cheapest, fastest, and most flexible solutions to meeting our state’s growing water needs. The question at hand is how to implement these strategies to greatest effect. Integrated resource planning by water providers, expanded state funding vehicles, adjusting land development policies, and legislative efforts all provide opportunities for moving beyond planning and into actual water savings.
Drew Beckwith is Western Resource Advocates’ Water Policy Manager. He works closely with water providers, state officials, and partner organizations around the Interior West to find sustainable ways to meet both human and environmental water needs. He is responsible for the Water Program's research, legislative, and policy initiatives that advance water conservation efforts and non-traditional water supplies across the region. His current work includes integrating water efficiency into land use planning, partnering with the performance contracting industry to boost water conservation savings, and enabling rural communities to increase local streamflows through conservation actions. Beckwith started at Western Resource Advocates in 2009 after several years of water-related work in Southern California. He worked first with the Ventura County Cooperative Extension, working to reduce nutrient runoff from avocado and citrus orchards, and then at a water resources consulting firm, mapping and managing coastal groundwater aquifers for smaller-sized towns. He holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management degree from UC Santa Barbara and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from Colorado College.
Conserving Agriculture and Supplying Water
Sarah Parmar, Director of Conservation, Colorado Open Lands, 355 S Teller St #210, Lakewood, CO 80226, sparmar@coloradoopenlands.org, 303-988-2373
While both private and local government conservation programs have worked toward the dual goals of protecting agricultural lands and creating community buffers, no known work has been undertaken to develop an open space land preservation program with an interruptible water supply component. In part, this is because there are several threshold questions that need to be explored with regard to the relationship between the charitable rules governing conservation easements and a more flexible approach to including water in an easement. Several partners have come together to explore land and water protection tools for nonprofits (e.g., land and water trusts), municipal water providers, and local governments wishing to establish such a program and explore solutions to possible barriers to participation in the South Platte Basin. The partners will also examine how this type of program can be incorporated into a water provider’s system to support local agricultural production and create an interruptible water supply project that would operate during defined hydrologic conditions (i.e., dry year fallowing, drought recovery).
Sarah Parmar is Director of Conservation for Colorado Open Lands, a nonprofit land trust that works statewide to protect private lands and water rights using conservation easements. Colorado Open Lands hold over 100 conservation easements on private lands within the South Platte Basin. Sarah has spent significant time working on water rights issues in the San Luis Valley, where she helped establish a legal assistance program for irrigators. Her current interest is in the use of conservation easements to facilitate agricultural – municipal water sharing. Sarah completed her Master of Science in Agricultural & Resource Economics. Her passion for Western land protection stems from her background growing up as the fifth generation on a cattle ranch in Southeastern Arizona, where her parents and their ranching community established the Malpai Borderlands Group, a collaborative conservation organization.
Water Planning and New Projects
Brian Werner, Public Information Officer, Northern Water, 220 Water Ave, Berthoud, CO 80513
bwerner@northernwater.org, 970-622-2229
Since 2004 Northern Water and its Municipal Subdistrict have spearheaded the federal permitting process for two proposed water storage projects in Northern Colorado - the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) and the Windy Gap Firming Project (WGFP). Due to the region’s ongoing population growth and tight water supplies, water providers are exploring every alternative to meet Northern Colorado’s future water needs, including constructing new reservoirs.
NISP’s proposed Glade Reservoir northwest of Fort Collins would provide approximately 40,000 acre-feet of new, reliable water supplies each year to 15 growing water providers. The WGFP’s proposed Chimney Hollow Reservoir west of Berthoud would improve the existing Windy Gap Project’s reliability for 12 additional Northern Colorado water providers and the Platte River Power Authority.
While additional water conservation efforts will be an important component of Colorado’s water future, developing and constructing new water projects like NISP and WGFP will also be crucial. Without additional water storage, hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated farmland will be dried up to supply Colorado’s future population growth. But with the approval and construction of smart water projects like Glade and Chimney Hollow reservoirs, Colorado’s future can accommodate the region’s anticipated population growth while also sustaining Northeastern Colorado’s valuable irrigated farmland and the agricultural economy it sustains.
Brian Werner is the public information officer (PIO) for Northern Water and serves as the public affairs coordinator for NISP, a water storage project currently going through the environmental permitting process. Werner oversees public affairs for the district including media relations, youth and public education, facility tours, and informational publications. He has coordinated more than 50 children’s water festivals in Colorado and produced a video on the Colorado–Big Thompson Project. Werner was born in Colorado Springs. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts in History and followed with a Master of Arts in History from Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Brian has continued his academic training by researching and giving presentations on the history of water development in Colorado and the U.S. American West. He has written extensively about water development and related issues. Werner was chairman of the Poudre River Trust for five years and helped organize the first ever Riverfest and cleanup in 1994. He helped lead successful efforts to pass county-wide open space taxes in 1995 and 1999. He is on the board of directors of the Four States Irrigation Council, a commissioner for the Poudre Heritage Alliance, and a member of the Public Affairs Committee of the Colorado River Water Users Association.
Growing Problems & Stretching Supplies
Moderator: Stacey Eriksen, Urban Watershed Revitalization Coordinator, U.S. EPA, 1595 Wynkoop, Denver, CO 80202, eriksen.stacey@epa.gov
Stacey Eriksen has been an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency for 23 years. Currently she works on sustainable development, HUD/DOT/EPA partnership, LID/GI, Urban Waters, brownfields, and urban agriculture. She has previously worked in a number of programs at EPA including Enforcement, Community-Based Environmental Protection, Superfund, and Hazardous Waste. Stacey spent four years on loan from EPA to the City and County of Denver as their brownfields coordinator. She also worked on water quality, sustainable development, and affordable green housing issues for the City as part of Greenprint Denver. Prior to EPA, Stacey worked for three years for the Department of Energy at Rocky Flats on waste management and environmental remediation issues. Stacey is a Colorado native with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Colorado State University and a Master of Science in Ecological Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. She is also a graduate of the Denver Community Leadership Forum and the Coaches Training Institute.
Dust Issues with Snowmelt Timing
Jeff Deems, Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado, 449 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, jeffrey.deems@colorado.edu, 303-492-4743
Recent field, modeling, and remote sensing studies have shown that dust from regional arid lands sources decreases snow albedo in the Colorado mountains, shortening the duration of snow cover and advancing peak runoff by weeks to months. Increases in evaporative losses due to earlier exposure of vegetation and soils results in significant decreases in annual runoff. The unprecedented levels of dust loading on snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin in 2009, 2010, and 2013 (on the order of five times that seen in 2003-2008) result in even greater impacts on snowmelt and runoff timing. This presentation will review research into the processes and hydrologic impacts of dust on snow and interactions with regional warming in Upper Colorado River watersheds, and will highlight some ongoing efforts to provide field and remote sensing data to support runoff forecasting and water management efforts affected by dust impacts.
Jeffrey Deems is a research scientist specializing in mountain snowpack and hydrology with the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center and the CIRES/NOAA Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His interests in avalanche and snow hydrology research combine field data collection, modeling, and remote sensing in mid-latitude mountain locations in the western U.S. and around the globe.
Fifty Shades of Water: Graywater Reuse, Working with Municipalities, Converting Dorms
Sybil Sharvelle, Associate Professor, Colorado State University, 1372 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80526, sybil.sharvelle@colostate.edu, 765-491-6081
Use of graywater has the potential to achieve up to 30% reduction in demand for potable water. This presentation will describe what graywater is and its potential to achieve water savings in different residential and commercial applications. A graywater system has been operated for two years at Colorado State University at Aspen Residence Hall. Water is collected from showers and hand wash basins and then treated before supplying that water to flush toilets. Experiences and lessons learned from that system will be shared. In addition, a summary of the current state of the regulation to allow graywater use in the state of Colorado, Regulation 86, will be provided.
Sybil Sharvelle is an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. She received her Ph.D. from Purdue University, where she developed a biological processor for treatment of graywater for potable reuse during long duration space missions. Through this project, Sharvelle gained experience in the area of water reuse and closed loop recycling of resources. This led to her current interest in sustainable water management. She has led projects funded by the Water Environment Research Foundation, WateReuse Foundation, and U.S. EPA to study urban water systems, with particular focus on graywater reuse and water conservation. Sharvelle has also served on the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on the Beneficial Use of Graywater and Stormwater.
Planning the Operation of Denver Water’s Collection System
Bob Steger, Managing Denver Water's Collection System, Denver Water, 1600 W 12th Ave, Denver, CO 80204, robert.steger@denverwater.org, 303-628-6548
Water has always been a precious resource in Colorado, and it is often in short supply. As our population grows and climate change threatens to reduce our supply, intelligent water management will grow in importance.
This talk will discuss why and how water managers at Denver Water plan the operation of its raw water collection system looking out approximately 6–12 months into the future. The presentation will seek to answer the following questions:
How do water managers get raw water to the treatment plants?
Why is medium-range water planning important?
What are Denver Water’s operating objectives throughout the year?
What tools does Denver Water use to help plan collection system operations?
Bob Steger has been managing water at Denver Water since 1989. He started as a Water Resource Engineer and got promoted to Manager of Raw Water Supply in 2008. His section is responsible for directing the operation of Denver’s water collection system, overseeing the water accounting, negotiating new water agreements, and administering over 50 existing agreements. Steger has a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Denver. Steger enjoys hiking, skiing, water sports, and card games. He also likes to hang out with friends and family.

Reconciling Water Development and Wetlands
Brad Johnson, Principal Scientist, Johnson Environmental Consulting, LLC, 1518 W Oak St, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, bjohnson-jec@comcast.net, 970-490-1388
Colorado’s population is expected to double by around 2050. With the rise in population comes increased need for municipal water. Colorado’s water future is as simple – or complicated – as that. In meeting the evolving water needs of the state, the importance of conservation, reuse and reallocation can only increase. Without a doubt, the expansion and construction of reservoirs will also be part of Colorado’s water future. In fact the state may be on the cusp of a new surge in reservoir development; a trend foreshadowed by the draft Colorado Water Plan. Unfortunately the locations that make the best reservoir sites also tend to hold disproportionately high densities of wetland and stream habitat. The impacts to aquatic habitats brought by water projects are both direct (e.g., inundation) and indirect (e.g., change in stream flow regime), and they can be substantial. The federal Clean Water Act and related policies have the general aim of causing “no net loss” of aquatic habitat functioning. While a simple notion to understand, actually achieving this goal has proven difficult. If aquatic impacts are inevitable, then the only way to meet the goal of no net loss is through compensatory mitigation. Compensatory mitigation involves restoring or enhancing impaired aquatic habitats to offset impacts. A Federal rule issued in 2008 put a new face on compensatory mitigation, tightening technical requirements and spelling out regulatory preferences, which include using mitigation that is functioning before impacts occur and considering the watershed-scale ramifications of impacts and mitigation. Federal permits for water projects cannot be issued without assurance that adequate mitigation will be provided; therefore, Colorado’s water future largely hinges on our ability to successfully offset the impacts of infrastructure development. Progressive water providers have sensed the changing regulatory tide and have adjusted accordingly, working with agencies and initiating mitigation planning before permitting and even before a specific need is identified. The State, too, has recognized the pivotal role that impact mitigation will play in the future of Colorado’s vital infrastructure. Working together, State and Federal regulatory agencies, along with researchers, are developing the technical tools and administrative mechanisms needed to account for impacts and successfully offset them.
Meet Your Colorado National Heritage Area:
The Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area
Kathleen Benedict, Executive Director, Poudre Heritage Alliance, 3745 E Prospect Rd
Fort Collins, CO 80525-9791, kbenedict@poudreheritage.org, 970-295-4851
National Heritage Areas (NHAs) are places designated by Congress, where cultural, ecological, and historical resources combine to form a nationally important landscape. NHAs are lived-in communities that connect, foster, and promote pride, stewardship, preservation, conservation, and economic development for the people who live and work there. Today, there are 49 National Heritage Areas throughout the country. More than 87 million people have visited them, creating revenue for their regions. Come and see what one of Colorado’s three NHAs is doing and can do for you.
Kathleen Benedict, Executive Director for the Poudre Heritage Alliance, will be presenting information about the Cache la Poudre River NHA in Colorado, including what an NHA is and why the Cache la Poudre River NHA was designated by Congress. The presentation will highlight some of the unique and beautiful assets within the NHA as well as the projects and activities the NHA is currently engaged in. Finally, she will describe some of the opportunities available to the public and how to get involved with your NHA.
Growing Activities in the Urban Corridor
Moderator: Rich Vidmar, Aurora Water

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Mary Gardner is the Environmental Compliance Manager at the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant. She has worked there since 1980, first as a Laboratory Technician for six years, as the Industrial Pretreatment Administrator for 17 years, and as manager for all regulatory issues from 2004 to present.. In 2010 she was made Manager over Safety and Industrial Pretreatment. Besides overseeing Safety and Pretreatment, Gardner is in charge of all discharge permits for the plant including air, surface water, and stormwater. She is regularly involved in stakeholder groups that work with the state and EPA during development of regulations, guidance, and policy. Colorado has a strong and active stakeholder group that has input into science and other developing criteria. Gardner is a member of the Executive Management Team at Littleton/Englewood. Gardner is involved in setting policy and procedures as well as implementation and development of the needs of the organization to assure compliance with all regulations and requirements. Gardner has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Technical Management. Her long history of involvement as both regulator and regulated has brought experience and insight to the organization.
Lower Bear Creek: Uncommon Partners in Water Quality Monitoring
Rachel Hansgen, Program Manager, Groundwork, Denver, 3050 Champa St, Denver, CO 80205 rachel@groundworkdenver.org, 303-455-5600
Urban Bear Creek was included on the State’s 303(d) list in 2008 because of elevated levels of E. coli. Although this indicator organism of fecal contamination in urban waters is ubiquitous, the solutions to the problem are less obvious. With a 319 grant from the Water Quality Control Division, Groundwork Denver convened water quality experts and partners from Lakewood, Denver, and Sheridan to create a nonpoint source watershed plan. The plan prioritizes ongoing sampling, education and outreach, and continued relationship building among partners impacting/impacted by urban water pollution. Groundwork Denver and students from Metro State University’s Microbiology Department maintain a year-round water sampling calendar with support from U.S. EPA Region 8 and Denver Environmental Health. Non-profit partners including Earth Force and South Suburban Parks and Recreation help fortify environmental learning experiences for students and community members. Groundwork Denver has recently assembled MS4s in the watershed to discuss options for attaining water quality as the deadline for an E. coli total maximum daily load (TMDL) approaches. The diversity and range of perspectives coordinated throughout this project have been its strength; the timeline for addressing the touted Fishable/Swimmable status is within reach for Lower Bear Creek
Hansgen manages air and water quality programs for Groundwork Denver. Previous experience working in human services has been helpful in maneuvering through the wild and wooly world of air and water quality politics in the Denver-Metro area. This summer, Hansgen learned how cool high school students can be when she supervised a team of six from Sheridan High School. The “Blue Team” conducted water quality sampling, learned about watershed science and adopted behaviors that improve the water, land, and air quality in their community and watershed. The group presented their findings to Sheridan City Council in August and to the Sheridan School Board in September. One day, Hansgen hopes to rock as fiercely as the Blue Team does.
Chatfield Resevoir Reallocation Project
Thomas Browning, Deputy Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman St, Rm 718, Denver, CO 80203, tom.browning@state.co.us, 720-289-1264
The Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project represents an excellent opportunity for using an existing federal reservoir for much needed water supply storage in the South Platte River Basin. Often thought of as a home-grown idea for meeting current needs and projected gap, the project has proposed benefits for municipal and industrial water providers, agricultural producers, environmental needs, and recreational opportunities. This presentation will provide an overview of project goals and mitigation objectives, along with a status update on various efforts as the team moves towards project implementation.

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Tom Browning is a Deputy Director at the CWCB, and manages the Integrated Water Resources group. His areas of oversight include the Instream Flow, Water Supply Planning, and Watershed & Flood Protection programs. His position also focuses on overall management functions, water policy, legislative matters, strategic planning, and negotiations. Browning has been the agency's project manager for Chatfield Reallocation since 2005. Browning is a licensed P.E. and is just a few weeks away from his 20th anniversary at the CWCB. His career started as a consulting civil engineer prior to joining the State. He likes to volunteer his time outside of work whenever possible, but his latest challenge is to try and reconcile loyalty to his own alma mater (University of Colorado - Boulder) while simultaneously supporting his daughter's new venture at Colorado State University. No doubt that this situation brings added family interest to the Rocky Mountain Showdown.
What is Sprouting Up along the South Platte River?
Laura Kroeger, Assistant Program Manager, Design, Construction and Maintenance, Urban
Drainage and Flood Control District, 2480 W 26th Ave, Denver, CO 80211, lkroeger@udfcd.org, 303-455-6277
The South Platte River through the Denver Metro Area, downstream of Chatfield Dam to Adams County, is sprouting with possibilities to redefine how the public views this unique resource. Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) is one of many agencies who are working together to engage the river with the public to promote long term stewardship of this valuable resource by providing recreational opportunities and ecological enhancement along with the needed flood conveyance. More than $35 million dollars has been raised in the last four years towards SPR improvements that will be in the ground within the next two years. Several projects will be highlighted from completed projects to ones that are just finishing the design phase.
Highlighted projects:
South Platte Park River Enhancements, the third and final phase of work, was 95% complete when the water started rising and didn’t subside for 2.5 months. How did the project hold up?
River Run Park will be a new attraction on the river in the Town of Sheridan at the SPR and Oxford Avenue. Planned improvements include an adjustable wave shaper that will produce a standing wave at low flows that will increase the recreational in-river potential use.
Johnson Habitat Park is the site of a Denver landfill area that has been repurposed to a beautiful educational park that is home to The Greenway Foundation’s South Platte River Environmental Education (SPREE) program. The park includes river access and a fire pit down by the water’s edge.
Adam’s County has been awarded a grant for the creation of an open space, ecological park along the banks of the SPR just downstream of 88th Avenue. The project will enhance the ecological function of the floodplain and look to reconnect the floodplain with the river channel.
UDFCD is excited to present a sampling of projects that represent the urban movement to engage the river at multiple levels from recreation to flood control to environmental education.
Laura Kroeger is the Assistant Manager of the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) Design, Construction and Maintenance Program. She has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Valparaiso University and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Colorado Denver. Before working at UDFCD, she was a consultant with a local engineering firm. Kroeger's areas of interest include project management, urban stream design and construction management.

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Friends of the South Platte
This award program was initiated in 2004 to recognize individuals and organizations who, through diligence and dedication, have made exceptional contributions in the
South Platte River Basin.

Hall of Fame
Chuck GrandPre, “founder” of the South Platte Forum
Honorary Friend of the South Platte
2004 — Gene Schleiger
2005 — Sakata Farms, Inc.
2006 — Robert Ward
2007 — Don Ament
2008 — Platte River Greenway Foundation
2009 — Nolan Doesken
2010 — Les Williams
2011 — Tom Cech
2012 — Coalition for the Upper South Platte
2013 — Don Kennedy, Reagan Waskom
2014 — Patricia Rettig

To nominate an individual or organization for the Friends of the South Platte award, visit www.southplatteforum.org or email dana@southplatteforum.org. Please make all selections by the end of this calendar year.

Special thanks to John Fielder for his generous donation of the picture “South Platte Sunset” and his support of the Friends of the South Platte Award. “South Platte River Sunset” can be found with John’s other fine art prints at John Fielder’s Colorado, his art gallery in the Cherry Creek mall. You can also view his work, learn about workshops and order books at www.johnfielder.com.

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Keynote Luncheon Moderator: Pete Conovitz, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Friends of the South Platte Presentations Environmental and Recreational Needs in the South Platte Basin: CPW’s Role
Bob Broscheid, Director, Colorado Parks and Wildlife 1313 Sherman St, Rm 618
Denver, CO 80203, bob.broscheid@state.co.us, 303-866-3203
Bob Broscheid is an avid outdoorsman who loves Colorado and its abundant natural and recreational resources. He holds a bachelor's degree in Wildlife Management from Arizona State University and is a graduate of the National Conservation Leadership Institute. Prior to becoming Director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Broscheid was a biologist, Habitat Branch Chief and Deputy Director of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Broscheid has a strong background in strategic and operational planning as well as a solid emphasis on fostering partnerships for the protection and benefit of the resource and outdoor enthusiasts. His work has kept him primarily in the west, but he has also worked regionally, nationally and internationally.

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More than Growing Crops
Moderator: Troy Bauder, Water Quality Specialist, Colorado State University Extension, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Fort Collins, CO 80523, troy.bauder@colostate.edu, 970-491-4923
Troy Bauder, Extension Water Quality Specialist in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University, is responsible for conducting statewide educational and applied research programs on water quality, especially related to protection of groundwater quality from impairment to agricultural chemicals. His research and outreach expertise include nutrient and irrigation management, particularly as related to water quality and conservation. Troy received his Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and his Master of Science in Soil Science from Colorado State University.
Irrigation History: South Platte River and Beyond
Tom Cech, One World Water Center, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Campus Box 8,
P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217, tcech@msudenver.edu, 303-352-7400
The water history of Colorado and the western United States (the West) is a story of exploration, exploitation, economic development, and multiple changes in territorial, state, and federal sovereignty. Water has provided wealth to those who could control its diversion and use. However, the finicky dry nature of the West has caused many to lose everything due to drought.
Geography, climate, mineral wealth, and the lore of “Manifest Destiny” (the 19th century belief widely held by Americans that the U.S. was destined to expand and settle west of the Mississippi River) played important roles in our current system of water law. However, our story began long ago in the tin mines of Wales, the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates River of Mesopotamia, and later within Roman, French, and Spanish water laws.
Tom Cech was born and raised on a farm near Clarkson, Nebraska, graduated from Kearney State College with a Bachelor of Science in Math Education, and later received a master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He was Executive Director of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District in Greeley, taught water undergraduate and graduate level water resources courses at the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University, and is now the Director of the One World One Water (OWOW) Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Precision Irrigation: Developing Science to Decide How Much Water to Apply and When
Raj Khosla, Professor of Precision Agriculture, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, CSU, Fort Collins, CO 80523, raj.khosla@colostate.edu, 970-491-1920
Precision irrigation in time and space stands as a promising way of managing crop irrigation water in a more sustainable way. Today we have the technology to apply the right amount of water at the right place in the field and at the right time. However, we do not have a consensus among scientists and industry on how to much apply, where, and when. Colorado State University has been conducting a detailed and comprehensive study to research and determine the answer to this.
Professor Raj Khosla is Colorado State University Monfort Professor of Precision Agriculture. In 2012 he was named the Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. In 2011 he was appointed by NASA to the U.S. “Presidential Advisory Board on Global Positioning System” to work on U.S. Space-based GPS policy. Khosla’s main research focus has been on management of in-field soil and crop spatial variability in large and small scale agricultural production systems. He is a Fellow of American Society of Agronomy, Fellow of Soil Science Society of America, and Fellow of Soil and Water Conservation Society. Khosla is the Founder and the immediate Past President of International Society of Precision Agriculture.

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Colorado's Irrigated Eden: The Incidental Creation of Wetland Ecosystems in an
Irrigated Landscape
Jeremy Sueltenfuss, Colorado National Heritage Program, CSU, 412 Sundance Cir N, Fort Collins, CO 80524, Jeremy.Sueltenfuss@colostate.edu, 303-638 -9087
Though few would argue our landscape hasn’t been altered by water development, it can be hard to describe some of the complex changes to our landscape with a broad stroke. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that water development has stressed, and in many cases depleted, our natural wetland and aquatic resources along the Front Range and east to our border. What is also evident, though, is the incidental creation of wetlands across our landscape as a function of water distribution. Irrigation results in a dramatic “hydrologic reversal” across the landscape, sending significant amounts of water to historically arid land far from its original water course. There can be no doubt this has consequences on the diverted river, but acknowledging the incidental creation of new wetlands from this water distribution should be acknowledged as we work together to plan for a sustainable future.
Research in the last five years has indicated a significant amount of wetland acreage created as a result of seepage from irrigation canals and tailwater runoff from irrigated fields. Though this seems to come as no surprise to those living in agricultural communities, the extent of water augmentation that sustains or creates new wetlands is dramatic and does come as a surprise to urban crowds. What seems to be a natural system to so many is simply a naturalized one, an artifact of irrigation during the past 100 years.
Our current reality remains: groundwater pumping has lowered the natural water table in eastern Colorado, resulting in the drying of many miles of plains streams, and significant water diversions have altered and stressed our rivers and floodplains. Along with these losses, many thousands of wetlands have been incidentally created as a result of irrigation. As our urban areas continue to grow and require more water, incidentally created wetlands stand to join the list of our lost aquatic resources if water transfers to the city are not prioritized effectively.
Jeremy Sueltenfuss has researched, worked, and collaborated on projects related to Colorado’s wetland resources for the past five years. His graduate work at CSU found him interacting closely with Northern Colorado’s agricultural community to assess the interactions between irrigation and adjacent wetlands. The information from this research sparked his interest in restoration and “novel wetlands,” a topic well suited to the arid west. He has been with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program for the past three years and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at CSU.
Erick Carlson is a third year Ph.D. student at CSU researching irrigation canals and their ecological significance. He earned his master's degree in Ecology at CSU in 2009 and has worked for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program before returning to CSU for his current work.

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Budding Opportunities: Water for Weed
Moderator: Brian Werner, Public Information Officer, Northern Water, 220 Water Ave, Berthoud, CO 80513, bwerner@northernwater.org, 970-622-2229
Grower: Perspectives on Acquiring Water Resources
Shawn Honaker, Yeti Farms, PO BOX 942, Rifle, CO 81650, sldhed@msn.com, 970-319-8404
Rocky Mountain High Efficient Water Use for a Budding Industry (pun intended)
Jeff Tejral, Denver Water, Jeff.tejral@denverwater.org
Denver Water has seen increasing numbers of cannabis grow operations in its service area because of legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis in Colorado. Grow operations are being located in previously less-used or vacant warehouses and light industrial areas that saw very little water use in the past. There has also been enough increased demand after the legalization of recreational marijuana that grow operations will respond with increased supply. While the increases in energy use from these grow operations have been documented and drawn media coverage, little has been done to document the impacts on water use. This presentation will discuss how Denver Water staff worked through the process of identifying customers collaborating with grow facility staff, and producing findings on water use efficiency for indoor grow facilities.
Jeff Tejral is the Manager of Conservation at Denver Water. He has more than 15 years of training and experience in water conservation, drought tolerant landscaping, and public policy making. Denver Water has an internationally recognized Conservation program that provides opportunities for more than a million customers to Use Only What They Need. Tejra has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management specializing in community involvement processes from the University of Nebraska and is working on a master’s degree of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Colorado Denver focused on land use and resource management.
Water Rights Administration
Rachel Zancanella, Water Resources Engineer, Div. 2, 310 E Abriendo Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004
rachel.zancanella@state.co.us, 719-542-3368
This presentation will provide a brief summary of the evolution of how marijuana became legal and why water rights are an issue for the industry. Rachel will provide a background on the challenges the industry has faced as well as some actual comparisons for profit vs. water use of this and other cash crops. Information will be shared on procedures developed to work with members of the public to educate them and bring their multi-million dollar operations into compliance with Colorado water law.
Rachel Zancanella is originally from Glenwood Springs, Colorado. She attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins and graduated in 2008 with a degree in Civil Engineering. Currently a Water Resources Engineer with the Colorado Division of Water Resources Pueblo office, she leads the Water Information Team, which is responsible for groundwater administration in Division 2 as well as providing support to DWR staff and the public on water issues, including Substitute Water Supply Plans, well permitting and marijuana. Zancanella became involved with marijuana water administration shortly after accepting her current position when it became apparent how much of a hot topic it was becoming and how much public education was needed with respect to water rights.

Speaker PowerPoint presentations are available at www.southplatteforum.org

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Baby Steps in Hemp Research
John McKay, CSU, jkmckay@colostate.edu, 970-402–4828
The 2014 USDA Farm Bill contains language providing for the cultivation of Cannabis for research to study the “growth, cultivations, or marketing of industrial hemp” (defined as cannabis with THC levels below 0.3% by dry weight) in states that allow such cultivation. Additional bills are pending that would remove any remaining restrictions on hemp production and research. For farmers, hemp is a promising new crop to incorporate into their rotations. Once hemp production in Colorado reaches significant acreage, this will provide opportunity for new industry and R&D around end uses including products derived from flower, grain, and stalks. I will report on research at CSU where we conducted a variety trial of 17 cultivars from Europe and Asia. We grew these trials at two locations spanning the latitude and growing conditions of Colorado. In addition, I will present hemp breeding and agronomy research I have conducted in the private sector, working with New West Genetics to create hemp varieties adapted for large scale production.
John McKay is an Associate Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genomics at Colorado State, where he has been on the faculty since 2006 and the Founder and Director of Genetics at New West Genetics, a hemp breeding company. Prior to CSU, McKay was a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Research Scientist at UC Davis. McKay received his Ph.D. from the University of Montana, working with his advisor Thomas Mitchell-Olds. In his current position at CSU, McKay leads a research group working on the genetics of adaptation. To date most of McKay’s publications have focused on the model plant Arabidopsis Thaliana due to the relative ease of "getting to genes" in this model system. He also conducts public sector research on several crops including rice and Brassica napus. In all of Mckay’s study systems, he integrates across levels of inquiry by examining evolution and gene function at both the phenotypic and molecular levels. His ultimate goal is to determine why, as well as how, these plant genomes have evolved with respect to functional variation in agricultural and physiological traits important in local adaptation to climate. McKay’s publications have been cited over 2,500 times, and he regularly serves on scientific review panels in the U.S. and internationally.

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About the South Platte Forum
The South Platte Forum was initiated in 1989 to provide an avenue for a timely, multi-disciplinary exchange of information and ideas important to resource management in the South Platte River Basin. Its stated mandates are:
to enhance the effective management of natural resources in the South Platte River Basin by promoting
coordination between state, federal and local resource managers, and private enterprise, and
to promote the interchange of ideas among disciplines to increase awareness and understanding of South Platte River Basin issues and public values.
The expressed opinions and information at the Forum and in this program are not necessarily endorsed by the South Platte Forum or any of its sponsoring agencies.

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Watershed Resiliency Projects in the State of Colorado Programmatic Environmental Assessment Colorado, June 2015 Jeffrey Fullmer, Jeffrey.Fullmer@FEMA.DHS.gov, 929-232-0122
In September 2013, flooding in northeastern Colorado set records as rain widened river banks and rerouted flow patterns causing damage to watersheds. As a result local coalitions formed with the mission of formulating comprehensive watershed master planning for recovery projects. In support of these local coalitions the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in concert with the Colorado Disaster Unified Review Team (DURT) set out to streamline environmental compliance efforts for these projects. The result is the Watershed Resiliency Projects (WRP) Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA). A PEA is utilized to address a group of projects that are similar in scope, scale, magnitude, and the nature of impact that are recipients of federal funding. This PEA is regional in scope, covers numerous ecosystems and political boundaries, and focuses on a range of watershed recovery actions. The use of a PEA can reduce redundant analytical undertakings and identify cumulative impacts created by these actions. In contrast, an EA (non-programmatic and agency specific) assesses impacts on a specific project site and the immediate surroundings. The PEA assesses environmental compliance for watershed hydraulic capacity and floodplain resiliency projects through floodplain and channel naturalization through biologically inspired resiliency measures such as bank stabilization and hardening using natural materials and revegetation, referred to as bioengineering. Multi-objective project design of hydraulic control elements such as fish-passage-friendly drop structures, energy dissipating fish ladders or the creation of recreational open space to preserve watershed functions. Watershed restoration and mitigation including channel shaping or re-profiling, floodplain construction, overflow channel construction, riparian re-vegetation, instream habitat improvement, and erosion and sediment control including slope stabilization and sediment detention. Upland forest health including fuels mitigation, wildfire suppression and upland· plantings directly tied to watershed and floodplain resiliency.
Full WRP PEA text available: www.dhsem.state.co.us/emergencymanagement/cored/environmental

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Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network
Zach Schwalbe and Nolan Doesken, Colorado Climate Center Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
The Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University is responsible for monitoring and tracking the climate of Colorado. This is accomplished by gathering and compiling data and information from several sources, including Federal networks such at the National Weather Service and USDA's SNOTEL program. Over the last 25 years, the Colorado Climate Center has helped establish a special network of automated weather stations in primarily irrigated agricultural areas of Colorado.
This network, the Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network (CoAgMet), was initially used mostly for agricultural research. But with more than 20 years of detailed data on temperature, humidity, wind, solar energy, and precipitation, CoAgMet is increasingly utilized by water consultants and State water officials for water administration and for quantifying historic and recent consumptive use (CU). Year to year variations in evapotranspiration will be shown. The status and future plans for the CoAgMet network will be presented along with information on how to access, view, and download current and historic weather data.

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