The Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District has inked a nearly $100 million deal with Xcel Energy to buy one of the oldest and biggest non-consumptive water rights on the main stem of the Colorado River, a first step in ensuring the water continues flowing west.| Aspen Journalism
In November, the Colorado River Water Conservation District filed an application with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for $40 million to help buy the water rights associated with the Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon.| Aspen Journalism
The Shoshone Hydropower Plant in Glenwood Canyon was not operating for nearly all of 2023 and more than half of 2024, adding urgency to the River District's campaign to secure the plant’s water rights for the Western Slope.| Aspen Journalism
Seventeen projects in western Colorado aimed at drought and the environment are on pause after the Trump administration paused federal IRA money.| Aspen Journalism
