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Colorado's Water Plan & Agriculture

Colorado's Water Plan acts as a foundation for Colorado to honor the State’s core water values. One of Colorado's water values is a productive economy that supports viable and productive agriculture. Agriculture uses the largest amount of water in Colorado and is the economic backbone for many rural communities. It supports important environmental attributes, strengthens Colorado’s food security, and upholds our state’s cultural identity. Preserving agriculture is vital to Colorado.

Read more about agriculture in Colorado's Water Plan Chapter 6.4: Alternative Agricultural Transfers.

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1. To maintain, improve and conserve habitat for four target species found on the Platte River in Central Nebraska: the endangered whooping crane, interior least tern, and pallid sturgeon, and the threatened piping plover.
2. To enable existing and new water uses in the Platte River Basin to proceed without additional Endangered Species Act requirements.

Materials

Agenda

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Final Summary Report

Existing Studies and Reports

"Where Now With Alternative Transfer Methods - ATMs - in Colorado?" Report (April 2017)

2016 Ag Water Right Holder Survey Results Summary (August 2016)

Super Ditch Final Report: Development of Land Fallowing - Water Leasing in the Lower Arkansas Valley (2002- mid 2011) 

Colorado River Water Bank Feasibility Phase 1 Final Report (June 2012)

Colorado River Water Bank Feasibility Phase 2 Final Report (March 2013)

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