Event Details
A meeting of the CWCB will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 commencing at 3:00 PM and continuing through Thursday, September 18, 2025. The meeting will be held in the Student Union building, 2nd floor in the Ballroom at Fort Lewis College 1000 Rim Dr Durango 81301, and virtually on Zoom.
The CWCB posts notice 30 days in advance of each regularly scheduled meeting. Notices for special meetings are posted on the website typically within five business days and not less than 24 hours of such a meeting. Notices of regular and special meetings may also be received by email. To receive notices by email please visit our Notification Portal.
Although dates and times are indicated in this notice and in the following agenda, the CWCB may address and take action on noticed items in any order. Any item scheduled for the regular agenda may be discussed in executive session if legal questions arise as authorized under § 24-6-402, C.R.S. Any known changes to the agenda will be announced at the beginning of the meeting. This notice, any late notice(s) of additional items, and briefing memos prepared for the CWCB will be on our website.
The CWCB’s meetings are made available through live audio/video streaming on YouTube, although Board workshops are not. To listen to the proceedings, find links to either day's meeting on the right sidebar.
The CWCB encourages citizens to express their views and provide feedback to the Board on the agenda items. This can be done by filling out this form, by sending a letter to a Board member or to the Chair of the Board, or by attending the meeting. by sending a letter to a Board member or to the Chair of the Board, or by attending the meeting. If you want to make a public comment during the meeting you must fill out a comment sheet prior to the meeting date and email it to the Board Coordinator. The Board will appreciate hearing your views when it reaches that agenda item. If you have any questions, need special accommodations as a result of a disability, or require further information on any CWCB activity, please contact Viola Bralish at 303-866-3441, ext. 3206. All programs, services, and activities of the CWCB are operated in compliance with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
CWCB Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance - 3:00-3:02
- Review and Approve Agenda - 3:02-3:05
2025 CWCB Board Meeting Dates & Locations
a. November 19 & 20 – Denver Metro Area
2026 CWCB Board Meeting Dates & Locations
a. January 26 & 27 – Aurora
b. March 18 & 19 – TBD
c. May 20 & 21 – TBD
d. July 15 & 16 – Gunnison Basin
e. September 16 & 17 – Colorado Basin
Finance Committee, September 15
f. November 18 & 19 – Denver Metro
- Review and Approve Board Meeting Minutes - 3:05-3:10
- Approve and/or Remove Consent Agenda Items - 3:10-3:15
- Financial Matters – Construction Fund and Severance Tax Perpetual Base Fund - 3:15-3:20
Finance Section - Water Supply Reserve Fund Grant September 2025 - 3:20-3:25
Grants Section- Basin – Metro & South Platte
Applicant – Consolidated Mutual Water Company
Name of Water Activity – ET Study & Floatovoltaic Design
- Basin – Metro & South Platte
- Water Plan Grants September 2025 - 3:25-5:25
Grants Section- Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Mesa County
Project – Orchard Mesa Check Piping – 38 Road Bike and Pedestrian Project - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – American Rivers
Project – Frozen Assets: Rio Grande Innovative Water Management - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Center Conservation District
Project – Southern Colorado Wool Pellet Project - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust
Project – Rusk Ranch’s Beckwith Easement Project - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Terrace Irrigation Company
Project – Tools for Adaptive Storage in the Alamosa River Basin - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Arkansas Groundwater and Reservoir Association
Project – West Pueblo Bank Stabilization - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Colorado Open Lands
Project – Rio Grande Cooperative Project – Phase 2 - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Trout Unlimited National
Project – Gunnison Basin RCPP - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Colorado State University
Project – Community-Driven Water Evaluation in the Yampa Valley - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Western Slope Conservation Center
Project – Farmers Ditch Improvement Project - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc. DBA Colorado West Land Trust
Project – From Risk to Resilience: A New Model for Farm and Water Security in the Gunnison River Basin - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Colorado State University
Project – Colorado Open Soil Moisture Project - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – City of Loveland
Project – City of Loveland Water AMI Project - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Larimer County
Project – Larimer County Groundwater Study - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Eagle County Conservation District
Project – Beyond Lawn Phase II - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – City of Steamboat Springs
Project – Steamboat Springs Smart Irrigation Central Control System Phase III - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – City of Fort Lupton
Project – Comprehensive Water Strategy Planning - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Sonoran Institute
Project – Growing Water Smart: Action and Impact Initiative - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Project – Rye Resurgence Film & Educational Impact Campaign - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Adams State University
Project – Water Education and Community Engagement - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Colorado State University
Project – South Platte Salinity Stakeholder Group Final Phase - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Blue Elements
Project – Watershed Stewards Program - Category – Water Storage & Supply
Applicant – Lower Latham Reservoir Company
Project – Jurgens Reservoir-Ancillary Facility Design & Construction - Category – Water Storage & Supply
Applicant – Town of De Beque
Project – Town of De Beque Secondary Raw Water Source Well - Category – Water Storage & Supply
Applicant – City of Canon City
Project – Planning John Griffin Park Reservoir - Category – Water Storage & Supply
Applicant – Eagle River Water and Sanitation District
Project – Bolts Lake Design Development Progress Drawings - Category – Water Storage & Supply
Applicant – South Metro Water Supply Authority
Project – Regional ASR Project - Phase 2 - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – RiversEdge West
Project – White River Riparian Restoration and Community Engagement Initiative - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Jefferson Conservation District
Project – Bear Creek Wildfire Ready Action Plan - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Boulder Watershed Collective
Project – Boulder Creek Headwaters Resiliency Project - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative
Project – Lower Arkansas Watershed Planning Initiative - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District
Project – Frost Ranch Final Design - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Larimer County
Project – River Bluffs Open Space Restoration - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Fountain Creek Watershed, Inc. d/b/a Pikes Peak Waterways
Project – Stream Reach Plan - Monument Creek – MVP to ATB - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Larimer Conservation District
Project – Collaborative Elkhorn Creek Restoration - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Project – Rio Grande Bank Stabilization & Revegetation Phase 6 - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Boulder Mushroom
Project – Biological Soil Moisture Retention - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Northern Integrated Supply Project Water Activity Enterprise
Project – Phase I Design: Cache la Poudre River Restoration - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – San Miguel Watershed Coalition
Project – Reed Chatfield Ditch and Diversion Rehabilitation - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Onward! A Legacy Foundation DBA Dolores Watersheds Collaborative
Project – Managing Forests to Conserve Snow and Soil Moisture
- Category – Agriculture
5:25 RECESS
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Chairman Melvin Baker or Vice Chairman Marvin Pinnecoose – Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Chairman Manual Heart or Vice Chairman Alston Turtle – Ute Mountain Ute Tribe - 8:30-8:50
- Directors’ Reports - 8:50-9:15
- DNR Executive Director
- CWCB Director
- IBCC Director
- Agriculture Commissioner
- State Engineer
- Division of Parks and Wildlife Director
- Water Resource and Power Development Authority
- Basin Directors’ Reports - 9:15 – 9:45
- North Platte River Basin Director’s Report
- South Platte River Basin Director’s Report
- Arkansas River Basin Director’s Report
- City and County of Denver Director’s Report
- Rio Grande River Basin Director’s Report
- Yampa-White River Basin Director’s Report
- Colorado River (Mainstem) Basin Director’s Report
- San Juan/San Miguel-Dolores River Basin Director’s Report
- Gunnison River Basin Director’s Report
- Attorney General’s Report & Legal Briefing - 9:45-9:50
MORNING BREAK - 9:50-10:05
- Instream Flow Appropriations - 10:05-10:20
Stream and Lake Protection Section - Instream Flow Acquisitions - 10:20-10:50
Stream and Lake Protection Section- Proposed 5-Year Water Use Agreement with the Town of Basalt to Lease Ruedi Reservoir Water During the Winter for Instream Flow Use on the Fryingpan River, Water Division 5. (1st meeting)
- Proposed 1-Year Water Use Agreement with the Basalt Water Conservancy District to Lease Ruedi Reservoir Water During the Winter for Instream Flow Use on the Fryingpan River, Water Division 5. (1st meeting)
- Proposed Dedication from the City of Fort Collins of Protected Mitigation Releases from the New Reservoir Capacity of the Halligan Reservoir for Instream Flow Use on the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, Water Division 1. (1st meeting)
Public Comment - 10:50-11:05
LUNCH - 11:05-12:20
- Shoshone Hearing - 12:20-3:00
AFTERNOON BREAK - 3:00-3:15
Shoshone Hearing continued - 3:15-6:00
6:00 RECESS
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Shoshone Hearing continued - 8:30-10:00
MORNING BREAK - 10:00-10:15
Shoshone Hearing continued - 10:15-12:00
LUNCH - 12:00-12:45
Shoshone Hearing continued - 12:45-3:00
AFTERNOON BREAK - 3:00-3:15
Shoshone Hearing continued - 3:15-5:00
5:00 ADJOURN
CWCB Consent Agenda September 16 - 18, 2025
Matters may be placed on the Consent Agenda when the recommended action follows established policy or precedent, there has been a negotiated settlement, or the matter is uncontested and non-controversial. Staff provides memos to CWCB members explaining the matters on the Consent Agenda. Matters on the Consent Agenda are noticed for hearing in the same manner as other agenda items. If a member of the CWCB requests further consideration of an item on the Consent Agenda, the item will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and discussed during the meeting or at the next meeting, with action taken after discussion of the item. If a member of the CWCB requests further consideration of an item on the Consent Agenda that pertains to a pending or imminent court action, the matter will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and may be discussed during executive session of the same meeting, and any action on that item will be taken in public session. The Consent Agenda may be voted on without reading or discussing individual items. Any CWCB member may request clarification about any matter on the Consent Agenda.
- Statements of Opposition
Stream & Lake Protection Section
Staff recommends the Board ratify CWCB’s filing of the following Statements of Opposition: - Water Supply Reserve Fund Grants
Grants Section- Basin – Metro & South Platte
Applicant – Colorado Watershed Assembly
Name of Water Activity – Youth Development, Water Education, and the Colorado Water Plan (Year One) - Basin – Southwest
Applicant – Morrison Consolidated Ditch Company
Name of Water Activity – Undershot Replacement Project - Basin – Yampa/White/Green
Applicant – Bear River Reservoir Company
Name of Water Activity – Stillwater Reservoir Drain, Collar and Channel Stabilization - Basin – Yampa/White/Green
Applicant – B/Land and Cattle, LLC
Name of Water Activity – John C. Temple Reservoir #1 Rehabilitation
- Basin – Metro & South Platte
- Water Plan Grant Change
Grants Section - Water Plan Grants
Grants Section- Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Owl Creek Supply & Irrigation Company
Project – Operational Improvement-Owl Creek Lateral - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – High Desert Conservation District
Project – Wilson Ditch Piping Project - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Community Agriculture Alliance, Inc.
Project – Bear River Automation Phase 2 - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Shavano Conservation District
Project – Demonstrating Gravity-Powered Micro-Irrigation in Gunnison Basin Agriculture - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – 3 Rocks Ranch LLC
Project – Canon Heights Intake Rehabilitation - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Crawford Water Conservancy District
Project – Smith Fork Siphon and SCADA Project - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Project – Rye Resurgence Project – Phase 2 - Category – Agriculture
Applicant – Colorado State University
Project – Republican River Basin Discovery Farms - Category – Agriculture
Applicant –TN Bar Cattle Company
Project – Sunnyside Ditch Pipeline - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Town of Nunn
Project – Nunn Master Water Action Plan - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Project – WaterWise Conservation and Resiliency Plan - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Blue River Valley Ranch Lakes Association
Project – Blue River Valley Ranch Lakes Association Smart Water Meter Installation - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
Project – Scaling Turf Replacement and Youth Climate Adaptation Workforce in Denver - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Town of Superior
Project – Town of Superior Landscape Code Update - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment & Security
Project – Stormwater Capture and Reuse in Colorado - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Department of Personnel and Administration
Project – State of Colorado Irrigation Audit Training - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – The Regents of the University of Colorado
Project – Water-Wise Landscaping & Wildfire Resilience - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Denver Dept. of Public Health and Environment
Project – Advancing the State of Graywater in Colorado - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – Town of Telluride
Project – Stillwell Water Facility Management Plan - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – City of Durango
Project – Water Conservation Plan and Drought Response Plan Updates - Category – Conservation & Land Use Planning
Applicant – City of Alamosa
Project – Water Efficiency and Comprehensive Plan Updates - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Project – Rio Grande Basin Water Education Mural Project - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Confluence Center of Colorado, Inc.
Project – Confluence Center Atrium Exhibit - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance
Project – DARCA Capacity and Education Building - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
Project – Education & Outreach Program - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – The Freshwater Trust
Project – Innovations to Scale Colorado EQIP Impact - Category – Engagement & Innovation
Applicant – Colorado State University
Project – Water Quality Sound Project - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Pathway to the Rockies Council, BSA
Project – Camp Alexander South Platte River Restoration - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Bent Conservation District
Project – Supporting Nature’s Engineers: Beaver Dam Analogs for Watershed Restoration - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Chama Peak Land Alliance
Project – San Juan – Chama Watershed Health Project - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Ouray Ice Park, Inc.
Project – Our Water Our Future - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Trout Unlimited - National
Project – Enhancing Instream Habitat and Aiding Wildfire Recovery and Resiliency in the Lower North Inlet Watershed and Grand Lake - Category – Watershed Health & Recreation
Applicant – Confluence Colorado
Project – Fishable and Swimmable South Platte River
- Category – Agriculture
- CWCB Guide Revisions
Water Supply Planning Section
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The CWCB encourages citizens to express their views and provide feedback to the Board on the agenda items. This can be done by sending a Public Comment Request form to Viola.Bralish@state.co.us, or by sending a letter to a Board member or to the Chair of the Board. The Board will appreciate hearing your views when it reaches that agenda item.
Need anything else?
If you have any questions, need special accommodations as a result of a disability, or require further information on any CWCB activity, please contact Viola Bralish at 303-866-3441, ext. 3206. All programs, services, and activities of the CWCB are operated in compliance with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).