Below are archived links to past Confluence Newsletters. For media inquiries, contact Sara Leonard (sara.leonard@state.co.us).
Highlights:
- Upper Colorado River Commission's 5 Point Plan
- New infrastructure loans
- Comment, commit, share for the 2023 Colorado Water Plan
- Grant application process updates
- Water '22 book club announcement
- Job openings
Highlights:
- CWCB seeking water success stories from the public
- Turf Replacement White Paper available
- Growing Water Smart Workshop applications open
- Grand Junction Infrastructure Project loan
- Colorado River update released through Colorado Water Talk Podcast
- Colorado Water Plan listening session dates released
*NOTE: A correction was made to this newsletter and the updated version is linked here.
Highlights:
- Chair, Vice-Chair appointments
- Water Resilience Toolkit coming soon
- New cloud seeding generator near Winter Park
- Stagecoach Reservoir instream flow water right approved
- Stream Management Plan process report available
& more
Highlights:
- New approved grants and loans during January Board Meeting.
- Bureau of Reclamation releases Draft Drought Response Operations Plan.
- PFAS Grant Program launch.
- Annual Request for Water Process (partnership with Colorado Water Trust).
- Diane Hoppe Scholarship expands to accept applications from both high school seniors as well as first-year college students.
- Water '22 Initiative launches
Highlights:
- Director Mitchell's U.S. House testimonies
- CWCB Portal Launched for Water Plan Grants
- Denver One Water Plan released
- WaterNow Alliance Project Accelerator
- Colorado River Water Users Association upcoming conference
- In Memory of Justice Greg Hobbs
- Water Supply Reserve Fund program changes
- Forest Health White Paper published
- Basin Implementation Plans status update
- Water Awareness Survey reminder
- Wildfire Ready Watersheds program
- Floodplain Rules & Regulations Rulemaking hearing
& more
Highlights:
- Demand Management Decision-Making Roadmap released
- Commissioner Mitchell statement on Colorado River System
- Floodplain Rules & Regulations rulemaking
- Equity in Water Workshop & Conference
- Basin Implementation Plan drafts
- Approved Water Plan Grants and Water Supply Reserve Fund Grants
- Demand Management PSA Video
Highlights:
- Colorado Water Plan update
- Colorado Water Plan Grant application deadlines
- May Board Meeting
- Water Equity Task Force first meeting
- Statement on Lake Powell elevation forecast
- Colorado Flood Threat Bulletin
Highlights:
- 28 Colorado Water Plan grants approved
- Colorado Watershed Restoration Program special funding release
- Emergency Flood Loan Program completed
- Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) Review
- Colorado Water Talk Podcast episode on cloud seeding
- Colorado Water Plan Workshops schedule
Highlights:
- Governor Polis appoints Board Members
- Water Plan Vision and public survey released
- Amendments to Instream Flow Program Rules adopted
- Wildfire recovery efforts
- WaterNow Alliance Research Initiative on urban agriculture
- Demand Management concepts floated
Highlights:
- Colorado Water Plan celebrates 5th Anniversary
- What to know about the Wildly Important Goal on water
- Board approves next phase of Demand Management investigation
- Governor activates next phase of Drought Plan for the state
- State seeks feedback on Drought Virtual Tour
- First episode of Colorado Water Talk podcast released
- Registration opens for virtual Growing Water Smart Workshop
Highlights:
- Governor Polis urges USDA to expedite drought relief programs for Colorado farmers and ranchers
- Two Workshops held to review the status of the state's Demand Management Feasibility Investigation
- Director Mitchell joins other Colorado River Basin States on a letter requesting the Department of the Interior refrain from issuing a Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Lake Powell Pipeline proposal
- Story Map, "Swimming Upstream" released to highlight work done by Upper Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery Program
- Groups donate additional acre-feet of water released at Ruedi Reservoir to support strong streamflows for fish
- CWCB and Department of Natural Resources staff appointed to serve on Anti-Speculation Law Work Group
- Emergency Wildfire and Flood Impact Loans made available under Governor's Emergency Declaration
- Colorado public invited to share stories through the state's Drought Virtual Tour portal
Highlights:
- Governor Polis establishes a water-focused Wildly Important Goal
- Public comment period open for Demand Management Update
- Alternative Transfer Method Status Report available
- Five Ditches Irrigation Project completed in San Luis Valley
- Homestake Arkansas River Diversion Project provides recreational access
- CWCB appropriates water right on Himes Creek to protect cutthroat trout
- Drought Plan and Agricultural Task Force activated by Governor as severe drought expands
- CWCB releases podcast pilot, "3 Birds and a Fish," which explores the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program
Highlights:
- Administrative and Funding Updates in Response to COVID-19
- Colorado Water Plan Listening Sessions
- First Virtual Board Meeting
- Governor Signs Instream Flow Augmentation Bill (HB 1037)
- Cactus Hill Alternative Transfer Method Project
- Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project
- Flood Threat Bulletin Now Available
- Coordinated Reservoir Operations Update (Colorado Water Trust Blog)
- Future Avoided Cost Explorer (FACE:Hazards)
Download the April 2020 Newsletter
Highlights:
- Colorado Water Conservation Board's new and improved website
- New Board appointments and leadership announcement
- Water Supply Reserve Fund grants awarded
- Colorado water leaders move forward with Demand Management investigation
- Governor Jared Polis signs bill to expand voluntary loans process for the Instream Flows
- WaterSMART Grant for Arkansas River Colors of Water and Forecasting Tool awarded to Colorado’s Decision Support Systems Team
- Ditch and Reservoir Company hosts annual conference
- American Rivers Podcast on "Understanding Colorado's Instream Flow Program"
- National Young Farmers Coalition launches Young Farmers Water Fellowship program
Download the February 2020 Newsletter
Highlights:
- Colorado Water Leaders Gather for Annual Water Congress Convention
- Colorado Water Conservation Board Approves $2.8 Million in Watershed Restoration Program Grants
- Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extended 13 Years
- Colorado Water Trust and the Colorado Water Conservation Board Launch Annual Request for Water Process
- Colorado Water Plan Celebrates 5th Anniversary
- Historically Low Interest Rates for Water Project Loan Program
- Colorado Master Irrigator
- 2020 Western Water Futures Games
Download the December 2019 Newsletter
Highlights:
- Colorado Voters Approve Prop DD, Supporting the Colorado Water Plan Future
- Water Plan Grants Awarded to Agriculture, Conservation, Other Projects
- Colorado State University Hosts Water in the West Symposium
- State Water Leaders Analyze Tools for Adaptation at Upper Colorado River Basin Forum
- Colorado Water Loss Initiative Launches Stage 3: Water Audit Work Session
- Learn About Methods for Stream Management Planning at the New Resource Library
- Community Snow Observations (CSO)
Download the October 2019 Newsletter
Highlights:
- Leaders Across the 9 Colorado Basins Collaborate on Water Plan in Winter Park
- James W. Broderick Hydropower Plant
- Low Interest Water Project Loans Are Here
- Managing Colorado's Water Resources with LiDAR
- Join the Free Colorado Water Loss Initiative
Download the August 2019 Newsletter
Highlights:
- Draft Technical Update Released
- C-9 Summit Tours Added
- Nominate a Local Water Hero
- Join the Free Colorado Water Loss Initiative
Download the June 2019 Newsletter
Highlights:
- Drought Free Colorado
- Colorado Decision Support Systems Website Award
- 2019 Flood Season
- H2infO - Water Provider Information Tool
- Demand Management Feasibility Investigations
- 2019 Request for Water Process