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Water Plan Resources

The following lists contain links to additional documents and resources linked within the Water Plan.

Additional Links by Chapter

Colorado Groundwater Atlas, 2014

PRISM Climate Group

Rapid Intensification of the Emerging Southwestern North American Megadrought in 2020–2021

Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation

NOAA 30-year Climate Normals

Colorado River Flow Dwindles as Warming-driven Loss of Reflective Snow Energizes Evaporation

Future Precipitation and Temperature graphics

Treeflow Reconstructed Streamflows

Increased Drought Severity Tracks Warming in the United States’ Largest River Basin

Climate Change and the Aridification of North America

Colorado Senate Bill 14-115

Colorado Department of Agriculture Brochure

The Economic Contributions of Water-related Outdoor Recreation in Colorado

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Focus Area Maps

Colorado Stream Management Plan Resource Library

Colorado Statewide Forest Resource Assessment: A Foundation for Strategic Discussion and

Implementation of Forest Management in Colorado

Colorado State Forest Service Five-Year Strategic Plan: 2016-2020

Forest Management to Protect Colorado's Water Resources: A Synthesis to Support House Bill 16-1255

Forest Health Study: 10 Takeaways to Inform the Colorado Water Plan 

Reviving the Public Ownership, Anti-Speculation, and Beneficial Use Moorings of Prior Appropriation Water Law

Acequia Assistance Project - Homepage

Citizens Guide to Colorado Water Law

Synopsis of Colorado Water Law

Division of Water Resources - Water Rights

Water Education Colorado Citizen's Guide to Colorado's Interstate Water Compacts, 3rd Edition

A Summary of Compacts and Litigation Governing Colorado’s Use of Interstate Streams

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Law & Policy

Division of Water Resources - Interstate Compacts

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Colorado River Basin

Colorado's Transbasin Diversions

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Funding

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Plan Grants

Colorado Water Supply Planning and Permitting Handbook

Advancements on Efficient Permitting and State Support for Projects

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Homepage

Department of Local Affairs - 1041 Regulations

Colorado 2020 Infrastructure Report Card

2015 Colorado Climate Plan

Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report

Colorado Water Supply Planning and Permitting Handbook

Colorado Forest Action Plan

Results of the 2019 Survey of Colorado Agricultural Producers on Watershed and Stream Management Plans

Interbasin Compact Committee - Public Education, Participation, & Outreach Workgroup - Homepage

2021 Public Survey

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Funding

Press Release: Water Agencies Unite and Commit to Reducing Demands on Colorado River

BBC Turf Tech Memo

Basin Roundtables - Homepage

Situation Assessment for a Network of Forest Collaborative Groups in Colorado

Center for Collaborative Conservation: The Atlas of Collaborative Conservation in Colorado

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

Stream Management Plans Nuts and Bolts

Upper Culebra Watershed Assessment

Rio Grande Basin Roundtable Newsletter. Volume 6. Issue 3.

Climate Change in Colorado

Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Climate Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Equity Task Force

Department of Local Affairs - Demography

Colorado River Recovery Program - Upper Colorado

Colorado River Recovery Program - San Juan

Platte River Recovery Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Land Use Program

Integrating Water Efficiency into Land Use Planning: A Guidebook

Colorado's Decision Support System - Homepage

Colorado's Decision Support System - Map Viewers

Colorado's Decision Support System - Software

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Storage Projects

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Urban Water Efficiency Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Reuse

Alternative Transfer Methods in Colorado, Status Update, Framework for Continued Support, and Recommendations for CWCB Action, 2020

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Sharing Agreement Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

Accelerate Nature Based Solutions Roadmap

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Recreational In-Channel Diversion Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Instream Flow Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Wild and Scenic Rivers Fund

Endangered Species Program

Conservation agreement for Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus) in the States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming

Range-wide Conservation Agreement and Strategy for Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta), Bluehead Sucker (Catostomus discobolus), and Flannelmouth Sucker (Catostomus latipinnis)

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Future Avoided Cost Explorer

Drought Planning Guidance

Wildfire Ready Watersheds

Colorado Fluvial Hazard Zone Mapping Program 

Forest Health Study: 10 Takeaways to Inform the Colorado Water Plan

 

2023 Water Plan Draft Public Comment Sideboards

Read the 2015 Colorado Water Plan

Basin Roundtables - Homepage

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Homepage

Analysis and Technical Update to the Water Plan, 2019

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Focus Area Maps

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Law & Policy

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Colorado River Basin

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Funding

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Plan Grants

Interbasin Compact Committee - Homepage

Interbasin Compact Committee - Public Education, Participation, & Outreach Workgroup - Homepage

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Project Database

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Climate Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Equity Task Force

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Future Avoided Cost Explorer

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Drought Planning Guidance

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Wildfire Ready Watersheds

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Land Use Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Storage Projects

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Urban Water Efficiency Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Reuse

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Water Sharing Agreement Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Recreational In-Channel Diversion Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Instream Flow Program

Colorado Water Conservation Board - Wild and Scenic Rivers Fund

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