Important story in today’s Denver Post: The Environmental Protection Agency is calling for enhanced flows for the Upper Colorado River in the face of proposed water diversions– fully vindicating what TU has been saying all along about the state’s namesake river: it’s in trouble and needs improved flows, above and beyond what the state has recommended as mitigation for the Windy Gap pipeline expansion.
TU has been trying to get state officials to pay attention to their own study, completed last fall, which showed a river ecosystem devastated by depleted flows, algae and choking silt. As the article shows, they’re not listening yet.
Will Gov. Hickenlooper step up and show leadership on saving this priceless river? Stay tuned. . .
