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Mapping the Colorado Basin Rou ndtable’s Water Policy Networks <br />more than a year. Not surprisingly, roundtable members were significantly more likely to have <br />resided in Colorado for more than 20 years. However, roundtable members were not <br />significantly more likely to be individuals who have been involved in water issues for a long time. <br />With regard to personal characteristics, the respondents to the survey are largely in their 40s <br />and 50s, with 12.7% reporting that they are 40 years old or younger and 19.6% reporting that <br />they are 61 years old or older. The vast majority, 83.5%, of respondents are male. <br />Water Rights <br />Three quarters of the respondents do not own water rights individually. Of the one quarter who <br />do, the rights range from 1860s rights to rights as recent at 2003, with half before 1900 and half <br />after. In contrast, 60.3% of respondents represent organizations that own water rights, with <br />most of the organizations owning more than 1000 acre-feet of storage rights and/or greater than <br />100 CFS of flow rights. Individuals representing organizations that own water rights were <br />significantly more likely to report involvement with a roundtable. <br />Geographic Diversity <br />Respondents are from throughout Colorado, with the highest percentage of respondents on the <br />West Slope. As the survey respondents outside the Colorado Basin Roundtable were all <br />identified by members of that roundtable, a higher participation level from individuals in western <br />Figure 1.1: Total Number of Participants from each County <br />Colorado Institute of Public Policy 11 of 64 <br />