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Citizen's Guide to Colorado 1Nater Law
<br />This Citizen's Guide to Colorado Water Law (2003) is the first in a series of educational booklets designed to pro-
<br />vide Colorado citizens with balanced and accurate information on a variety of subjects related to water resources.
<br />Copyright 2003 by the Colorado Foundation for Water Education.
<br />Acknowledgements
<br />The Colorado Foundation for Water Education thanks the following people and organizations for their review, com-
<br />ment, and assistance. The author and the Foundation are solely responsible for the contents of [his Guide.
<br />Dan McAuliffe, Deputy Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />David Beaujon, Office of Legislative Council, Colorado General Assembly
<br />Hal Simpson, Colorado State Engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources
<br />Jim Lochhead, Brownstein, Hyatt ~ Farber
<br />Ken Knox, Chief Deputy State Engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources
<br />Ken Wright, Wright Water Engineers
<br />Mark Pifher, Director, Colorado Water Quality Control Division
<br />Robert Trout, Trout, Witwer, and Freeman, PC.
<br />Advanced Placement (AP) History students from Frontier Academy, Greeley:
<br />Michela Altergott, David Reece, Maggie Reinsvold, and Casey Dukeman (Teacher)
<br />Colorado River Water Conservation District
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />Denver Water Department
<br />Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
<br />~utht~r Justice Gregory J. Hobbs,Jr.
<br />Editr. Karla A. Brown
<br />Desi~, ~ R. Emmett Jordan
<br />?cI1 filar}tcagra~hs arc used ~}itti P€'emsstssion and
<br />ret~~aixa the prolacrtti° of the respectis~e photogra-
<br />~laers ~:~20t)3~.-lll~rioht~reservtcd.
<br />Jim Richardson -cover (headgate), p.2 (irrigation),
<br />p.4, p.6, p.15, p.18, p.21 (alp, p. 22 (a11), p.24
<br />(RMNP, Mexico), p.26 (all), p.27. Brian Gadbery -
<br />coeer (kayak), p.2 (kayak), p.3. Michael Lewis -
<br />cover (mtns), p.l (nuns), p.29 (hikers). Eric Lars
<br />Bakke - p.13 (golD, p.24 (sprinklers). Emmett
<br />Jordan p.l (windmill), p.24 (rain), p.33. Richard
<br />GranUDenver Meu~o Convention ~Y Visirors Bureau -
<br />p.1 (Denver). Denver Public Library, Western History
<br />Collection -cover, p.13. Wright Water Engineers -
<br />p5 (all). Trout Unlimited - p.9. CCWCD - p. t6
<br />(all). NCWCD - p.25 (Poudre Canyon), p.28 (map).
<br />Getty Images -cover (elk), p.2 (crane), p.7, p.19,
<br />p.25 (elk), p.28 (faucet).
<br />"Two Rivers" and "Time of Mountains", by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, are reprinted with permission from Thomas
<br />Hornsby Ferril and the Ametiam West, edited by Robert C. Baron, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel, Golden,
<br />Colorado: Fulcrum Pub. (1996).
<br />Colorado Foundation for 1Nater Education
<br />PO. Box 300158
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />303-377-4433
<br />www.cfwe.org
<br />Officers
<br />i'residcn_: State Representative Diane Hoppe, (R-Sterling)
<br />i ~~ '~ irc i'residec~ Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Colorado Supreme Court
<br />2nd Vice Presider:- Becky Brooks, Stealey II, Inc.
<br />Secretar:- Wendy Hanophy, Colorado Division of Wildlife
<br />Assistant Secretar, Lynn Herkenhoff, Southwestern Water Conservation District
<br />"T'reasurc~,- Tom Long, Summit County Commissioner
<br />Assistant Treasury Matt Cook, Coors Brewing
<br />1t Lar~~:~ Taylor Hawes, Northwest Council of Governments
<br /> Rod Kuharich, Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br /> Lori Ozzello, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
<br />Board of Trustees
<br />Rita Crompton, Ute Water Conservancy District
<br />Lewis Entz, State Senator, (R-Hooper)
<br />Kent Holsinger, Colorado Division of Natural Resources
<br />Harold Miskel, Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />David Nickum, Trout Unlimited
<br />Tom Pointon, Agriculture
<br />John Porter, Dolores Water Conservancy District
<br />Chris Rowe, Colorado Watershed Network
<br />Rick Sackbauer, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District
<br />Gerry Saunders, University of Northern Colorado
<br />Ann Seymour, Colorado Springs Utilities
<br />Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University
<br />Mission Statement
<br />The purpose and mission of the Colorado
<br />Foundation for Water- Education is to promote
<br />a better understanding of water issues through
<br />educational opportunities and ~r~esources, so
<br />Co{orado citizens will understand orvater as a
<br />limited resom~ee and nuthe infornred decisions.
<br />The Foundation does not tape an advocacy
<br />position on any water issue.
<br />Staff
<br />Karla A. Brown, Executive Director
<br />Colorado Foundation
<br />far Water Education
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