PUB00056

• Year: 2001
• Title: Conference Proceedings: 26th Annual Gunnison Water Workshop
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Description: Theme of the conference was Who's in Charge?
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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Water Management -101

Thi~ sessiQn is fQr alllandQwners interested in finding Qut mQre abQut hQW to.
manage water to. meet their Qbjectives and keep peace with the neighbQrs, In this
sessiQn we will attempt to. answer the fQIIQwing questiQns,

- As a new landQwner in CQIQradQ, what infQrmatiQn do. YQU need to. knQw to. get alQng
with the neighbQrs and still meet the Qbjectives Qf YQur land management gQals?

- What agencies do. YQU need to. knQw abQut when planning YQur land management
prQjects?

- What SQurces Qf infQrmatiQn are available to. help inventQry the naturalJesQurces
Qn YQur WQperty? (To. help YQU make mQre infQrmed decisiQns abQut YQur planning
gQals)

- HQW do. I irrigate? What type Qf irrigatiQn system do. I have? Who. do. I need to.
cQQrdinate with when irrigating? HQW much water shQuld I use?

- What is a wetland? What can I do. with them?

- Can I just build a PQnd wherever I want?

- What is a riparian area? What can I do. with my river?

- HQW to. plan a develQpment that will work an irrigatiQn system, wetlands and riparian
areas?

The answers to. these questiQns will help YQU fit into. the existing neighbQrhQQd
and be better prepared to. plan and meet YQur land management Qbjectives, CQupled
with the legal side Qf water management and permitting, this sessiQn will help YQU be a
better educated landQwner.