DENVER — At least $100 million a year is available annually in Colorado to spend on land conservation, but only about $1.5 million a year is available for buying water to leave in the state’s ...

The Instream Flow Council (IFC) represents the interests of Canadian and American fish and wildlife management agencies to improve the effectiveness of their environmental or instream flow programs. .

Colorado’s instream-flow program gives the CWCB the ability to hold water rights specifically for preserving the natural environment “to a reasonable degree” by keeping water flowing in the river.

SUMMIT COUNTY ” With a pro-conservation majority in the state Legislature, conservation groups are chomping at the bit to enact meaningful environmental laws. Expanding the state’s instream ...

This package is a big step forward for CWCB’s instream flow program. The legislation will help CWCB to protect and restore flows in Colorado’s waterways, thereby creating a healthier ...

Just one state agency has a mission that includes paying people to leave water in Colorado’s rivers for environmental reasons — and that can legally protect the flowing water — and that’s the Colorado ...

Aspen Journalism’s Brent Gardner-Smith published an article (“State of Colorado’s instream flow program is Llauded, challenged,” Jan. 21, Aspen Daily News) about the financial and legal challenges the ...

An instream flow plan that outlines the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's beneficial use of Wyoming's water for trout restoration meets state law and constitutional muster, according to Wyoming ...

GOLIAD – Florine Davis remembers how the last flood brought down trees along the riverbank.