Colorado Water Project

Many rivers and streams in Colorado are heavily depleted and lack the flows necessary to sustain healthy coldwater fisheries. Trout Unlimited's Colorado Water Project works to address this problem. Since its inception in 1998, the CWP has defeated water diversion and storage projects that would diminish river flows, has helped to pass several pieces of legislation expanding the state instream flow program, and has created dialogue among water providers regarding ways to develop water supplies without damaging Colorado's trout fisheries. TU's membership, the conservation community and state leaders and decision-makers look to CWP lawyers and scientists as water experts. CWP efforts center on three areas:

Building Political Will

Defending Instream Flows

Restoring Stream Flows in Key River Basins

Colorado Water Project Reports:

Filling the Gap: Commonsense Solutions for Meeting Front Range Water Needs

Facing our Future: A Balanced Water Solution for Colorado

A Dry Legacy 2: Progress and New Threats in a Drought Year

A Dry Legacy: A Challenge for Colorado's Rivers

What the current drought means for the future of water management in Colorado

For more information contact:

Colorado Water Project
1536 Wynkoop Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80202
303-440-2937
303-440-7933 (fax)

Drew Peternell, Director
Contact Drew Peternell

Mely Whiting, Counsel
Contact Mely Whiting

Rob Firth, Colorado River Headwaters Project Coordinator
Contact Rob Firth

Brian Hodge, Yampa/White Basin Project Coordinator
Contact Brian Hodge

Cary Denison, Gunnison River Basin Coordinator
Contact Cary Denison

Richard Van Gytenbeek, Colorado River Basin Organizer
Contact Richard Van Gytenbeek

Jesse Kruthaupt, Upper Gunnison Project Specialist
Contact Jesse Kruthaupt

Colorado Trout Unlimited website

Colorado Water Project Press Archive