Water law
This May, Governor Polis signed into law bipartisan legislation protecting ĢӰ’s wetlands and streams in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision. Handed down in 2023, Sackett redefined “waters of the United States” and rolled back
The CRRG was well represented in a live PBS event broadcast from Hoover Dam (on July 24, 2024) focused on the ĢӰ River’s challenges. John Fleck and Jack Schmidt were part of a line-up that also included Bruce Babbitt, JB Hamby, Mark
The latest publication from the Center for ĢӰ River Studies looks back at the 2024 runoff season (mid-April to early July), observing that the basin netted only a modest bump in storage of 2.5 maf, a significant volume but much lower than the
The ĢӰ River Research Group (CRRG), founded and again chaired by the GWC’s Doug Kenney, resumed activities this Spring, headlined by the publication in May of its latest policy brief entitled: Imagining the River We Deserve: How the Post
Water, it is safe to say, is of the moment. Safer yet, the drought-stricken ĢӰ River is center stage. Seemingly overnight, the water beat has transcended from dusty backroads and Southwestern capitols to the front page of mainstream media
The Getches-Wilkinson Center just wrapped up the 44th Annual ĢӰ Law Conference on Natural Resources, which has held at the law school on June 6-7, 2024. This year, the conference once again focused on management of the ĢӰ River watershed
New research from a team at the University of Wyoming (including the CRRG’s Kristi Hansen) suggests that flood irrigation in shallow alluvial aquifers can have significant economic benefits in the Upper Green by creating return flow regimes
The Getches-Wilkinson Center and Water & Tribes Initiative will be co-convening the 2024 Conference on the ĢӰ River on Thurs, June 6th and Fri, June 7th at the Wolf Law Building in Boulder, CO.Next Chapters on the ĢӰ River:
Yesterday was a triumphant day for the State of ĢӰ because House Bill 1379 (HB1379) was signed into law by Governor Polis. HB 1379 was designed to respond to the Sackett v. EPA decision last May and provides regulatory protections for ĢӰ
The GWC in 2024 is working to revitalize the ĢӰ River Research Group (CRRG), a group of prominent academics and close colleagues offering an “independent, scientific voice” on key ĢӰ River issues. The CRRG was formed in 2014, and