Colorado Water Conservation Board

Join Ben, Katie and Erik for Part 2 of our conversation with CWCB's Drought Experts: Jenna Battson, Emily Adrid, and Kevin Reidy. This is the second part of a two part episode features discussions on the Water Conditions Monitoring Committee, the Drought Task Force, and other programs that help make communities more drought resilient. Listen to Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5tAGJU17g88DsDtuj3LkSW?si=NWvMuP5fQfasskjJOS4IQQ

LINKS:

• ⁠Drought Task Force⁠

• ⁠CWCB Drought⁠ 

• ⁠Water Conditions Monitoring Committee⁠

• ⁠CWCB Urban Water Efficiency⁠

• ⁠EngageCWCB Transformative Landscape Change & Turf Replacement Initiatives⁠

• ⁠Colorado Water Loss Initiative⁠

• ⁠Growing Water Smart

Join Ben, Katie and Erik as they sit down with CWCB's Drought Experts: Jenna Battson, Emily Adrid, and Kevin Reidy. This two part episode features discussions on the Water Conditions Monitoring Committee, the Drought Task Force, and other programs that help make communities more drought resilient.

LINKS:

• Drought Task Force

• CWCB Drought 

• Water Conditions Monitoring Committee

• CWCB Urban Water Efficiency

• EngageCWCB Transformative Landscape Change & Turf Replacement Initiatives

• Colorado Water Loss Initiative

• Growing Water Smart

Ben, Katie, and Erik sit down with Sean Cronin (Executive Director, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District), Kat Weismiller (Water Supply and Planning Section Chief, CWCB), and Jeff Rodriguez (Water Planning Stakeholder and Data Liaison, CWCB) to learn about the No and Low Regrets Strategy. 

Links from the Show:

cwcb.colorado.gov

Basin Roundtables

Interbasin Compact Committee

No and Low Regrets Subcommittee Report - 2025

Ben, Katie, and Erik invite three of CWCB's finest to help bust some myths about CWCB work. We dive head first into weathermodification, 100 year floods, and instream flows.

Links from the show:

https://cwcb.colorado.gov/

https://engagecwcb.org/

https://coloradohazardmapping.com/

Join Ben, Katie, and Erik in a two episode Water Talk Special as they take a deep dive into the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Programs. Part 2 features Kara Scheel as she gives us a deep dive into the current work being done under the program, and why it's so important to our water users. Listen to Part 1 here.

Links from the show:

https://coloradoriverrecovery.org/

https://www.fws.gov/office/upper-colorado-river-endangered-fish-recovery-program

https://www.fws.gov/office/new-mexico-ecological-services/san-juan-river-basin-recovery-implementation-program

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4596/all-info

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2247/all-info

https://cwcb.colorado.gov/focus-areas/ecosystem-health/endangered-species

Join Ben, Katie, and Erik as they chat with fan favorite Kat Weismiller for an update on the 2023 Update of Colorado's Water Plan. Long story short: CWCB and stakeholders across the state have been busy!!

Links from the show:

engagecwcb.org

cwcb.colorado.gov

Two Year Update Video by Moxiecran Media

Join Ben, Katie, and Erik in a two episode Water Talk Special as they take a deep dive into the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Programs. Part 1 is a deep dive into the why, where, who, and what of these instrumental programs.

Links from the show:

https://coloradoriverrecovery.org/

https://www.fws.gov/office/upper-colorado-river-endangered-fish-recovery-program

https://www.fws.gov/office/new-mexico-ecological-services/san-juan-river-basin-recovery-implementation-program

https://cwcb.colorado.gov/focus-areas/ecosystem-health/endangered-species

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2247/text

For the first (and maybe last) time ever Ben, Katie, and Erik are LIVE in this special episode of Colorado Water Talk. The team is joined by Heather Dutton, General Manager of the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District, Robert Sakata, Agricultural Water Policy Advisor for the Colorado Department of Agriculture, and Russ Sands, Section Chief for CWCB's Water Supply and Planning Section to discuss all things Roundtables.

Links from the Show:

cwcb.colorado.gov

Links from the show:

Water Talk Episode 17

wildfirereadywatersheds.com

cwcb.colorado.gov

Links from the show:

coloradosnow.org

[email protected]

cwcb.colorado.gov