Current affairs on state water - The Denver Post
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From the page: "On Labor Day in 2006, Wes Palmer, foreman at Skylark Ranch outside of Kremmling, single-handedly dried up the Colorado River.
Palmer opened the head gate to the ranch's irrigation ditch and cut the already low flow by about 40 percent. When he was done collecting some of the fall allotment for the Skylark, there was barely enough water to wet the rocks in the riverbed.
"It was a holiday weekend and the fishing lodges were full, and I dried up the Colorado," Palmer said, shaking his head.
The episode underscores the delicate balance in the upper Colorado and Fraser rivers, which supply both Grand County and Front Range cities and suburbs."
Palmer opened the head gate to the ranch's irrigation ditch and cut the already low flow by about 40 percent. When he was done collecting some of the fall allotment for the Skylark, there was barely enough water to wet the rocks in the riverbed.
"It was a holiday weekend and the fishing lodges were full, and I dried up the Colorado," Palmer said, shaking his head.
The episode underscores the delicate balance in the upper Colorado and Fraser rivers, which supply both Grand County and Front Range cities and suburbs."
