County, Features

Drought contingency plan draws concern

RBC | Early this fall Upper Colorado River Commissioner James Eklund and staff from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and Colorado Water Conservation Board presented draft Drought Contingency Plans (DCP) for the Upper Colorado River Basin states. The plans have drawn fire from a variety of water groups including the local Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District.

Alden Vanden Brink, director of the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District, has voiced concerns about the plan which he…