Hi Amazing Poudre River Lovers! It's time to take ACTION! The new Larimer County Commissioners have many options for how to handle the biased, illegal NISP permit -- and the lawsuits against it -- that was issued by the previous Commissioners (Donnelly and Johnson) just weeks before they left office. We need you to reach out to the new amazing Larimer County Commissioners -- John Kefalas, Kristin Stephens, and Jody Shadduck-McNally -- and very respectfully and professionally ask them to "RECONSIDER" the biased, illegal permit issued by the former Commissioners. Recall, Commissioner Kefalas -- now the "Chair" of this new Commission -- voted against the NISP permit. We've made a simple form, with a friendly letter, for you to send them a quick email. Click here: http://www.savethepoudre.org/take-action/send-action-alert-email/ Let's do it, team! It's a new year, a new world in Larimer County, and it's time to take action! Thank you! Gary Wockner, Director, Save The Poudre
PRESSER: State Must Investigate, Reveal Cause of Fish Kill on Poudre River
For Immediate Release
Oct. 1, 2018
Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The Poudre, 970-218-8310
State Must Investigate, Reveal Cause of Fish Kill on the Poudre River
Fort Collins: Recent news reports have indicated that the fish kill on the Poudre River through Fort Collins has wiped out thousands of fish (see Sept 28 Coloradoan story here). Further, one of the prevailing hypotheses for the kills is warmer temperatures and lower flows in the Poudre River. Further yet, warmer temperatures and lower flows may be the exact future for the Poudre River as climate change intensifies and if the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) is built.
“The State must fully investigate and reveal the cause of this fish kill,” said Gary Wockner of Save The Poudre. “If it is related to warmer temperatures and lower flows, then climate change and NISP could turn the river through Fort Collins into a muddy, stinking, dead ditch, not a river ever again.”
About 63% of the water in the Poudre River is already drained out by cities and farmers before the river reaches downtown Fort Collins. If the Northern Integrated Supply Project is built, about 40% of what’s left of the peak flow of water during May and June will also be drained out (see July 20 press release here). Even worse, the proposed ‘mitigation’ for the huge negative impacts on the health of the river wouldn’t extend downstream past LeMay Avenue in Fort Collins where the fish kill has occurred.
“NISP would basically kill the Poudre River through Fort Collins,” said Wockner. “The State and the Army Corps of Engineers must do a full analysis of the potential impacts of NISP including its low flows and interaction with climate change.”
October 4th is the deadline for comments to the Army Corps of Engineers on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for NISP.
The public can send in comments to the Army Coprs by clicking through to Save The Poudre’s ACTION PAGE HERE.
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