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Links
Follow these links for more information.
Legal/Institutional Links
Colorado Water Congress
http://www.cowatercongress.org/
NISP Water Rights
http://www.riverside.com/projects/marketing_flyers/NISP.asp
Status of in-stream flow rights in Colorado.
http://www.cotrout.org/Default.aspx?tabid=110
Fort Collins kayak water rights
http://www.westernwaterlaw.com/ABAarticle.htm
History of Fort Collins water
http://library.ci.fort-collins.co.us/archive/lcdi/pdf/HistoryFtCollinsWater.pdf
Julesburg water needs
http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/esb/2004/august/aug048.htm
Implementation of SB 90-126
http://www.ag.state.co.us/csd/groundwater/publications/old/gwreport97.html
Little Thompson Water District planning
http://www.ltwd.org/droughtfaq.html
Agricultural Issues
Fiscal consequences of losing irrigated ag land, see page 4 in http://cwrri.colostate.edu/pubs/newsletter/2005/FEbr%2005COWater.pdf
Water Quantity
Streamflow data
    Poudre River at Poudre Rock (Pineview) Gage
    Poudre River at Canyon Mouth Gage
    Poudre River at Lincoln Street Gage
    Poudre River above Boxelder Creek Gage
    Poudre River at Greeley
Workings of the South Platte alluvial aquifer
http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/ch_c/C-text2.html
illustrations
http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/ch_c/jpeg/C023.jpeg
City of Boulder's Instream Flow Program
http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2765&Itemid=1245
New Reservoirs May be Foolish, Says National Center for Atmospheric Research http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/cda/article_print/0,1983,DRMN_15_5369459_ARTICLE-DETAIL-PRINT,00.html
Water Quality
Thermal study on the Poudre through Fort Collins
http://www.fort.usgs.gov/products/Publications/4061/4061.pdf
USGS NAWQA study summary
http://co.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/splt/html/spbasininfo.html
USGS NAWQA study full report
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1167/
Feedlot links
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/ra01/jarrett.html
http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/factor/stcol.asp
http://www.beef.org/NEWSECONOMICIMPORTANCEOFCOLORADO
SCATTLEINDUSTRY2706.aspx
Pesticide issues
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/dw_contamfs/atrazine.html
Mutant Fish from Sewage Plants
http://www.jcaa.org/JCNL0411/MutantFish.htm
Organizations
Colorado Water Trust
http://www.coloradowatertrust.org
Paddler's community website
http://www.mountainbuzz.com
Western Resource Advocates
http://www.westernresourceadvocates.org
Colorado Environmental Coalition
http://www.ourcolorado.org/
Sierra Club, Poudre Canyon Group
http://rockymtn.sierraclub.org/pcg/index.html
Friends of the Poudre
http://friendsofthepoudre.org/
Poudre Paddlers
http://www.poudrepaddlers.org/
Trout Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Flycasters
http://www.rockymtnflycasters.org/
Fort Collins Audubon Society
http://www.fortnet.org/Audubon/
Citizen Planners
http://www.fortnet.org/cp/
Wolverine Farm Publishing
http://www.wolverinefarmpublishing.org
The Bean Cycle/Matter Bookstore
http://www.thebeancycle.com/
Other Links
"On the Cache la Poudre River", by Worthington Whittredge, 1876. An image and description can be found at:
http://www.cartermuseum.org/Inspiring_Visions/Whittredge/whittredge_art.html
“How to Save A River”
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/155963250X/
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Wockner drought article
http://garywockner.home.comcast.net/Duped1.htm
New York Times editorial on western rivers and development http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/opinion/30sat3.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
New Belgium Brewery's environmental responsibility site, including a "save the rivers" campaign http://www.followyourfolly.com/folly_save_our_rivers.html