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MEDIA STATEMENT
8/17/2025
Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The Poudre, gary.wockner@savethepoudre.org

SAVE THE POUDRE WILL NOT APPEAL THE DISTRICT COURT DECISION APPROVING THE THORNTON PIPELINE IN LARIMER COUNTY

LARIMER COUNTY: The deadline to appeal the district court decision for the Thornton Pipeline is August 21st. Save The Poudre will not appeal the decision. We issue the statement below. 

“The 19th century culture that created the laws that supported the complete draining and destruction of Colorado’s rivers no longer exists. Although those laws are still on the books, a New West culture is rapidly transforming how the public view the rivers that flow across our state. Just because it’s legal to drain a river doesn’t make it right, and certainly doesn’t make it right in the eyes of the public which sees the Poudre River as the heart and soul of Fort Collins and beyond.

We strongly encourage the City of Thornton to take a much more active role in the protection and restoration of the Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County. In addition to increasing its involvement with the ‘Poudre Flows’ project, Thornton can engage with all stakeholders — the City of Fort Collins, the City of Greeley, NISP, the ditch companies, and the Poudre River Improvement Fund — to implement solutions that increase the quantity and quality of water in the River for the benefit of everyone.” — Gary Wockner

See story in The Coloradoan here: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2025/08/18/save-the-poudre-will-not-appeal-thornton-water-pipeline-project/85710136007/

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