Pitkin County pledges $1 million to Shoshone water rights purchase - Aspen Journalism

Pitkin County pledges $1 million to Shoshone water rights purchase - Aspen Journalism

Pitkin County on Wednesday joined 29 other Western Slope counties, cities and towns, irrigation districts and water providers in financially backing a plan to buy a critical Colorado River water right. Pitkin County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Shoshone Permanency Project and pledging $1 million toward the campaign to keep the water rights associated with the Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon on the W…