River District proposes actions to address drought

River District proposes actions to address drought

Western Slope water managers are scrambling to soften the blow from the effects of one of the worst snow-drought years on record. The Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District staff is proposing a series of drought-mitigation actions to reduce impacts to water users within its 15-county region. According to a staff memo, the River District has several pools of water in Western Slope reservoirs – Wolford and Ruedi – that m…