Owns the water
State law and the state engineer's office decide who has the right to a stream in a given year.
Tribal nation · local
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Federally recognized tribal nation whose reservation spans southwestern Colorado, holding water rights and allocations in the Dolores Project and Animas-La Plata Project.
Local to Southwest
Their role in the four decisions
How to read Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Plans ahead
Basin roundtables and statewide planning set priorities for supply, rivers, and agriculture.
Pays for the work
State grant programs and statewide funds pay for most local water projects.
Does it on the ground
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe does the on-the-ground work: delivering, treating, restoring, or monitoring water locally.
Neighborhood
Who they work with
Each relationship below is read off a public page, not inferred.
No relationship has been mapped for this entry yet. Below are other groups working the same water, not a confirmed connection, just proximity.
- Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentGovernment agency
- Colorado Division of Water ResourcesGovernment agency
- Colorado Parks and WildlifeGovernment agency
- Colorado Riparian AssociationWatershed group
- Colorado Trout UnlimitedWatershed group
- Colorado Water CenterAcademic & research
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