Summary of technical testimony in the Colorado Water Division 1 Trial: Executive Summary

Nancy Gordon

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Summary of technical testimony in the Colorado Water Division 1 Trial: Executive Summary

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Nancy Gordon

Year:

1995

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-270a. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

This executive summary, a companion to RM-GTR-270, Summary of Technical Testimony in the Colorado Water Division 1 Trial, is intended primarily for managers. The Colorado Water Division 1 water rights trial was one of the most significant federal reserved instream flow water rights cases to occur since the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case of United States v. New Mexico in 1978. This short document summarizes the history of federal reserved water rights, outlines the major issues argued in the case, and presents the court's decision.

Parent Publication

Summary of technical testimony in the Colorado Water Division 1 Trial

Keywords

water rights, instream flow, channel formation, court cases

Citation

Gordon, Nancy, tech. coord. 1995. Summary of technical testimony in the Colorado Water Division 1 Trial: Executive Summary. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-270a. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.