PRESS STATEMENT: Save The Colorado calls for full 1,408 cfs of water right to be transferred for instream flow in the Colorado River.

8/4/2025

PRESS STATEMENT: Save The World’s Rivers calls for full 1,408 cfs of water right to be transferred for instream flow in the Colorado River.

Save The World’s Rivers’ prehearing statement is here: https://savetheworldsrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SWR-Shoshone-prehearing-statement-8-4-2025.pdf

Save The World’s Rivers’ exhibit is here: https://savetheworldsrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SWR-Exhibit-1.pdf

Gary Wockner’s resume is here: https://savetheworldsrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SWR-GaryWockner-Resume-2025.pdf

• The report from Colorado Parks and Wildlife included in the application states that, “the best use of the acquired water rights is to preserve and improve the natural environment in the Shoshone Reach of the Colorado River at any rate up to the full decreed amount of 1,408 cfs, and that fish habitat will also be improved in the Shoshone Reach at streamflows up to at least 3,000 cfs.”
• Save The World’s Rivers will testify that the full water right, 1,408 cfs, is necessary for instream flow use to fulfill the unique biological and legal obligation of this application.

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