Colorado Dust-on-Snow Project

Colorado Dust-on-Snow Project Category: OtherOrganization: Center for Snow and Avalanche StudiesDate Approved: September 2016Basin Funds: $2,500State Funds: $35,000 Dust on snowpack events advance snowmelt timing, enhance runoff intensity, and decrease snowmelt...

Conservation Reserve CREP Phase II

Conservation Reserve CREP Phase II Category: Other Organization: Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation Date Approved: September 2009 Basin Funds: $31,500 State Funds: $0 The Rio Grande Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Proposal sought USDA approval...

Development of Irrigation Water Right

Development of Irrigation Water Right Category: OtherOrganization: Mineral County Fairgrounds AssociationDate Approved: March 2018Basin Funds: $9,190State Funds: $0 The Mineral Park Ranch Ditch was constructed in 1895 for agricultural irrigation, and is currently used...

Drip Irrigation Field Trial for Sustainable Potato Cropping in the San Luis Valley

Drip Irrigation Field Trial for Sustainable Potato Cropping in the San Luis Valley Category: OtherOrganization: Colorado Potato Administrative CommitteeDate Approved: May 2013Basin Funds: $40,000State Funds: $0This project studied the benefits of drip irrigation as a...

Hydrologic Recharge Feasibility Study for the Rio Grande Basin Augmentation

Hydrologic Recharge Feasibility Study for the Rio Grande Basin Augmentation Category: OtherOrganization: San Luis Valley Irrigation Well Owners, IncDate Approved: May 2014Basin Funds: $8,000State Funds: $142,000This project included a hydrological feasibility study of...