Where the water in the Poudre originates and who has rights to use it
Date
2014-10-07
Authors
Simpson, Mark, author
Brown, Dan, author
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Abstract
Mark Simpson and Dan Brown present separate PowerPoints presentations and discuss the development of the major water right in the area, including the water "exchanges" that are vital to water users on the stream, from the very first water adjudication until the present and discuss how water development and administration impacts the Poudre River.
Description
Presented at the Fall 2014 Center for Collaborative Conservation (https://collaborativeconservation.org/) Seminar and Discussion Series, "Perspectives on the Poudre: Working River/Healthy River", October 7, 2014, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. This fall semester's bi-weekly Seminar and Discussion Series focuses on the Poudre River and its watershed, its ecological needs, and how it is used to supply water for agriculture and urban needs. Presenters will highlight their topics and engage participants in dialogue. The series will culminate in a "world café" - campus and community open dialogue about the Poudre.
Mark Simpson: Mark has been employed with the Division of Water Resources since 1999, working with various Water Commissioners in the South Platte Basin. He spent 11 years as the Deputy Water Commissioner for the Poudre River, and in 2012 became the lead Poudre River Water Commissioner. This position has the duties of distributing the water of the Poudre River on a daily basis pursuant to court water decrees, and compiling records of water diversion and use. Mark studied Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Science at Colorado State University, receiving a BS in Range Management in 1998.
Dan Brown: Mr. Brown has practiced with Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn since 1999. Mr. Brown works extensively on water quantity, water quality and real property matters. He has successfully represented clients in all of these areas, but the focus of his practice is representing a varied clientele before the Division No. 1 Water Court (South Platte Basin), where he is currently involved (both on behalf of applicants and opposers) in more than 50 cases in Water Court. Mr. Brown has lectured on numerous occasions on water law and legal ethics topics. Mr. Brown received his Juris Doctorate, with an emphasis in Environmental Law, from the University of Oregon, School of Law in 1997. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1990, and his Masters of Science in Applied Economics, with an emphasis in Natural Resources, from Montana State University in 1994.
PowerPoint presentations.
Mark Simpson: Mark has been employed with the Division of Water Resources since 1999, working with various Water Commissioners in the South Platte Basin. He spent 11 years as the Deputy Water Commissioner for the Poudre River, and in 2012 became the lead Poudre River Water Commissioner. This position has the duties of distributing the water of the Poudre River on a daily basis pursuant to court water decrees, and compiling records of water diversion and use. Mark studied Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Science at Colorado State University, receiving a BS in Range Management in 1998.
Dan Brown: Mr. Brown has practiced with Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn since 1999. Mr. Brown works extensively on water quantity, water quality and real property matters. He has successfully represented clients in all of these areas, but the focus of his practice is representing a varied clientele before the Division No. 1 Water Court (South Platte Basin), where he is currently involved (both on behalf of applicants and opposers) in more than 50 cases in Water Court. Mr. Brown has lectured on numerous occasions on water law and legal ethics topics. Mr. Brown received his Juris Doctorate, with an emphasis in Environmental Law, from the University of Oregon, School of Law in 1997. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1990, and his Masters of Science in Applied Economics, with an emphasis in Natural Resources, from Montana State University in 1994.
PowerPoint presentations.