Project — coloradowatertrust.org/project/mckinley-ditch-little-cimarro...
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| Countries: | United States of America |
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| Basins: | Colorado |
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Project SDGs:
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6) |
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Conservation Agriculture/Agronomy |
| Progress to Date: | NA Restoration of instream flows. |
| Services Needed: | No services needed/offered |
| Desired Partner: | Business |
| Language: | English |
| Start & End Dates: | Jan. 01, 2014 » Ongoing |
| Project Website: | coloradowatertrust.org/project/mckinley-ditch-little-cimarro... |
| Contextual Condition(s): | PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation |
| Additional Benefits: | Better / more data on river basin conditions, Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges |
| Beneficiaries: | Ecosystems |
| Planning & Implementation Time: | More than 3 years |
| Financial Resources: | Between $10,000 - $50,000 USD |
| Primary Funding Source: | pool |
| Project Challenges: | Other |
| Project Source: | Other |
| Profile Completion: | 87% |
In January 2014, Colorado Water Trust purchased a portion (5.8 cfs) of the McKinley Ditch to help restore late summer flows to the Little Cimarron. Project goals include keeping agricultural lands irrigated, keeping water flowing through a three mile segment of what is often dry stream, and reconnecting habitat.
Project Results
Restoration of instream flows.
| Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: | PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation |
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| Project Benefits: | Better / more data on river basin conditions, Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges |
| Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: | Ecosystems |
| Months & Implementing: | More than 3 years |
| Financial Resources: | Between $10,000 - $50,000 USD |
| Primary Funding Source: | Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners) |
| Challenges: | Other |
Bonneville Environmental Foundation (Organization)
BEF scopes, develops, supports, and designs environmental water programs and projects across the U.S. The organization has been instrumental in building an NGO-led environmental water stewardship movement around Western Water issues and volumetric flow solutions. BEF collaborated in the creation … Learn More
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