FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 7, 2024 

Glenwood Springs, Colorado — On Monday, October 7, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, along with U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse, Jason Crow, Brittany Pettersen, and Diana DeGette, submitted a letter to the Bureau of Reclamation in support of the Colorado River District’s federal funding application to support the permanent protection of the Shoshone water rights.

The funding, made available through the Inflation Reduction Act’s “Bucket 2 Environmental Drought Mitigation” (B2E) program, supports public entities and tribes working on projects that provide environmental benefits or restore ecosystems and habitats impacted by drought. In the letter, lawmakers stated, “Preserving the Colorado River’s historical flow regime as intended by the Shoshone Permanency Project will benefit the Colorado River ecosystem every year, and especially in dry years.”