Fisher: It was hard going around to our customers this year and tell them that we just weren't going to have corn for them this year. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fisher: It was hard going around to our customers this year and tell them that we just weren't going to have corn for them this year. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Panel: Navigating Drought in Colorado Agriculture". Moderator: Caleb Foy. Panel: Luke Gingerich, Mendi Figueroa, and Reid Fishering. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Phil Weiser – Attorney General of Colorado and Democratic Nominee for Governor". #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Ullmann: There's a value to have a basin-wide augmentation plan. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Ullmann: Going into 2027. Runoff efficiency will be reduced due to soil moisture deficits. What have we learned this year? #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Ullmann: Reservoir impacts. (red line is normal.) #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Ullmann: 2026 calls. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Ullmann: The law indicates the we should be maximizing beneficial use. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Ullmann: I'm going to talk about Colorado's original drought plan -- Prior Appropriation. "First in Time, First in Right". #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Managing Water and Administration", Jason Ullman. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Next up: "Greg Lopez – Former U.S. Representative and Unaffiliated Candidate for Governor". #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Hurd: We have an election coming up and I'm going to move up a 100 places in seniority, I hope to leverage that. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Bennet: We need to open markets for U.S. agriculture. We need to start investing in rural areas. That sounds like rhetoric but we haven't been doing this. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Hurd: Making sure that we have healthy forests is something we need to face going forward. I think forest health and watershed management is something that we can agree on. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Hurd: 2 years is not a solution (USBR ROD). Our water users and and managers need more sustainable solutions. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Bennet: We need to get to place where the W. U.S. is in control of our future. I think Shoshone is a good example. Don't dictate what needs to be done. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Hurd: The model that worked for Shoshone was local leadership and funding then have the federal government come in to see how it can help. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Bennet: We are living with infrastructure, law, and #climate that our foreberers did not foresee. We can build on the infrastructure that is available. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Now up: "U.S. Senator Michael Bennet & U.S. Representative Jeff Hurd – An Armchair Conversation". #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Witherspoon: We need the flexibility to use some of our federal reserved water rights as we need to. We just happen to be in both basins. "We don't want to be treated as a second-class citizen." #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification