{ "schema_version": "1.0", "edition": "2026-09-23", "authority": "Save Homestake canonical public evidence record", "source_namespace_rules": { "CASE": "public Comprehensive Case original numeric bibliography", "MASTER": "broader research master catalog", "BRIEF": "original brief bibliography", "1041": "dossier original S identifiers", "HWF": "ecology original research IDs", "HWA": "water audit source IDs", "MUNICIPAL": "verified utility record" }, "claims": [ { "canonical_wording": "During WY2007–2024, recorded Homestake Tunnel export totaled 420,676.93 AF and flow passing Gold Park totaled 386,968.01 AF. Across these two recorded routes, 52.09% was exported through the tunnel and 47.91% passed Gold Park.", "website_wording": "52.09% through the tunnel; 47.91% past Gold Park, across two recorded routes in WY2007–2024.", "evidence_type": "CALCULATION", "geography": "Gold Park gauged catchment, USGS 09064000; official drainage area 35.6 square miles", "period": "WY2007–2024", "calculation": "420,676.93 ÷ (420,676.93 + 386,968.01) × 100 = 52.09% tunnel export. The remainder is 47.91% passing Gold Park.", "limitations": [ "The denominator is the sum of two recorded routes, not a verified estimate of all natural Homestake runoff.", "Lower Homestake tributaries below Gold Park are outside this gauge comparison." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "WATER:GP-ROUTES", "title": "Two recorded water routes", "sources": [ { "id": "HWA:S-GP-ANNUAL", "pinpoint": "18 annual rows; tunnel_export_13704614_af and flow_af_observed_days" }, { "id": "HWA:S-USGS-GP", "pinpoint": "Daily mean discharge 00060/00003, October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2024; 6,575 approved daily values, including 2,876 estimated-day qualifiers" }, { "id": "HWA:S-TUNNEL", "pinpoint": "Water class 13704614; Approved 216 monthly records for WY2007–2024" } ], "experience": "calculation", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/", "/documents/decision-maker-brief/", "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "The recorded export is large relative to the creek flow continuing through the upstream gauge. Seasonal operations and the remaining balance terms determine how that scale translates into local water availability.", "featured": true, "calculation_details": { "export_af": 420676.9294, "goldpark_af": 386968.00661157025, "formula": "100 × E / (E + Q)", "export_percent": 52.08686523529115, "creek_percent": 47.91313476470885 }, "method": "", "graphic": "/assets/evidence/water/goldpark-basin-map.png", "graphic_alt": "Source basin map showing Gold Park, Red Cliff and existing collection geography." }, { "canonical_wording": "Recorded Homestake Tunnel export averaged 23,370.94 AF/year during WY2007–2024; flow passing Gold Park averaged 21,498.22 AF/year over the same 18 water years.", "website_wording": "23,371 AF/year exported; 21,498 AF/year passed Gold Park, WY2007–2024.", "evidence_type": "CALCULATION", "geography": "Gold Park gauged catchment / whole Homestake Tunnel export", "period": "WY2007–2024", "calculation": "Tunnel: 420,676.9294 AF ÷ 18 years = 23,370.94 AF/year. Gold Park: 386,968.0066 AF ÷ 18 = 21,498.22 AF/year.", "limitations": [ "WY is October 1 through September 30.", "Export and gauge flow are observed accounting paths after existing project operation." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "WATER:GP-AVERAGES", "title": "Average export and passing flow", "sources": [ { "id": "HWA:S-GP-ANNUAL", "pinpoint": "18 annual rows; tunnel_export_13704614_af and flow_af_observed_days" }, { "id": "HWA:S-USGS-GP", "pinpoint": "Daily mean discharge 00060/00003, October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2024; 6,575 approved daily values, including 2,876 estimated-day qualifiers" }, { "id": "HWA:S-TUNNEL", "pinpoint": "Water class 13704614; Approved 216 monthly records for WY2007–2024" } ], "experience": "graphic", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "calculation_details": { "years": 18, "export_mean_af_year": 23370.940522222223, "goldpark_mean_af_year": 21498.22258953168, "formula": "Sum recorded annual AF / 18" }, "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "Adding endpoint storage change and recorded evaporation accounts to the two-route denominator gives a partial-balance export comparison of 51.75% for WY2007–2024.", "website_wording": "51.75% in a partial balance including storage change and recorded evaporation.", "evidence_type": "CALCULATION", "geography": "Gold Park gauged catchment / existing project accounting", "period": "WY2007–2024", "calculation": "420,676.93 ÷ (420,676.93 + 386,968.01 + 1,011.50 storage change + 4,321.71 recorded evaporation) × 100 = 51.75%.", "limitations": [ "This partial balance is not completed naturalization or an uncertainty interval.", "External inflow, project-induced net losses, reservoir precipitation, evaporation relative to the no-project landscape, and measurement corrections remain unresolved.", "Do not substitute the separate net-flow-reduction formula, which changes the numerator." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "WATER:GP-PARTIAL", "title": "Partial water balance", "sources": [ { "id": "HWA:S-GP-ANNUAL", "pinpoint": "18 annual rows; tunnel_export_13704614_af and flow_af_observed_days" }, { "id": "HWA:S-RESERVOIR", "pinpoint": "Evaporation classes 36604, 36796, 178123; reservoir-stage-volume.json endpoints 2006-09-30 and 2024-09-30" } ], "experience": "calculation", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/", "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "calculation_details": { "formula": "100 × E / (E + Q + ΔS + recorded evaporation)", "delta_storage_af": 1011.4987, "recorded_evaporation_af": 4321.713, "denominator_af": 812978.1477115703, "export_percent": 51.745170590888804 }, "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "During WY2007–2011, recorded Homestake Tunnel export was 139,942.66 AF and recorded flow at Red Cliff was 185,166.87 AF. Export was 43.04% of their combined recorded total.", "website_wording": "43% across two measured paths at historical Red Cliff, WY2007–2011.", "evidence_type": "CALCULATION", "geography": "USGS 09064500 Red Cliff gauge catchment (58.2 square miles), a larger and downstream drainage than Gold Park", "period": "WY2007–2011", "calculation": "139,942.66 ÷ (139,942.66 + 185,166.87) × 100 = 43.04% for WY2007–2011.", "limitations": [ "Preserves the original DWR-published USGS annual total; current USGS daily aggregation differs by 19.87 AF over five years.", "Gold Park and Red Cliff differ in drainage area, period and downstream contributions. They are separate comparisons, not an uncertainty range.", "Red Cliff town, gauge and the full Homestake mouth are distinct locations." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "WATER:REDCLIFF", "title": "Historical Red Cliff comparison", "sources": [ { "id": "HWA:S-REDCLIFF", "pinpoint": "WY2007–2011, totalQAf; record dataSource=USGS; preserved September 20 vintage, daily-USGS cross-check September 23" }, { "id": "HWA:S-TUNNEL", "pinpoint": "Water class 13704614; Approved 216 monthly records for WY2007–2024" } ], "experience": "calculation", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/", "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "calculation_details": { "formula": "100 × E / (E + Q)", "export_af": 139942.6551, "creek_af": 185166.87, "export_percent": 43.04477239076746, "current_usgs_daily_crosscheck_percent": 43.04214211895743 }, "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "Five existing tributary intake records total 144,638.46 AF for WY2014–2024, averaging 13,148.95 AF/year. Annual averages are French 3,530.90, Fancy 1,779.67, Missouri 1,742.73, Sopris 2,485.52 and East Fork 3,610.13 AF/year.", "website_wording": "Five tributary intakes recorded about 13,149 AF/year combined, WY2014–2024.", "evidence_type": "CALCULATION", "geography": "Existing French, Fancy, Missouri, Sopris and East Fork intakes", "period": "WY2014–2024", "calculation": "144,638.4649 AF ÷ 11 water years = 13,148.95 AF/year combined. French 3,530.90; Fancy 1,779.67; Missouri 1,742.73; Sopris 2,485.52; East Fork 3,610.13 AF/year.", "limitations": [ "Collector records overlap subsequent reservoir and tunnel accounts. Never add collector capture to whole-tunnel exports as separate withdrawals.", "French and Sopris WY2016 capture accounts are Approved all-zero records; raw records are preserved and their physical interpretation remains an agency question." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "WATER:COLLECTORS", "title": "Five tributary intake records", "sources": [ { "id": "HWA:S-COLLECTORS", "pinpoint": "WDIDs 3701253, 3701254, 3701255, 3701256, 3704644; total-capture water class 10000000 + WDID; 660 Approved monthly records in WY2014–2024" } ], "experience": "calculation", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/", "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "calculation_details": { "formula": "Sum approved monthly total-capture records by intake / 11 years", "total_af": 144638.4649, "annual_mean_af": 13148.951354545454, "intakes_mean_af": { "French": 3530.896609090909, "Fancy": 1779.6744545454546, "Missouri": 1742.7263727272727, "Sopris": 2485.520490909091, "East Fork": 3610.133427272727 } }, "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "All five existing Homestake tributary intake sites and Homestake Reservoir fall upstream of Gold Park in the retrieved USGS basin delineation. The station’s published drainage area is 35.6 square miles.", "website_wording": "Gold Park is the downstream gauge for the basin containing all five existing collectors and Homestake Reservoir.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "geography": "Gold Park upstream catchment", "period": "September 23, 2026 spatial source check", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "The NLDI polygon snaps to a flowline unit; use the station’s official drainage area rather than polygon area.", "Gold Park flow combines bypass, releases and water never intercepted. It is neither natural runoff nor an individual tributary measurement." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "WATER:GOLDPARK-TOPOLOGY", "title": "The Gold Park basin", "sources": [ { "id": "HWA:S-TOPOLOGY", "pinpoint": "Six point/geometry containment checks; original URLs and hashes retained" }, { "id": "HWA:S-USGS-GP", "pinpoint": "Daily mean discharge 00060/00003, October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2024; 6,575 approved daily values, including 2,876 estimated-day qualifiers" } ], "experience": "map", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "The reviewed evidence identifies Whitney storage concepts of 6,850–20,000 AF and a broader Eagle River Joint Use objective of up to 20,000 AF/year. Whitney-only dependable annual yield remains an unresolved records question.", "website_wording": "Whitney storage is not Whitney-only annual yield.", "evidence_type": "UNRESOLVED / NEEDS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE", "geography": "Whitney concepts / broader Eagle River Joint Use Project", "period": "Reviewed record through September 23, 2026", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Storage is a volume in AF; annual yield is a rate in AF/year. 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Identification grades remain visible; this is an opportunistic project record." ], "pinpoint": [ "API snapshot/diff; seven pages; species-count endpoint" ], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "HWF:V3-C001", "title": "Homestake BioBlitz snapshot", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:S01", "pinpoint": "API snapshot/diff; seven pages; species-count endpoint" } ], "experience": "fact", "status": "source-package verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "next_record": "Repeat a separately dated snapshot.", "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "GBIF Homestake/Colorado discovery returned 379 records; 242 passed Eagle County plus locality-name screen; nine school records excluded; 233 retained: 129 eBird-derived, 103 specimens and one other occurrence.", "website_wording": "GBIF Homestake/Colorado discovery returned 379 records; 242 passed Eagle County plus locality-name screen; nine school records excluded; 233 retained: 129 eBird-derived, 103 specimens and one other occurrence.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "geography": "Eagle County records screened for Homestake locality", "period": "Dated occurrences retained in September 23, 2026 snapshot", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Records, not distinct species, animals or checklists; historic/locality/taxonomic uncertainty retained." ], "pinpoint": [ "Screened occurrence IDs and exclusion ledger" ], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "HWF:V3-C002", "title": "Screened locality records", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:V3-35", "pinpoint": "Screened occurrence IDs and exclusion ledger" }, { "id": "HWF:V3-36", "pinpoint": "Screened occurrence IDs and exclusion ledger" } ], "experience": "methods", "status": "source-package verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true, "next_record": "Recover eBird sampling-event data and voucher review.", "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "CNHP’s 2000 Eagle County survey documents boreal-toad breeding in upper Homestake tributaries. 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ST01 provides a measured Colorado summer-distance distribution to mapped water.", "website_wording": "No inspected primary source establishes a universal rule that moose remain within 0.5 mile of wetlands. ST01 provides a measured Colorado summer-distance distribution to mapped water.", "evidence_type": "SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE", "geography": "Unknown / conflicting", "period": "See cited study or dated occurrence record", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Search non-recovery is not proof no original source exists." ], "pinpoint": [ "ST01 Methods/Table 1; FEIS account" ], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "HWF:V3-C005", "title": "Moose half-mile claim", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:V3-01", "pinpoint": "ST01 Methods/Table 1; FEIS account" }, { "id": "HWF:S32", "pinpoint": "ST01 Methods/Table 1; FEIS account" } ], "experience": "fact", "status": "superseded by HWF:V3-ST01", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [], "significance": "", "featured": false, "next_record": "Use effort-adjusted local distances and habitat availability.", "method": "" }, { "canonical_wording": "In Rocky Mountain National Park and nearby areas, 90% of the sampled summer locations were within about 285 metres of mapped water. The mean distance was about 110 metres.", "website_wording": "In Rocky Mountain National Park and nearby areas, 90% of the sampled summer locations were within about 285 metres of mapped water. The mean distance was about 110 metres.", "evidence_type": "MEASURED DATA", "geography": "Rocky Mountain National Park and vicinity, Colorado", "period": "GPS data from 21 adults; 1,672 locations; 12-hour fixes, June–August 2017–2018", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Regional ecological evidence. 21 adult moose; 1,672 GPS locations; June to August 2017 and 2018. Distance was measured to mapped flowing or standing water. The study used those observations to design an aerial survey." ], "pinpoint": [ "Methods: habitat suitability model; Table 1" ], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "study_design": "GPS data from 21 adults; 1,672 locations; 12-hour fixes, June–August 2017–2018", "evidence_badge": "PEER-REVIEWED", "study_scope": "Regional ecological evidence", "id": "HWF:V3-ST01", "title": "Moose stay close to water in a Colorado summer study", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:V3-01", "pinpoint": "Methods: habitat suitability model; Table 1" } ], "experience": "study", "status": "source-package verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/documents/decision-maker-brief/", "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/", "/wildlife-and-wetlands/" ], "significance": "Water, willow forage and nearby forest belong together in the habitat assessment.", "featured": true, "next_record": "Strong regional rationale to retain water–willow–forest mosaics; test local use against available habitat and sampling effort.", "method": "21 adult moose; 1,672 GPS locations; June to August 2017 and 2018. Distance was measured to mapped flowing or standing water. The study used those observations to design an aerial survey." }, { "canonical_wording": "Across 37 Colorado stream reaches, researchers found smaller channel dimensions below diversions and vegetation shifting toward drier-site species.", "website_wording": "Across 37 Colorado stream reaches, researchers found smaller channel dimensions below diversions and vegetation shifting toward drier-site species.", "evidence_type": "MEASURED DATA", "geography": "North-central Colorado Rocky Mountains", "period": "37 low-gradient reaches: 16 upstream/downstream pairs plus five unpaired reaches; 100 vegetation points per reach", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Regional ecological evidence. North-central Colorado; 16 paired reaches and five unpaired reaches, with 100 vegetation sampling points per reach. Comparative field study." ], "pinpoint": [ "Abstract; Methods; Table IV; discussion pp. 592–594" ], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "study_design": "37 low-gradient reaches: 16 upstream/downstream pairs plus five unpaired reaches; 100 vegetation points per reach", "evidence_badge": "PEER-REVIEWED", "study_scope": "Regional ecological evidence", "id": "HWF:V3-ST02", "title": "Diversions change the streamside landscape", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:S31", "pinpoint": "Abstract; Methods; Table IV; discussion pp. 592–594" } ], "experience": "study", "status": "source-package verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "A diversion review needs stream cross-sections, seasonal flows and plant transects through the connected floodplain.", "featured": true, "next_record": "Best directly comparable diversion–vegetation evidence; reproduce cross-channel plots and surveyed stage elevations.", "method": "North-central Colorado; 16 paired reaches and five unpaired reaches, with 100 vegetation sampling points per reach. Comparative field study." }, { "canonical_wording": "Monitoring in Rocky Mountain National Park found that two beaver dams slowed seasonal groundwater decline across areas of 9 and 12 hectares, respectively.", "website_wording": "Monitoring in Rocky Mountain National Park found that two beaver dams slowed seasonal groundwater decline across areas of 9 and 12 hectares, respectively.", "evidence_type": "MEASURED DATA", "geography": "Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado", "period": "Two beaver dams along 1.5 km of stream; 58-ha study area; monitoring 2002–2005", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Regional ecological evidence. Two dams along 1.5 kilometres of stream in one 58-hectare valley, monitored during 2002 to 2005. 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The measured areas describe those dams and should not be added or applied as buffers elsewhere." }, { "canonical_wording": "At four previously drained Colorado fens, ditch blocking raised summer water tables. At the site restored 20 years earlier, disturbed surface peat still differed from reference peat.", "website_wording": "At four previously drained Colorado fens, ditch blocking raised summer water tables. At the site restored 20 years earlier, disturbed surface peat still differed from reference peat.", "evidence_type": "MEASURED DATA", "geography": "Four Colorado mountain fens", "period": "Four century-drained sloping fens restored 1–20 years previously; 89 wells at three short-term sites; 2008–2010 water tables and 2009–2010 growing-season CO2 flux", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Regional ecological evidence. Four Colorado mountain fens restored 1 to 20 years before study. 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reconcile successive reuse and exchanges", "status": "Verified accounting categories", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [], "featured": false }, { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUNIC-018", "title": "CSU's nonpotable return-flow reuse ranged from 1,950 AF in 2023 to 3,715 AF in 2015 over the de", "canonical_wording": "CSU's nonpotable return-flow reuse ranged from 1,950 AF in 2023 to 3,715 AF in 2015 over the decade described in its 2025 financial disclosure.", "website_wording": "CSU's nonpotable return-flow reuse ranged from 1,950 AF in 2023 to 3,715 AF in 2015 over the decade described in its 2025 financial disclosure.", "evidence_type": "PROPONENT STATEMENT", "experience": "fact", "sources": [ { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S04", "pinpoint": "Printed p 53 / PDF p 59" } ], "geography": "Colorado Springs", "period": "See dated utility source and statement", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Not a 2024 actual; source attributes variation to weather, customer changes and efficiency", "status": "Verified reported range", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [], "featured": false }, { "id": "MUNICIPAL:PROGRESS", "title": "Conservation and reuse: documented progress", "canonical_wording": "Aurora reports water-use reductions, Prairie Waters reuse and new-development turf restrictions. Colorado Springs Utilities reports a 40% per-capita consumption decline since 2001 and 276 AF/year of savings gained through its 2024 conservation programs. Planned conservation already included in forecasts must be separated from additional savings.", "website_wording": "Aurora reports water-use reductions, Prairie Waters reuse and new-development turf restrictions. Colorado Springs Utilities reports a 40% per-capita consumption decline since 2001 and 276 AF/year of savings gained through its 2024 conservation programs. Planned conservation already included in forecasts must be separated from additional savings.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "experience": "fact", "sources": [ { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S01", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S02", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S04", "pinpoint": "Printed p. 6 / PDF p. 12" }, { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S05", "pinpoint": "PDF p. 42" }, { "id": "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S03", "pinpoint": "§2.2 p. 14" } ], "geography": "Aurora and Colorado Springs municipal systems", "period": "Reviewed September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": true, "significance": "A fair alternatives comparison credits completed progress and tests further practical savings using the same time period and reliability assumptions." }, { "id": "ECO:FENS", "title": "Fens: water, peat and recovery", "canonical_wording": "Fens are groundwater-supported peat-forming wetlands. Colorado restoration research found that raising water tables did not erase all differences in disturbed surface peat even at a site restored 20 years earlier. Peat structure, hydrology and the duration of lost function belong in any mitigation assessment.", "website_wording": "Fens are groundwater-supported peat-forming wetlands. Colorado restoration research found that raising water tables did not erase all differences in disturbed surface peat even at a site restored 20 years earlier. Peat structure, hydrology and the duration of lost function belong in any mitigation assessment.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "experience": "fact", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S12", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "HWF:V3-07", "pinpoint": "Abstract; Table 1; Results" } ], "geography": "General fen definition; four Colorado mountain fen restoration sites", "period": "Reviewed September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/", "/wildlife-and-wetlands/" ], "featured": true, "method": "Four restored Colorado mountain fens, restored 1–20 years before study; regional ecological evidence.", "significance": "Protecting the fen means retaining the conditions that build and sustain peat, as well as its mapped area." }, { "id": "LEGAL:STATUS", "title": "Which 1041 rules apply?", "canonical_wording": "The inspected County record retains current Chapter VI as the governing code. The latest posted replacement is the September 15, 2026 draft. The September 23 resolution attachments are unsigned templates. A recommendation outcome has not been verified. The County lists an October 27 adoption hearing, 2:30–4 p.m.; staff recommends simultaneous effectiveness with the readopted land-use regulations.", "website_wording": "The inspected County record retains current Chapter VI as the governing code. The latest posted replacement is the September 15, 2026 draft. The September 23 resolution attachments are unsigned templates. A recommendation outcome has not been verified. The County lists an October 27 adoption hearing, 2:30–4 p.m.; staff recommends simultaneous effectiveness with the readopted land-use regulations.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "project-status", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "1041:S02", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "1041:S03", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "1041:S04", "pinpoint": "Staff report p. 8" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Reviewed September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "", "status": "current text verified; hearing outcome unresolved", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/", "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": true, "significance": "Approval questions must use the enacted, effective text and the applicable transition rules.", "unknown": { "known": "Current code, posted draft, hearing schedule and staff transition recommendation.", "missing": "Completed vote, signed resolution, adopted text, effective date and transition provisions.", "custodian": "Eagle County Community Development and Clerk to the Board.", "relevance": "Determines the applicable approval standards and when any new text governs." } }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(1)", "title": "§6.04.01(1) · Rights, permits and approvals", "canonical_wording": "Documentation that prior to site disturbance for the Project the applicant will have obtained all necessary property rights, permits and approvals. The Board may, at its discretion, defer making a final decision on the application until outstanding property rights, permits and approvals are obtained.", "website_wording": "Documentation that prior to site disturbance for the Project the applicant will have obtained all necessary property rights, permits and approvals. The Board may, at its discretion, defer making a final decision on the application until outstanding property rights, permits and approvals are obtained.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(1); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 404. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Retains pre-disturbance requirement; Board may defer final decision." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(2)", "title": "§6.04.01(2) · Property rights", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not impair property rights held by others.", "website_wording": "The Project will not impair property rights held by others.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(2); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 405. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft adds significant-adverse-impact threshold and County/private-rights qualifiers." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(3)", "title": "§6.04.01(3) · Plan consistency", "canonical_wording": "The Project is consistent with relevant provisions of applicable land use and water quality plans.", "website_wording": "The Project is consistent with relevant provisions of applicable land use and water quality plans.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(3); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 408; 428; 326. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Related provisions, not identical general plan-consistency criterion." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(4)", "title": "§6.04.01(4) · Applicant capability", "canonical_wording": "The applicant has the necessary expertise and financial capability to develop and operate the Project consistent with all requirements and conditions.", "website_wording": "The applicant has the necessary expertise and financial capability to develop and operate the Project consistent with all requirements and conditions.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(4); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 402; 403. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Expertise and technical/financial feasibility separated." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(5)", "title": "§6.04.01(5) · Technical and financial feasibility", "canonical_wording": "The Project is technically and financially feasible.", "website_wording": "The Project is technically and financially feasible.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(5); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 403. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft expressly includes annual operation, maintenance, mitigation and monitoring costs." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(6)", "title": "§6.04.01(6) · Natural hazards", "canonical_wording": "The Project is not subject to significant risk from natural hazards.", "website_wording": "The Project is not subject to significant risk from natural hazards.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(6); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 414. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft adds no exacerbation of hazard risk." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(7)", "title": "§6.04.01(7) · Land-use patterns", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not have a significant adverse effect on land use patterns.", "website_wording": "The Project will not have a significant adverse effect on land use patterns.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(7); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 428. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft adds setbacks, property-owner nuisance and public-health provisions." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(8)", "title": "§6.04.01(8) · Local government services", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not have a significant adverse effect on the capability of local governments affected by the Project to provide services, or exceed the capacity of service delivery systems.", "website_wording": "The Project will not have a significant adverse effect on the capability of local governments affected by the Project to provide services, or exceed the capacity of service delivery systems.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(8); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 419. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Related significant-impact/capacity protection." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(9)", "title": "§6.04.01(9) · Financial burden", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not create an undue financial burden on existing or future residents of the County.", "website_wording": "The Project will not create an undue financial burden on existing or future residents of the County.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(9); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 420; 421. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft tax-burden language is narrower than current financial-burden wording." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(10)", "title": "§6.04.01(10) · Local economy", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade any current or foreseeable future sector of the local economy.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade any current or foreseeable future sector of the local economy.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(10); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 422. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft protects any segment of the County economy." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(11)", "title": "§6.04.01(11) · Recreation", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not have a significant adverse effect on the quality or quantity of recreational opportunities and experience.", "website_wording": "The Project will not have a significant adverse effect on the quality or quantity of recreational opportunities and experience.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(11); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 423. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Quality and quantity of opportunities and experience remain relevant." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(12)", "title": "§6.04.01(12) · Resource conservation and energy efficiency", "canonical_wording": "The planning, design and operation of the Project shall reflect principals of resource conservation, energy efficiency and recycling or reuse.", "website_wording": "The planning, design and operation of the Project shall reflect principals of resource conservation, energy efficiency and recycling or reuse.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(12); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 434(D); 331(A)(3); 331(E). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Water-efficiency counterpart is narrower; no identical general resource/energy approval criterion." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(13)", "title": "§6.04.01(13) · Air quality", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade air quality.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade air quality.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(13); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 410. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft explicitly includes haul routes." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(14)", "title": "§6.04.01(14) · Visual quality", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade existing visual quality.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade existing visual quality.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(14); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 431. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft uses significantly deteriorate visual quality in Impact Area." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(15)", "title": "§6.04.01(15) · Surface water quality", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade surface water quality.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade surface water quality.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(15); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 406(C)(1); 307(D). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft integrates flows, hydrology and water quality." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(16)", "title": "§6.04.01(16) · Groundwater", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade groundwater quality.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade groundwater quality.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(16); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 406(C)(2); 307(E). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Includes recharge, levels, capacity, well capacity/function/quality." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(17)", "title": "§6.04.01(17) · Wetlands and riparian areas", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade wetlands, and riparian areas.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade wetlands, and riparian areas.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(17); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 406(C)(3); 307(F). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Fens explicitly named in assessment requirement; structure/function and extent matter." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(18)", "title": "§6.04.01(18) · Animal life and habitat", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade terrestrial or aquatic animal life or its habitats.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade terrestrial or aquatic animal life or its habitats.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(18); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 411; 406(C)(4); 310. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Distinct wildlife and aquatic criteria; CPW consultation required, not CPW veto." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(19)", "title": "§6.04.01(19) · Terrestrial plants and habitat", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly deteriorate terrestrial plant life or plant habitat.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly deteriorate terrestrial plant life or plant habitat.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(19); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 412; 311. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft protects terrestrial plant communities." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(20)", "title": "§6.04.01(20) · Soils and geology", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly deteriorate soils and geologic conditions.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly deteriorate soils and geologic conditions.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(20); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 413. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Explicit natural drainage, soil productivity, erosion and sedimentation." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(21)", "title": "§6.04.01(21) · Nuisance", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not cause a nuisance.", "website_wording": "The Project will not cause a nuisance.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(21); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 429; 327. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Draft ties nuisance/use and enjoyment to property in Impact Area." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(22)", "title": "§6.04.01(22) · Cultural and historic resources", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade areas of paleontological, historic, or archaeological importance.", "website_wording": "The Project will not significantly degrade areas of paleontological, historic, or archaeological importance.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(22); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 424; 322. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Paleontological, historic or archaeological importance in Impact Area." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(23)", "title": "§6.04.01(23) · Hazardous materials", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not result in unreasonable risk of releases of hazardous materials.", "website_wording": "The Project will not result in unreasonable risk of releases of hazardous materials.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(23); printed 6.04 - pg. 1; source PDF p. 19" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 417. September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Adds prohibited storage locations, response and cleanup." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.01(24)", "title": "§6.04.01(24) · County benefits and resource losses", "canonical_wording": "The benefits accruing to the County and its citizens from the Project outweigh the losses of any natural, agricultural, recreational, grazing, commercial or industrial resources within the County, or the losses of opportunities to develop such resources.", "website_wording": "The benefits accruing to the County and its citizens from the Project outweigh the losses of any natural, agricultural, recreational, grazing, commercial or industrial resources within the County, or the losses of opportunities to develop such resources.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.01(24); printed 6.04 - pg. 2; source PDF p. 20" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: . September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "No equivalent stand-alone Article 4 criterion. Do not carry this current balancing test into draft as though retained." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.02(1)", "title": "§6.04.02(1) · Efficient use of water", "canonical_wording": "The Project shall emphasize the most efficient use of water, including the recycling, reuse and conservation of water.", "website_wording": "The Project shall emphasize the most efficient use of water, including the recycling, reuse and conservation of water.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.02(1); printed 6.04 - pg. 2; source PDF p. 20" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 434(D); 331(A)(3); 331(E). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Conservation absent from draft approval sentence but remains expressly required information." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.02(2)", "title": "§6.04.02(2) · Capacity and duplicate services", "canonical_wording": "The Project will not result in excess capacity in existing water or wastewater treatment services or create duplicate services.", "website_wording": "The Project will not result in excess capacity in existing water or wastewater treatment services or create duplicate services.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.02(2); printed 6.04 - pg. 2; source PDF p. 20" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 434(C). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "Changed applicability/qualifications for wholly new County service or facility." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.02(3)", "title": "§6.04.02(3) · Necessity for projected demand", "canonical_wording": "The Project shall be necessary to meet community development and population demands in the areas to be served by the Project.", "website_wording": "The Project shall be necessary to meet community development and population demands in the areas to be served by the Project.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.02(3); printed 6.04 - pg. 2; source PDF p. 20" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. Draft comparison is separate: 331(B); 303(D). September 15 2026 proposal; adoption/effectiveness not verified", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": false, "significance": "No equivalent stand-alone Article 4 necessity criterion; need/demand evidence remains required." }, { "id": "LEGAL:6.04.02(4)", "title": "§6.04.02(4) · Aquifer recharge pollution", "canonical_wording": "Urban development, population densities, and site layout and design of storm water and sanitation systems shall be accomplished in a manner that will prevent the pollution of aquifer recharge areas.", "website_wording": "Urban development, population densities, and site layout and design of storm water and sanitation systems shall be accomplished in a manner that will prevent the pollution of aquifer recharge areas.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "experience": "code", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.04.02(4); printed 6.04 - pg. 2; source PDF p. 20" } ], "geography": "Eagle County", "period": "Current Chapter VI checked September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "Exact current-code text. 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They are screening exhibits for review of inundation and complete-project exposure.", "evidence_type": "MODELED RESULT", "experience": "map", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S11", "pinpoint": "" }, { "id": "HWF:V3-14", "pinpoint": "" } ], "geography": "Homestake Valley", "period": "Reviewed September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": true, "significance": "The permanent and temporary project footprint needs to account for dam, reservoir, roads, power, pumping, tunnels, spoil and maintenance together.", "graphic": "/assets/evidence/four-alternatives-shared-fen-overlap.png", "graphic_alt": "Campaign modeled full-pool alternatives and shared fen overlap, using retained inventory geometry." }, { "id": "POSITION:1041", "title": "Save Homestake’s position", "canonical_wording": "Based on the compiled evidence and identified approval standards, Save Homestake’s position is that the record supports denial of Whitney Reservoir if the applicable standards cannot be demonstrated or ensured through enforceable conditions.", "website_wording": "Based on the compiled evidence and identified approval standards, Save Homestake’s position is that the record supports denial of Whitney Reservoir if the applicable standards cannot be demonstrated or ensured through enforceable conditions.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE POSITION", "experience": "document", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "§6.03.10; §6.04.01; §6.04.02" } ], "geography": "Homestake Valley", "period": "Reviewed September 23, 2026", "calculation": "", "limitations": "", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "featured": true }, { "id": "HWF:OBSERVERS", "title": "102 observers contributing", "canonical_wording": "A September 23, 2026 iNaturalist observer-query check returned 102 observer accounts whose observation counts sum to 1,400.", "website_wording": "102 observers contributing to the September 23 project record.", "evidence_type": "MEASURED DATA", "experience": "methods", "geography": "Homestake Valley BioBlitz project", "period": "2026-09-23T22:40:52Z", "calculation": "102 returned observers; sum(observation_count) = 1,400", "limitations": "Separate live aggregate check; observer identities are excluded from the public research export.", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:OBS-20260923", "pinpoint": "total_results and aggregate observation_count" } ], "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/", "/footage/" ], "featured": false }, { "canonical_wording": "At the unchanged 100% illustrative presets, Save Homestake’s four modeled inundation areas share 81.40005 acres of overlap with the dissolved mapped-wetland and Potential Fen inventory, excluding mapped-water categories.", "website_wording": "About 81.4 acres of mapped wetlands and potential fens lie in the area shared by all four modeled flood zones.", "evidence_type": "MODELED RESULT", "geography": "Shared intersection of campaign-modeled A–D inundation areas and September 18 CNHP inventory", "period": "September 20 model; reproduced September 23, 2026", "calculation": { "shared_overlap_acres": 81.40004948899694, "method": "Union model water-surface triangles; intersect with dissolved wetland and Potential Fen geometry in EPSG:32613; exclude mapped-water categories." }, "limitations": [ "This is the campaign model and dated inventory, not an official applicant footprint or field-delineated jurisdictional acreage.", "This acreage is not a percentage of Aurora’s parcel.", "No final construction footprint is supplied by the model; dam-toe arrows on maps are schematic." ], "pinpoint": [], "known": null, "unknown": null, "record_holder": null, "id": "HWF:MODEL-C001", "title": "HWF:MODEL-C001", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:MODEL-OVERLAP", "pinpoint": "acrossAlternatives.uniqueMappedWetlandAndFenAreaSharedByEveryModeledAlternativeAcresExcludingMappedWater; unchanged model-input hashes" } ], "experience": "fact", "status": "verified", "last_verified": "2026-09-23", "uses": [ "/evidence/record/" ], "significance": "", "featured": true }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL01", "title": "A living Ute mountain homeland", "canonical_wording": "Southern Ute Tribal history places Ute people in the mountains and broad region of present-day Colorado since the beginning of time. The history of Homestake and Holy Cross belongs within that wider history of living Ute homelands.", "website_wording": "Southern Ute Tribal history places Ute people in the mountains and broad region of present-day Colorado since the beginning of time. The history of Homestake and Holy Cross belongs within that wider history of living Ute homelands.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S001", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S002", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "Since time immemorial", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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The 1868 treaty created a reservation encompassing roughly the western third of Colorado, constraining Ute lands without ending Ute relationships with mountain homelands.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S002", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S003", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "1863 to 1868", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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His image became one of the defining views of the American West and inspired Thomas Moran to travel to the mountain and paint it.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S004", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S005", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S006", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "1873", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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In 1958 the trial court rejected the claims as speculative.", "website_wording": "The Metropolitan Suburban Water Users Association, Aurora, and Colorado Springs sought adjudication for the Homestake and East Fork conduits, Homestake Tunnel, Elliott-Weers Reservoir, and Eagle-Arkansas Ditch. In 1958 the trial court rejected the claims as speculative.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S011", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "1956 to 1958", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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After acquiring the other interests, Aurora and Colorado Springs entered a June 18 agreement dividing project use, costs, and obligations equally.", "website_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court reversed the trial court in October 1961. The District Court for Eagle County entered the Amended and Supplemental Decree in Civil Action 1193 on June 8, 1962. 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The Bureau of Land Management suspended the right-of-way needed for Phase II construction during wilderness planning, while Colorado's new House Bill 1041 gave counties a role in reviewing major water systems.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "MASTER:64", "pinpoint": "731 P.2d at 668-72; C.R.S. Section 37-92-301(4)(b)-(c)." }, { "id": "MASTER:77", "pinpoint": "782 P.2d at 760 and 762-66; C.R.S. Section 24-65.1-107; Chapter VI Section 6.02.12." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "1974", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The planned second phase contemplated diversions from eight additional White River National Forest streams. 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This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act designated Holy Cross Wilderness and included a narrow provision protecting the cities' existing Homestake rights from prejudice by the designation itself.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL14", "title": "Plan B replaces the eight-creek design", "canonical_wording": "The cities proposed four low diversion structures on Cross, West Cross, East Cross, and Fall creeks, about 11 miles of tunnels, and roughly 3,000 feet of pipeline feeding the existing reservoir. Four other creek rights remained deferred.", "website_wording": "The cities proposed four low diversion structures on Cross, West Cross, East Cross, and Fall creeks, about 11 miles of tunnels, and roughly 3,000 feet of pipeline feeding the existing reservoir. Four other creek rights remained deferred.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "MASTER:64", "pinpoint": "731 P.2d at 668-72; C.R.S. Section 37-92-301(4)(b)-(c)." }, { "id": "CASE:7", "pinpoint": "U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. Madigan, 960 F.2d 1515 . 1992. Pinpoint: Opening case history and disposition." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "1980 to 1981", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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A May draft environmental impact statement analyzed six alternatives, more than 20 hearings followed, and the Holy Cross Wilderness Defense Fund formed amid growing local resistance.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL16", "title": "The Forest Service conditionally approves Plan B", "canonical_wording": "The Forest Service completed a final environmental impact statement and issued an easement with 29 mitigation conditions.", "website_wording": "The Forest Service completed a final environmental impact statement and issued an easement with 29 mitigation conditions.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S019", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "CASE:7", "pinpoint": "U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. Madigan, 960 F.2d 1515 . 1992. 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This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Corps and EPA reviewers challenged the wetlands analysis, while Fish and Wildlife Service reviewers supported it. The Corps issued a conditional Clean Water Act permit requiring no wetlands loss and an approved monitoring plan before construction.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL18", "title": "A federal lawsuit and nine-volume wetlands study follow", "canonical_wording": "The Holy Cross Wilderness Defense Fund sued over the federal easement and Corps permit. Meanwhile the cities produced a nine-volume wetlands baseline and repeatedly revised their monitoring and mitigation plan.", "website_wording": "The Holy Cross Wilderness Defense Fund sued over the federal easement and Corps permit. 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This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Holy Cross Wilderness Defense Fund sued over the federal easement and Corps permit. Meanwhile the cities produced a nine-volume wetlands baseline and repeatedly revised their monitoring and mitigation plan.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL19", "title": "The water rights survive the redesign", "canonical_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court upheld diligence for the integrated Homestake Project, including creek rights deferred from Plan B. Work on the larger system could count toward keeping those conditional rights alive.", "website_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court upheld diligence for the integrated Homestake Project, including creek rights deferred from Plan B. Work on the larger system could count toward keeping those conditional rights alive.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "MASTER:64", "pinpoint": "731 P.2d at 668-72; C.R.S. Section 37-92-301(4)(b)-(c)." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "January 20, 1987", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court upheld diligence for the integrated Homestake Project, including creek rights deferred from Plan B. Work on the larger system could count toward keeping those conditional rights alive.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL20", "title": "Eagle County denies Homestake II", "canonical_wording": "After public hearings, Eagle County denied a special-use permit and two major-water-project approvals. The record supported concerns about wetlands, rare plants, noise, dust, recreation, and scenery.", "website_wording": "After public hearings, Eagle County denied a special-use permit and two major-water-project approvals. The record supported concerns about wetlands, rare plants, noise, dust, recreation, and scenery.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:2", "pinpoint": "Colorado Court of Appeals. City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 . November 17, 1994. Pinpoint: 1109-1120, especially 1110-1113, 1115-1117, and 1119-1120; Parts I-V and disposition. See also the General Assembly's official 2026 Title 24 compilation, C.R.S. §24-65.1-501(3)-(5) , approval, denial, and written findings." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S018", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "February 4, 1988", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Historical event/date shown. Preserve the distinction between that record and the current Whitney permitting status." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "After public hearings, Eagle County denied a special-use permit and two major-water-project approvals. The record supported concerns about wetlands, rare plants, noise, dust, recreation, and scenery.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL21", "title": "The state's high court confirms county 1041 authority", "canonical_wording": "In a separate case involving Denver, the Colorado Supreme Court held that county 1041 review applies to municipal water projects outside city boundaries.", "website_wording": "In a separate case involving Denver, the Colorado Supreme Court held that county 1041 review applies to municipal water projects outside city boundaries.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "MASTER:77", "pinpoint": "782 P.2d at 760 and 762-66; C.R.S. Section 24-65.1-107; Chapter VI Section 6.02.12." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "November 13, 1989", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Historical event/date shown. 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In 1990, the Colorado Supreme Court vacated and remanded because an instream-flow condition in the decree lacked a clear basis in the record.", "website_wording": "The water court approved alternate points of diversion later in 1988. In 1990, the Colorado Supreme Court vacated and remanded because an instream-flow condition in the decree lacked a clear basis in the record.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:35", "pinpoint": "Colorado Supreme Court. Application for Water Rights, 799 P.2d 33 . 1990. 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In 1990, the Colorado Supreme Court vacated and remanded because an instream-flow condition in the decree lacked a clear basis in the record.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL23", "title": "The Corps permit survives federal appeal", "canonical_wording": "The Tenth Circuit upheld rejection of the challenge to the Corps' Clean Water Act Section 404 permit under federal environmental law.", "website_wording": "The Tenth Circuit upheld rejection of the challenge to the Corps' Clean Water Act Section 404 permit under federal environmental law.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:7", "pinpoint": "U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. Madigan, 960 F.2d 1515 . 1992. Pinpoint: Opening case history and disposition." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "April 3, 1992", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Historical event/date shown. 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Eagle County denied it again on narrower grounds, and the trial court reversed that second denial too.", "website_wording": "A trial court ruled that parts of the county's first decision were federally preempted and sent the application back. Eagle County denied it again on narrower grounds, and the trial court reversed that second denial too.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:2", "pinpoint": "Colorado Court of Appeals. City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 . November 17, 1994. Pinpoint: 1109-1120, especially 1110-1113, 1115-1117, and 1119-1120; Parts I-V and disposition. See also the General Assembly's official 2026 Title 24 compilation, C.R.S. §24-65.1-501(3)-(5) , approval, denial, and written findings." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "1991 to 1993", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Historical event/date shown. 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Under the governing regulations, failure of even one valid criterion required denial, and the record supported findings on wetlands and nuisance impacts.", "website_wording": "The Colorado Court of Appeals reinstated the county's original denial. Under the governing regulations, failure of even one valid criterion required denial, and the record supported findings on wetlands and nuisance impacts.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:2", "pinpoint": "Colorado Court of Appeals. City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 . November 17, 1994. Pinpoint: 1109-1120, especially 1110-1113, 1115-1117, and 1119-1120; Parts I-V and disposition. See also the General Assembly's official 2026 Title 24 compilation, C.R.S. §24-65.1-501(3)-(5) , approval, denial, and written findings." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S020", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "November 17, 1994", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Historical event/date shown. Preserve the distinction between that record and the current Whitney permitting status." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Colorado Court of Appeals reinstated the county's original denial. Under the governing regulations, failure of even one valid criterion required denial, and the record supported findings on wetlands and nuisance impacts.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL26", "title": "Further review is denied", "canonical_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court declined review on June 5. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari on December 4, reported at 516 U.S. 1008. The selected Homestake II plan was never built.", "website_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court declined review on June 5. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari on December 4, reported at 516 U.S. 1008. The selected Homestake II plan was never built.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:2", "pinpoint": "Colorado Court of Appeals. City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 . November 17, 1994. Pinpoint: 1109-1120, especially 1110-1113, 1115-1117, and 1119-1120; Parts I-V and disposition. See also the General Assembly's official 2026 Title 24 compilation, C.R.S. §24-65.1-501(3)-(5) , approval, denial, and written findings." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S021", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "June and December 1995", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Historical event/date shown. Preserve the distinction between that record and the current Whitney permitting status." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Colorado Supreme Court declined review on June 5. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari on December 4, reported at 516 U.S. 1008. The selected Homestake II plan was never built.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL27", "title": "A new agreement opens a joint-study path", "canonical_wording": "Aurora, Colorado Springs, Western Slope water providers, the River District, and Climax signed the Eagle River Memorandum of Understanding, creating a framework for joint studies, negotiation, and possible future agreements.", "website_wording": "Aurora, Colorado Springs, Western Slope water providers, the River District, and Climax signed the Eagle River Memorandum of Understanding, creating a framework for joint studies, negotiation, and possible future agreements.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "MASTER:1", "pinpoint": "Sections II, III.C, III.D, and V; PDF pp. 1-10." }, { "id": "HWF:S02", "pinpoint": "Technical report pp. 16–20; Tables 2–3" } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "April 21, 1998", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Aurora, Colorado Springs, Western Slope water providers, the River District, and Climax signed the Eagle River Memorandum of Understanding, creating a framework for joint studies, negotiation, and possible future agreements.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL28", "title": "Planning shifts toward lower Homestake Creek", "canonical_wording": "A later agreement focused new concepts outside Holy Cross Wilderness, including lower Homestake Creek, Camp Hale, smaller storage, and groundwater options.", "website_wording": "A later agreement focused new concepts outside Holy Cross Wilderness, including lower Homestake Creek, Camp Hale, smaller storage, and groundwater options.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S022", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "2010", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "A later agreement focused new concepts outside Holy Cross Wilderness, including lower Homestake Creek, Camp Hale, smaller storage, and groundwater options.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL29", "title": "Aurora acquires lower-creek property", "canonical_wording": "Aurora paid about $4.1 million for roughly 150 acres along lower Homestake Creek, where wetlands, fens, and streams thread the property. Colorado Springs remained Aurora's planning partner in the Eagle River joint-use effort.", "website_wording": "Aurora paid about $4.1 million for roughly 150 acres along lower Homestake Creek, where wetlands, fens, and streams thread the property. 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Residents and advocates raised concerns about fens, wetlands, wilderness, water quality, wildlife, and the wider consequences of opening another reservoir path.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HWF:S51", "pinpoint": "" } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "2020", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Geography and date are those of the cited historical event; this entry does not map a current Whitney impact footprint." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/history/#timeline" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Forest Service received 775 scoping comments. Residents and advocates raised concerns about fens, wetlands, wilderness, water quality, wildlife, and the wider consequences of opening another reservoir path.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:TL32", "title": "The Forest Service authorizes test drilling only", "canonical_wording": "A categorical exclusion authorized 10 boreholes up to 150 feet deep, seismic work, and temporary access. The district ranger said any reservoir proposal would require new environmental analysis and public comment.", "website_wording": "A categorical exclusion authorized 10 boreholes up to 150 feet deep, seismic work, and temporary access. 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Colorado Springs Utilities still lists Eagle River Joint Use as planning and evaluating options.", "evidence_type": "PROPONENT STATEMENT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:4", "pinpoint": "David O. Williams / Vail Daily, republished Sentinel Colorado. No movement on Aurora’s Eagle County Whitney Reservoir proposal after six years . July 28, 2026. Pinpoint: Opening project-status paragraphs." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S028", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake project and named regional places in the dated event", "period": "July 28, 2026", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "July 28, 2026 reported status, not a newly verified September status. A later official application could change it." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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Forced removal disrupted these relationships. Ute people continue to return to the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area to gather, hunt, fish, and honor their ancestors. This is a living homeland, with knowledge and connections that endure.", "website_wording": "The Southern Ute Indian Tribe describes Ute people traveling to nearby Pando Valley, now the site of Camp Hale, after the winter snow melted. They hunted and gathered plants and minerals for food, medicine, and spiritual use. The Tribe calls this seasonal circuit Míyatukhwatni, “moving locations as the seasons change.” Along the Eagle River, a traditional Ute route connected the mountains with the sacred hot springs at Glenwood Springs. Forced removal disrupted these relationships. Ute people continue to return to the Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area to gather, hunt, fish, and honor their ancestors. This is a living homeland, with knowledge and connections that endure.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S029", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "CASE:23", "pinpoint": "President of the United States. Proclamation 10476: Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument . October 12, 2022; 87 FR63381-63392. Pinpoint: pp.63383-63384, 63387." } ], "geography": "Pando Valley, Eagle River and Camp Hale/Tenmile region", "period": "Living Ute heritage · Pando Valley & the Eagle River", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Story geography is retained as written; cultural significance is distinct from a surveyed archaeological site or project-footprint intersection." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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This is a living homeland, with knowledge and connections that endure.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:STORY02", "title": "Above the clouds, the cross appeared.", "canonical_wording": "After months of photographing Colorado’s mountains, the Hayden Survey reached the country where Mount of the Holy Cross was said to stand. On August 23, 1873, Jackson pushed ahead of his companions as they climbed Notch Mountain with photographic equipment on their backs. Near the top of the ridge, Jackson climbed above the timberline and the clouds. As he clambered over jagged rocks, what he later called the “great shining cross” suddenly appeared directly before him, tilted against the mountainside. The sight was only the beginning. By the time the whole group reached the summit, the light was too poor to make the photograph. They spent a sleepless night beside a fire near timberline, without food, coats, or blankets. At dawn they climbed again. Then came another problem: they needed water to prepare the glass plates. Sunlight melted enough snow, and Jackson made eight photographs. Twenty years later, he returned with his son Clarence. Even with better equipment, Jackson later recalled, he never matched those first images. That photograph carries that night, that persistence, and that mountain morning into the present.", "website_wording": "After months of photographing Colorado’s mountains, the Hayden Survey reached the country where Mount of the Holy Cross was said to stand. On August 23, 1873, Jackson pushed ahead of his companions as they climbed Notch Mountain with photographic equipment on their backs. Near the top of the ridge, Jackson climbed above the timberline and the clouds. As he clambered over jagged rocks, what he later called the “great shining cross” suddenly appeared directly before him, tilted against the mountainside. The sight was only the beginning. By the time the whole group reached the summit, the light was too poor to make the photograph. They spent a sleepless night beside a fire near timberline, without food, coats, or blankets. At dawn they climbed again. Then came another problem: they needed water to prepare the glass plates. Sunlight melted enough snow, and Jackson made eight photographs. Twenty years later, he returned with his son Clarence. Even with better equipment, Jackson later recalled, he never matched those first images. 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Then came another problem: they needed water to prepare the glass plates. Sunlight melted enough snow, and Jackson made eight photographs. Twenty years later, he returned with his son Clarence. Even with better equipment, Jackson later recalled, he never matched those first images. That photograph carries that night, that persistence, and that mountain morning into the present.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:STORY03", "title": "The mountains became their classroom.", "canonical_wording": "Camp Hale opened in November 1942. The 10th Mountain Division trained among steep slopes, deep snow, and bitter temperatures. In February 1945, its soldiers climbed a 1,500-foot cliff in Italy to take a German position, helping the Allies break through the defensive line. After the war, veterans helped create more than 60 ski resorts as founders or managers. Others shaped conservation and outdoor education. David Brower became the Sierra Club’s first executive director; Paul Petzoldt founded the National Outdoor Leadership School. The country that trained them helped shape what they gave back.", "website_wording": "Camp Hale opened in November 1942. The 10th Mountain Division trained among steep slopes, deep snow, and bitter temperatures. In February 1945, its soldiers climbed a 1,500-foot cliff in Italy to take a German position, helping the Allies break through the defensive line. After the war, veterans helped create more than 60 ski resorts as founders or managers. Others shaped conservation and outdoor education. David Brower became the Sierra Club’s first executive director; Paul Petzoldt founded the National Outdoor Leadership School. The country that trained them helped shape what they gave back.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:23", "pinpoint": "President of the United States. Proclamation 10476: Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument . 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In February 1945, its soldiers climbed a 1,500-foot cliff in Italy to take a German position, helping the Allies break through the defensive line. After the war, veterans helped create more than 60 ski resorts as founders or managers. Others shaped conservation and outdoor education. David Brower became the Sierra Club’s first executive director; Paul Petzoldt founded the National Outdoor Leadership School. The country that trained them helped shape what they gave back.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:STORY04", "title": "A place to stay. A way to remember.", "canonical_wording": "The first two 10th Mountain Division huts, McNamara and Margy’s, were completed in 1982. The association’s name honors the soldiers, and several huts were funded by friends and families in memory of men who died in World War II. Near Homestake Peak, the 10th Mountain Division Hut opened in 1989 with donations from veterans Bill Boddington, Col. Pete Peterson, Maury Kuper, and Bill Bowerman. A roof, a wood stove, and space to share a meal carry that legacy into another generation of mountain journeys. Remembering can be something you do with your boots on.", "website_wording": "The first two 10th Mountain Division huts, McNamara and Margy’s, were completed in 1982. The association’s name honors the soldiers, and several huts were funded by friends and families in memory of men who died in World War II. Near Homestake Peak, the 10th Mountain Division Hut opened in 1989 with donations from veterans Bill Boddington, Col. Pete Peterson, Maury Kuper, and Bill Bowerman. A roof, a wood stove, and space to share a meal carry that legacy into another generation of mountain journeys. Remembering can be something you do with your boots on.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S032", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." }, { "id": "HISTORY:S033", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Central Colorado hut system and Homestake Peak", "period": "1982 onward · Central Colorado & the Homestake Peak area", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Story geography is retained as written; cultural significance is distinct from a surveyed archaeological site or project-footprint intersection." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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Remembering can be something you do with your boots on.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:STORY05", "title": "A valley full of people looking closer.", "canonical_wording": "Writing about the 2023 Homestake BioBlitz, Joanna Zhang recalled joining fellow conservationist Daniel Timmons and local volunteers to examine wetland plants, forest wildflowers, and aquatic insects. They looked closely enough to count tiny legs and tails. Wilderness Workshop and the Eagle River Watershed Council organized the day. People with different backgrounds shared a purpose: documenting the life at stake in Homestake. Every careful observation made the valley better known. This is a chapter we can still join, by learning the place, caring for it, and making sure its life is seen.", "website_wording": "Writing about the 2023 Homestake BioBlitz, Joanna Zhang recalled joining fellow conservationist Daniel Timmons and local volunteers to examine wetland plants, forest wildflowers, and aquatic insects. They looked closely enough to count tiny legs and tails. Wilderness Workshop and the Eagle River Watershed Council organized the day. People with different backgrounds shared a purpose: documenting the life at stake in Homestake. Every careful observation made the valley better known. This is a chapter we can still join, by learning the place, caring for it, and making sure its life is seen.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "HISTORY:S027", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source." } ], "geography": "Homestake Valley", "period": "July 2023 · Homestake Valley", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Story geography is retained as written; cultural significance is distinct from a surveyed archaeological site or project-footprint intersection." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. 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This is a chapter we can still join, by learning the place, caring for it, and making sure its life is seen.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:SHOSHONE-RIGHTS", "title": "Shoshone senior rights and river connection", "canonical_wording": "Homestake Creek feeds the Eagle River, which joins the Colorado at Dotsero upstream of the Shoshone plant in Glenwood Canyon. The River District identifies Shoshone rights appropriated in 1902 and 1929, totaling up to 1,408 cubic feet per second, with water returned after generation. A valid downstream senior call can constrain affected junior upstream diversions. The extent of that constraint is governed by water availability, administration, decree terms, and applicable agreements.", "website_wording": "Homestake Creek feeds the Eagle River, which joins the Colorado at Dotsero upstream of the Shoshone plant in Glenwood Canyon. The River District identifies Shoshone rights appropriated in 1902 and 1929, totaling up to 1,408 cubic feet per second, with water returned after generation. A valid downstream senior call can constrain affected junior upstream diversions. The extent of that constraint is governed by water availability, administration, decree terms, and applicable agreements.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:43", "pinpoint": "Colorado River District. Shoshone Frequently Asked Questions . Current campaign page, accessed September 11, 2026. Pinpoint: Questions 2, 4, 6, 7, 11." }, { "id": "CASE:52", "pinpoint": "Colorado Division of Water Resources. Water Rights . Current undated agency page, accessed September 2026. Pinpoint: Prior appropriation; administration; futile calls." } ], "geography": "Homestake Creek → Eagle River → Colorado River at Dotsero → Shoshone, Glenwood Canyon", "period": "Rights appropriated 1902 and 1929", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Call effects depend on actual administration, water availability, decrees and agreements; no Whitney-only yield reduction is calculated." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/documents/decision-maker-brief/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Homestake Creek feeds the Eagle River, which joins the Colorado at Dotsero upstream of the Shoshone plant in Glenwood Canyon. The River District identifies Shoshone rights appropriated in 1902 and 1929, totaling up to 1,408 cubic feet per second, with water returned after generation. A valid downstream senior call can constrain affected junior upstream diversions. The extent of that constraint is governed by water availability, administration, decree terms, and applicable agreements.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:SHOSHONE-APPLICATION", "title": "Dated Shoshone instream-flow proceedings", "canonical_wording": "The permanent-protection effort is concrete. On November 19, 2025, CWCB accepted a perpetual interest for instream-flow use; on November 20, the co-applicants filed Division 5 case 25CW3177 to add that use alongside hydropower. The November 24 official announcement identifies water-court approval, financing, an instream-flow agreement, and Public Utilities Commission approval as conditions that remain before closing.", "website_wording": "The permanent-protection effort is concrete. On November 19, 2025, CWCB accepted a perpetual interest for instream-flow use; on November 20, the co-applicants filed Division 5 case 25CW3177 to add that use alongside hydropower. The November 24 official announcement identifies water-court approval, financing, an instream-flow agreement, and Public Utilities Commission approval as conditions that remain before closing.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:44", "pinpoint": "Colorado River District. Shoshone Water Court Application Filed . November 24, 2025. Pinpoint: Substantive paragraphs 1-5." } ], "geography": "Division 5; Shoshone water rights", "period": "November 19–24, 2025", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Record is the November 2025 announcement; closing and court status require a current check before describing them as current." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "project-status", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The permanent-protection effort is concrete. On November 19, 2025, CWCB accepted a perpetual interest for instream-flow use; on November 20, the co-applicants filed Division 5 case 25CW3177 to add that use alongside hydropower. The November 24 official announcement identifies water-court approval, financing, an instream-flow agreement, and Public Utilities Commission approval as conditions that remain before closing.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:SHOSHONE-FUNDING", "title": "Dated Shoshone funding announcement", "canonical_wording": "The River District's May 22, 2026 update reports approval of a $40 million federal award and $97 million secured toward the $99 million purchase, with federal award contracting still ahead.", "website_wording": "The River District's May 22, 2026 update reports approval of a $40 million federal award and $97 million secured toward the $99 million purchase, with federal award contracting still ahead.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:45", "pinpoint": "Colorado River District. Department of Interior releases $40 million award for the Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Project . May 22, 2026. Pinpoint: Opening funding/status paragraphs." } ], "geography": "Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Project", "period": "May 22, 2026", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Dated funding announcement; it is not evidence that closing or award contracting has since occurred." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/" ], "experience": "project-status", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The River District's May 22, 2026 update reports approval of a $40 million federal award and $97 million secured toward the $99 million purchase, with federal award contracting still ahead.", "featured": false }, { "id": "HISTORY:SHOSHONE-RELAXATION", "title": "Temporary call-relaxation agreement", "canonical_wording": "March 2026 reporting describes a temporary call-relaxation agreement that allowed additional storage, including at Homestake. Whitney's supply model should distinguish temporary operating agreements from long-term supply assumptions.", "website_wording": "March 2026 reporting describes a temporary call-relaxation agreement that allowed additional storage, including at Homestake. Whitney's supply model should distinguish temporary operating agreements from long-term supply assumptions.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:51", "pinpoint": "Heather Sackett / Aspen Journalism. Denver Water, Xcel enact plan to ease shortages . March 31, 2026; updated June 6, 2026. Pinpoint: Call relaxation; Western Slope benefit." } ], "geography": "Shoshone administration and upstream storage including Homestake", "period": "March 2026 reporting", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Reported temporary agreement; do not treat its terms as permanent future supply." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "March 2026 reporting describes a temporary call-relaxation agreement that allowed additional storage, including at Homestake. Whitney's supply model should distinguish temporary operating agreements from long-term supply assumptions.", "featured": false }, { "id": "PROJECT:ROAD-RECREATION", "title": "Homestake Road recreation access", "canonical_wording": "The applicant’s 2019 report identifies FR703 access to Gold Park Campground, Holy Cross Wilderness trailheads and Homestake Reservoir, and camping, hiking, fishing, boating and wildlife viewing (p. 22). Campaign photographs and modeling depict the existing landscape and its conversion. Assess displaced uses, access closures, noise and operating water levels.", "website_wording": "The applicant’s 2019 report identifies FR703 access to Gold Park Campground, Holy Cross Wilderness trailheads and Homestake Reservoir, and camping, hiking, fishing, boating and wildlife viewing (p. 22). Campaign photographs and modeling depict the existing landscape and its conversion. Assess displaced uses, access closures, noise and operating water levels.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S09", "pinpoint": "June 25, 2019. Proposed investigation; alternative dam alignments and exploration/access maps: Technical Report Figure 1 p. 3 / PDF p. 11; Figures 3-5 pp. 6-8 / PDF pp. 14-16." } ], "geography": "Homestake Road / FR703, Gold Park and wilderness trailheads", "period": "June 25, 2019 application, technical report p.22", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Recreation described in the investigation application; selected future road alignment and closures are unresolved." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The applicant’s 2019 report identifies FR703 access to Gold Park Campground, Holy Cross Wilderness trailheads and Homestake Reservoir, and camping, hiking, fishing, boating and wildlife viewing (p. 22). Campaign photographs and modeling depict the existing landscape and its conversion. Assess displaced uses, access closures, noise and operating water levels.", "featured": false }, { "id": "PROJECT:WHOLE-SYSTEM", "title": "Include the complete operating system", "canonical_wording": "The utilities describe pumping Whitney water uphill to existing Homestake. A complete public design must disclose motor ratings, power-line voltage, overhead or buried routing, substations, standby generators, operating schedules, and noise levels.", "website_wording": "The utilities describe pumping Whitney water uphill to existing Homestake. A complete public design must disclose motor ratings, power-line voltage, overhead or buried routing, substations, standby generators, operating schedules, and noise levels.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:3", "pinpoint": "Colorado Springs Utilities. The Eagle River Joint Use Water Project . March 2022. Pinpoint: pp.1-2." } ], "geography": "Whitney to existing Homestake Reservoir", "period": "March 2022 utility concept", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "The utility concept establishes collection and pumping; motor ratings, voltage, routes and generators are records to obtain, not selected design facts." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The utilities describe pumping Whitney water uphill to existing Homestake. A complete public design must disclose motor ratings, power-line voltage, overhead or buried routing, substations, standby generators, operating schedules, and noise levels.", "featured": false }, { "id": "PROJECT:DRAWDOWN-RECORD", "title": "Operating water levels and exposed acreage", "canonical_wording": "Whitney's public modeling must show the full operating range, including low-water conditions, with the elevation and season stated for every view.", "website_wording": "Whitney's public modeling must show the full operating range, including low-water conditions, with the elevation and season stated for every view.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE POSITION", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:3", "pinpoint": "Colorado Springs Utilities. The Eagle River Joint Use Water Project . March 2022. Pinpoint: pp.1-2." } ], "geography": "Whitney modeled alternatives", "period": "Requested project operating record", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Request for modeling; actual low-water frequency, elevations and exposed acreage remain undetermined." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Whitney's public modeling must show the full operating range, including low-water conditions, with the elevation and season stated for every view.", "featured": false }, { "id": "CULTURE:WILDERNESS-LAW", "title": "Homestake language in the 1980 wilderness statute", "canonical_wording": "The 1980 Colorado Wilderness Act contains express Homestake language in Section 102(a)(5), preserving specified water-right development and addressing agreed modifications or exchanges. Section 110 addresses activities outside wilderness that may be seen or heard within it. Any development authority must be tested against the project's actual footprint and the statute's precise terms.", "website_wording": "The 1980 Colorado Wilderness Act contains express Homestake language in Section 102(a)(5), preserving specified water-right development and addressing agreed modifications or exchanges. Section 110 addresses activities outside wilderness that may be seen or heard within it. Any development authority must be tested against the project's actual footprint and the statute's precise terms.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:6", "pinpoint": "United States Congress. Colorado Wilderness Act, Public Law 96-560 . December 22, 1980. Pinpoint: 102(a)(5), 104(b), 110; 94 Stat.3266, 3268, 3271." } ], "geography": "Holy Cross Wilderness and specified Homestake project rights", "period": "December 22, 1980 statute", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Application depends on the facility, boundary and scope of statutory authority." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/documents/decision-maker-brief/", "/history/" ], "experience": "legal", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The 1980 Colorado Wilderness Act contains express Homestake language in Section 102(a)(5), preserving specified water-right development and addressing agreed modifications or exchanges. Section 110 addresses activities outside wilderness that may be seen or heard within it. Any development authority must be tested against the project's actual footprint and the statute's precise terms.", "featured": false }, { "id": "CULTURE:MONUMENT", "title": "Camp Hale proclamation and project geography", "canonical_wording": "The Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument proclamation recognizes Ute connections, military history, and water infrastructure within this nationally significant landscape. Any Whitney proposal must map its overlap with monument lands and demonstrate consistency with the proclamation and governing protections.", "website_wording": "The Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument proclamation recognizes Ute connections, military history, and water infrastructure within this nationally significant landscape. Any Whitney proposal must map its overlap with monument lands and demonstrate consistency with the proclamation and governing protections.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:23", "pinpoint": "President of the United States. Proclamation 10476: Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument . October 12, 2022; 87 FR63381-63392. Pinpoint: pp.63383-63384, 63387." } ], "geography": "Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument; footprint overlap to be mapped", "period": "October 12, 2022 proclamation", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "The proclamation establishes the protected landscape and terms; this text does not establish a Whitney footprint overlap." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/", "/history/" ], "experience": "legal", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument proclamation recognizes Ute connections, military history, and water infrastructure within this nationally significant landscape. Any Whitney proposal must map its overlap with monument lands and demonstrate consistency with the proclamation and governing protections.", "featured": false }, { "id": "CULTURE:SECTION106", "title": "Cultural resource review and consultation", "canonical_wording": "Required Section 106 process: Agencies must define the area of potential effects broadly enough to include access, setting, hydrologic change, construction, and other project-caused effects on eligible historic properties. Section 106 requires identification of historic properties and consultation with Tribal governments and preservation officials before an irreversible decision. Unlisted properties may still qualify for the National Register.", "website_wording": "Required Section 106 process: Agencies must define the area of potential effects broadly enough to include access, setting, hydrologic change, construction, and other project-caused effects on eligible historic properties. Section 106 requires identification of historic properties and consultation with Tribal governments and preservation officials before an irreversible decision. Unlisted properties may still qualify for the National Register.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:25", "pinpoint": "Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 36 CFR Part 800, Protection of Historic Properties . eCFR current through September 9, 2026. Pinpoint: 800.4-.6; 800.16(d),(l),(y)." } ], "geography": "Federal undertaking’s area of potential effects", "period": "Retained federal preservation framework", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Applies through the responsible federal agency and undertaking. Survey and consultation determine actual eligible resources and effects." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "legal", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Required Section 106 process: Agencies must define the area of potential effects broadly enough to include access, setting, hydrologic change, construction, and other project-caused effects on eligible historic properties. Section 106 requires identification of historic properties and consultation with Tribal governments and preservation officials before an irreversible decision. Unlisted properties may still qualify for the National Register.", "featured": false }, { "id": "FIELD:FOUR-CAMERAS", "title": "Four-camera field record", "canonical_wording": "The campaign's four current wildlife-camera stations are on the valley floor. Each lies within the flood zone of at least one documented Whitney option. Dated records across seasons show that the valley floor is functioning habitat and a movement network, not vacant acreage. Flooding would remove habitat while roads, traffic, lighting, and noise fragment the surrounding connections wildlife relies on.", "website_wording": "The campaign's four current wildlife-camera stations are on the valley floor. Each lies within the flood zone of at least one documented Whitney option. Dated records across seasons show that the valley floor is functioning habitat and a movement network, not vacant acreage. Flooding would remove habitat while roads, traffic, lighting, and noise fragment the surrounding connections wildlife relies on.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S10", "pinpoint": "Campaign photographs, films, generalized wildlife locations and testimony. Compare the four modeled reservoir alternatives in the valley explorer; field record updated September 12, 2026." }, { "id": "1041:S11", "pinpoint": "Campaign interpretation of the mapped fen complex and modeled reservoir alternatives. Model-based conclusions concern the displayed alternatives and water elevations." } ], "geography": "Generalized Homestake valley-floor camera areas", "period": "Campaign field record through September 12, 2026", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Exact camera locations and model intersections are controlled records; current camera deployment and each intersection need the dated underlying register." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/", "/footage/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The campaign's four current wildlife-camera stations are on the valley floor. Each lies within the flood zone of at least one documented Whitney option. Dated records across seasons show that the valley floor is functioning habitat and a movement network, not vacant acreage. Flooding would remove habitat while roads, traffic, lighting, and noise fragment the surrounding connections wildlife relies on.", "featured": false }, { "id": "FIELD:MOOSE-ROUTE", "title": "Repeated moose records along the creek", "canonical_wording": "Valley Floor 1 documents repeated moose use along a creek-parallel movement route on the valley floor. Public materials use this generalized alias and withhold the precise camera position. These records support protecting the movement route and incorporating it into project-wide habitat and connectivity analysis.", "website_wording": "Valley Floor 1 documents repeated moose use along a creek-parallel movement route on the valley floor. Public materials use this generalized alias and withhold the precise camera position. These records support protecting the movement route and incorporating it into project-wide habitat and connectivity analysis.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S10", "pinpoint": "Campaign photographs, films, generalized wildlife locations and testimony. Compare the four modeled reservoir alternatives in the valley explorer; field record updated September 12, 2026." } ], "geography": "Generalized Valley Floor 1, Homestake Valley", "period": "Dated campaign records across seasons", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Repeated observations establish use at the camera; abundance and valley-wide movement rates require a designed study." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/", "/footage/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Valley Floor 1 documents repeated moose use along a creek-parallel movement route on the valley floor. Public materials use this generalized alias and withhold the precise camera position. These records support protecting the movement route and incorporating it into project-wide habitat and connectivity analysis.", "featured": false }, { "id": "ECONOMY:RAFTING-2024", "title": "Reported 2024 Eagle rafting activity", "canonical_wording": "CROA reports 9,200 combined Upper and Lower Eagle commercial rafting user days in 2024, with estimated direct expenditures of $1,513,348 and economic impact of $3,874,172.", "website_wording": "CROA reports 9,200 combined Upper and Lower Eagle commercial rafting user days in 2024, with estimated direct expenditures of $1,513,348 and economic impact of $3,874,172.", "evidence_type": "CALCULATION", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S19", "pinpoint": "Revised August 13, 2025, PDF p. 8. Upper and Lower Eagle user days and expenditure estimates." } ], "geography": "Upper Eagle (Dowd Chutes) and Lower Eagle (below Edwards)", "period": "2024; report revised August 13, 2025", "calculation": "399 + 8,801 = 9,200 user days; $65,633 + $1,447,715 = $1,513,348 direct expenditures; $168,021 + $3,706,151 = $3,874,172 impact.", "limitations": [ "Existing annual rafting estimates, not projected Whitney losses. Direct expenditure and economic impact are different measures and must not be added." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/documents/local-economy/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "CROA reports 9,200 combined Upper and Lower Eagle commercial rafting user days in 2024, with estimated direct expenditures of $1,513,348 and economic impact of $3,874,172.", "featured": false }, { "id": "ECONOMY:GLENWOOD-2024", "title": "Reported 2024 Glenwood rafting activity", "canonical_wording": "CROA reports 62,137 commercial rafting user days for the Colorado River Glenwood segment in 2024, with estimated direct expenditures of $10,221,187 and economic impact of $26,166,240.", "website_wording": "CROA reports 62,137 commercial rafting user days for the Colorado River Glenwood segment in 2024, with estimated direct expenditures of $10,221,187 and economic impact of $26,166,240.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S19", "pinpoint": "Revised August 13, 2025, PDF p. 8. Upper and Lower Eagle user days and expenditure estimates." } ], "geography": "Colorado River, Glenwood segment", "period": "2024; report revised August 13, 2025", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Glenwood is a separate reporting segment supplied by many sources. No portion of its spending is assigned to Whitney." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/local-economy/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "CROA reports 62,137 commercial rafting user days for the Colorado River Glenwood segment in 2024, with estimated direct expenditures of $10,221,187 and economic impact of $26,166,240.", "featured": false }, { "id": "RECREATION:BOATABLE-DAYS", "title": "Modeled boatable-day changes", "canonical_wording": "The Community Water Plan’s New Water Infrastructure with historical hydrology scenario models 85% fewer dry-year and 48% fewer wet-year boatable days from Tigiwon to Dowd Junction, and 9% fewer dry-year and 10% fewer wet-year boatable days from Edwards to Eagle, compared with current conditions.", "website_wording": "The Community Water Plan’s New Water Infrastructure with historical hydrology scenario models 85% fewer dry-year and 48% fewer wet-year boatable days from Tigiwon to Dowd Junction, and 9% fewer dry-year and 10% fewer wet-year boatable days from Edwards to Eagle, compared with current conditions.", "evidence_type": "MODELED RESULT", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S16", "pinpoint": "Table 1 p. 7; methods pp. 9-11; Table 2 p. 16; §6 p. 22. Published whitewater boatable-day results independently checked against the original appendix." }, { "id": "1041:S15", "pinpoint": "§2.1.2 p. 9: 2020 current-conditions baseline; §2.1.5 p. 11: combined New Water Infrastructure scenario." } ], "geography": "Eagle River reaches Tigiwon–Dowd Junction and Edwards–Eagle", "period": "Historical hydrology; projected 2050 demand in combined scenario", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Combined 2050 demand, possible MOU infrastructure/operations and Bolts Lake scenario; not a Whitney-only prediction. Boatable days cannot be multiplied by CROA revenue totals." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/documents/local-economy/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "graphic", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Community Water Plan’s New Water Infrastructure with historical hydrology scenario models 85% fewer dry-year and 48% fewer wet-year boatable days from Tigiwon to Dowd Junction, and 9% fewer dry-year and 10% fewer wet-year boatable days from Edwards to Eagle, compared with current conditions.", "featured": false }, { "id": "WATER:ZINC-MAY", "title": "Modeled May dilution and zinc-load metrics", "canonical_wording": "Appendix K of the Community Water Plan models a mean May zinc-load reduction requirement of 140.6 kilograms at baseline versus 434.3 kilograms under New Water Infrastructure with historical hydrology. The corresponding additional dilution volume rises from 495.5 to 1,530.3 acre-feet.", "website_wording": "Appendix K of the Community Water Plan models a mean May zinc-load reduction requirement of 140.6 kilograms at baseline versus 434.3 kilograms under New Water Infrastructure with historical hydrology. The corresponding additional dilution volume rises from 495.5 to 1,530.3 acre-feet.", "evidence_type": "MODELED RESULT", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S17", "pinpoint": "Methods pp. 4-6; narrative p. 9; Table 12 p. 21; Table 13 p. 22. Mean monthly zinc metrics for 2009-2016." }, { "id": "1041:S15", "pinpoint": "§2.1.2 p. 9: 2020 current-conditions baseline; §2.1.5 p. 11: combined New Water Infrastructure scenario." } ], "geography": "Eagle Mine water-quality assessment reaches", "period": "Mean May metrics for historical 2009–2016 hydrology; combined 2050 scenario", "calculation": "434.3 / 140.6 ≈ 3.09; 1,530.3 / 495.5 ≈ 3.09. Retain monthly May units.", "limitations": [ "Historical metal loading held fixed; metrics describe modeled ecological risk/mitigation burden, not extra zinc discharge, annual volumes, cleanup cost or a regulatory violation. Combined scenario is not Whitney-only." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/1041-denial-evidence/", "/documents/local-economy/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "calculation", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Appendix K of the Community Water Plan models a mean May zinc-load reduction requirement of 140.6 kilograms at baseline versus 434.3 kilograms under New Water Infrastructure with historical hydrology. The corresponding additional dilution volume rises from 495.5 to 1,530.3 acre-feet.", "featured": false }, { "id": "RECREATION:FISHING-2026", "title": "Dated voluntary fishing closure", "canonical_wording": "On July 16, 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced a full-day voluntary fishing closure beginning July 17, from Lake Creek in Edwards to the Eagle's confluence with the Colorado. CPW cited extremely low flows and high temperatures, with peaks of 77°F in Gypsum and 74.5°F in Wolcott.", "website_wording": "On July 16, 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced a full-day voluntary fishing closure beginning July 17, from Lake Creek in Edwards to the Eagle's confluence with the Colorado. CPW cited extremely low flows and high temperatures, with peaks of 77°F in Gypsum and 74.5°F in Wolcott.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "1041:S20", "pinpoint": "Dated notice of full-day voluntary Eagle fishing closure beginning July 17, from Lake Creek to the Colorado confluence; low flows and high temperatures." } ], "geography": "Eagle River from Lake Creek, Edwards, to Colorado confluence", "period": "Announcement July 16, 2026; start July 17, 2026", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Dated voluntary restriction; not a claim it remains in force or a quantified business loss." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/local-economy/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "On July 16, 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced a full-day voluntary fishing closure beginning July 17, from Lake Creek in Edwards to the Eagle's confluence with the Colorado. CPW cited extremely low flows and high temperatures, with peaks of 77°F in Gypsum and 74.5°F in Wolcott.", "featured": false }, { "id": "ECOLOGY:EAGLE-MINE-FISH", "title": "Reported fishery impairment", "canonical_wording": "Eagle River Coalition reports heavy-metal impairment of brown trout between Red Cliff and Gore Creek, absent native sculpin between Belden and Gore Creek, and few rainbow trout. This is a stressed fishery.", "website_wording": "Eagle River Coalition reports heavy-metal impairment of brown trout between Red Cliff and Gore Creek, absent native sculpin between Belden and Gore Creek, and few rainbow trout. This is a stressed fishery.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "LEGACY:S034", "pinpoint": "Eagle Mine monitoring section" } ], "geography": "Red Cliff/Gore Creek and Belden/Gore Creek reaches", "period": "Undated monitoring overview cited in September 2026 economic brief", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Attribute to monitoring-program account; exact observation years are not supplied in the retained paragraph." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/local-economy/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "Eagle River Coalition reports heavy-metal impairment of brown trout between Red Cliff and Gore Creek, absent native sculpin between Belden and Gore Creek, and few rainbow trout. This is a stressed fishery.", "featured": false }, { "id": "WATER:TRANSBASIN", "title": "Export and basin-of-origin return flow", "canonical_wording": "A Western Slope-to-Front Range export is 100% consumptive to the basin of origin. Once the water crosses the Continental Divide, none returns to Homestake Creek or the Colorado River system as return flow.", "website_wording": "A Western Slope-to-Front Range export is 100% consumptive to the basin of origin. Once the water crosses the Continental Divide, none returns to Homestake Creek or the Colorado River system as return flow.", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "LEGACY:S035", "pinpoint": "Transbasin diversion definition" }, { "id": "LEGACY:S036", "pinpoint": "Consumptive use and return flows" } ], "geography": "Colorado River basin to Front Range receiving basins", "period": "Basin accounting concept", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Describes removal from the basin of origin, not a statement that all water evaporates or is consumed at the receiving municipal use." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/", "/evidence/", "/history/#timeline", "/take-action/" ], "experience": "methods", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "A Western Slope-to-Front Range export is 100% consumptive to the basin of origin. Once the water crosses the Continental Divide, none returns to Homestake Creek or the Colorado River system as return flow.", "featured": false }, { "id": "PROJECT:WILDERNESS-2019", "title": "2019 wilderness-boundary concept", "canonical_wording": "The wilderness outline reproduces Aurora Water's 2019 combined Whitney and Blodgett boundary-change concept, up to 497 acres.", "website_wording": "The wilderness outline reproduces Aurora Water's 2019 combined Whitney and Blodgett boundary-change concept, up to 497 acres.", "evidence_type": "PROPONENT STATEMENT", "sources": [ { "id": "LEGACY:S037", "pinpoint": "Combined Whitney and Blodgett outline and up-to-497-acre label" }, { "id": "CASE:6", "pinpoint": "United States Congress. Colorado Wilderness Act, Public Law 96-560 . December 22, 1980. Pinpoint: 102(a)(5), 104(b), 110; 94 Stat.3266, 3268, 3271." } ], "geography": "Combined Whitney and Blodgett concept at Holy Cross Wilderness", "period": "2019 concept; no enacted change established by this record", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Combined concept is not Whitney-only removed acreage. Actual enacted boundary and future selected proposal require separate records." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/", "/companion-map/", "/evidence/", "/explore/" ], "experience": "map", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The wilderness outline reproduces Aurora Water's 2019 combined Whitney and Blodgett boundary-change concept, up to 497 acres.", "featured": false }, { "id": "CULTURE:RANGE-COMPLEX", "title": "Former military training landscape", "canonical_wording": "The Army Corps identifies a Homestake Valley Range Complex, and the proponents’ 2019 application warns that unexploded ordnance may remain. Any Whitney approval must include government-to-government Tribal consultation and a complete Section 106 cultural-resources process.", "website_wording": "The Army Corps identifies a Homestake Valley Range Complex, and the proponents’ 2019 application warns that unexploded ordnance may remain. Any Whitney approval must include government-to-government Tribal consultation and a complete Section 106 cultural-resources process.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "sources": [ { "id": "LEGACY:S038", "pinpoint": "Homestake Valley Range Complex and former training lands" }, { "id": "1041:S09", "pinpoint": "June 25, 2019. Proposed investigation; alternative dam alignments and exploration/access maps: Technical Report Figure 1 p. 3 / PDF p. 11; Figures 3-5 pp. 6-8 / PDF pp. 14-16." }, { "id": "CASE:25", "pinpoint": "Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 36 CFR Part 800, Protection of Historic Properties . eCFR current through September 9, 2026. Pinpoint: 800.4-.6; 800.16(d),(l),(y)." } ], "geography": "Homestake Valley former military training area", "period": "Historical training landscape and June 2019 application", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Exact ordnance and cultural sites remain subject to agency mapping and surveys. Final sentence is Save Homestake’s review request." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/documents/comprehensive-case/", "/evidence/" ], "experience": "document", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "The Army Corps identifies a Homestake Valley Range Complex, and the proponents’ 2019 application warns that unexploded ordnance may remain. Any Whitney approval must include government-to-government Tribal consultation and a complete Section 106 cultural-resources process.", "featured": false }, { "id": "CLIMATE:COLORADO-2024", "title": "Colorado climate assessment", "canonical_wording": "Colorado’s climate assessment identifies mid-century scenarios with lower spring snowpack, lower annual streamflow, earlier runoff, and higher evaporative demand. Those findings make historical-average supply an inadequate forecast and deepen the risk of relying on a new interbasin diversion for future growth. Require current demand assumptions, climate-stressed sequences, consecutive dry years, evaporation, conveyance losses, and system constraints, and compare all alternatives on the same dependable-delivery measure. An increasingly variable headwaters supply cannot justify permanent Western Slope loss. Colorado’s climate and water assessment", "website_wording": "Colorado’s climate assessment identifies mid-century scenarios with lower spring snowpack, lower annual streamflow, earlier runoff, and higher evaporative demand. Those findings make historical-average supply an inadequate forecast and deepen the risk of relying on a new interbasin diversion for future growth. Require current demand assumptions, climate-stressed sequences, consecutive dry years, evaporation, conveyance losses, and system constraints, and compare all alternatives on the same dependable-delivery measure. An increasingly variable headwaters supply cannot justify permanent Western Slope loss. Colorado’s climate and water assessment", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE ANALYSIS", "sources": [ { "id": "CASE:30", "pinpoint": "Bolinger, Lukas, Schumacher and Goble / Colorado State University for CWCB. Climate Change in Colorado, Third Edition . 2024. 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Those findings make historical-average supply an inadequate forecast and deepen the risk of relying on a new interbasin diversion for future growth. Require current demand assumptions, climate-stressed sequences, consecutive dry years, evaporation, conveyance losses, and system constraints, and compare all alternatives on the same dependable-delivery measure. An increasingly variable headwaters supply cannot justify permanent Western Slope loss. Colorado’s climate and water assessment", "featured": false }, { "id": "CLIMATE:RESERVOIRS-2026", "title": "Dated Powell and Mead storage record", "canonical_wording": "On September 18, 2026, NASA reported a new Lake Powell record low following weak snowpack and unusual warmth. Reclamation also reported that combined Powell and Mead storage had fallen to its lowest level since before Powell began filling in 1963. NASA's satellite comparison · Reclamation's August 2026 record", "website_wording": "On September 18, 2026, NASA reported a new Lake Powell record low following weak snowpack and unusual warmth. Reclamation also reported that combined Powell and Mead storage had fallen to its lowest level since before Powell began filling in 1963. NASA's satellite comparison · Reclamation's August 2026 record", "evidence_type": "DOCUMENTED FACT", "sources": [ { "id": "LEGACY:S039", "pinpoint": "September 18, 2026 report retained by Site" }, { "id": "LEGACY:S040", "pinpoint": "Combined Powell and Mead storage statement" } ], "geography": "Lakes Powell and Mead", "period": "NASA September 18, 2026; Reclamation August 2026", "calculation": null, "limitations": [ "Dated basin-wide reservoir context; no direct Whitney-only causation or yield is calculated." ], "status": "retained source-linked claim", "last_verified": null, "editorial_mapped_on": "2026-09-23", "verification_scope": "Mapped from existing public wording and its retained citation. This audit did not independently re-open or reverify the cited primary source.", "uses": [ "/evidence/" ], "experience": "fact", "significance": "", "legacy_wording": "On September 18, 2026, NASA reported a new Lake Powell record low following weak snowpack and unusual warmth. 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Archived EnCode export: decision §6.03.10, PDF pp.16-17; criteria §§6.04.01-.02, PDF pp.19-20; Appendix A, PDF pp.24-29. County-linked legacy layout contains equivalent criteria with different pagination. Original pertinent pages attached.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S01", "pinpoint": "Published adopted Chapter VI, independently checked September 23, 2026. Archived EnCode export: decision §6.03.10, PDF pp.16-17; criteria §§6.04.01-.02, PDF pp.19-20; Appendix A, PDF pp.24-29. County-linked legacy layout contains equivalent criteria with different pagination. Original pertinent pages attached.", "aliases": [ "S01" ] }, { "id": "1041:S02", "title": "Eagle County, September 15, 2026 proposed 1041 regulations", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_zzF_EPkCM-EEesowGCpAxUNJlpGcuJ/view", "note": "Latest proposed text located on the official application record as of September 23, 2026: September 15, 2026 draft. Printed page numbers are four less than PDF numbers. Proposed §§109, 211, 301-331 and 401-434. No adoption/effective date verified. Original pertinent pages attached.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S02", "pinpoint": "Latest proposed text located on the official application record as of September 23, 2026: September 15, 2026 draft. Printed page numbers are four less than PDF numbers. Proposed §§109, 211, 301-331 and 401-434. No adoption/effective date verified. Original pertinent pages attached.", "aliases": [ "S02" ] }, { "id": "1041:S03", "title": "Eagle County, active application LUR-009633-2026", "url": "https://www.eaglecounty.us/departments___services/community_development/planning/active_land_use_applications.php", "note": "Official LUR-009633-2026 record checked September 23, 2026. Recommendation hearing scheduled September 23; no completed recommendation/vote verified. Board adoption hearing scheduled October 27, 2:30-4 p.m. Posted recommendation resolutions have blank votes/signatures.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S03", "pinpoint": "Official LUR-009633-2026 record checked September 23, 2026. Recommendation hearing scheduled September 23; no completed recommendation/vote verified. Board adoption hearing scheduled October 27, 2:30-4 p.m. Posted recommendation resolutions have blank votes/signatures.", "aliases": [ "S03" ] }, { "id": "1041:S04", "title": "Eagle County, September 23 staff report", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ds_syc5rncKAY-1eQKwARTvbt2Bu5NZt/view", "note": "pp. 1 and 8: proposed separate reenactment and recommended simultaneous effective date, with current rules continuing without a lapse.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S04", "pinpoint": "pp. 1 and 8: proposed separate reenactment and recommended simultaneous effective date, with current rules continuing without a lapse.", "aliases": [ "S04" ] }, { "id": "1041:S05", "title": "Eagle County, July 10 comparison draft", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bf9uCV_eMQtK57Uic9to2wWfc1n5U6Vi/view", "note": "§331 alternatives analysis and §434 least-adverse alternative; compare September replacement. July printed pages are nine less than PDF page numbers.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S05", "pinpoint": "§331 alternatives analysis and §434 least-adverse alternative; compare September replacement. July printed pages are nine less than PDF page numbers.", "aliases": [ "S05" ] }, { "id": "1041:S06", "title": "Colorado Revised Statutes 2026, Title 24", "url": "https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.pdf", "note": "§24-65.1-501(4): compliance and denial. Read with County conditional-approval provisions.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S06", "pinpoint": "§24-65.1-501(4): compliance and denial. Read with County conditional-approval provisions.", "aliases": [ "S06" ] }, { "id": "1041:S07", "title": "City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/court-of-appeals/1994/93ca0386-0.html", "note": "Colo. App. 1994. Homestake II wetlands and nuisance findings, competent evidence, county authority, and retained water rights.", "evidence_type": "COURT DECISION", "canonical_id": "1041:S07", "pinpoint": "Colo. App. 1994. Homestake II wetlands and nuisance findings, competent evidence, county authority, and retained water rights.", "aliases": [ "S07" ] }, { "id": "1041:S08", "title": "Colorado Springs Utilities, Eagle River Joint Use Water Project", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Document-Library/EagleRiverJointUseWaterProjectFactSheet.pdf?hsLang=en", "note": "March 2022, pp. 1-2. Broader MOU goals, Whitney storage concepts, tributary collection and pumping to existing Homestake Reservoir.", "evidence_type": "UTILITY STATEMENT", "canonical_id": "1041:S08", "pinpoint": "March 2022, pp. 1-2. Broader MOU goals, Whitney storage concepts, tributary collection and pumping to existing Homestake Reservoir.", "aliases": [ "S08" ] }, { "id": "1041:S09", "title": "Homestake Partners, Whitney Reservoir geotechnical investigation application", "url": "https://newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/6.25.19-Whitney-Reservoir-drilling-permit-app.pdf", "note": "June 25, 2019. Proposed investigation; alternative dam alignments and exploration/access maps: Technical Report Figure 1 p. 3 / PDF p. 11; Figures 3-5 pp. 6-8 / PDF pp. 14-16.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S09", "pinpoint": "June 25, 2019. Proposed investigation; alternative dam alignments and exploration/access maps: Technical Report Figure 1 p. 3 / PDF p. 11; Figures 3-5 pp. 6-8 / PDF pp. 14-16.", "aliases": [ "S09" ] }, { "id": "1041:S10", "title": "Save Homestake, public field archive and modeled reservoir comparison", "url": "https://savehomestake.com/footage/", "note": "Campaign photographs, films, generalized wildlife locations and testimony. Compare the four modeled reservoir alternatives in the valley explorer; field record updated September 12, 2026.", "evidence_type": "FIELD RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S10", "pinpoint": "Campaign photographs, films, generalized wildlife locations and testimony. Compare the four modeled reservoir alternatives in the valley explorer; field record updated September 12, 2026.", "aliases": [ "S10" ] }, { "id": "1041:S11", "title": "Save Homestake, the case and valley explorer", "url": "https://savehomestake.com/evidence/", "note": "Campaign interpretation of the mapped fen complex and modeled reservoir alternatives. Model-based conclusions concern the displayed alternatives and water elevations.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE MODEL", "canonical_id": "1041:S11", "pinpoint": "Campaign interpretation of the mapped fen complex and modeled reservoir alternatives. Model-based conclusions concern the displayed alternatives and water elevations.", "aliases": [ "S11" ] }, { "id": "1041:S12", "title": "U.S. EPA, Classification and Types of Wetlands: Fens", "url": "https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/classification-and-types-wetlands#Fens", "note": "Groundwater-fed peat systems, characteristic hydrology and vegetation; natural formation can take up to 10,000 years.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S12", "pinpoint": "Groundwater-fed peat systems, characteristic hydrology and vegetation; natural formation can take up to 10,000 years.", "aliases": [ "S12" ] }, { "id": "1041:S13", "title": "33 C.F.R. §332.3(e)(3), compensatory mitigation", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-332/section-332.3", "note": "Federal rule expressly identifies fens among difficult-to-replace resources and addresses suitable compensation. 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Full paper linked from the publisher record.", "aliases": [ "S14" ] }, { "id": "1041:S15", "title": "Eagle River Community Water Plan, Appendix C", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LjfIm9gvxAliBvNjrBv2lwlCNfHLsl8M/view", "note": "§2.1.2 p. 9: 2020 current-conditions baseline; §2.1.5 p. 11: combined New Water Infrastructure scenario.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S15", "pinpoint": "§2.1.2 p. 9: 2020 current-conditions baseline; §2.1.5 p. 11: combined New Water Infrastructure scenario.", "aliases": [ "S15" ] }, { "id": "1041:S16", "title": "Eagle River Community Water Plan, Appendix N: Recreational Water Uses", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/10X4SNskDxUw2l8kSKbDLOkfTBSwFwDYz/view", "note": "Table 1 p. 7; methods pp. 9-11; Table 2 p. 16; §6 p. 22. Published whitewater boatable-day results independently checked against the original appendix.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S16", "pinpoint": "Table 1 p. 7; methods pp. 9-11; Table 2 p. 16; §6 p. 22. Published whitewater boatable-day results independently checked against the original appendix.", "aliases": [ "S16" ] }, { "id": "1041:S17", "title": "Eagle River Community Water Plan, Appendix K: Eagle Mine water quality", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wzb4M9aj3MpK7ceQQq1EQDhWvZM-xfKQ/view", "note": "Methods pp. 4-6; narrative p. 9; Table 12 p. 21; Table 13 p. 22. Mean monthly zinc metrics for 2009-2016.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S17", "pinpoint": "Methods pp. 4-6; narrative p. 9; Table 12 p. 21; Table 13 p. 22. Mean monthly zinc metrics for 2009-2016.", "aliases": [ "S17" ] }, { "id": "1041:S18", "title": "Eagle River Community Water Plan, main report", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X-ElYIsdy890a2ESMUH1IM_JHDxV4DX5/view", "note": "Revised October 2024, pp. 22-25 and 68-69. MOU scenario, seasonal effects and additional upper-basin assessment needs. Portal: lotic.quarto.pub/community_water_plan/.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S18", "pinpoint": "Revised October 2024, pp. 22-25 and 68-69. MOU scenario, seasonal effects and additional upper-basin assessment needs. Portal: lotic.quarto.pub/community_water_plan/.", "aliases": [ "S18" ] }, { "id": "1041:S19", "title": "CROA, 2024 Commercial Rafting Use Report", "url": "https://www.croa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2024-Commercial-Rafting-Use-Report-1988-2024.pdf", "note": "Revised August 13, 2025, PDF p. 8. Upper and Lower Eagle user days and expenditure estimates.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S19", "pinpoint": "Revised August 13, 2025, PDF p. 8. Upper and Lower Eagle user days and expenditure estimates.", "aliases": [ "S19" ] }, { "id": "1041:S20", "title": "Colorado Parks and Wildlife, July 16, 2026 fishing-closure announcement", "url": "https://cpw.state.co.us/news/07162026/cpw-implements-additional-voluntary-fishing-closures-four-western-slope-rivers", "note": "Dated notice of full-day voluntary Eagle fishing closure beginning July 17, from Lake Creek to the Colorado confluence; low flows and high temperatures.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S20", "pinpoint": "Dated notice of full-day voluntary Eagle fishing closure beginning July 17, from Lake Creek to the Colorado confluence; low flows and high temperatures.", "aliases": [ "S20" ] }, { "id": "1041:S21", "title": "Proclamation 10476, Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2022/10/19/2022-22810.html", "note": "October 12, 2022; 87 FR 63381-63392. Ute connections, military landscape and monument protections. Assess actual facility overlap.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S21", "pinpoint": "October 12, 2022; 87 FR 63381-63392. Ute connections, military landscape and monument protections. Assess actual facility overlap.", "aliases": [ "S21" ] }, { "id": "1041:S22", "title": "Colorado River District, Shoshone water-rights FAQ", "url": "https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/faq/", "note": "Senior rights and river administration context. Supply analysis must use governing decrees and the operating agreements actually applicable to Whitney.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S22", "pinpoint": "Senior rights and river administration context. Supply analysis must use governing decrees and the operating agreements actually applicable to Whitney.", "aliases": [ "S22" ] }, { "id": "1041:S23", "title": "Eagle County, broader land-use-code adoption schedule", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/147z-yATBLAPkjABXlZ3_ms7Dd5AXazxt/view", "note": "County-linked schedule: November 3, 2026 broader code and map adoption hearing. This is separate from October 27 1041 consideration.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S23", "pinpoint": "County-linked schedule: November 3, 2026 broader code and map adoption hearing. This is separate from October 27 1041 consideration.", "aliases": [ "S23" ] }, { "id": "1041:S26", "title": "CNHP, Fen Mapping inventory", "url": "https://cnhp.colostate.edu/arcgis/rest/services/Wetland_Inv/Fen_Mapping/MapServer/0", "note": "Complete September 18 export: 600 features across the query area covering the model. Potential Fen IDs 3033, 3045, 5490 and 5491 intersect one or more modeled alternatives; 3045 and 5491 intersect all four. See the map methods and per-feature overlap register. This is the archived older service. A September 23 query of a separate downstream envelope returned 18 older-service features and six Fens 2025 features with different geometries. Source currency and polygon correspondence require reconciliation; this is not a disappearance count.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S26", "pinpoint": "Complete September 18 export: 600 features across the query area covering the model. Potential Fen IDs 3033, 3045, 5490 and 5491 intersect one or more modeled alternatives; 3045 and 5491 intersect all four. See the map methods and per-feature overlap register. This is the archived older service. A September 23 query of a separate downstream envelope returned 18 older-service features and six Fens 2025 features with different geometries. Source currency and polygon correspondence require reconciliation; this is not a disappearance count.", "aliases": [ "S26" ] }, { "id": "1041:S27", "title": "Chadde et al., Peatlands on National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains", "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr011.pdf", "note": "USDA Forest Service RMRS-GTR-11, 1998. Printed p. 16 / PDF p. 20: flooded sedge fen converted to aquatic vegetation; printed p. 32 / PDF p. 36: hydrology, water-level regulation and off-site disturbance. Original pages attached.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S27", "pinpoint": "USDA Forest Service RMRS-GTR-11, 1998. Printed p. 16 / PDF p. 20: flooded sedge fen converted to aquatic vegetation; printed p. 32 / PDF p. 36: hydrology, water-level regulation and off-site disturbance. Original pages attached.", "aliases": [ "S27" ] }, { "id": "1041:S28", "title": "40 C.F.R. §230.41, wetlands effects", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-230/subpart-E/section-230.41", "note": "§230.41(b) recognizes permanent flooding as a mechanism damaging or destroying wetland habitat and productivity. General technical support for the modeled impact mechanism.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S28", "pinpoint": "§230.41(b) recognizes permanent flooding as a mechanism damaging or destroying wetland habitat and productivity. General technical support for the modeled impact mechanism.", "aliases": [ "S28" ] }, { "id": "1041:S29", "title": "Colorado Springs Utilities, draft full ERMOU development conveyance map", "url": "https://i0.wp.com/aspenjournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ERMOU-Full-Build-Out-HomestakeValley-Map.jpg", "note": "Original utility map reproduced by Aspen Journalism, July 17, 2019. Purple: ERMOU conveyance infrastructure concepts; black: existing conveyance. Reproduced in the map section with its draft label and legend.", "evidence_type": "UTILITY STATEMENT", "canonical_id": "1041:S29", "pinpoint": "Original utility map reproduced by Aspen Journalism, July 17, 2019. Purple: ERMOU conveyance infrastructure concepts; black: existing conveyance. Reproduced in the map section with its draft label and legend.", "aliases": [ "S29" ] }, { "id": "1041:S30", "title": "CNHP, Colorado Wetlands inventory and complete overlap register", "url": "https://cnhp.colostate.edu/arcgis/rest/services/Wetland_Inv/Wetlands/MapServer/0", "note": "Complete September 18 export: 2,979 features, including Colorado Heritage Program and National Wetlands Inventory sources. Source classes retained; ponds/rivers/lakes separated from mapped wetlands. The complete per-feature overlap register is linked in the web map section.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S30", "pinpoint": "Complete September 18 export: 2,979 features, including Colorado Heritage Program and National Wetlands Inventory sources. Source classes retained; ponds/rivers/lakes separated from mapped wetlands. The complete per-feature overlap register is linked in the web map section.", "aliases": [ "S30" ] }, { "id": "1041:S31", "title": "Save Homestake, complete per-feature flood-zone overlap register", "url": "https://savehomestake.com/assets/evidence/whitney-wetland-fen-overlap.csv", "note": "CSV lists every positive-area inventory intersection by alternative, source, feature ID, source classification and modeled area. Companion methods preserve input hashes, dissolved totals and complete-export checks. Generated with the unchanged model, September 20, 2026.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE CALCULATION", "canonical_id": "1041:S31", "pinpoint": "CSV lists every positive-area inventory intersection by alternative, source, feature ID, source classification and modeled area. Companion methods preserve input hashes, dissolved totals and complete-export checks. Generated with the unchanged model, September 20, 2026.", "aliases": [ "S31" ] }, { "id": "1041:S32", "title": "National Research Council, Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management", "url": "https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/10327/chapter/5", "note": "2002, chapter 3, printed pp. 149-150. Reduced flows and diversions alter riparian water supply; reduced overall flows can lower water tables and stress vegetation. Supports the downstream harm mechanism.", "evidence_type": "RESEARCH / SOURCE RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S32", "pinpoint": "2002, chapter 3, printed pp. 149-150. Reduced flows and diversions alter riparian water supply; reduced overall flows can lower water tables and stress vegetation. Supports the downstream harm mechanism.", "aliases": [ "S32" ] }, { "id": "1041:S33", "title": "CNHP / USFS, Inventory of Fens in White River National Forest", "url": "https://cnhp.colostate.edu/download/documents/2025/Inventory_of_Fens_in_the_WRNF_FINAL.pdf", "note": "July 2025. Executive summary and printed p. 1: sustained saturation, groundwater supply and protection of contributing watersheds. Printed p. 36: disturbed hydrology, peat decomposition and carbon release.", "evidence_type": "GOVERNMENT RECORD", "canonical_id": "1041:S33", "pinpoint": "July 2025. Executive summary and printed p. 1: sustained saturation, groundwater supply and protection of contributing watersheds. Printed p. 36: disturbed hydrology, peat decomposition and carbon release.", "aliases": [ "S33" ] }, { "id": "1041:S34", "title": "Save Homestake, lower Homestake downstream wetland map and source record", "url": "https://savehomestake.com/assets/evidence/downstream-map-methods.json", "note": "Source polygons retain wetland/water classifications and potential-fen status. The map follows the lower valley through Blodgett toward the canyon near Red Cliff. It maps habitat and the reach for impact assessment; individual hydrologic losses are evaluated through seasonal operations and groundwater analysis.", "evidence_type": "SAVE HOMESTAKE CALCULATION", "canonical_id": "1041:S34", "pinpoint": "Source polygons retain wetland/water classifications and potential-fen status. The map follows the lower valley through Blodgett toward the canyon near Red Cliff. It maps habitat and the reach for impact assessment; individual hydrologic losses are evaluated through seasonal operations and groundwater analysis.", "aliases": [ "S34" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:1", "title": "Utilities' project concept", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Document-Library/EagleRiverJointUseWaterProjectFactSheet.pdf?hsLang=en", "pinpoint": "Utilities' project concept , March 2022.", "aliases": [ "brief-source-1" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S08", "CASE:3", "MASTER:9", "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S07" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:2", "title": "Colorado Springs v. Eagle County, 895 P.2d 1105", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/court-of-appeals/1994/93ca0386-0.html", "pinpoint": "Colorado Springs v. Eagle County, 895 P.2d 1105 (1994).", "aliases": [ "brief-source-2" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S07", "CASE:2", "MASTER:15" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:3", "title": "Current county Chapter VI", "url": "https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/eaglecounty-co/export2doc.aspx?pdf=1&tocid=001.005", "pinpoint": "Current county Chapter VI .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-3" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S01", "CASE:1" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:4", "title": "33 C.F.R. §§332.1(c)(3), 332.3(e)(3)", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-332", "pinpoint": "33 C.F.R. §§332.1(c)(3), 332.3(e)(3) .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-4" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:37", "MASTER:25" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:5", "title": "Colorado Regulation 87", "url": "https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=12462&fileName=5%20CCR%201002-87", "pinpoint": "Colorado Regulation 87 .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-5" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:17" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:6", "title": "Public Law 96-560, §§102(a)(5), 110", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-94/pdf/STATUTE-94-Pg3265.pdf", "pinpoint": "Public Law 96-560, §§102(a)(5), 110 .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-6" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:6", "MASTER:40" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:7", "title": "County applications and hearing schedule", "url": "https://www.eaglecounty.us/departments___services/community_development/planning/active_land_use_applications.php", "pinpoint": "County applications and hearing schedule .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-7" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:V3-03", "1041:S03", "CASE:12" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:8", "title": "County-linked September 15 draft", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_zzF_EPkCM-EEesowGCpAxUNJlpGcuJ/view", "pinpoint": "County-linked September 15 draft ; July 10 draft, §§331 and 434 ; September 23 staff report .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-8" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:V3-43", "1041:S02", "CASE:36" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:9", "title": "Shoshone application and closing conditions", "url": "https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/press-release-shoshone-water-court-application-filed/", "pinpoint": "Shoshone application and closing conditions ; DWR authority, slide 29 .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-9" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:44" ] }, { "id": "BRIEF:10", "title": "CMC investigation, CWCB p.4", "url": "https://spl.cde.state.co.us/artemis/nrserials/nr326internet/nr3262007internet.pdf", "pinpoint": "CMC investigation, CWCB p.4 ; project scientist ; separate 20-year finding .", "aliases": [ "brief-source-10" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:40", "MASTER:57" ] }, { "id": "CASE:1", "title": "Land Use Regulations, Chapter VI: Areas and Activities of State Interest", "url": "https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/eaglecounty-co/export2doc.aspx?pdf=1&tocid=001.005", "pinpoint": "Eagle County. Land Use Regulations, Chapter VI: Areas and Activities of State Interest . County-linked current compilation; filename 05/2012. Pinpoint: 6.01.04-.07 and municipal water project definition; 6.03.06-.10; 6.04.01-.03; printed pp.4-5, 16-32; Appendix A.", "aliases": [ "source-1" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S01", "BRIEF:3" ] }, { "id": "CASE:2", "title": "City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/court-of-appeals/1994/93ca0386-0.html", "pinpoint": "Colorado Court of Appeals. City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 . November 17, 1994. Pinpoint: 1109-1120, especially 1110-1113, 1115-1117, and 1119-1120; Parts I-V and disposition. See also the General Assembly's official 2026 Title 24 compilation, C.R.S. §24-65.1-501(3)-(5) , approval, denial, and written findings.", "aliases": [ "source-2" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S07", "BRIEF:2", "MASTER:15" ] }, { "id": "CASE:3", "title": "The Eagle River Joint Use Water Project", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Document-Library/EagleRiverJointUseWaterProjectFactSheet.pdf?hsLang=en", "pinpoint": "Colorado Springs Utilities. The Eagle River Joint Use Water Project . March 2022. Pinpoint: pp.1-2.", "aliases": [ "source-3" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S08", "BRIEF:1", "MASTER:9", "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S07" ] }, { "id": "CASE:4", "title": "No movement on Aurora’s Eagle County Whitney Reservoir proposal after six years", "url": "https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/no-movement-on-auroras-eagle-county-whitney-reservoir-proposal-after-six-years/", "pinpoint": "David O. Williams / Vail Daily, republished Sentinel Colorado. No movement on Aurora’s Eagle County Whitney Reservoir proposal after six years . July 28, 2026. Pinpoint: Opening project-status paragraphs.", "aliases": [ "source-4" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:5", "title": "Eagle River Joint-Use Water Project, Project-00885", "url": "https://socgov19.my.salesforce-sites.com/DNRProjectDetail?basinId=a0L5Y00000tTCH1UAO&projectRecordType=IPP_Projects&recordId=a0I5Y000016sVMaUAM", "pinpoint": "Colorado Department of Natural Resources project inventory. Eagle River Joint-Use Water Project, Project-00885 . Record created September 15, 2021; page accessed 2026. Pinpoint: Project description.", "aliases": [ "source-5" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S08" ] }, { "id": "CASE:6", "title": "Colorado Wilderness Act, Public Law 96-560", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-94/pdf/STATUTE-94-Pg3265.pdf", "pinpoint": "United States Congress. Colorado Wilderness Act, Public Law 96-560 . December 22, 1980. Pinpoint: 102(a)(5), 104(b), 110; 94 Stat.3266, 3268, 3271.", "aliases": [ "source-6" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "BRIEF:6", "MASTER:40" ] }, { "id": "CASE:7", "title": "Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. Madigan, 960 F.2d 1515", "url": "https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/960/960.F2d.1515.90-1252.html", "pinpoint": "U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Holy Cross Wilderness Fund v. Madigan, 960 F.2d 1515 . 1992. Pinpoint: Opening case history and disposition.", "aliases": [ "source-7" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:8", "title": "Forest Service approves Whitney Creek geotechnical project", "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/newsroom/releases/forest-service-approves-whitney-creek-geotechnical-project", "pinpoint": "USDA Forest Service. Forest Service approves Whitney Creek geotechnical project . March 2021. Pinpoint: Announcement of investigation approval.", "aliases": [ "source-8" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:9", "title": "Water Division 5, September 2023 Resume", "url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/September%202023%20Resume-Website%20Version.pdf", "pinpoint": "Colorado Judicial Branch. Water Division 5, September 2023 Resume . September 2023. Pinpoint: Case 23CW3138; printed pp.15-27, related cases pp.24-25.", "aliases": [ "source-9" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:10", "title": "Vail Valley Consolidated Water District v. City of Aurora, 731 P.2d 665", "url": "https://openjurist.org/731/p2d/665/vail-valley-consolidated-water-district-v-city-of-aurora", "pinpoint": "Colorado Supreme Court. Vail Valley Consolidated Water District v. City of Aurora, 731 P.2d 665 . 1987. Pinpoint: 668-672.", "aliases": [ "source-10" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:11", "title": "Section 37-92-301(4), reasonable diligence", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-37/water-rights-and-irrigation/water-right-determination-and-administration/article-92/part-3/section-37-92-301/", "pinpoint": "Colorado Revised Statutes, public reproduction. Section 37-92-301(4), reasonable diligence . Accessible 2025 text. Pinpoint: 37-92-301(4)(b)-(c).", "aliases": [ "source-11" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:12", "title": "Active Land Use Applications: LUR-009633-2026", "url": "https://www.eaglecounty.us/departments___services/community_development/planning/active_land_use_applications.php", "pinpoint": "Eagle County. Active Land Use Applications: LUR-009633-2026 . Current page checked September 17, 2026. Pinpoint: 1041 LUR Amendment; hearing, draft, staff-report, and public-comment information.", "aliases": [ "source-12" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:V3-03", "1041:S03", "BRIEF:7" ] }, { "id": "CASE:13", "title": "Eagle County in final stretch of the Land Use Regulation Rewrite Project", "url": "https://www.eaglecounty.us/news_detail_T24_R628.php", "pinpoint": "Eagle County / Bill Gibson. Eagle County in final stretch of the Land Use Regulation Rewrite Project . August 25, 2026. Pinpoint: Opening and participation sections.", "aliases": [ "source-13" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:14", "title": "What is a Fen?", "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/California_Fens/what.shtml", "pinpoint": "USDA Forest Service. What is a Fen? . Undated; cites Weixelman and Cooper 2009. Pinpoint: Peatlands; Bogs and Fens.", "aliases": [ "source-14" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:15", "title": "Efforts to relocate an ancient wetland could help determine the fate of a water project on lower Homestake Creek", "url": "https://aspenjournalism.org/efforts-to-relocate-an-ancient-wetland-could-help-determine-the-fate-of-a-water-project-on-lower-homestake-creek/", "pinpoint": "Sarah Tory / Aspen Journalism. Efforts to relocate an ancient wetland could help determine the fate of a water project on lower Homestake Creek . November 18, 2019. Pinpoint: An organ transplant; Positive signs; Inevitable impacts.", "aliases": [ "source-15" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:16", "title": "Sackett v. EPA, 598 U.S. 651", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-454_4g15.pdf", "pinpoint": "U.S. Supreme Court. Sackett v. EPA, 598 U.S. 651 . May 25, 2023. Pinpoint: Majority Part IV.", "aliases": [ "source-16" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "MASTER:30" ] }, { "id": "CASE:17", "title": "Regulation 87: Dredge and Fill Control Regulation, 5 CCR 1002-87", "url": "https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=12462&fileName=5%20CCR%201002-87", "pinpoint": "Colorado Water Quality Control Commission. Regulation 87: Dredge and Fill Control Regulation, 5 CCR 1002-87 . Effective March 30, 2026; rule version 12462. Pinpoint: 87.3(2),(4), pp.13-15; 87.6(2), pp.36-39; 87.6(7), pp.44-47; 87.10(3)(g)(iii), p.84.", "aliases": [ "source-17" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "BRIEF:5" ] }, { "id": "CASE:18", "title": "40 CFR 230.10, Restrictions on discharge", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-230/subpart-B/section-230.10", "pinpoint": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 40 CFR 230.10, Restrictions on discharge . eCFR current text checked September 2026. Pinpoint: 230.10(a)-(d).", "aliases": [ "source-18" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:19", "title": "33 CFR 320.4, General policies for evaluating permit applications", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-320/section-320.4", "pinpoint": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 33 CFR 320.4, General policies for evaluating permit applications . eCFR current text checked September 2026. Pinpoint: 320.4(a),(e),(j),(k),(m).", "aliases": [ "source-19" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "MASTER:28" ] }, { "id": "CASE:20", "title": "Water storage and infrastructure testimony", "url": "https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/82A04AD8-A924-48F0-9D9F-A3B4EE986F15", "pinpoint": "Marshall Brown, Aurora Water / U.S. Senate. Water storage and infrastructure testimony . July 18, 2019. Pinpoint: pp.3-6.", "aliases": [ "source-20" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:21", "title": "Wild Horse FAQs", "url": "https://wildhorsereservoir.org/about/wild-horse-faqs/", "pinpoint": "Aurora Water / Wild Horse Reservoir. Wild Horse FAQs . Current undated project page, accessed September 11, 2026. Pinpoint: Purpose and emergency reserves question.", "aliases": [ "source-21" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:22", "title": "Water conservation in irrigation can increase water use", "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2584147/", "pinpoint": "Frank A. Ward and Manuel Pulido-Velazquez. Water conservation in irrigation can increase water use . PNAS 105(47), 18215-18220; November 2008. Pinpoint: Abstract; DOI 10.1073/pnas.0805554105.", "aliases": [ "source-22" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:23", "title": "Proclamation 10476: Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2022/10/19/2022-22810.html", "pinpoint": "President of the United States. Proclamation 10476: Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument . October 12, 2022; 87 FR63381-63392. Pinpoint: pp.63383-63384, 63387.", "aliases": [ "source-23" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S21", "MASTER:42" ] }, { "id": "CASE:24", "title": "Western history washes up against modern reality in good, old-fashioned water war", "url": "https://www.rockymountainpost.com/western-history-washes-up-against-modern-reality-in-good-old-fashioned-water-war/", "pinpoint": "David O. Williams / Rocky Mountain Post. Western history washes up against modern reality in good, old-fashioned water war . August 14, 2023. Pinpoint: Cabin, SHPO, and History Colorado discussion.", "aliases": [ "source-24" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:25", "title": "36 CFR Part 800, Protection of Historic Properties", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-VIII/part-800", "pinpoint": "Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 36 CFR Part 800, Protection of Historic Properties . eCFR current through September 9, 2026. Pinpoint: 800.4-.6; 800.16(d),(l),(y).", "aliases": [ "source-25" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:26", "title": "Discovery and Excavation on Federal or Tribal Lands", "url": "https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/discovery-and-excavation.htm", "pinpoint": "National Park Service. Discovery and Excavation on Federal or Tribal Lands . Updated January 12, 2024. Pinpoint: Discovery and excavation guidance.", "aliases": [ "source-26" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:27", "title": "Revised designation of critical habitat for Canada lynx", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-16/html/2026-14299.htm", "pinpoint": "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Revised designation of critical habitat for Canada lynx . July 16, 2026; effective August 17, 2026. Pinpoint: 91 FR43732; Unit 6 pp.43755-43756; regulatory text pp.43768-43772.", "aliases": [ "source-27" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:28", "title": "Endangered Species Act Section 7, 16 USC1536", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title16/html/USCODE-2024-title16-chap35-sec1536.htm", "pinpoint": "United States Code / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Endangered Species Act Section 7, 16 USC1536 . Official 2024 code; current agency guidance checked August/September 2026. Pinpoint: 1536(a)(2),(d).", "aliases": [ "source-28" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:29", "title": "Eagle River Community Water Plan: Rex Flats to Cross Creek", "url": "https://lotic.quarto.pub/community_water_plan/reach_1.html", "pinpoint": "Lotic Hydrological / Eagle River Coalition. Eagle River Community Water Plan: Rex Flats to Cross Creek . Online plan, 2024 site edition. Pinpoint: Current and Historical Drivers of Degradation.", "aliases": [ "source-29" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:30", "title": "Climate Change in Colorado, Third Edition", "url": "https://climatechange.colostate.edu/chapters/3_water.html", "pinpoint": "Bolinger, Lukas, Schumacher and Goble / Colorado State University for CWCB. Climate Change in Colorado, Third Edition . 2024. Pinpoint: Chapter 3, key messages and 3.3.", "aliases": [ "source-30" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:31", "title": "Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-975_m648.pdf", "pinpoint": "U.S. Supreme Court. Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County . May 29, 2025. Pinpoint: Slip opinion pp.15-20.", "aliases": [ "source-31" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "MASTER:34" ] }, { "id": "CASE:32", "title": "National Environmental Policy Act: final rule", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06537/national-environmental-policy-act", "pinpoint": "USDA. National Environmental Policy Act: final rule . April 3, 2026; 91 FR17092. Pinpoint: 7 CFR Part 1b, especially 1b.2, 1b.3, 1b.5, 1b.7.", "aliases": [ "source-32" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:33", "title": "File 26-058: Wild Horse/Otero intergovernmental agreement", "url": "https://coloradosprings.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?FullText=1&G=0C831C09-83B3-41C4-A204-FF6090168F3E&GUID=03090758-446A-4228-954D-F917BA360585&ID=7921589&Options=&Search=", "pinpoint": "Colorado Springs City Council. File 26-058: Wild Horse/Otero intergovernmental agreement . Adopted February 24, 2026. Pinpoint: Background and council action.", "aliases": [ "source-33" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:34", "title": "Metropolitan Suburban Water Users Association v. Colorado River Water Conservation District, 365 P.2d 273", "url": "https://openjurist.org/148/colo/173/metropolitan-suburban-water-users-ass-n-v-colorado-river-water-conservation-dist-2619108", "pinpoint": "Colorado Supreme Court. Metropolitan Suburban Water Users Association v. Colorado River Water Conservation District, 365 P.2d 273 . 1961. Pinpoint: 148 Colo.190-193.", "aliases": [ "source-34" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:35", "title": "Application for Water Rights, 799 P.2d 33", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/1990/88sa450-0.html", "pinpoint": "Colorado Supreme Court. Application for Water Rights, 799 P.2d 33 . 1990. Pinpoint: Parts C-D; Appendix A.", "aliases": [ "source-35" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:36", "title": "1041 Regulations, DRAFT 09/15/2026", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_zzF_EPkCM-EEesowGCpAxUNJlpGcuJ/view", "pinpoint": "Eagle County / LUR-009633-2026. 1041 Regulations, DRAFT 09/15/2026 ; July 10 draft ; September 23 staff report . County-linked hearing drafts and staff recommendation. Pinpoint: September §§104, 109, 211, 303, 307, 331, 401, 406, 409, 411-412, 423-424, 429, 431, 434; July §§331, 434; staff report pp.1, 7-8.", "aliases": [ "source-36" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:V3-43", "1041:S02", "BRIEF:8" ] }, { "id": "CASE:37", "title": "33 CFR Part 332: Compensatory mitigation", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-332", "pinpoint": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 33 CFR Part 332: Compensatory mitigation . Current eCFR checked September 2026. Pinpoint: 332.1(c)(3); 332.3(a),(e)(3),(f).", "aliases": [ "source-37" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "BRIEF:4", "MASTER:25" ] }, { "id": "CASE:38", "title": "Revised de minimis depletion guidance", "url": "https://www.fws.gov/apps/sites/default/files/documents/2024-11/revised-de-minimis-memo-11.1.2024_signed.pdf", "pinpoint": "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Revised de minimis depletion guidance . Signed November 1, 2024. Pinpoint: p.2.", "aliases": [ "source-38" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:39", "title": "36 CFR 251.54: Proposal and application requirements and procedures", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-II/part-251/subpart-B/section-251.54", "pinpoint": "USDA Forest Service. 36 CFR 251.54: Proposal and application requirements and procedures . Current eCFR checked September 2026. Pinpoint: 251.54(e)(5),(f)(2).", "aliases": [ "source-39" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "MASTER:38" ] }, { "id": "CASE:40", "title": "Senate Bill 07-122: The 2007 Water Projects Bill", "url": "https://spl.cde.state.co.us/artemis/nrserials/nr326internet/nr3262007internet.pdf", "pinpoint": "Colorado Water Conservation Board. Senate Bill 07-122: The 2007 Water Projects Bill . 2007. Pinpoint: p.4, Colorado Mountain College / Rocky Mountain Fen Demonstration Project.", "aliases": [ "source-40" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "BRIEF:10", "MASTER:57" ] }, { "id": "CASE:41", "title": "Fens", "url": "https://www.johnsonenvironmentalconsulting.com/fens", "pinpoint": "Brad Johnson / Johnson Environmental Consulting. Fens . Undated; copyright 2023, accessed September 2026. Pinpoint: Restoration; Rocky Mountain Fen Research Project.", "aliases": [ "source-41" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:42", "title": "Mountain Fen Restoration in Colorado: An Overview", "url": "https://peatlands.org/document/moutain-fen-restoration-in-colorado-an-overview/", "pinpoint": "Rod A. Chimner and David J. Cooper / International Peatland Society. Mountain Fen Restoration in Colorado: An Overview . 2012; 14th International Peat Congress. Pinpoint: Summary, final paragraph.", "aliases": [ "source-42" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S14" ] }, { "id": "CASE:43", "title": "Shoshone Frequently Asked Questions", "url": "https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/faq/", "pinpoint": "Colorado River District. Shoshone Frequently Asked Questions . Current campaign page, accessed September 11, 2026. Pinpoint: Questions 2, 4, 6, 7, 11.", "aliases": [ "source-43" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S22", "MASTER:65" ] }, { "id": "CASE:44", "title": "Shoshone Water Court Application Filed", "url": "https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/press-release-shoshone-water-court-application-filed/", "pinpoint": "Colorado River District. Shoshone Water Court Application Filed . November 24, 2025. Pinpoint: Substantive paragraphs 1-5.", "aliases": [ "source-44" ], "same_url_source_ids": [ "BRIEF:9" ] }, { "id": "CASE:45", "title": "Department of Interior releases $40 million award for the Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Project", "url": "https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/press-release-department-of-interior-releases-40-million-award-for-the-shoshone-water-rights-preservation-project/", "pinpoint": "Colorado River District. Department of Interior releases $40 million award for the Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Project . May 22, 2026. Pinpoint: Opening funding/status paragraphs.", "aliases": [ "source-45" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:46", "title": "Instream Flow Water Acquisitions", "url": "https://cwcb.colorado.gov/instream-flow-water-acquisitions", "pinpoint": "Colorado Water Conservation Board. Instream Flow Water Acquisitions . Current undated program page, accessed September 2026. Pinpoint: Program description; Benefits; Example Projects.", "aliases": [ "source-46" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:47", "title": "Colorado's Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/committees/2017/bassiwrrcisf21aug2019_1_interim_session.pdf", "pinpoint": "Colorado Water Conservation Board. Colorado's Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program . August 21, 2019. Pinpoint: Slides 3, 11, 15, 17-22, 27-28.", "aliases": [ "source-47" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:48", "title": "Inference for occupancy and occupancy dynamics", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/publications/inference-occupancy-and-occupancy-dynamics", "pinpoint": "Allan F. O'Connell and Larissa L. Bailey / U.S. Geological Survey. Inference for occupancy and occupancy dynamics . 2011. Pinpoint: Publication abstract; DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-99495-4_11.", "aliases": [ "source-48" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:49", "title": "Colorado Constitution", "url": "https://olls.info/crs/crs2025-title-00.htm", "pinpoint": "Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services. Colorado Constitution . 2025 compilation. Pinpoint: Article XVI, sections 5-6.", "aliases": [ "source-49" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:50", "title": "State of Colorado v. Hill, 2023 CO 31", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2023/22sc119.html", "pinpoint": "Colorado Supreme Court. State of Colorado v. Hill, 2023 CO 31 . June 5, 2023. Pinpoint: Paragraph 1 and standing disposition.", "aliases": [ "source-50" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:51", "title": "Denver Water, Xcel enact plan to ease shortages", "url": "https://aspenjournalism.org/denver-water-xcel-enact-plan-to-ease-shortages/", "pinpoint": "Heather Sackett / Aspen Journalism. Denver Water, Xcel enact plan to ease shortages . March 31, 2026; updated June 6, 2026. Pinpoint: Call relaxation; Western Slope benefit.", "aliases": [ "source-51" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:52", "title": "Water Rights", "url": "https://dwr.colorado.gov/services/water-administration/water-rights", "pinpoint": "Colorado Division of Water Resources. Water Rights . Current undated agency page, accessed September 2026. Pinpoint: Prior appropriation; administration; futile calls.", "aliases": [ "source-52" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:53", "title": "DWR's Role in Stream Restoration Projects", "url": "https://media.audubon.org/rsc_file/rockies/dwrs_role_in_stream_restoration_projects_caleb_foy.pdf", "pinpoint": "Caleb Foy / Colorado Division of Water Resources. DWR's Role in Stream Restoration Projects . Undated presentation, accessed September 2026. Pinpoint: Slide 29, C.R.S. 37-92-502(3).", "aliases": [ "source-53" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "CASE:54", "title": "Canada lynx critical habitat: correction", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-29/pdf/2026-15298.pdf", "pinpoint": "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Federal Register. Canada lynx critical habitat: correction . July 29, 2026. Pinpoint: Correction to amendatory instructions; effective August 17, 2026.", "aliases": [ "source-54" ], "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:1", "title": "Eagle River Joint Use Water Project Memorandum of Understanding", "url": "https://imlive.s3.amazonaws.com/Colorado%20Springs%20Utilities/ID64204881044288647370449006894021340737/Eagle%20River%20Joint%20Use%20Water%20Project%20MOU%2004-21-1998.pdf", "pinpoint": "Sections II, III.C, III.D, and V; PDF pp. 1-10.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:2", "title": "Whitney Reservoir drilling application and technical report", "url": "https://newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/6.25.19-Whitney-Reservoir-drilling-permit-app.pdf", "pinpoint": "SF-299 project description and the technical report's alternatives, access, boring, and coordinate tables.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:S02", "1041:S09", "MASTER:62" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:3", "title": "Whitney Creek Geotechnical Project decision memorandum", "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/projects/58221", "pinpoint": "Decision Memo, Purpose and Need, Decision, Environmental Impacts, Findings Required by Other Laws, and Future Proposals; 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Olive-sided Flycatcher discussion; American marten observation; survey-method appendices.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:S51", "MASTER:3", "MASTER:4", "MASTER:5", "MASTER:7", "MASTER:8" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:7", "title": "Recreation, Wilderness, and Roadless Area Review", "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/projects/58221", "pinpoint": "Technical Memorandum sections on recreation, wilderness character, Colorado Roadless Areas, noise, and mitigation; PDF pp. 1-12.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:S51", "MASTER:3", "MASTER:4", "MASTER:5", "MASTER:6", "MASTER:8" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:8", "title": "Cultural Resource Survey, Whitney Reservoir Siting Study", "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/projects/58221", "pinpoint": "Survey scope and APE, previous investigations and resources, Homestake Road evaluation, recommendations, and consultation record.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "HWF:S51", "MASTER:3", "MASTER:4", "MASTER:5", "MASTER:6", "MASTER:7" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:9", "title": "The Eagle River Joint Use Water Project fact sheet", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Document-Library/EagleRiverJointUseWaterProjectFactSheet.pdf?hsLang=en", "pinpoint": "Both pages, especially Project Benefits, Project Features, Project Status, and Next Steps.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S08", "BRIEF:1", "CASE:3", "MUNICIPAL:MUN-S07" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:10", "title": "Water Division 5 diligence applications and 2026 related pleading", "url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/June%202023%20Resume-Website%20Version.pdf", "pinpoint": "Case 23CW3087 in the June 2023 resume; Case 23CW3138, printed pp. 15-27 of the September 2023 resume; and the identified Homestake-related entry in the April 2026 Water Division 2 resume.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:11", "title": "Colorado Springs Utilities Integrated Water Resource Plan", "url": "https://www.csu.org/CSUDocuments/iwrpreportfinal.pdf", "pinpoint": "2017 executive summary, Balanced Portfolio, alternative scoring, Eagle River MOU project description, implementation schedule and cost-class cautions; 2025 packet sections on IWRP update scope, schedule and workstreams.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:12", "title": "Eagle County Land Use Regulations, Chapter VI", "url": "https://cms5.revize.com/revize/eagle/Document%20Center/Departments%20%26%20Services/Community%20Development/Planning/Land%20Use%20Regulations/Chapter%20VI%20-%20Areas%20and%20Activities%20of%20State%20Interest%20052012.pdf", "pinpoint": "Sections 6.01.04-.05; 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Sections 24-65.1-106, -107, -202, -203, -402, and -501.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:15", "title": "City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/court-of-appeals/1994/93ca0386-0.html", "pinpoint": "895 P.2d at 1109-16, especially wetlands at 1110-13 and water rights and alternatives at 1115-16.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "1041:S07", "BRIEF:2", "CASE:2" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:16", "title": "Colorado House Bill 24-1379 and Homestake fish-and-wildlife provisions", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1379_signed.pdf", "pinpoint": "H.B. 24-1379 legislative findings, Section 2, pp. 2-4; dredge-and-fill program provisions, Sections 3-4; fish-and-wildlife provisions, Section 5, especially signed-act pp. 25-28; C.R.S. 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FAQ question on project need and emergency reserves; alternatives screening and LEDPA discussion; Aurora pages describing Prairie Waters, conservation, reuse, storage and mountain supply.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:23", "title": "Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/33/1344", "pinpoint": "Section 404(a)-(c), (e), (f)(2), (o), and (t); Section 401(a) and (d).", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:24", "title": "Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-230", "pinpoint": "Sections 230.10-.12, especially 230.10(a)-(d), 230.11(g)-(h), 230.12(a)(3)(iv), 230.41(b), 230.75(d), and 230.77(c)-(d).", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:25", "title": "Compensatory mitigation for losses of aquatic resources", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-332", "pinpoint": "Sections 332.3(a)-(b), (d)-(f), (h), (k), and (m)-(n); 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325.1(b) and (d)(2); 330.1(d), 330.2(i), 330.5, and 330.6(d); 333.18(c)(1)-(4).", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:19" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:29", "title": "Current WOTUS definition and continuous-surface-connection guidance", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-328/section-328.3", "pinpoint": "Section 328.3(a) and (c)(2); memorandum pp. 4-6.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:30", "title": "Sackett v. 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Flowers", "url": "https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1241814.html", "pinpoint": "359 F.3d at 1269-75.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [] }, { "id": "MASTER:34", "title": "Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County and current Army NEPA procedures", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-975_m648.pdf", "pinpoint": "*Seven County*, 605 U.S. at 177-92; 33 C.F.R. Sections 333.17-.18, .20, .22-.23, .35-.36, .51, and .61.", "type": "ORIGINAL MASTER CATALOG", "same_url_source_ids": [ "CASE:31" ] }, { "id": "MASTER:35", "title": "Endangered Species Act Section 7 and consultation regulations", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/1536", "pinpoint": "16 U.S.C. 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Checked September 23, 2026.", "aliases": [ "MUN-S04" ] }, { "id": "MUN-S05", "title": "Utilities Board Working Committee packet", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Utilities-Board/Agendas/05-19-2025%20Working%20Committee%20Agenda%20-%20May%202025.pdf?hsLang=es", "note": "PDF pp36,41-43 of 83; slides12,17-19. Full PDF text inspected. Checked September 23, 2026.", "evidence_type": "UTILITY STATEMENT", "canonical_id": "MUN-S05", "pinpoint": "PDF pp36,41-43 of 83; slides12,17-19. Full PDF text inspected. Checked September 23, 2026.", "aliases": [ "MUN-S05" ] }, { "id": "MUN-S06", "title": "2022 Water Efficiency Plan", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/39606065/Document%20Library/2022WaterEfficiencyPlan.pdf?hsLang=en", "note": "pp13,18,20 and Table5 pp21-23. Full PDF text inspected. Checked September 23, 2026.", "evidence_type": "UTILITY STATEMENT", "canonical_id": "MUN-S06", "pinpoint": "pp13,18,20 and Table5 pp21-23. Full PDF text inspected. 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no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S024", "title": "Forest Service decision", "url": "https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20520675-usfs-whitney-drilling-decision-memo", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S025", "title": "Aspen Journalism", "url": "https://aspenjournalism.org/forest-service-approves-test-drilling-for-whitney-reservoir-site/", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S026", "title": "Aspen Journalism", "url": "https://aspenjournalism.org/homestake-hike-highlights-uncertainties-with-proposed-reservoir-project/", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; 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pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S029", "title": "The Southern Ute Drum: the Tribe’s account", "url": "https://www.sudrum.com/news/2022/10/21/tribal-acknowledgement-at-camp-hale/", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S030", "title": "National Park Service, An Eye for History, pp. 82 & 84 (PDF)", "url": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/450641#page=89", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S031", "title": "Getty Museum: the original photograph", "url": "https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104AXE", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S032", "title": "Hut Association: how the idea grew", "url": "https://huts.org/history-of-the-huts/", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "HISTORY:S033", "title": "10th Mountain Division Hut: its story", "url": "https://huts.org/hut/10th-mountain-division-hut/", "pinpoint": "Existing page/timeline citation; pinpoint not recorded in legacy source.", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S034", "title": "Eagle River Coalition monitoring program, Eagle Mine section", "url": "https://eagleriverco.org/monitor/", "pinpoint": "Eagle Mine monitoring section", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S035", "title": "Colorado Basin Roundtable glossary: transbasin diversion", "url": "https://www.coloradobasinroundtable.org/glossary/", "pinpoint": "Transbasin diversion definition", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S036", "title": "Colorado State University Water Knowledge: water uses", "url": "https://waterknowledge.colostate.edu/water-management-administration/water-uses/", "pinpoint": "Consumptive use and return flows", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S037", "title": "Aurora Water 2019 wilderness boundary concept map", "url": "https://aspenjournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ERMOU_WildernessRepealVcinityMap.jpg", "pinpoint": "Combined Whitney and Blodgett outline and up-to-497-acre label", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S038", "title": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Camp Hale, Colorado", "url": "https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/583601/camp-hale-colorado/", "pinpoint": "Homestake Valley Range Complex and former training lands", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S039", "title": "NASA Earth Observatory: Lake Powell Drops to Record Low Levels", "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/lake-powell-drops-to-record-low-levels/", "pinpoint": "September 18, 2026 report retained by Site", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "LEGACY:S040", "title": "Bureau of Reclamation: August 2026 reservoir storage record", "url": "https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/news-release/5392", "pinpoint": "Combined Powell and Mead storage statement", "evidence_badge": "SOURCE RECORD", "status": "retained source citation", "last_verified": null, "verification_scope": "URL and attribution recovered from authoritative repository; no new external source inspection in this audit.", "aliases": [] }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-01", "title": "DWR exports", "url": "https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/api/v2/structures/divrec/divrecmonth?wdid=3704614&format=json", "pinpoint": "Approved monthly class 13704614, WDID 3704614. Original SQLite and source packet." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-02", "title": "DWR collector accounts", "url": "https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/api/v2/structures/divrec/divrecmonth?wdid=3701253&format=json", "pinpoint": "WDIDs 3701253 / 3701254 / 3701255 / 3701256 / 3704644; total classes only." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-03", "title": "DWR reservoir and telemetry", "url": "https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/api/v2/structures/divrec/stagevolume?wdid=3704516&format=json", "pinpoint": "WDID 3704516 stagevolume and monthly records; HOMOUTCO DISCHRG and DISCHRG2." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-04", "title": "DWR pilot release report", "url": "https://www.varuna.io/LOTR/2021/Homestake_Release_Report_2021.pdf", "pinpoint": "1 April 2021. PDF p. 20 calibration; Appendix A pp. 46-47 physical routing/two flumes." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-05", "title": "USGS daily discharge", "url": "https://waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?format=json&sites=09063900¶meterCd=00060&statCd=00003&startDT=1972-07-19&endDT=2026-09-22", "pinpoint": "09063900 Missouri, 09064000 Gold Park, 09064500 Red Cliff. Qualifiers preserved." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-06", "title": "USGS Gold Park station description", "url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/wdr-co-03-1/vol2/html/09064000.2003.sw.html", "pinpoint": "2003 annual record: gauge downstream from French. Current gauge area is 35.6 mi2; historic page says 36.0. NLDI/NHD polygons are modeled junction catchments." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-07", "title": "Official StateMod inputs", "url": "https://cdss.colorado.gov/modeling-data/surface-water-statemod", "pinpoint": "Upper Colorado cm2015 and Shoshone 2024 update, downloaded and independently parsed. Natural-flow record ends 2013." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-08", "title": "Rights and bypass sources", "url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/June%202024%20Resume-Website%20Version.pdf", "pinpoint": "Live DWR netamount; June 2024 Division 5 resume, pp. 21-26; September 2023 resume, pp. 23-24; 2025 city exhibits. All direct URLs in rights source index." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-09", "title": "CSU ERJU factsheet", "url": "https://www.csu.org/hubfs/Document-Library/EagleRiverJointUseWaterProjectFactSheet.pdf?hsLang=en", "pinpoint": "March 2022, 2 pages; current linked PDF re-fetched on research date." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-10", "title": "City File 26-058", "url": "https://coloradosprings.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7921589&GUID=03090758-446A-4228-954D-F917BA360585&FullText=1", "pinpoint": "Adopted 24 February 2026; signed Resolution 11-26 and related Otero/Wild Horse IGA documents." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-11", "title": "Cities’ final pilot verification", "url": "https://dnrweblink.state.co.us/dwr/0/edoc/3857425/DWR_3857425.pdf", "pinpoint": "2 December 2021, PDF pp. 4-5 actual operations and non-refill finding." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-12", "title": "DWR outlet field measurements", "url": "https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/api/v2/telemetrystations/telemetrydischargemeasurement?abbrev=HOMOUTCO&format=json", "pinpoint": "HOMOUTCO, 19 entries through September 2026; raw values, remarks and qualifiers preserved." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-13", "title": "USBR storage and operations", "url": "https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/hydrodata/reservoir_data/100120/csv/17.csv", "pinpoint": "Site 100120 daily storage and WY2024 operations report. Provisional series and endpoint comparisons in raw companion." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-14", "title": "River Watch and EPA", "url": "https://www.waterqualitydata.us/", "pinpoint": "Water Quality Portal CORIVWCH_WQX-744; EPA NRSA UIDs 2012967/2013227/2014612. Query URLs and downloaded rows in source manifest." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-15", "title": "USBR PAP-1088", "url": "https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/hydraulics_lab/pubs/PAP/PAP-1088.pdf", "pinpoint": "July 2014, printed pp. 1, 3-4; PDF pp. 7, 9-10. Tunnel flume calibration, distinct from dam-outlet records." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-16", "title": "Eagle River Inventory", "url": "https://bledsoe.engr.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Eagle_River_Inventory_Assessment_2005.pdf", "pinpoint": "2005 CSU-authored assessment, author-hosted copy; printed pp. 84-94 historical hydrology." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-17", "title": "Aurora Wild Horse update", "url": "https://wildhorsereservoir.org/updates/events/feb-2026-questions/", "pinpoint": "13 February 2026 South-site announcement and February 2026 presentation Q&A." }, { "id": "WATER:TECH-18", "title": "Red Cliff preserved annual flow", "url": "https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/api/v2/surfacewater/surfacewatertswateryear?usgsSiteId=09064500&format=json", "pinpoint": "DWR-published USGS totals, retrieved 20 September 2026; original source redcliff-year and hash in database." } ] }