Briefly: Delta County ranchers want state lawmakers to step up on Colorado River issues

Aspen Journalism reports that Delta County ranchers, on Colorado’s Western Slope, want state lawmakers to create new rules that would give them credit for reducing water use and sending it downstream in the Colorado River Basin — but some say that such a law could open Colorado’s water market to speculators.

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