Headwaters Magazine

Headwaters magazine is a semi-annual publication that features interviews, updates and in-depth articles on fundamental water resource topics.  The following issues are available in PDF format for you to read online.  Hardcopies are available as a membership benefit.  Click here for membership information.

	Issue 1: Fall 2003 2003 Legal Review • Lessons from History • Drought 2002 • The White River Read it online (PDF) The print version of this issue is now out of stock.
	Issue 2: Winter 2004 Chronology of the Law of the River • California's New Colorado River Diet • Greg Walcher • Paul Testwuide • Silver Fox of the Rockies • Dan Tyler • CRWCD Read it online (PDF) The print version of this issue is now out of stock.
	Issue 3: Spring 2004 Changing Times, Changing Uses • Water Commissioners Celebrate 125th Anniversary Read it online (PDF) The print version of this issue is now out of stock.
	Issue 4: Summer 2004 Water & Growth in Colorado • Leases • Reuter-Hess Reservoir • Pagosa Springs Gets Water Wise • Mutual Irrigation Company Caters to New Customers Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 5: Fall 2004 San Juan & Dolores River Basins • Animas-La Plata Project • Dry Wells • Dolores Project • Solutions for a Troubled River • Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Farm & Ranch Enterprise •  Sam Maynes Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 6: Winter 2005 CSU Water & Ag Archives • Fish in the Winter • Farm Yield • Northern Integrated Supply Project • Southern Municipal Supply Pipeline • Windy Gap Firming • Moffat Collection System • On the Drawing Board Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 7: Spring 2005 Focus on...the Endangered Species Act • ESA: Safety Net or Shambles? • Species Recovery Starts at Home • Rising Waters: States Agree to Increase Platte River Flows • Endangered Fish Recovery Program • Legal Brief: Water Rights for Recreation Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 8: Summer 2005 2005 Legislative Update • A Cutthroat Business: Restoring the Little Snake River • Sand Creek: Renaissance of an Urban River • A Community River: The North Fork of the Gunnison • Financing A River Makeover • Celebrating Colorado's Young Poets Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 9: Fall 2005 Basin Focus: The Rio Grade Basin • Legal Brief: 1938 Rio Grade Compact Meters Water to Thirsty Basin • The Rio Grande Basin • Preserving Wetlands in an Alpine Desert • Big Ambitions: Restoring the Rio Grande • Declining Aquifers • An Interview with Ralph Curtis Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 10: Winter 2006 Oil & Gas: Risks and Rewards • Cleaning Up Urban Runoff • Water Quality 411 • Legal Brief Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 11: Spring 2006 Gunnison's Newest Recreational Park • Fly Fishing • An Avian Oasis • Let it Snow • Legal Brief Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 12: Summer 2006 Legal Brief • In the News • A River In Debt • San Luis Valley Waits for Judicial Ruling • Denver Basin Aquifers • South Platte Well Owners In Crisis • Colorado Ground Water Commission • River of Words Poetry Winners Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 13: Fall 2006 Special Report: A Decade of Colorado Supreme Court Water Decisions Introduction • Water is a Public Resource • Instream Values Recognized • Importance of Adjudication and Administration • Federal Involvement in Colorado Water Law & Interstate Compacts • Groundwater and Aquifers Play an Increasingly Important Role • Conclusions Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 14: Winter/Spring 2007 Ripple Effects - Colorado's New Energy Economy Surface Concerns • Run of the River • Oil Shale Deja Vu • Legislature and Governor's Office Lead the Way • Significant New Energy Legislation in the General Assembly's 2007 Session • Corn-Based Ethanol Recasts Water's Role • Produced Water Generates Doubts, Data, Disussion • Colorado Students Write Winning Water Poems Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 15: Fall 2007 Rising Expectations: The Arkansas River Basin Navigating the Adventure • Fountain Creek • A Really Good Model • Small Town Dreams • Just One Chance • CFWE Tour Highlights • W.D. Farr: A Remembrance Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 16: Winter 2008 Along the Edge of the Water: Focus on Wildlife A Bonny Farewell? • On the Edge: Nature Bats Last on the Eastern Plains • The Day the Fish Hired Lawyers: How Wildlife Mitigation went from Afterthought to Prime Mover • Lost & Found on the Colorado River • What a Nuisance: Invasive Species in Colorado • Water for the Birds: How Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and the Feds Figured It Out • CFWE News • CFWE Events • Felix Sparks: Hero, Justice, Gentle Man Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 17: Summer 2008 Stream of Visions: Public Land Issues 'A Full Charge of Relevance': Public Lands Vision Expands Beyond Possibility, Probability • Concepts Collide: 'the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number' • Wild and Scenic Sparks Anxiety, Opportunity • Of Mines and Minerals • Decades of Fire Suppression: A Good Intention Gone Wrong • Navigating the Water World • CFWE 2008 President's Award • CFWE News & Events • Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 18: Winter 2009 South Platte Basin Focus The CFWE South Platte Tour • A Most Peculiar River • Roundtables: A Silver Lining for Water Users • Conservation Conversation: Changes in Attitude • Finite Supply, Infinite Possibilities • Metro Providers Hunt for Options • CFWE News & Events  Read it online (PDF)
	Issue 19: Spring 2009 Colorado Water for the 21st Century Interbasin Compact Process 101 • Colorado's Water for the 21st Century Act • Envisioning an Alternate Future • A Numbers Game • Basin Roundtables • Whose Plan Is It Anyway? • CFWE News & Events Read it online (PDF)