June 16, 2008--Poudre flow key to Glade debate (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
The river's flow through the city is of keen interest to water managers, recreation enthusiasts and environmentalists alike. It's one of the major issues surrounding Northern Water's proposal to build Glade Reservoir as part of the Northern Integrated Supply Project, or NISP. It's bound to be brought up repeatedly during a series of public hearings scheduled this week in Fort Collins and Greeley to take comment on the draft Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS, on the massive project issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Opponents of NISP say the river is already overburdened with its water taken for municipal and agricultural uses. Decreasing flows further would damage the river's ecosystem and hinder city efforts to capitalize on the Poudre as an economic driver, said Mark Easter of the Save the Poudre Coalition.
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