Fifty individuals and organizations - state and local - are on the brink of an agreement that will give the city of Durango the amount of Animas River water it wants for a kayak park while at the same time assuring upstream users of enough water for other purposes. "I can't give more details now because there are three cases that have to be settled as part of a package," Barry Spear, the attorney for the Southwestern Water Conservation District, said Wednesday after a closed session of his board. "But we're all scheduled to appear before (6th Judicial District) Judge Gregory Lyman a week from today." Jack Rogers, the director of public works in Durango and its interim city manager, agreed with Spear's assessment of Durango's request for a recreational in-channel diversion, or RICD.

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