This year, the Colorado General Assembly and Governor Polis once again made clear that conserving our state’s natural resources is a priority for Coloradans.The legislature approved more than $90 million in investments and advanced landmark legislation that works to protect sensitive species and habitats, conserve land and water resources, and facilitate nation-leading, sustainable energy production that carves the path to meeting the goals of Colorado’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap.

Governor Jared Polis and Dan Gibbs, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources announced Jason Ullmann as the next Colorado State Engineer and Director of the Division of Water Resources (DWR).

Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs, released the following statements on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s publication of a draft plan to strengthen greater sage-grouse conservation and management on public lands.

The Colorado Produced Water Consortium, an initiative within the Department of Natural Resources, released its first legislative deliverable, the Initial Guidance Documents and Case Studies to Promote Best Practices for In-field Recycling and Reuse of Produced Water Report.