Recognized by Trout Unlimited for contributions to the successful negotiation of a new Denver Water/Grand County Joint Enhancement and Mitigation Plan to ensure the long term sustainability of the Fraser River water shed in Grand County.
Recognized by Trout Unlimited for contributions to the successful negotiation of a new Denver Water/Grand County Joint Enhancement and Mitigation Plan to ensure the long term sustainability of the Fraser River water shed in Grand County.
Completed the sale of 660 acres of agricultural lands, water rights and mineral rights for approximately $7,575,000 to the City of Boulder and Boulder Municipal Property Authority to be preserved as part of the City’s open space program.
Completed the sale of historic Jackson County Michigan River cattle and hay ranch consisting of nearly 10,000 deeded acres, water rights, mineral interests, multiple homes, farm and ranch equipment, and over 4,500 acres of BLM and State Land Board leased lands for approximately $18 million.
Completed the purchase of historic Grand County Colorado River working hay ranch, gold medal trout fishery and water rights valued at approximately $7 million.
Stephen Larson, Partner, was appointed by the City and County of Broomfield as Broomfield’s Designated Member on the South Platte Basin Roundtable. Nine basin roundtables were established by the Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act to facilitate conversations among Colorado’s major river basins regarding statewide water issues. Each basin roundtable facilitates discussions among water leaders in the basin and encourages locally driven collaborative solutions to Colorado’s water challenges.
Michael Repucci, a Founding Partner of Johnson & Repucci LLP of Boulder, was recently awarded the 2012 River Conservationist Award by Trout Unlimited’s Colorado Headwaters Chapter as a result of his longstanding efforts to preserve and protect Grand County’s cold water fisheries, especially the Fraser River and Ranch Creek near Winter Park. Repucci is part of a group of concerned land and business owners in the Fraser River basin attempting to negotiate appropriate mitigation requirements with Denver Water to offset expected impacts to stream biology and morphology due to Denver Water’s planned increased East Slope water diversions during critical springtime runoff and summertime low flow periods.
2012 Colorado water supply planning projects include those for:
* 1,800-acre mixed-use development in Northern Colorado (Weld County);
* 5,000-acre mixed use development in Arapahoe County;
* 21-acre resort development in Summit County (Keystone); and
* Multiple oil and gas hydrofracturing operations.
Representation of Winter Park Resort in negotiations between West Slope parties and Denver Water regarding Colorado River Cooperative Agreement resolving West Slope opposition to Moffat Tunnel Expansion Project, including work with Grand County and Grand County Water Users on Fraser River Basin issues.
Sale of New Red Top Valley Ditch Company water rights to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District in connection with Windy Gap Firming Project.
Obtained final Denver Basin ground water decree for 5,262-acre well field, involving 5,425 acre-feet of fully consumable water. Adjudicating this well field required the change and consolidation of 10 prior decrees, along with the adjudication of nearly 900 acre-feet of new fully consumable water rights.