Our area—not just where we live and farm
But our whole area, everything below the Grand Mesa, areas fed from the Gunnison River and the Uncompahgre River
Are being rationed for irrigation water.
Some places have already been told they will have NO water and domestic water is also being monitored
You see there has not been enough snow in the mountains for the last two years (longer in some areas)
The snow this year will melt into the ground and fill the underground lakes and streams and possibly the lakes and reservoirs
Hopefully the lakes and reservoirs.
The water managers have begun rationing…
It’s early…very early…usually rationing doesn’t start until the heat of summer.
Water—-it’s on everyone’s lips. A nagging concern in the back of everyone’s mind. And constant management on all farms with all farmers.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Yes, they say all of Western Colorado is in a drought and there’s fire danger. We seem to get the snow over here. We need to do a rain dance. praying for snow in your mountains
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At this time of year we really don’t need snow, but melt! Thanks you anyway.
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Since Colorado snow feeds the rivers that nurture the entire American west, this is a bad sign for many. I wish for the best for your farm and the many other suffering in drought. These are difficult times.
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Thank you. It’s a hard time for sure.
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Hope it works out so that you get enough water! Dry here too, although it seems to rain all the time. River is the lowest I have ever seen it and for some reason the state is not closing the locks and dams. Keeping them open last year killed most of the bottom ecosystem, so there are few birds…probably because the fish are gone. Tragic and pointless.
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Lots of ours is caused by mis-management too… just like yours. Silly and wrong.
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I guess climate change is more of a concern (though it of course affects us all) for people like you where you can see it’s effects first hand,
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I guess so.
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I’m sorry to hear that water is already being rationed this year. Hopefully you will get plenty (but not too much) of Spring rainfall to help make up the deficit.
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Thanks, George.
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Charlee: “We hope you get the water you need for your farm!”
Chaplin: “They’ve declared a drought here in the northern part of the state, and we won’t be at all surprised if it spreads down here as well.”
Lulu: “Maybe then the HOA will stop sending letters telling us we have to water the lawn more …”
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OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Drought is hitting everywhere it seems. 😦
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It’s a similar story here. The Wet season wasn’t Wet enough. Some areas that normally don’t get much rain got far too much and have no way to deal with it…
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It’s a harsh strange world, anymore.
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It is dry here too, I sure hope your Mountains get some moisture! Farming is hard:(
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It is hard…..and such a gamble.
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Wow ….that’s scary that they’re rationing the water already. What will happen this summer? I’m praying for you guys and your crops. May all be well.
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Thank you for your prayers. We will just trudge along and see how it all turns out.
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I’m so sorry to read this! It’s drying up everywhere and where it isn’t dry, it’s flooded. I hope you somehow manage this year.
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I think we will do okay, just lots of water management. Thank you.
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I’m sorry to hear this too Linda .. I hope that you get the water you need my friend!
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