Through Line - San Luis Valley & the Rio Grande River
Vložit
- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- “Everything we do revolves around it. The river is the community. It makes us whole. It completes us.”
-Doug Messick, 4th generation San Luis Valley farmer
In south-central Colorado, the Rio Grande River ties together generations of people and communities across the San Luis Valley. Brought together by shared ethics of caring for land and water, everyone in the San Luis Valley depends deeply on the Rio Grande - for their livelihoods, the rich diversity of wildlife and activities they enjoy, and their connection to the rich history of people who have come before them. But it is the threats to the river that brings them together in our latest film, Through Line, in which a new generation of water managers meets challenges like climate change, growing pressure to the water supply, and renewed water export threats head on.
“If our little community doesn’t work together to protect our land and water, everything’s lost” says Ronda Lobato in Through Line-a story of women, the Rio Grande river, and working together for water across a vast agricultural region of southern Colorado.
Through Line celebrates both the history and future of water management in the Valley through the voices of modern managers-specifically a growing number of women managers in a historically male-dominated profession-who are working together to ensure that the needs of communities are met alongside the needs of the river itself, and underscoring that while the challenges may be many, “the future health of the Rio Grande is in good hands.”
By building on a deep history of innovations and water sharing, these leaders are working to shepherd the culture and communities of the Valley into a sustainable relationship with the Rio Grande that weaves them together with the past, connects them in the present, and secures their collective future.
As a 40-plus year resident of the Front Range, I can tell you that there are many of us that side with you in preserving agriculture in the Valley, as well as other parts of Colorado. Developers, and the politicians they support, have, and will, allow and promote over development. They cash out, and the rest of us will be “high and dry” - literally - at some point. It’s not “if”, it’s a matter of “when”.
You in the Valley, and others in Ag, need to solicit the help and support of us on the Front Range. Many of us will stand with you.
BTW, I am not an “environmentalist”. I am a business owner that had adult children and grandchildren who were born, raised, and live on the Front Range. I’m concerned about our family being able to continue living in Colorado - with a high quality of life. Scarce water is only one concern. Over the top crime rates, traffic congestion, over taxation… there is no shortage of problems in Colorado.
My Grandfather was born in the San Luis Valley in 1896, he raised a family and my Dad just passed away in 2021 at the age of 96. Dad lived his whole life in The Valley except for a 2 year commitment with the Navy in WW2. When my wife passes I’ll be back to the Valley. Gotta see Mount Blanca and the Rio Grande and Conejos Rivers. Miss it!
Capulin flickers!!
Good luck people. They will never stop fighting for your water
Stick to your guns! Water is the lifeblood of the San Luis Valley!
Water, a precious resource. The CWCB is wrong by making the rule on rainwater collections. Why? Because in a study some time ago, they found that only 3 percent of rainwater is actually absorbed in the soil and the rest is evaporated. So, why allow the rainwater to be carried away when it would benefit land owners for trees and crops?
Douglass County wants water from the Valley, to provide for the overbuilding of development there. We should not sell out; our water is need here!
@@alvisjenkins1305what is the CWCB?
Just look what happened to the Owen’s Valley in California. It’s pretty much a wasteland now. I hope the Valley preserves.
My grand- pa share stories working there, (dancing with God )grand-pa
Is there an update on the water rights? Did that company end up winning and pulled the water out?
The number one thing, no HOAs😮
Our water is not for profit.