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    The Law of the Colorado River Basin Lecture: Rigid Relic or Flexible Foundation for the Future?

    The Law of the Colorado River Basin Lecture: Rigid Relic or Flexible Foundation for the Future?

    Presented by Colorado College at Colorado College - Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

    October 17, 2011

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    The Colorado River Basin faces mounting challenges for the future, including the implications of climate change and the exploding demographic trends of the West. Roughly 27 million people rely on the river for water, energy and healthy ecosystems. Studies predict that by 2050 the river system will be unable to meet the growing demand from the next generation. Can a nearly 90-year-old set of laws weather the turbulence of the 21st century? As municipalities, agriculture and environmental interests jockey for continued water supplies in the face of projected diminished flows, will the Law of the River be able to bend under new stresses or will it break?

    For this talk, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs and Colorado River legal scholar Professor Larry MacDonnell will discuss the implications of the river’s legal foundation for the next generation.


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        Colorado College - Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

        825 N. Cascade Ave.
        Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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        October 17, 2011

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        7 p.m.

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