Don't Damn the Poudre

According to this article, they're talking about creating a new damn up by Fort Collins and using Poudre water to feed it. That sucks. Some of the best attributes of Fort Fun are the Poudre river and the proximity to the Poudre Canyon. They're going to mess it up so people can grow rich blue grass lawns in semi-arid climate? The argument was made that water demand is growing so they need to build this thing. I say, then curb the population growth and try xeriscaping, it looks better too imho.