May 10, 2016
Last fall, Colorado adopted a $20 billion plan that focuses on water use within the state and aims to save 130 billion gallons annually. Ahead of that historic moment, the Colorado Water Conservation Board asked Matt Nager to document how people throughout the state use something there simply isn’t enough of.
Nager’s series Colorado Water is a breathtaking look at all the ways water shapes life in Colorado and the west. Farmers tap canals to irrigate their acres of farmland. Anglers fish in the state’s many man-made reservoirs.
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