James Eklund, a former member of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, with a photo of his grandfather and its shared background, at the family’s Norse Sky Ranch near Colbran, Colorado, Oct. 22, 2022. Eklund’s family were among the first white settlers here in the Plateau Creek Valley - the creek is a tributary of the Colorado River. He’s is a proponent of a voluntary “demand management” approach to the Colorado River - paying farmers not irrigate and instead use that saved water to meet downstream obligations.
Cattle on the Norse Sky Ranch along Plateau Creek on the Western Slope, during bright fall colors, near Colbran, Colorado, Oct. 22, 2022. The Eklund family owns the ranch and were among the first white settlers in the valley. - the creek is a tributary of the Colorado River. James Eklund, a former member of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, is a proponent of a voluntary “demand management” approach to the Colorado River - paying farmers not irrigate and instead use that saved water to meet downstream obligations.
The Norse Sky Ranch headgate on Plateau Creek near Colbran on the Western Slope, Oct. 22, 2022 - the creek is a tributary of the Colorado River.. The Eklund family owns the ranch and were among the first white settlers in the valley. Larry’s son James Eklund, a former member of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, is a proponent of a voluntary “demand management” approach to the Colorado River - paying farmers not irrigate and instead use that saved water to meet downstream obligations.
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