“2026 will go down as the driest snowpack year on record in Colorado. Chaffee County’s economy is largely based on water-dependent businesses–recreation and agriculture. So what happens now? Bob Hamel, Executive Director of the Arkansas River Outfitters Association, and Greg Felt, General Manager of the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District, will lead a seminar on how water is managed in the Upper Arkansas drainage, how water users are adjusting to an unprecedented shortage, and how this low water year might impact outfitters and the environment.”
