Urgent public comment

Put Homestake in the Wild Horse record.

Use the builder to write a personal comment for CDPHE's review. Nothing is sent until you review and send it yourself.

01 / The action that matters now

Tell CDPHE to deny Wild Horse.

This comment window covers Aurora Water's request for a Dredge and Fill Individual Authorization under Colorado Regulation 87. Your strongest comment connects your own experience to a specific fact and a concrete agency action.

95,000acre-feet of proposed storage

1,630acres in the proposed footprint

8.087acres of permanent impacts to state waters

170 ftproposed dam height, with a 3,700-foot crest

Project scale: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Why this belongs in the Homestake campaign

Follow the source water, not just the reservoir outline.

The application identifies existing Colorado and Arkansas basin rights delivered through Otero and describes the Otero Conveyance System as part of the Homestake Water Project. The strongest accurate Homestake demand is source-by-source accounting that separately shows Homestake contributions, diversion timing, losses, downstream effects, initial fill, and every later refill.

Choose your connection

Select the perspective you can make personal.

Choose one or two reasons for opposition

Focused comments are easier for the agency to answer in the record.

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Before you press send

Make the record stronger.

Keep your personal connection and one concrete observation.
Use one or two reasons for opposition, not every available argument.
State your opposition and ask CDPHE to deny the authorization.
Use the exact subject line and submit early, well before the date and time in CDPHE’s current notice.
Save your sent email and ask CDPHE to acknowledge receipt.

Stay in the official process

Send the formal comment, then track the next reviews.

The CDPHE email above is the action that enters the current Regulation 87 record. Park County and BLM may have later review steps. Ask how to receive official notice so your next comment reaches the right docket.

Local review track

Park County

Watch for a land-use or 1041 proceeding and ask the county how to receive notice if an official review opens.

Ask about review notices Official county page

Federal review track

BLM Royal Gorge Field Office

Ask where the Wild Horse federal review will be posted and how to receive future scoping or comment notices.

Ask about federal notices Official BLM page

Open the official record and source documents

CDPHE project page and current deadline Complete application index Individual Authorization application Goal and Objective Report BLM alternatives screening Colorado Regulation 87

JavaScript is needed for the personalized builder. You can still email cdphe_df_wqcd@state.co.us with the subject WHS PN Comments. State your opposition, describe your connection, make one specific request, and submit early, with the date and time confirmed against CDPHE’s current notice.