Douglas County’s Sandstone Ranch And Schmidt Property Provide Key Environmental Mitigation for CSRP

For the Chatfield Reservoir Mitigation Company (CRMC) and its member water providers, the partnership with Douglas County to protect portions of its newly acquired open space properties, Sandstone Ranch and Schmidt Property, was vital to receiving the environmental mitigation credits needed to successfully implement the Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project (CSRP).

After more than three decades of studying and planning, and two years of construction of the required on-site recreational modifications and environmental mitigation at Chatfield State Park, securing the off-site environmental mitigation credits was the last major hurdle for CRMC and its member water providers to meet the implementation requirements and receive the permanent right to store water in the new reallocation pool at Chatfield Reservoir.

To learn more about these incredibly important properties and their significance to the CSRP, please read the October 2020 edition of our e-newsletter, available here.