Return to Activity (For Using a Ditch Map to Understand Water Use and History)
Name:
1. Explain "first in time, first in right."
2. Why were ditches built? What were laterals?
3. How did ditch structures change over the past 140 years?
4. Why did municipalities begin buying water rights?
5. Explain the purpose of water laws or acts and give an example.
6. How does the Endangered Species Act of 1970 affect ditches, towns, and farmers today?
7. What has happened to farmers who once owned water rights and ditches?
8. How have changes to ditches affected the culture and values of Boulder County residents today?