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Headwaters horseback ride; Uncompahgre / Olathe agricultural water

The farms of Colorado's Western Slope have watered this country for generations. Now ranchers are voluntarily fallowing fields and selling water rights — not because they want to, but because the math of a shrinking river is forcing the choice. Some are finding a different path: deficit irrigation and drought-tolerant crops that keep water in the river and keep families on the land.

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