Farmers along the Republican River in eastern Colorado are beginning their first growing season with voluntary water restrictions. They want to make sure they can keep their water wells, even if it means preemptively shutting them off. Ryan Warner talks to Dennis Coryell, president of the Republican River Water Conservation District.
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