The Colorado River is the longest river in Texas – running through 24 counties and draining into Matagorda Bay. Both its source and mouth are within the state. It is the 18th longest river in the United States.
The Colorado Water Issues Committee
was founded to protect rice farming along the Colorado River as a source of food, jobs, natural habitat and way of life.
The Colorado Water Issues Committee
was founded to protect rice farming along the Colorado River as a source of food, jobs, natural habitat and way of life.
The Colorado Water Issues Committee
was founded to protect rice farming along the Colorado River as a source of food, jobs, natural habitat and way of life.
For more than a century, rice farming has shaped the economy, environment and communities of the Texas Coastal plains. Here, along the banks of the Colorado River, families are stewards of the river.
Rice farming draws on Colorado River water to create a:
Safe, abundant and nutritious source of food
Source of jobs
Wetlands habitat for waterfowl and migrating birds
Multi-generational agrarian tradition and legacy
The Colorado Water Issues Committee was founded to protect this tradition.
