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Beloved Colorado mountain pond to remain dry — for now

State water officials find ditch that fed Barn Pond near Twin Lakes is illegal

Barn Pond is drying up after a developer in the area blocked water from reaching the pond near Twin Lakes, Colorado on July 1, 2024. State water officials later found that the channel feeding the pond was illegal and the developer had no obligation to let water flow to the pond. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Barn Pond is drying up after a developer in the area blocked water from reaching the pond near Twin Lakes, Colorado on July 1, 2024. State water officials later found that the channel feeding the pond was illegal and the developer had no obligation to let water flow to the pond. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The pond on the outskirts of Twin Lakes became the center of a contentious fight between some town residents and a luxury real estate developer hoping to build a complex of mansions east of the tiny town in central Colorado.
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