📢 Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund is now accepting applications for our 2025 application cycle. Applications close at 5pm MST on February 28th, 2025. A grant application may be submitted for locally based watershed protection efforts, provided that the applicant is committing to a collaborative approach to the restoration and protection of lands and natural resources within Colorado’s watersheds in concert with economic development. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ezdFe8K. #coloradohealthyriversfund #coloradowatershedassembly

📣Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Project Highlight 📣 In 2023, the Lincoln Hills Cares STREAM Project received $20,000 from the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund. In partnership with The Lincoln Hills Cares Foundation, Trout Unlimited, CSU (Colorado State University) SPUR, and El Laboratorio, this project has worked to build youth and community leadership for the restoration of the urban South Platte River in Denver. Under the leadership of Vivian Cervantes, STREAM Pathways has hired  52 youth to contribute to restoration projects. The South Platte River Advisory Youth Council (SPRAY) has focused on addressing e.Coli and waste in the river through stakeholder engagement. Check out all they have accomplished here: https://lnkd.in/gtj3eQFb. ❗Application for the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund open January 20th. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ezdFe8K.

Thank you to everyone who has helped support the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund. Since 2003, over 150,000 contributions have resulted in more than $2,000,000 raised to complete 110 locally led watershed projects throughout Colorado. We appreciate your continued support and hope you will remember the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund on Colorado Gives Day, December 10th. https://lnkd.in/gERUtWFr Here is one shining example. Roaring Fork Conservancy, in partnership with the Town of Carbondale, used Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund grant funding to restore and enhance a one-half mile, 18-acre reach of the Crystal River and improve the efficiency, functionality, and stability of the town owned Weaver Ditch diversion.

This #givingtuesday, consider supporting the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund, which grants money to on-the-ground projects that contribute to cleaner water, healthier wildlife habitat and, improved recreation throughout our state. Visit https://lnkd.in/gYjsV6qn to donate! The picture above is from the North Sand Creek Restoration Partnership, a 2023 Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund (CHRF) recipient. A goal of their project was to improve the health and water quality of North Sand Creek, while maintaining good relationships with private landowners and the OHV recreation community. CHRF help support the monitoring of wildlife, water, and sediment conditions and plan for future restoration projects. 

Revisiting the amazing memories from this year's Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference. 🙌 Together with @ColoradoRiparianAssociation and @ColoradoWatershedAssembly, we celebrated another successful event filled with learning, connection, and collaboration. Thank you to everyone who joined us and don't forget to save the date for next year's conference happening Oct. 7-9, 2025💧✨

Join us on Tuesday, October 8th, in-person or virtually, for our Hug Your Bookkeeper…and More: Essential Guidance for Community Watershed Organizations Workshop! RSVP at https://lnkd.in/gthFSRs6. In collaboration with the Mighty Arrow Family Foundation and Colorado Nonprofit Association, we’re excited to invite you to a workshop designed to help get your organization’s ducks in a row. Whether you’re looking to fortify your financial management practices, enhance grant documentation, or improve Board engagement, this session is a must-attend. This workshop is presented in conjunction with the Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference at the Westin Hotel in Avon but you do not need to be registered for the Conference in order to attend the workshop.

Check out these upcoming funding opportunities throughout the state! To learn more about the funding currently available, visit https://lnkd.in/gfmmhee6 or our funding page. Upcoming Deadlines: South Platte River Basin & Metro Roundtables WSRF Proposal - September 1st CO-WY NSF Engine Funding - September 3rd CPW Land and Water Conservation Fund Pre-applications - September 3rd WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Projects - October 7th Nonpoint Funding Project Concept Paper - October 11th Upper Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program - October 14th

Palmer Ranch Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Project Completed ✨ The Palmer Ranch Restoration Project developed as the result of a Bureau of Reclamation Grant that assisted the Animas Watershed Partnership (AWP) in identifying restoration opportunities through the Florida River Watershed in LaPlata County, CO. This effort identified 19 potential project properties. The Palmer Ranch property was identified as the first project of the 19 due to the enthusiasm and environmental ethic of the property owners and their willingness to contribute time and materials to the project. The areas of the ranch that previously had adverse impacts to water quality and stream bank stability have been fenced, seeded, and restored to ensure future protection of the riverine environment without adversely impacting ranch operations or water quality. #healthyriversfund #coloradowater #waterquality

The event will be hosted at a variety of iconic Leadville locations, including Freight, Colorado Mountain College, and Tabor Opera House. There will be a keynote and meet and greet on the evening of Wednesday, May 22nd. Thursday, May 23rd, will be technical talks followed by a reception. Lastly, a variety of tours are scheduled for Friday, May 24th. Take a look at our Inflow Newsletter for more information! https://lnkd.in/eWMEnafj

April 15th-17th, 2023 | Partners in the Outdoors | Colorado Parks and Wildlife Save the date. The Partners in the Outdoors Conference is Colorado's foremost opportunity to cultivate common ground, explore best practices of partnering, and design collaborative solutions with diverse voices and stakeholders to conserve Colorado's outdoor heritage. Our annual conference has quickly become one of the signature events in Colorado bringing together organizations, agencies, schools, businesses and communities engaged in the future of Colorado's conservation and outdoor recreational opportunities. See this event and many others in our Inflow Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gw8s9zY5 #Inflownewsletter #colorado #partnersoutdoors