The Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund

Formerly the Colorado Watershed Protection Fund, the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund is financed by the Colorado checkoff program which provides tax payers the opportunity to contribute a portion of their tax return or to make a donation to assist locally-based conservation groups in their efforts to protect our land and water resources. Since 2004, Colorado citizens have directly contributed over $640,000 to the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund.

Checkoff for Colorado’s Water

When you check the box for the Healthy Rivers Fund on your state income tax return, you’re making an important contribution to protecting one of our most fragile and important resources: our water.

Each year citizen organizations from across Colorado rely on the Healthy Rivers Fund to support planning and implementation projects. These monies have helped fund 41 projects across the state including stream restorations, water quality monitoring, long-range watershed assessments, stream flow surveys, wildfire rehabilitation, and abandoned mine reclamation.

 

How to Contribute
Projects & Fund Recipients
Management of the Fund

Resources for Grant Applicants

A grant application may be submitted for locally-based watershed protection efforts, provided that the applicant is committed to a collaborative approach to the restoration and protection of lands and natural resources within Colorado’s watersheds in concert with economic development.

 

Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Program Guidance (PDF)
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Application (PDF)