Grant Recipients & Projects

The following grants were awarded to local watershed groups committed to collaborative approaches to the restoration and protection of lands and natural resources within Colorado’s watersheds.

Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2009 Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Hecla Wash Restoration & Sediment Reduction Project $25,000
2009 Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative Water Quality Stream Teams (Project Details) $12,750
2009 Coal Creek Watershed Coalition Project Grant (Project Details) $8,395
2009 Colorado Storm Water Council Colorado E. coli Assessment & Management Project-Phase II (Project Details) $15,000
2009 Fountain Creek Restoration Committee & Pikes Peak Community Foundation Fountain Creek Restoration - Shryver Park Reach Including Shryver Pond (Project Details) $50,000
2009 Institute for Environmental Solutions St. Vrain Watershed Emerging Contaminants Project $15,205
2009 North Fork River Improvement Association Paonia Feldman Adaptive Management Project $15,000
2009 Park County and Colorado Open Lands Implementation of Watershed Assessment (Project Details) $12,000
2009 Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust The Rio Grande Initiative $15,000
2009 Rocky Mountain Field Institute Upper Ski Creek Watershed Erosion Control & Restoration Project-Phase 2 (Project Details) $25,000
    Total 2009 Funding: $193,350
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2008 Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative  Water Quality Monitoring Project
(Project Details)
$10,000
2008 Colorado Storm Water Council  E. Coli Assessment and Management Plan
(Project Details)
$10,000
2008 Colorado Watershed Network  Macroinvertebrate Sampling
(Project Details)
$18,000
2008 Friends of Bear Creek  Long-Range Watershed Plan
(Project Details)
$10,000
2008 a James Creek Watershed Initiative  Off-Highway Vehicle Area Restoration
 $15,000
2008 a Lake Fork Watershed Working Group  Wetland Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage
 $15,000
2008 a North Fork River Improvement Association  Streambank Stabilization Project
 $15,000
2008 Roaring Fork Conservancy  Watershed Plan Development
(Project Details)
$10,000
2008 a Rocky Mountain Field Institute  Erosion Control and Restoration Project
 $15,000
2008 a Town of Rico  River Corridor Protection Plan
 $25,000
2008 Uncompahgre River Stewardship Alliance  Uncompahgre Watershed Plan
(Project Details)
$10,000
    Total 2008 Funding: $153,000
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2007 Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative Public Outreach Project $5,000
2007 Mancos Conservation District Watershed Restoration Plan $15,000
2007 North Fork River Improvement Association Irrigation Diversion Reconstruction $9,800
2007 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Hayman Fire Rehabilitation (Project Details)
$25,000
    Total 2007 Funding: $54,800
Year* Grant Recipient  Project  Grant Award 
2006 San Juan Resource, Conservation & Development Council (Animas River Nutrient Work Group) Watershed Management Plan (Details) $15,000
2006 Grand County Water Information Network Algae Monitoring Project (Details) $10,000
2006 Dolores Water Conservancy District Flow Management Plan for Lower Dolores $15,000
2006 Lake Fork Watershed Working Group Water Quality & Aquatic Habitat Monitoring $15,000
2006 North Fork River Improvement Association Chipeta Dam Removal (Details) $5,000
2006 San Juan Resource, Conservation & Development Council (Pine River) Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring (Details) $10,000
2006 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Stream Flow Survey (Details) $5,000
    Total 2006 Funding: $75,000
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2005 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Hayman Fire Rehabilitation (Details) $5,000
2005 North Fork River Improvement Association Access Construction to New River Park (Details) $5,000
2005 San Juan RC & D (Mine Reclamation) Abandoned Mine Reclamation (Details) $12,000
2005 Willow Creek Watershed Reclamation Committee Stream Restoration (Details) $18,000
2005 Colorado Acequia Association Restoration of Erosion Activities (Details) $14,000
2005 San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District Watershed Restoration Strategic Plan (Details) $10,000
2005 Routt County RC & D Yampa Basin Water Quality Plan (Details) $10,000
2005 San Juan RC & D (Los Pinos River) Development of Watershed Plan (Details) $10,000
    Total 2005 Funding: $84,000
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2004 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Stream Flow Survey (Details) $7,134
2004 North Fork River Improvement Association Irrigation Diversion Reconstruction (Details) $23,000
2004 James Creek Watershed Initiative Riparian Corridor Restoration
(Details)		 $10,800
2004 Eagle River Watershed Council Inventory & Assessment of Riparian Corridor (Details) $18,000
2004 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Hayman Fire Rehabilitation (Details) $14,400
2004 Big Thompson Watershed Forum Mapping and Analysis of Water Quality Data (Details) $10,800
    Total 2004 Funding: $84,134
    Total Healthy Rivers Funding: $644,284

 

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a Funded independently by the Colorado Water Conservation Board.


* Year typically refers to the year the funds were allocated to the organization.