Upcoming Events
Attend your Basin Roundtable Meetings
Roundtables are held monthly in each basin across Colorado, along with the Denver Metro area, to facilitate discussions on water issues and encourage locally driven collaborative solutions.
This is an opportunity to have our voices heard! Find out times and locations of upcoming meetings.
Events Calendar
Celebrate the 150th Aniversary of the Colorado Gold Rush!
Events will take place throughout the year and throughout the state. Visit www.150goldrush.org for a detailed schedule and more information.
July 2009
July 14-15, 2009: Assessing Riparian Condition: Workshops for 2009
Session Locations: Denver, Colorado
After attending this workshop, you will have a better understanding of the values associated with riparian/wetland areas. Participants will learn methods for assessing the condition of riparian/wetland sites on their land, and where to go for assistance in improving or restoring sites, if necessary. The assessment method is straightforward and involves completing a checklist with 17 yes/no questions.
Enrollment information: There is no tuition required to attend one of these workshops. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis, with a certain number of slots reserved for local participants. If you have attended one of these workshops in the past five years, you can sign up to attend as a "refresher", but your name will be placed on a waiting list, since preference is given to folks who have not attended a previous workshop. If you would like to register to attend or find out more about these workshops, please contact: Jay Thompson, Colorado Riparian Team Coordinator at (303)-239-3724 or jay_thompson@co.blm.gov
July 16, 2009: CWCB Water Availability Task Force Meeting
Meeting is from 9:30-12:00pm at the Division of Wildlife Headquarters in the Bighorn Room. The agenda can be found by visiting the CWCB website. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Wade at 303-866-3441 ext 3238 or ben.wade@state.co.us.
July 18, 2009: Barr Lake State Park Lakes Appreciation Day
This event at Barr Lake State Park will include activities like a lake clean-up and some educational demonstrations. For more details, visit Lake_appreciation_flyer.pdf. If you need more information about the event feel free to contact George Patten at gpatten@integral-corp.com or Barr Lake & Milton Reservoir Watershed Association Coordinator Darcie Garland Renn at dgrenn@integral-corp.com.
July 22-24, 2009: 34th Annual Colorado Water Workshop in Crested Butte, CO
The registration deadline is 5:00 on July 13th, and space is limited. The workshop will investigate the challenges and opportunities of nonconsumptive water use. A detailed program and a registration form are both available on the website, www.western.edu/water. If you have any questions, please email Jerry Frank at jfrank@western.edu, or call 970-943-3162.
July 27-28, 2009 & October 20-23, 2009: River Watch Training
For more information click here.
July 28, 2009: South Platte Basin August 2009 Meeting Information - Requires RSVP
The South Platte Roundtable would like to know who would be interested in visiting the Windy Gap Firmament/Seaman Reservoir/Glade Reservoir sites on Tuesday, August 11, from about 11:30a.m. through the mid-afternoon; This tour would take the place of your regularly scheduled August roundtable. Members and interested parties who would like to go would meet near Ft. Collins for a box lunch, and then travel together in a van and visit the different possible reservoir sites. If interested please RSVP to the IBC email: ibc@state.co.us by Tuesday, July 28.
July 28, 2009: EPA Green Infrastructure Webcasts (six part series)
Topic: Retrofits: Green Streets; and Operation & Maintenance
Registration begins about two weeks before the webinar. For more information click here. To view the series schedule click here.
August 2009
August 4-7, 2009: EmCon2009 - 2nd International Conference on Occurrence, Fate, Effects, and Analysis of Emerging Contaminants in the Environment
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Abstracts accepted through February 1, 2009. Advance Registration through May 1, 2009; Fees increase $100 after May 1. Please submit abstracts online. Topical Areas: Analysis, Occurrence, Transport and Fate, Toxicology and Effects, including Endocrine Disruption, Modelling, Treatment (waste water and drinking water) and water reuse issues, Policy and Prevention. For more information visit the website.
August 8, 2009: Booth Opportunities at TrailFest
CDTA invites your business to participate in TrailFest 2009 in beautiful downtown Buena Vista, Colorado at McPhelemy Park. This premier outdoor event is to celebrate and benefit the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. TrailFest "Base Camp" is an opportunity for manufacturers, retailers, and crafters to display and/or sell products to a targeted audience of outdoor enthusiasts.
Download the TrailFest Vendor and Booth Application Agreement.
Kindly review the application and conditions sheet then return the completed form to CDTA before Friday, July 31st, 2009. Please note that the booth reserve prices have been significantly reduced in 2009!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact CDTA at (303) 838-3760 or via email at kerry@cdtrail.org. We look forward to hearing from you.
August 18-20, 2009: Community Involvement Training Conference
This conference will be held in Seattle, WA. For more information visit the website.
September 2009
September 14-17, 2009: National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop
New Orleans, Louisiana
The annual Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop is an important forum for sharing information and improving communication about controlling and monitoring NPS pollution issues and projects. The focus of the 17th National Workshop is on nutrients and what lessons we have learned that can be factored into State Nutrient Reduction Strategies. For more information on the conference and how to submit
papers or workshops Click Here.
September 18,2009: The Colorado River District's Annual Water Seminar
Event will take place at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. Cost is $25. Speakers and panels will discuss Colorado River operations by the Bureau of Reclamation in the Lower Basin and this year's unusually intense winter dust storm phenomenon and early runoff. We also expect to hear from a new high ranking member of the Obama administration's Department of Interior. More is yet to come. Look for registration information in the coming weeks. You cannot book this online. Here is the contact information.
Hampton Inn 970-243-3222
205 Main Street
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Room Block listed under Colorado River District
The cost is $149. Will be held until August 21. If tax exemption status applicable, seminar attendee must mention that at the time they make their reservation.
For more information about the Annual Water Seminar, contact Jim Pokrandt, Colorado River District, 970-945-8522 x 236; e-mail jpokrandt@crwcd.org. For general information about the Colorado River District, visit www.ColoradoRiverDistrict.org.
September 22, 2009: The Big Thompson Watershed Forum's 11th Annual Meeting
The meeting, "Protecting Our Watershed, Preserving Our Future", will be held at the Drake Center in Fort Collins. The cost is 15 dollars per registrant. Register by calling (970) 613-6163 or emailing zshelley@btwatershed.org.
September 28-30, 2009: National Summit of Mining Communities
Due to the challenging economic times we are facing, limited funding and the recent survey results from past NSMC participants, the Summit planning committee has decided that it is not economically feasible for Leadville to host and facilitate the National Summit of Mining Communities in 2009. It is the hope of the committee that the national economy will improve and the Summit can continue next year in an alternate venue.
The committee realizes that the information the National Summit of Mining Communities provides is still invaluable to mining communities. Therefore, the Summit website, www.2tough2die.com, will remain active, updated and will offer a “Virtual” Summit in 2009.
For more information, read the press release.
October 2009 October 2009
October 7-9, 2009: Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference "Thriving in Challenging Times"
Registration is now open! To register click here. To become a sponsor, click here. To view the save the date flyer click here.
October 20-23, 2009: River Watch Training
For more information click here.
November 2009
November 13, 2009: National Philanthropy Day in Colorado
Nominations are now open. National Philanthropy Day is the special day set aside to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy - and those people active in the philanthropic community - have made to our lives, our communities, and our world. Colorado's 2009 and 20th anniversary celebration will be held at the Marriott Denver City Center in downtown Denver. Please nominate an outstanding individual, business, foundation, youth or youth group. The nomination process is simple. Just complete the nomination form, answer the three narrative questions, and submit it with two letters of support. Nomination forms, detailed instructions, and suggestions for a strong application can all be found online at www.npdcolorado.org. The deadline for nominations is Friday, July 10th
November 16-18, 2009: The National Brownfields 2009 Conference
In New Orleans, LA, This is THE comprehensive conference focused on identifying, cleaning up and reusing abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties. Conference attendance is free so we hope to see you there! Please register today online and begin making your travel plans. To that end, communities that have Environmental Protection Agency brownfields grants can use funds from their grant to cover travel costs. If you do not have an EPA brownfields grant you can apply for a travel scholarship from ICMA (deadline is June 15). If you have questions on the Conference, or have questions related to brownfields in general, please feel free to call Dan Heffernan at (303) 312-7074 or email at heffernan.daniel@epa.govwww.epa.gov/region8/brownfields . For more information and to register, please visit the Brownfields 2009 page at
www.brownfields2009.org.
December 2009
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April 2010
April 25-29, 2010: National Water Quality Monitoring Council Conference - Denver, CO
The call for abstracts has just been released. Abstracts for oral or poster presentations are due September 19, 2009. Presenters get a $50 break on registration fees. Link to call for abstracts:
http://acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/2010/2010_CFA_final.pdf
Link to National Water Quality Monitoring Council:
http://acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/2010/index.html
May 2010