Alamosa River Foundation
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| The Alamosa River Foundation was created to represent the community after the Summitville Mine disaster. The Foundation coordinates federal and state trustees who oversee the Natural Resources Damage settlement of five million dollars from Robert Friedland of the Summitville Mine litigation. The money is designated for the restoration and rehabilitation of damaged natural resources. |
Rod Reinhardt
P.O. Box 753
La Jara, CO 81140
719-589-2128 Rio Grande Basin
rodneyvirg@aol.com |
Alamosa River Watershed Restoration Project
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| The Alamosa River Watershed Restoration Project’s goal is to create a naturally functioning stream system while providing environmental, cultural, and economic benefits for the river community as a whole. The project uses natural materials and works with natural stream dynamics to stabilize the river channel damaged by past human activities. The project focuses on training landowners to replicate stream restoration. |
Rodger Gallegos
20758 County Rd. 10
La Jara, CO 81140
719-274-5201 Rio Grande Basin
alamosarwrf@gmail.com |
Alamosa Riverkeeper
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The Alamosa Riverkeeper strives for a clean and functional river system which benefits the economic, ecological and recreational needs of the community. The Riverkeeper works to increase instream flows, improving the fisheries and recreational potential of the Alamosa. They were recently instrumental in trout restocking of Terrace Reservoir.
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Cindy Medina
P.O. Box 223
Capulin, CO 81124
719-274-4298 Rio Grande Basin
cindymed@fone.net |
Animas River Stakeholders Group
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| The Animas River Stakeholders Group works to improve water quality and habitats in the Animas River by reducing metal concentrations and acidity resulting from historic mining practices. They completed an extensive remediation plan and have since completed 50 remediation projects. The Group has actively pushed for liability protection of Good Samaritans who remediate draining mine sites. |
William Simon
970-385-4138
wsimon@frontier.net
Peter Butler
970-259-0986
pbutler@wildblue.net
8185 C.R. 203
Durango, CO 81301
970-385-4138 Southwest Basin |
Animas Riverkeeper
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| The Animas Riverkeeper provides a means for concerned citizens to help implement the Clean Water Act. The Animas Riverkeeper reports current water quality and habitat issues, while restoring fisheries and riparian areas. The mission of the Animas Riverkeeper is to protect and preserve the sociological, ecological, and biological integrity of the Animas River and its watershed. |
Aaron Kimple
2609 Columbine Ave.
Durango, CO 81301
970-749-7916 Southwest Basin
aaron@animasriverkeeper.org |
Animas Watershed Project (AWP)
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The Animas Watershed Project protects and improves water quality for a 100 mile long river system traversing Colorado, New Mexico, and Southern Ute Indian lands. Currently, the AWP is focusing on expanding its stakeholder base, completing a watershed management plan for the Animas River watershed, and implementing a demonstration project along the Animas River in New Mexico.
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Janet Wolf
776 E 2nd Ave
Durango, CO 81301
970-382-7256 Southwest Basin
wolf@ecosphere-services.com
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| Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Association |
The Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Association was created in response to water quality problems including elevated pH and excessive algal growth resulting from nutrient loading. The group recently released the 06-07 Watershed Management Plan and 2008 Reservoir Assessments as key steps in a ten-year process to reduce in-lake pH and watershed-scale nutrient loading. Over the past year, the Association has also created a detailed water quality model to aid in the development and implementation of a pH total maximum daily load (TMDL).
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Darcie Garland-Renn
12303 Airport Way, Suite 370
Broomfield, CO 80021
T 303-404-2944 F 303-404-2945 Denver Metro Basin
dgrenn@integral-corp.com |
Bear Creek Watershed Association
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| The Bear Creek Watershed Association is the designated water quality management agency for the Bear Creek Watershed. It manages environmental & water quality monitoring, wastewater treatment plant, long-range planning, storm water runoff, and non-permitted non-point source management. The Association implements the Bear Creek Reservoir Control Regulation, which assures watershed point and non-point source water quality compliance is consistent with stream standards. |
Russell Clayshulte
1529 S. Telluride St.
Aurora, CO 80017
T 303-751-7144 F 303-638-4931 Denver Metro Basin
rclayshulte@earthlink.net |
Big Dry Creek Watershed Association
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| The Big Dry Creek Watershed Association conducts an extensive in-stream monitoring program which includes water chemistry, flow, habitat, fish, and benthic macroinvertebrate sampling. In 2002, the Association completed a Watershed Management Plan to provide a comprehensive framework for past and future activities. E. coli studies are a key focus of the Association for 2008. |
Jane Clary
c/o Wright Water Engineers
2490 W. 26th Ave., Suite 100A
Denver, CO 80211
303-480-1700 Denver Metro Basin
clary@wrightwater.com |
Big Thompson Watershed Forum
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| The Big Thompson Watershed Forum protects and improves water quality through collaborative monitoring, assessment, education, and restoration projects. The Forum created Cooperative and Volunteer Monitoring Programs to target water quality and related ecological concerns. The Forum's program goals include: increasing community awareness of water quality issues and watershed stewardship; comparing and analyzing sampling data with existing water quality standards; and determining the statistical significance of any identified spatial and/or temporal water quality trends on a watershed scale. |
Zack Shelley
800 S. Taft Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
T 970-613-6162 F 970-613-6168
South Platte Basin
zshelley@btwatershed.org |
Blue River Watershed Group
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The Blue River Watershed Group is a non-profit organization that serves residents
and visitors in Summit County, Colorado. The Blue River Watershed Group works to
restore and protect the health of the Blue River watershed through cooperative community education, outreach, and stewardship. Volunteer opportunities are available for projects and events throughout the year.
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Steve Swanson
P.O. Box 1626
Frisco, CO 80443
970-485-5581 Colorado Basin
info@blueriverwatershed.org |
Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative
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The Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative protects and enhances the health of the Boulder Creek watershed through community based stewardship, education, information and action. BCWI has produced 102 educational Watershed Forums at the Boulder Public Library on local, regional, national and global environmental issues. In 2008, BCWI has formed 4 water quality monitoring Stream Teams to measure the health of Boulder Creek and its tributaries.
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Paul Hempel
P.O. Box 18
Boulder, CO 80306
303-437-1746 South Platte Basin
paulhempel@hotmail.com |
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Chatfield Watershed Authority
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| The mission of the Chatfield Watershed Authority is to promote protection of water quality in the Chatfield Watershed for recreation, fisheries, drinking water supplies, and other beneficial uses. |
Amy Conklin
6795 S. Elati St.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-5925 Denver Metro Basin
amy.conkin@comcast.net |
Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners
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| The Stewardship Partners promote active stewardship of the Cherry Creek basin by maintaining a list of stakeholders and sponsoring an annual conference. A recently completed the Cherry Creek Basin Water Stewardship and Education Initiative outlines a public education outreach program to help meet regulatory requirements. |
Casey Davenhill
415 S. High Street
Denver, CO 80209
303-345-1675 Denver Metro Basin
casey@cherry-creek.org |
Clear Creek Watershed Foundation
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| The Clear Creek Watershed Foundation focuses on improving water quality through sustainable watershed management. As a Good Samaritan entity, the Foundation facilitates the remediation of the many orphan mine and mill sites in the area not listed as priority Superfund sites; current remediation efforts include projects in Gilson Gulch and Trail Creek. Additional projects include a renewable energy initiative, wildfire protection planning, a resource recovery center, and a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Colorado Gold Rush in 2009. |
Chris Crouse
P.O. Box 1963
Idaho Springs, CO 80452
303-567-2699 South Platte Basin
chris@clearcreekwater.org
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Coal Creek Watershed Coalition
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| The Coal Creek Watershed Coalition works to restore terrestrial and aquatic environments that have been impaired due to metals and other contaminants. The Coalition has been operating in some form for nearly five years and has begun working on creating a Watershed Restoration Plan to guide its future efforts. |
Anthony Poponi
P.O. Box 39
Crested Butte, CO 81224
970-349-5338 Gunnison Basin
coordinator@coalcreek.org |
Coalition for the Upper South Platte
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| The Coalition is focused on implementing projects in the 2,600 square-mile Upper South Platte Watershed. Our projects include forest health and fire rehabilitation, river restoration, trail work, and environmental education--almost anything that fulfills our mission to protect the water quality & ecological health of the Upper South Platte Watershed through the cooperative efforts of stakeholders with emphasis on community values of economic sustainability. |
Carol Ekarius
P.O. Box 726
Lake George, CO 80827
719-748-0033 South Platte Basin
cusp@uppersouthplatte.org |
Culebra Range Community Coalition
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The Culebra Range Community Coalition works to reduce risk of unnatural fire from a century of fire suppression and facilitate small diameter timber based businesses in the Purgatoire River Watershed. The Coalition works to increase the harvesting efficiency and complete utilization of small diameter timber. It also actively conducts watershed education and outreach.
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Tom Perry
612 Chestnut St.
Trinidad, CO 81082
719-846-8380 Arkansas Basin
tomandlindaperry@gmail.com |
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| Dolores River Stakeholders Group |
| Dolores River Stakeholders Group will be focusing on source water issues upstream of McPhee Reservoir. The group is planning to begin source water assessment activities in the near future with some money raised locally through the Dolores River Festival and other local efforts over the past few years. |
Scott Clow
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Environmental Programs Dept.
PO Box 448
Towaoc, CO 81334
970-564-5431 Southwest Basin
sclow@utemountain.org |
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Eagle River Watershed Council
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The Council protects the Eagle & Colorado Rivers in Eagle County and promotes water education through monthly seminars. Its "Edwards Eagle River Restoration Project" will stabilize riverbanks, improve channel geometry, and vegetate riparian corridors. C-Dot and the Council collaborate in post winter efforts to monitor / remove traction sand from I-70's Vail Pass (if left, runoff carries sediment into Black Gore Creek). In 2008, the Council focused on the need to control nutrient loading with a template for a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) plan.
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Melissa G. Macdonald
PO Box 7688
Avon, CO 81620
970-827-5406 Colorado Basin
macdonald@erwsc.org
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| East Fork Dolores (Town of Rico) |
The Town of Rico is working with a large landowner and residents of the town to survey the Dolores River corridor and protect riparian and river front property. The ultimate goal is to establish a green-belt park through town. Stakeholders also want to ensure that ground and surface water in Rico meets water quality standards comparable to other healthy natural mountain streams.
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Jennifer Stark
2 N. Commercial St.
P.O. Box 9
Rico, CO 81332
970-560-5945 Southwest Basin
stark@ricocolorado.org |
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| Fountain Creek Restoration Project |
The Restoration Project works to raise awareness of degraded conditions in Fountain Creek flowing through Manitou Springs. They developed a Restoration Master Plan which outlines steps for reducing sedimentation & erosion, enhancing native vegetation, and developing a sustainable fishery.
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Ken Jaray
3 Via Lorna
Manitou Springs, CO 80829
719-633-6620 Arkansas Basin
ken@kenjaray.com |
| Fountain Creek Watershed Partnership |
In December 2008, two major multi-year projects were completed: 1)the Fountain
Creek Watershed Army Corps of Engineers Watershed Study which identifies flood
risk reduction, ecosystem restoration, and channel stability projects; and policy recommendations and 2) Strategic Plan which consists of a series of reports which identify current conditions; goals, objectives and strategies; and an implementation plan. These efforts led to the creation of legislation for the formation of a Fountain Creek Watershed District which was approved by the Colorado State Legislature and signed by the Governor in early 2009. The district will primarily manage, administer and have the ability to fund implementation of these projects.
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Richard Muzzy
15 S. 7th St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80905
719-471-7080 x109 Arkansas Basin
rmuzzy@ppacg.org |
| Friends of Bear Creek |
| The Friends of Bear Creek was formed to protect and improve stream and riparian habitat from the growing problem of urbanization. In 2005, the Friends played a leading role in a river restoration project near Kittredge and were successful in acquiring impaired stream status. The Friends are currently working to secure funding for the development of a long-range watershed plan. |
Hugh Gardner
2732 S. Riverview Dr.
Idledale, CO 80453
303-697-5876 Denver Metro Basin
hughgardner@gmail.com |
Friends of the Fraser
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The Friends of the Fraser River works to restore in-stream flows, where a minimum of 65% of the water is diverted for storage and use by Front Range cities. In the near future, we will be focusing on public education and outreach concerning the Moffat firming project and the Windy Gap firming project. Both of these projects are proposing to divert 20% more of the Fraser River and the Upper Colorado River from the West Slope..
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Kirk Klancke
c/o Winter Park Ranch Water & Sanitation District
P.O. Box 1390
Fraser, CO 80442
970-726-8691 Colorado Basin
kklancke@netspeed.us |
| Friends of the Lower Blue River |
| Friends of the Lower Blue River is a volunteer group of Summit County Residents, property owners and other interested parties who share a concern for maintaining the rural character, quality of life and the environment of the Lower Blue River Valley. The group functions as a constructive forum on issues important to the Valley through education, communication and member participation. Current FOLBR projects include: fire protection, water quality & quantity, and protecting open space. |
Myrth McDonald
PO Box 2007
Silverthorne, CO 80498
970-262-3660 Colorado Basin
myrth@folbr.org |
| Friends of the Poudre |
| The Friends of the Poudre monitors instream flows and water quality levels, while protecting the remaining free-flow and enhancing the river's riparian habitat and recreational amenities. |
Gary Kimsey
PO Box 129
Laporte, CO 80535
970-495-7427 South Platte Basin
glk@pvhs.org |
Friends of the River Uncompahgre (FORU)
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The Friends of the River Uncompahgre works in conjunction with the cities and counties along the Uncompahgre River to create strong community partnerships with a common goal of restoration, enhancement and protection of the riparian corridor. Friends of the River Uncompahgre is currently working with the city and county of Montrose to establish a 100' riparian buffer to protect water quality and preserve the greenway..
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Elizabeth Roscoe
P.O. Box 3592
Montrose, CO 81401
970-249-0397 Gunnison Basin
elizabethroscoe@montrose.net |
Friends of the Yampa
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| The Yampa River is the last, largest and the longest remaining tributary of the Colorado River that remains in its free-flowing state. However, the Yampa River Pumpback is proposed to divert 2,000 cfs of Yampa River water to the Front Range. The Friends of the Yampa River are fighting for water to remain instream for non-consumptive purposes: fisheries, flora, recreation, and future generations. |
Kent Vertrees
1205 Hilltop Pkwy.
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
970-846-7933 Yampa/White/Green Basin
kent@steamboatpowdercats.com |
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Grand County Water Information Network
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The Grand County Water Information Network (GCWIN) is a county-wide effort to coordinate water quality monitoring, informational, and educational programs in Grand County. The 501(c)(3) Non-profit Network works collaboratively with 47 entities to coordinate and manage water quality monitoring efforts for a better understanding of water quality concerns and issues in Grand County. The GCWIN Monitoring Manual, GIS Monitoring Site Maps, and the Water Quality Database are a few of the tools that can be found on our website.
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Jane Tollett
PO Box 1503
Grand Lake, CO 80447-1503
970-627-8162 Colorado Basin
jtollett_gcwin@qwestoffice.net |
Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
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The Greater Arkansas River Nature Association provides and promotes educational activities, volunteer projects and community involvement to conserve the natural, cultural, and historic resources of the Arkansas River. The Association actively promotes Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway designation for local roads and presents educational programs to the community explaining "Heritage" and Heritage Area Planning.
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Alison Ramsey
P.O. Box 1522
Salida, CO 81201
719-539-5106 Arkansas Basin
info@garna.org |
The Greenlands Reserve
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The Greenlands Reserve is a statewide land trust accepting conservation easements and working to foster natural resource protection through education and the organizing of collaborative projects. They are currently partnering with the town of Dillon on a Blue River source water protection plan and the Straight Creek restoration project.
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Howard Hallman
330 Fiedler Ave. Suite 206A
Dillon, CO 80435
970-491-1807 Colorado Basin
future1946@yahoo.com |
Gunnison Basin & Grand Valley Selenium Task Forces |
| The Gunnison Basin Selenium Task Force is a group of private, local, state, and federal interests committed to reducing selenium in our affected waterways, while maintaining the economic viability and lifestyle of the Lower Gunnison River Basin. The Grand Valley Selenium Task Force is working to evaluate, assess and actively address elevated selenium and other adverse water quality issues while maintaining the area's economic viability, quality of life and agricultural heritage. |
Sonja Chavez de Baca
114 Sandpiper Trail
Gunnison, CO 81230
970-641-8927 Gunnison Basin
info@seleniumtaskforce.org |
Gunnison River Alliance
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The Gunnison River Alliance aims to provide Gunnison River users with an enjoyable experience by enhancing, protecting, and preserving the resources along the river. Currently, the Gunnison River Alliance is helping the BLM with campground and tamarisk clean-ups, and petitioning for improved access along the lower Gunnison River.
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Bob Marshall
1040 Grand Ave
Delta, CO 81416
970-874-8350 Gunnison Basin
admin@teamgra.org |
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High Country Citizens' Alliance
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The High Country Citizens’ Alliance Water Program is engaged in efforts to protect flows in the Gunnison River. This includes working with stakeholders on the settlement agreement for water rights for Black Canyon National Park, developing flow regimes to help endangered fish, remediating abandoned mines to restore ecosystem health, and participating in the Gunnison Basin Roundtable. HCCA works to prevent impacts from new proposed mineral extraction proposals.
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Dan Morse
office@hccaonline.org
Steve Glazer
steve@hccaonline.org
P.O. Box 1066
Crested Butte, CO 81224
970-349-7104 Gunnison Basin
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James Creek Watershed Initiative
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The James Creek Watershed Initiative provides a holistic approach to community based watershed protection by sponsoring public forums for education and discussion and organizing volunteer groups for stream clean-ups and restoration. The Initiative advocates the importance of forest management, water quality issues and building partnerships with stakeholders.
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Colleen Williams
P.O. Box 110
Jamestown, CO 80455
303-449-2621 South Platte Basin
colleen@jimtown.org |
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Keep it Clean Partnership (Boulder WASH)
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The primary goal of the Keep it Clean Partnership is to implement a regional stormwater management program, not only to comply with the federal Phase II stormwater regulations, but to also address broader water quality watershed issues. The Partners developed a Keep it Clean Plan, which outlined six minimum control measures to address the impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and stream health.
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Curry Rosato
4049 N. 75th. St.
Boulder, CO 80301
303-413-7365 South Platte Basin
rosatoc@bouldercolorado.gov
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Kerber Creek Restoration Project
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The Kerber Creek Watershed is on the Section 303(d) list of impaired waters. Impairment is primarily due to heavy metal toxicity leaching from streamside mine tailings, and many sections of the stream have little riparian vegetation present. The land owners are partners in this project and have formed the Bonanza Stakeholders Group. Projects are expected to begin in 2008 and end 2012.
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Steve Sanchez
1803 West Hwy. 160
Monte Vista, CO 81144
T 719-655-6116 F 719-655-2502
Rio Grande Basin
steve_sanchez@blm.gov
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Lake Fork Watershed Conservancy
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| The Lake Fork Watershed Stakeholders has its first full-time Watershed Coordinator, Camille Richard. Camille has been involved in several watershed initiatives, including planning a major river restoration project within Lake City, hosting a regional Good Samaritan Mine Cleanup Workshop, and creating partnerships to facilitate the cleanup of an abandoned mine in the Upper Henson Creek sub watershed. In April, the LFWS was a recipient of a 2008 EPA Environmental Achievement Award. |
Camille Richard
P.O. Box 123
Lake City, CO 81235
970-944-2344 Gunnison Basin
lfws@lfws.org |
Lake Fork Watershed Working Group
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| Historic mining activity severely impaired the waters of the lower Lake Fork and the Arkansas River. The Lake Fork Watershed Working Group is proactively identifying contamination sources and designing and implementing remedies that reduce contamination to the receiving systems. The Group is working to construct an artificial wetland above the Lake Fork to accumulate, neutralize and remove contaminates. |
Kato Dee
901 S. Hwy 24
Leadville, CO 80461
T 719-486-4222 F 719-486-3212
Arkansas Basin
kdee@coloradomtn.edu |
Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group
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| The Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group strives to assess, protect, and restore the quality of the Lefthand Creek watershed, and to serve as a hub of communication about watershed issues through the fostering of stakeholder collaboration. The group facilitates the remediation of abandoned mines and will soon be tackling their first on the ground clean-up project. The group has a volunteer water quality monitoring program that helps to determine priorities for clean-ups and also attempts to monitor completed clean-up effectiveness. |
Geneva Mixon
P.O. Box 1074
Niwot, CO 80544
720-562-6183 South Platte Basin
geneva.mixon@lwog.org |
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Mancos River Watershed Project
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| The Mancos Conservation District began a watershed management and protection plan two years ago. Having just completed a watershed assessment, we will now be working with the diverse stakeholders to create a watershed plan that allows for the long-term health of resources in the watershed. |
Felicity Broennan
c/o Mancos Conservation District
P.O. Box 308
Mancos, CO 81329
970-533-0241 Southwest Basin
felicitytoys@gmail.com |
Mesa County Water Association
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| The Mesa County Water Association is responsible for promoting and supporting water education among citizens and water policy makers in Western Colorado and Mesa County. Past projects have supported tuition scholarships to the annual Colorado Water Workshop in Gunnison, an annual Colorado Water Law review, development of software relative to water quality modeling, and local workshops on rising water policy issues. |
Hannah Holm
1800 N 3rd St
Grand Junction, CO 81501
970-683-1133 Colorado Basin
hannah@mesacountywater.org |
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North Fork River Improvement Association
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| For the past decade the North Fork River Improvement Association has worked to reconfigure, rehabilitate, and revegetate the North Fork of the Gunnison damaged by unsustainable agricultural water diversions. In 2001, the Association began the North Fork Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Project and recently completed the Paonia River Park, finally providing citizens with public river access on the North Fork. |
Dave Stiller
122 A. East Bridge St.
PO Box 682
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
970-872-4614
Gunnison Basin
nfria@tds.net |
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| The North Fork/South Platte River Association is a grassroots group of stakeholders who are striving to improve and maintain the management of the river’s riparian habitat, channel habitat, water quality, and in-stream flows through the collaboration of local organizations, mine reclamation, and community education. Results of improved management will benefit wildlife, recreationists, and local economies. |
Luke Kelly
PO Box 271229
Littleton, CO 80127
303-818-0018 South Platte Basin
luke@freestoneaquatics.com |
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Our Future Summit
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Our Future Summit is a community organization formed by the citizens of Summit County under the sponsorship of The Greenlands Reserve. Our mission is to identify concrete ways to improve life in our County by including a wide range of citizens and decision makers. We hold public roundtables monthly, to understand and promote forest health, watershed protection, forest stewardship and sustainability in Summit County.
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Howard Hallman
PO Box 4340
330 Fielder Ave., #206A
Dillon, CO 80435
970-468-7875 Colorado Basin
future1946@yahoo.com |
Owl Mountain Partnership
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| The Owl Mountain Partnership is currently participating in the development of three new wells for the benefit of livestock and wildlife, three new springs on public and private lands, 60 acres of re-seeding, two vegetation treatments totalling 300 acres, 2 1/2 miles of new permanent fence and materials for an additional two miles of fence that are cost share projects. The Partnership continues to contribute to the Silver Spur Grazing Management Plan. |
Karen Kieborz
P.O. Box 737
Walden, CO 80480
970-723-0020 North Platte Basin
owl000@centurytel.net |
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Pine River Watershed Group
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| The Pine River Watershed Group coordinates the collection and compilation of water quality and quantity data in the upper Pine River Watershed and Vallecito Reservoir. The group monitors mercury levels in the reservoir and has traced the source of the mercury to coal power plants in the Four Corners region. Funding shortages hinder monitoring and analyses efforts. |
Winfield Wright
265 Ridge Rd.
Durango, CO 81303
970-259-2851 Southwest Basin
wgwright@frontier.net |
Purgatoire River Restoration Committee
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The Purgatoire River Restoration Committee works to improve fisheries and the recreational potential of Purgatoire River from the Trinidad Dam, through the Trinidad city limits. The Committee has spent the past year forming stakeholder alliances and hopes to begin improving the river's structure during the next year. Eventually the Committee hopes to develop a nature center and interpretive trails.
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Howard Lackey
P.O. Box 776
Trinidad, CO 81082
505-447-7034 Arkansas Basin
hmlchev1@questbusiness.net |
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| Ridgway Ouray Community Coalition (ROCC) |
| The Ridgway Ouray Community Coalition is a Ouray county organization whose mission includes building, nourishing, and protecting a healthy spirit of community. ROCC is dedicated to a broad range of quality of life issues and projects in Ouray County which includes promoting sustainable environmental practices within the region, and promoting socially responsible and economically practical land use policy while maintaining respect for citizens property rights. |
Sheelagh Williams
PO Box 1077
Ridgway, CO 81432
970-626-2599 Gunnison Basin
roccouraycounty@yahoo.com |
| Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust |
| The Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust is the local land trust of the San Luis Valley. Our mission is to conserve our land, water and way of life in the San Luis Valley. The Land Trust works to conserve strategic and critical private land in the Valley, including a special program, the Rio Grande Initiative, to conserve 25,000 acres along the Rio Grande river corridor. |
Nancy Butler
P.O. Box 444
Del Norte, CO 81132
(719) 657-0802
Rio Grande Basin
nancyb@riograndelandtrust.org |
| Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project |
| Since Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project was started after a review of a 91-mile stretch of the Rio Grande, restoration projects have been completed with landowners to improve the geomorphology, riparian areas, and fisheries. In 2007, the Rio Grande Watershed Restoration Strategic Plan was completed. Additional funding is being sought to continue to implement the findings of these studies. |
Mike Gibson
415 San Juan Ave.
Alamosa, CO 81101
719-589-2230 Rio Grande Basin
slvwcdco1@qwest.net |
Roaring Fork Conservancy
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| The Roaring Fork Conservancy focuses on water quantity & quality and habitat preservation. The Conservancy is the lead consultant for the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan. Phase I, consisted of stakeholder outreach and compilation of the State of the Watershed Report. The report catalogs and analyzes the water resources and needs within the watershed. Through citizen input and consultation with governments and water managers, Phase II will develop strategies and priorities for future management. The Conservancy is planning a state of the art river center in Basalt and hopes to start in 2009. |
Rick Lofaro
P.O. Box 3349
Basalt, CO 81621
970-927-1290 Colorado Basin
rick@roaringfork.org |
Rocky Mountain Field Institute
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The Rocky Mountain Field Institute works in concert with federal, state, and local land management agencies at locations in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau to address critical land preservation and restoration needs. RMFI engages volunteers to improve the natural ecological conditions and wilderness values of lands and waters across Colorado through stream, wetland, and alpine restoration projects. RMFI also provides education opportunities for high school and college students through unique programs designed to foster environmental stewardship values.
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Liz Nichol
3310 W.Colorado Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
719-471-7736 Arkansas Basin
rmfi@rmfi.org |
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San Juan Citizens Alliance
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| The San Juan Citizens Alliance works to preserve high quality water and adequate stream flows in the Four Corners Region of Colorado and New Mexico. The Alliance works through local stakeholder groups, the rulemaking of the Water Quality Control Commission, as well as through public opinion and the courts to protect water quality and preserve free-flowing rivers. |
Meghan Maloney
P.O. Box 2461
Durango, CO 81302
970-259-3583 Southwest Basin
meghan@sanjuancitizens.org
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San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council
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The San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council protects and restores the Upper Rio Grande bioregion, balancing ecological values and human needs. Among numerous projects, the Council is working to educate citizens about the consequences of oil and gas development near a municipal watershed. The Council is also working closely with the EPA to sponsor a free subsidized household well testing program in the valley in 2009.
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Christine Canaly
P.O. Box 223
Alamosa, CO 81101
719-589-1518 Rio Grande Basin
Slvec@fone.net |
San Luis Valley Wetlands Focus Area Committee
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| The San Luis Valley Wetlands focus Area Committee Committee is a community forum for the various state, federal and local land, wildlife, and water agencies, districts, and non-profit conservation organizations to collaborate on behalf of restoration and protection of the Valley's extensive wetlands. The Wetlands Committee has provided a voice for wetlands, resources, and partnerships for over a decade, and serves as a link for national and international partners to help implement projects in the Rio Grande basin. |
Rio de la Vista
P.O. Box 777
Monte Vista, CO 81144
719-850-2255 Rio Grande Basin
riovista@rmi.net |
San Miguel Watershed Coalition
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| The San Miguel Watershed Coalition advances the ecological health and promotes the economic vitality of the watershed through collaboration. In 2006, the Coalition produced a Watershed Report Card, which evaluated the health of water, aquatic life, wildlife, vegetation, soils, and climate. The Report Card will serve as a baseline for watershed health, which citizens can work to improve. |
Peter Mueller
P.O. Box 3140
Telluride, CO 81435
970-728-5291
pmueller@tnc.org |
Sand Creek Regional Greenway
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| Sand Creek Regional Greenway is a nearly 14-mile public greenway that connects the High Line Canal and Colfax Avenue in Aurora with the South Platte River Greenway. Plans are under way to extend the greenway another 14 miles from Colfax Avenue to the Aurora Reservoir. When the greenway is complete in 2015, there will be 28 miles of off-road trails, eight major parks, restored habitat and river corridor protection, and environmental, cultural, industrial, and educational interpretation all along the greenway. |
Katherine (Kate) Kramer
7350 East 29th Ave., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80238
303-468-3263 South Platte Basin
kkramer@sandcreekgreenway.org
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Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association
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| The Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association is working on the Culebra Watershed Assessment and Management Plan, a 2 year Project Implementation Plan (PIP) which will expire March 2010. The 4 phase plan of assessment, evaluation and costs, best management practices, and follow-up will go beyond the 2010 PIP date. The Acequia Association is in partnership with local, state and federal organizations. |
Patrick Allaart
PO Box 721
San Luis, CO 81152
719-672-3005
Rio Grande Basin
coacequia@centurytel.net
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Snake River Watershed Task Force
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The Snake River and its Peru Creek tributary are identified as impaired water bodies due to high concentrations of zinc, cadmium, copper, lead and manganese. The Snake River Basin Task Force is a voluntary collaborative effort to gather more information regarding sources of water quality problems and to identify opportunities to improve water quality in the watershed.
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Jody Erikson
1628 St. John Rd.
Keystone, CO 80435
303-468-8862 Colorado Basin
jerikson@keystone.org |
South Platte Coalition for Urban River Evaluation
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| The South Platte Coalition for Urban River Evaluation is an organization with a broad-based membership and watershed focus. SP CURE maintains a well-coordinated monitoring program and develops water quality modeling tools needed to make sound scientific decisions. SP CURE is concerned with low-flow water quality issues, as well as non-point source issues affecting the Urban South Platte Watershed. |
Sarah Reeves
Brown and Caldwell
1697 Cole Blvd., Suite 200
Golden, Colorado 80401
303-239-5411 South Platte Basin
spcure@earthlink.net |
Southeast Colorado RC and D
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| The Lower Arkansas Watershed Plan addresses the degradation of water quality and quantity in the Lower Arkansas River watershed. This Watershed Plan is based on the findings of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Rapid Watershed Assessment and identifies the need for projects addressing high-priority pollutants such as sedimentation, salinity, selenium, uranium and iron which are reducing the surface water quality, its alluvium, and aquatic life habitat within the watershed. The document is a resource to provide direction for future implementation projects addressing locally identified needs and desired outcomes. |
Tim Macklin
3505 South Main St.
Lamar, Colorado 81052
(719)336-3437
Arkansas Basin
tmacklin@secrcd.org
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Three Lakes Watershed Association
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Landowners surrounding Grand Lake, Lake Granby, and Shadow Mountain Reservoir established the Three Lakes Watershed Association to monitor water quality in the lakes affected by the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. The Association works in conjunction with public and private stakeholders to monitor lake health, including algae and plant growth, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen content.
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Scally O'donnell
P.O. Box 1718
Grand Lake, CO 80447
303-300-8208 Colorado Basin
elwin@crabtreeproperties.com |
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Upper Arkansas River Restoration Project
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The Upper Arkansas River Restoration Project was initiated to assess and remediate historic fluvial mine tailings in the "11-mile reach" of the Arkansas River from the confluence of California Gulch to Kobe. The Project is entering the remediation and renovation stage using over $26 million from mining company settlements. The Project has also been influential on the group of federal trustees and mining companies formed to assess natural resource damages and determine alternative restoration activities.
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Greg Brunjak
PO Box 27
Leadville, CO 80461
719-486-1075 Arkansas Basin
tigermuskies@hotmail.com |
Upper Arkansas Watershed Council
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| The Upper Arkansas Watershed Council is a self-titled "organization of organizations." Among the council's accomplishments, it has brought up- and downstream users together to reach an agreement on timed reservoir releases, and facilitated a cooperative "watershed approach" by landowners, mining interests, and state and federal regulators to restore an 11-mile reach of the Upper Arkansas degraded by historic mining wastes. |
Alison Ramsey
P.O. Box 1522
332 1/2 W. Sackett Ave., Suite 600
Salida, CO 81201
719-539-5106 Arkansas Basin
info@garna.org |
Upper Clear Creek Watershed Association
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In 1993, local upper Clear Creek entities and downstream users developed a plan
to coordinate water quality issues relating to nutrients in Clear Creek, resulting in
the development of the Upper Clear Creek Watershed Association. In 2006 the Association
formed a Regional Wastewater Study Group to focus long-range planning
to optimize wastewater treatment. |
Phyllis Adams
P.O. Box 3058
Idaho Springs, CO 80452
303-567-2699 South Platte Basin
uccwaoffice@clearcreekwireless.com |
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Westerly Creek Connection
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| Making extensive use of landscape architecture Vision Sketches, WCC is exploring possibilities for restoration in the nine-block reach between 11th Avenue and Montview Boulevard. While working with the Urban Drainage & Flood Control District, Aurora & Denver, WCC is seeking funding & technical assistance with a Greenway Master Plan that will achieve goals of flood protection, recreation & aesthetics, community connectivity, and economic redevelopment. |
Brian Hyde
1629 Locust St.
Denver, CO 80220
720-939-6039 South Platte Basin
gunnison@gmail.com |
White River Watershed Group
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| The White River Watershed Group recently held their annual meeting to discuss a plan to remove Tamarisk and Russian Olive along the banks of the White and Yampa River. The Group also discussed the drafting of a resolution to be submitted to the state legislature, which aims to protect existing and future water rights on the White and Yampa from the impacts of a compact call under the Colorado River Compact. |
Kelly Carpenter
PO Box 837
351 7th Street
Meeker, CO 81641
T 970-878-5628 Ext. 101F 970-878-3730
Yampa, White & Green Basin
kelly.carpenter@co.nacdnet.net |
Willow Creek Reclamation Committee
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| The Willow Creek Reclamation Committee is dedicated to integrated watershed management and to improving water quality and habitat, reducing flood risks, reclaiming areas impacted by mining, and preserving historic structures in the Willow Creek watershed in ways that are beneficial to the economic sustainability of the Creede community. The Committee is working on several projects including mine reclamation and stabilization, monitoring and re-vegetation of reclaimed sites, stream restoration, education and outreach. |
Carishma Gokhale-Welch
P.O. Box 518
Creede, CO 81130
719-658-0178 Rio Grande Basin
willowcreekrc@my.amigo.net |
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Yampa River Basin Partnership
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The Yampa River Basin Partnership works with citizens of the Yampa River Basin to balance natural resource and social issues to protect and enhance quality of life through open communication, education and coordination of efforts. The Partners act as a communication network, providing information to stakeholders regarding natural resource issues important to the Yampa. The Yampa River Basin Partnership was recently part of a Water Forum hosted by several groups. .
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Kate Nowak
970-824-1133 Yampa, White & Green Basin
info@yampavalleypartners.com |
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