Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Grant Recipients & ProjectS
The following list below are grants that were awarded to local watershed groups committed to collaborative approaches to the restoration and protection of lands and natural resources within Colorado’s watersheds.
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Awardees
Year 2024 Grant Awards
2024 Ag-Muni Partnerships for Load Reduction, $20,000.00
2024 Arkansas River Water Quality Monitoring, $19,963.00
2024 East Plum Creek Riparian Improvement, $12,248.00
2024 Mancos River Water Quality Monitoring, $19,970.00
2024 Pitkin County Lincoln Creek Watershed Phase 2 Project, $20,000.00
2024 Rio Grande Riparian Stabilization Project – Phase 6, $20,000.00
2024 South Platte River Cleanup Initiative, $15,400.00
2024 South Platte River Restoration at Lake George, $20,000
2024 Western Slope River Stewardship Program, $19,998.00
2024 Yampa Valley Beaver Working Group, $17,150.00
Year 2023 Grant Awards
2023 Advancing The Big Thompson River, $20,000.00
2023 Culebra Watershed Partnership Project, $19,915.00
2023 Enhancing Urban Creek Resilience: A Comprehensive Management Plan, $19,863.00
2023 Mancos River Fish Population, $20,000.00
2023 North Sand Creek Monitoring for Stream Health, $19,972.00
2023 Smith Fork Creek Watershed Resiliency Project, Phase II, $20,000.00
2023 Livestock Management on Kerber, $20,000.00 - Project Report
2023 East Plum Creek Riparian 2024, $20,000.00 - Project Report
2023 Grand Valley Stewardship, $17,193.00 - Project Report
2023 Upper Clear Creek Watershed Nine Element Watershed-based Plan, $20,000.00 - Project Report
Year 2022 Grant Awards
2022 Spanish Translation and Publication of River Access Guide, $1,330.00 - Project Report
2022 Smith Fork Creek Watershed Resiliency Project, $10,000.00 - Project Report
2022 Slate Creek Protection and Restoration Planning Project, $20,000.00 - Project Report
2022 San Miguel Stream Management Plan Project Planning, $20,000.00 - Project Report
2022 North Sand Creek Resource Restoration Project, $18,975.00 - Project Report
2022 Lower Poudre River- Reach 13 Design Phase 2, $20,000.00 - Project Report
2022 Lincoln Hills Cares Science, Technology, Resiliency, Engineering, Arts, Math (STREAM), $20,000.00 - Project Report
2022 Crystal River Restoration at Riverfront Park, $20,000.00 - Project Report
2022 208 Region 2 – Nonpoint Source Watershed Plan, $20,000.00 - Project Report
Year 2021 Grant Awards
2021 Animas Headwater Ecologic Plan
$19,500.00 - Project Report
2021 Arkansas River Outreach Plan
$16,300.00 - Project Report
2021 Lion Creek Restoration Plan
$15,073.30 - Project Report
2021 Missouri Creek Restore Plan Plan
$20,000.00 - Project Report
2021 Big Thompson Mgmt. Plan Plan
$20,000.00 - Project Report
2021 Tejon Street Wetland Riparian Restoration Project
$20,000.00 - Project Report
2021 East Plum Creek Restoration 2021 Project
$19,935.00 - Project Report
2021 White River Riparian Revegetation Project
$16,654.00 - Project Report
2021 Wildcat Creek BDA SiLS Project
$7,000.00 - Project Report
2021 Mancos River Fish DNA Project
$17,538.00 - Project Report
2021 Tamarisk Removal Project at John Martin Reservoir Project $6,000.00 - Project Report
Year 2020 Grant Recipient Grant Award
2020 Lower Conejos River Habitat and Diversion Project
$18,000.00 - Project Report
2020 Palmer Ranch River Protection Project
$18,052.07 - Project Report
2020 Bear Creek Watershed Project
2020 Walton Creek/Yampa River Restoration Project $20,000.00 - Project Report
2020 Rawley Gulch Reclamation Project Project $18,327.32 - Project Report
2020 Water Quality Monitoring, Community Outreach, & Education in the Lower Bear Creek Watershed $20,000.00 - Project Report Project
2020 Grand Valley River Corridor Initiative Planning $15,015.00 - Project Report
2020 Arkansas River Pueblo Tailwater Erosion Project Project $20,000 - Project Report
Year 2019 Grant Recipient Grant Award
2019 Upper Culebra Watershed Assessment Planning $20,000.00 - Project Report
2019 San Miguel River Restoration Study Planning $12,000.00 - Project Report
2019 Pleasant Valley Stream Improvement Project Project $20,000.00 - Project Report
2019 Arkansas River Trail Invasive Tree Removal Project $17,600 - Project Report
2019 Bear Creek Watershed Restoration Project $17,000 - Project Report
2019 Colorado River Interpretive Center Planning $20,000 - Project Report
2019 Pleasant Valley Project Yampa Valley Project $20,000
2019 Post-416 Fire Aquatic Monitoring Planning $19,802 - Project Report
2019 San Miguel River Restoration Study Planning $12,000
2019 Upper Culebra Watershed Assessment Planning $20,000
2019 Willow Creek Watershed Inventory Planning $20,000 - Project Report
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2018 Awardees
Year 2018 Grant Recipient Grant Award
2018 Big Thompson Watershed Coalition Restoration Community Re-vegetation $10,700 - Project Report
2018 Central Colorado Conservancy Restoration $14,750 - Project Report
2018 Colorado Water Trust Poudre Flows Project $15,000 - Project Report
2018 Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Riparian Stabilization Planning $15,000, Project Report
2018 Rocky Mountain Field Institute Restoration Project $28,000 - Project Report
2018 Town of Carbondale Restoration and Efficiency $15,000 - Project Report
2018 Wildland Restoration Volunteers Restoration $19,604 - Project Report
Total 2018 Funding $118,054
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2017 Awardee
2017 Wildland Restoration Volunteers St. Vrain & Boulder Creek Phreatophyte Control & Watershed Restoration $100,000 - Project Report
Total 2017 Funding $100,000
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2015 Awardees
2015 Animas Watershed Partnership Water Quality Monitoring and Riparian Re-vegetation $15,000
2015 Bluff Lake Nature Center Riparian Re-vegetation $12,665
2015 Douglas County Conservation District River Restoration Plan $15,000
2015 Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project River Restoration Plan $10,000
2015 Tamarisk Coalition Riparian Restoration Training $5,000
2015 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Riparian Restoration $3,500
2015 Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership Riparian Plant Propagation $5,000 - Project Report
2015 Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust Agricultural Land Conservation $10,000
2015 Trout Unlimited River Restoration $10,000
Total 2015 Funding $86,165
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2014 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2014 Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas Water Quality Monitoring $3,837 - Project Report
2014 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Flow Assessment $15,000 - Project Report
2014 Colorado Watershed Assembly Macroinvertebrate Sampling $10,000 - Project Report
2014 National Forest Foundation River Restoration Coordination Project $20,000 - Project Report
2014 Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation Watershed Study $10,000 - Project Report
2014 Western Slope Conservation Center Low Flow Fish Habitat Improvement $20,000 - Project Report
2014 Wildland Restoration Volunteers Riparian Re-Vegetation $8,306 - Project Report
Total 2014 Funding $87,143
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2013 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2013 Coal Creek Watershed Coalition Water Quality Monitoring - Slate River $3,000 - Project Report
2013 Southwest Conservation Corps Riparian Re-vegetation $15,000 - Project Report
2013 Colorado Watershed Assembly Macroinvertebrate Sampling $15,000 - Project Report
2013 Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership Community Outreach and Education $14,000 - Project Report
2013 Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust Clarification of conservation opportunities, education, and outreach $10,000 - Project Report
2013 Routt County Conservation District Upper Yampa River Watershed Plan $15,000 - Project Report
2013 Crested Butte Land Trust Bank Stabilization and Riparian Re- vegetation
$15,000 - Project Report
Tota1 2013 Funding $87,000
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2012 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2012 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Sedimentation Mitigation $25,000 - Project Report
2012 Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Invasive Species Removal, Riparian Re-vegetation $10,590 - Project Report
2012 Colorado Watershed Assembly Macroinvertebrate Sampling $20,000 - Project Report
2012 Chatfield Watershed Authority Water Quality Monitoring $15,000 - Project Report
2012 Tomichi Creek Stakeholders Group Riparian Vegetation Assessment $6,000 - Project Report
2012 Coal Creek Watershed Coalition Sediment Analysis $13,500
Tota1 2012 Funding $90,090
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2011 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2011 Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project Riparian Re-vegetation $5,000 - Project Report
2011 Groundwork Denver Riparian Re-vegetation, Community Education $15,000 - Project Report
Total 2011 Funding $20,000
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2010 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2010 Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Riparian Restoration $19,220
2010 Coal Creek Watershed Coalition Stormwater Management $10,756 - Project Report
2010 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Mine Remediation Planning $15,000
2010 Friends of the River Uncompahgre Watershed Plan $15,000
2010 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Plan Education & Outreach $18,000
2010 Colorado River Water Conservation District Water Quality Monitoring Station $16,000 - Project Report
2010 Tamarisk Coalition Ecotype Specific Riparian Plant Development $10,000
2010 Eagle River Watershed Council Riparian Restoration $10,000
2010 Town of Vail River Restoration $6,000 - Project Report
Total 2010 Funding $119,976
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2009 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2009 Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Hecla Wash Restoration & Sediment Reduction Project $25,000 - Project Report
2009 Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative Water Quality Stream Teams $12,750
2009 Coal Creek Watershed Coalition Project Grant $8,395
2009 Colorado Storm Water Council Colorado E. coli Assessment & Mgmt Project-Phase II $15,000
2009 Fountain Creek Restoration Committee Creek Restoration - Shryver Park Reach/Shryver Pond $50,000
& Pikes Peak Community Foundation
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 $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 $25,000
& Restoration Project-Phase
Total 2009 Funding $193,350
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2008 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2008 Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative Water Quality Monitoring Project $10,00
2008 Colorado Storm Water Council E. Coli Assessment and Management Plan $10,000
2008 Colorado Watershed Network Macroinvertebrate Sampling $18,000
2008 Friends of Bear Creek Long-Range Watershed Plan $10,000
2008 James Creek Watershed Initiative Off-Highway Vehicle Area Restoration $15,000
2008 Lake Fork Watershed Working Group Wetland Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage $15,000
2008 North Fork River Improvement Association Streambank Stabilization Project $15,000
2008 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Plan Development $10,000
2008 Rocky Mountain Field Institute Erosion Control and Restoration Project $15,000
2008 Town of Rico River Corridor Protection Plan $25,000
2008 Uncompahgre River Stewardship Alliance Uncompahgre Watershed Plan $10,000
Total 2008 Funding $153,000
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2007 Awardees
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 $25,000
Total 2007 Funding $54,800
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2006 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2006 San Juan RC&D Watershed Management Plan $15,000
2006 Grand County Water Information Network Algae Monitoring Project $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 $5,000
2006 San Juan RC&D Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring $10,000
2006 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Stream Flow Survey $5,000
Total 2006 Funding $75,000
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2005 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2005 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Hayman Fire Rehabilitation $5,000
2005 North Fork River Improvement Association Access Construction to New River Park $5,000
2005 San Juan RC & D (Mine Reclamation) Abandoned Mine Reclamation $12,000
2005 Willow Creek Watershed Reclamation Committee Stream Restoration $18,000
2005 Colorado Acequia Association Restoration of Erosion Activities $14,000
2005 San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District Watershed Restoration Strategic Plan $10,000
2005 Routt County RC & D Yampa Basin Water Quality Plan $10,000
2005 San Juan RC & D (Los Pinos River) Development of Watershed Plan $10,000
Total 2005 Funding $84,000
Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund 2004 Awardees
Year* Grant Recipient Project Grant Award
2004 Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed Stream Flow Survey $7,134
2004 North Fork River Improvement Association Irrigation Diversion Reconstruction $23,000
2004 James Creek Watershed Initiative Riparian Corridor Restoration $10,800
2004 Eagle River Watershed Council Inventory & Assessment of Riparian Corridor $18,000
2004 Coalition for the Upper South Platte Hayman Fire Rehabilitation $14,400
2004 Big Thompson Watershed Forum Mapping and Analysis of Water Quality Data $10,800
Total 2004 Funding $84,134
**Funded independently by the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
* Refers to the state fiscal year the funds were allocated to the organization.