May 13th, 2024 | Trees in the West | CSU Spur. Join for a one-day conference exploring complex and shared sustainability challenges for urban forests in the Western US from diverse perspectives. Connect with your colleagues, learn from experts, and share your insights!
May 13-14th, 2023 | River Rally. The joyful and deeply moving experience of River Rally combats feelings of isolation, overwhelm, and burnout for network members working at the intersection of water and justice and ignites collective action and power for the work ahead. River Network is able to provide many registrants with financial assistance to attend River Rally!
May 15th, 2024 | For Love of the Land | Colorado Open Lands. As a headwaters state, Colorado has incredible water resources that support habitat for wildlife, irrigation for agriculture, and recreation and drinking water for Colorado’s residents and visitors. Protecting these resources in the face of population growth and an uncertain climate is more important than ever. Come together with Colorado’s best minds in conservation, business, and philanthropy to celebrate the leaders who are working to protect this precious resource and uncover the challenges to come. The program promises to be thought-provoking and inspiring.
May 16th, 2024 | Replant the Poudre. Learn about collaborative reforestation efforts taking place in the Poudre Watershed to restore forests in the wake of historic wildfire.
May 18th, 2024 | Sand Canyon Wildflower Hike | San Juan Mountains Association. Celebrate Colorado Public Lands Day by joining us on a guided, spring wildflower hike at Sand Canyon. We will be going for a hike (no more than 5 miles) on moderate terrain. Along the way we will observe and learn about the flowers in bloom, as well as learn about the area’s geology and human history.
May 22nd-24th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Mining & Reclamation Conference | Mountain Studies Institute. The event will be hosted at a variety of iconic Leadville locations, including Freight, Colorado Mountain College, and Tabor Opera House. There will be a keynote and meet and greet on the evening of Wednesday, May 22nd. Thursday, May 23rd, will be technical talks followed by a reception. Lastly, a variety of tours are scheduled for Friday, May 24th.
May 29th & 30th, 2024 | Yampa Basin Rendezvous. The Rendezvous will include morning talks by expert panelists and practitioners, lunch, afternoon field learning, and an evening community showcase and happy hour event. Join us if you are a community member, landowner, water and natural resource professional, student, or water-dependent business.
June 4th-5th, 2024 | Upper Arkansas River Basin Tour | WEco. Join more than 50 other water professionals, agricultural producers, elected officials, educators, students, and interested community members to travel the region in style, riding on our coach bus. Along the way, you'll learn about the water development history, unique characteristics, water management challenges, and current exciting projects underway in the Upper Arkansas River Basin between Leadville and Pueblo. Plus network with your fellow tour participants as you share this exciting and rewarding educational experience together.
June 5th-7th, 2023 | Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days. Save the date. The Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) conference will be hosted June 5-7, 2024 in Fruita! This opportunity only occurs once every four years in the Western Slope region, serving Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, and Mesa counties.
June 20th, 2024 | Take me to the River | Coalition for the Poudre River. Join for the 2nd Annual Take Me to the River fundraiser to support and celebrate the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW), your local watershed group working to improve and maintain the ecological health of the Poudre River through community collaboration.
June 21, 2024 | Watershed Summit | One World Water Center. The Watershed Summit, or “Shed” as it is affectionately known, has become a Colorado tradition. Each June stakeholders gather to discuss current and future water challenges and opportunities facing the state. This event is produced through a collaborative partnership between the One World One Water Center (a joint initiative of Metropolitan State University of Denver and Denver Botanic Gardens), Aurora Water, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver Water and Resource Central.
September 4th-6th, 2024 | Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit | Save the Date.
September 11th-13th, 2023 | San Luis Rural Philanthropy Days. Save the date.
September 20th, 2024 | The Colorado River District’s Annual Water Seminar. Save the date.
October 1-4th, 2024 | Colorado Wildland Fire Conference | Save the Date
October 4th-6th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Cell Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip. Come explore the paleoclimatology and geomorphology of central Utah! This Friends of the Pleistocene (FOP) trip is motivated by recent and ongoing research into how one of the world’s greatest landscapes developed. Presenters will focus on Quaternary features and highlight recent and ongoing research into how the extraordinary features of this region developed.