July 9th, 2025 | 2025 YWB Basin Roundtable Field Trip to White River - Join Us on Wednesday, July 9th for the Yampa White Green Basin Roundtable Field Trip to the White River Area. View the agenda HERE.
July 9th, 2025 | A Night for the Rivers - In the spirit of our past River Rendezvous, we're returning to a single grand event. We look forward to seeing you at a new location: Star River Ranch Colorado, for an unforgettable evening of celebration, connection, and community! Learn more HERE.
July 10th, 2025 | Headwaters River Journey Tour - Join Colorado WaterWise for a guided tour of the Headwaters River Journey Museum, where you will learn about the critical role the Colorado River headwaters play in our environment, economy, and lifestyle. Headwaters River Journey takes visitors on an informative, insightful, and introspective exploration of the wonders of nature, the importance of water, and our direct impact on them both. Space is limited. Learn more or register HERE.
July 10th, 2025 | Xeriscape Demo Garden Volunteer Day - Join the City of Fort Collins Thursday morning to meet other volunteers, learn about gardening in Colorado and get your hands dirty. Learn more or register HERE.
July 10th, 2025 | Yampa River Cleanup: Craig & Hayden - Friends of the Yampa need your help to clean up the Yampa River. No signup needed. Big thank you to CPW for the partnership. Thank you to the City of Craig (and Gino’s) for pizza sponsorship and Parrotheads for beer and drink sponsorship! Learn more HERE.
July 10th, 2025 | Yampa River Cleanup: Steamboat - Cleaning up the Yampa River has been an annual tradition for Friends of the Yampa. We love our creeks, rivers, and streams for many reasons and by picking up all the trash alongside, next to, and in the river, we play our part in keeping the riverine ecosystem clean. Learn more HERE.
July 11th, 2025 | Working the Llano Sin Agua - Join us in Antonito, CO, July 10th-11th, for Working the Llano Sin Agua, a regenerative agriculture summit and range school hosted by the Wright-Ingraham Institute and Conejos County Conservation District. The event will explore dryland resilience, land stewardship, and regenerative practices through workshops, field visits, and conversations with local producers. RSVP for this free event HERE.
July 12th, 2025 | 2nd Saturdays at CSU Spur: River Festival - 2nd Saturdays at CSU Spur, presented by Canvas Credit Union, are free and open to the public for lots of family-friendly programming.
July 12th, 2025 | CROSSCURRENTS - Join The Greenway Foundation on Saturday, July 12 from 2pm - 10pm at Confluence Park for a FREE riverside festival packed with live music, outdoor adventure, family fun, and community celebration. CROSSCURRENTS is a festival fundraiser for The Greenway Foundation. Learn more HERE.
July 15th, 2025 | Troutapalooza - Welcome friends of Troutapalooza! Don't miss this year's fundraiser auction, featuring more exclusive guide service trips, special rods and reels, and high-end amenity packages than ever before.
July 15th, 2025 | Regulation 84 - Reclaimed Water Control (Reuse) Stakeholder Meetings - The Water Quality Control Division will begin a stakeholder engagement process to update Regulation 84: Reclaimed Water Control. The kickoff meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, July 15, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and meeting materials will be available in this public folder closer to the meeting date. Register to attend HERE.
July 16th, 2025 | RiversEdge West Volunteer Event at Wildlife Area with Bureau of Reclamation - Join RiversEdge West for a volunteer event with the Bureau of Reclamation on July 16, 2025 from 8 am - 10 am. At this event we assist the Bureau of Reclamation with restoration tasks that may include pulling weeds, cutting back invasive plants, planting native species, caging native species. Exact tasks to be determined. Learn more HERE.
July 21st, 2025 | Insects of the Roaring Fork River - If you like rivers, nature or fly fishing, this is a perfect fit! Through a guided exploration of aquatic life in the heart of Aspen, you’ll discover various types of insects that live in the water and play a key role in healthy river ecosystems. Learn more HERE.
July 22nd, 2025 | Love Water: River Reciprocity Days in Sheridan - REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Join Groundwork Denver, Sheridan Inspire, and ViVe Wellness for our "Love Water" event series at River Run Park in Sheridan. We'll give back to the river while learning how to safely enjoy the gifts it provides us. These family-oriented events are equal parts education, action, family, food, and fun with the water. Learn more or register HERE.
July 19th, 2025 | The Poudre River: a Look Back in Time - The Poudre River is an ancient waterway that has a rich history of first peoples, explorers, mountain men, trappers, miners and military encampment. Farming and water issues gave rise to water laws and became a part of the Fort Collins heritage. An easy half-mile stroll that explores the origins of the river, its history and future plans for a significant resource that is the only river in Colorado with the designation of wild and scenic. Families are welcome. Learn more HERE.
July 21st, 2025 | Water in the Age of Silver: Touring Aspen's "Holden Works" Holden-Marolt Mining Museum - Discover the largest industrial site in the history of Pitkin County: a state of the art silver processing plant known as the Holden Lixiviation Works. This silver processing plant was built on the banks of Castle Creek in 1891 by Edward Royal Holden, leading to innovative and sometimes destructive uses of water resources for hydropower and waste disposal... Learn more HERE.
July 26th, 2025 | Front Range Ecology Series: Water - It’s impossible to ignore the importance of water when we live in such an arid environment. To support the large number of people living in the Front Range, many programs, policies, and constructions have been created to divert and moderate water usage. Join water policy expert Quinn Harper and Natural Resource Specialist Erica Hample to learn about the ecology of water in the arid west and the solutions people have created to live here. Learn more or register HERE.
July 31st, 2025 | Coffee and Climate Conversation: Youth Voices in the Environment - Join EAP, Sheep Mountain Alliance and the Wilkinson Public Library for July's Coffee and Climate Conversation about Youth Voices in the Environment Thursday, July 31st at the Wilkinson Public Library from 8:30-9:30 AM. Did you know we started a Youth Climate Council in partnership with True North Programming? These students would love to share with you projects they are working on, areas of concern for them, how they vision the future of our community and more. Join us in amplifying youth voices in climate action- as always, coffee, tea and pastries kindly provided!
August 1st, 2025 | Twin Lakes Tunnel & Diversion Tour - Learn firsthand how up to 40% of the Roaring Fork River headwaters are diverted under the Continental Divide to the Front Range. Learn more HERE.
August 2nd, 2025 | Sweep the Creek - This event is designed to bring together local rafting companies and non-profit organizations for a day of community engagement, fun, laughter and food. Sweep the Creek will be held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Twin Tunnels Open Space Park in Idaho Springs. Learn more HERE.
August 5th, 2025 | SNOTEL Hike with NRCS - Learn about the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Snow Survey and Water Supply forecasting resources they have, while enjoying a short hike starting at 9am on Hoosier Pass to a SNOTEL (Snow Telemetry) site. We'll meet in the parking lot at Hoosier Pass and hike as a group, enjoying the views and wildflowers, to the Snotel site for a private talk on the snow scale and other equipment. Register HERE.
August 6th, 2025 | Wetland Plant Identification Day - Jackson State Wildlife Area - Save the Date.
August 9th, 2025 | Poudre RiverFest - The Poudre RiverFest is a free, family-friendly festival that celebrates the Poudre River, promotes restoration, and educates people about our river corridor, an important natural resource in our community. The festival features activities for children and adults to explore the role of the river as an important habitat for wildlife, a lively recreation area, and a source for clean drinking water. Learn more HERE.
August 12th, 2025 | Salinity in the South Platte Basin Field Day - Join the Colorado Water Center for an educational field tour in the South Platte Basin. Learn more HERE.
August 19th, 2025 | State of the Outdoors - Save the date. Mark your calendars for State of the Outdoors on Tuesday, August 19. This annual gathering brings together leaders, advocates, businesses, and community members to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of outdoor recreation in the Pikes Peak region and across Colorado.
August 23rd, 2025 | Raft the River - Explore the beauty of our rivers while supporting a great cause. Join RiversEdge West and Rimrock Adventures for a relaxing day on the water during our "Raft the River" fundraiser on August 23rd from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Learn more HERE.
August 26th, 2025 | Meet the Center for Watershed Protection Directors Team - This is your chance to connect with the leaders advancing the science and practice of watershed and stormwater management. Whether you are new to the field or a seasoned professional, this session offers valuable insight and direct access to the experts behind our work. Learn more HERE.
September 6th, 2025 | Blue River Festival - Spend the weekend showing your appreciation for the water in our lakes and rivers by participating in the Blue River clean-up and fun events of the annual BRWG River Clean-Up Festival. Learn more HERE.
September 10th, 2025 | Water Education Colorado’s President Reception - Save the Date. Join us for an evening of celebration, community building and recognition as we honor water leadership and raise impactful funds to support WEco's mission at one of the best water events of the year.
September 18th, 2025 | Colorado WaterWise 2025 Annual Water Conservation Symposium - Save the Date.
September 20th, 2025 | 2025 North Fork Poudre Healthy Watershed Tour & Open House - Join the North Fork Poudre Site Conservation Team (SCT) for a watershed tour and open house! Tour several private ranches in the Livermore area to learn about restoration projects that are improving riparian health and wildlife habitat while making our watershed more resilient. Learn more or register HERE.
September 30th - October 4th, 2025 | The 11th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER2025) will be held in person on 30 September – 4 October 2025 in Denver, Colorado, United States. SER’s World Conference is an exciting and inspiring biennial gathering of global experts in restoration, making SER2025 the premier venue for those interested in being active members of the global restoration community. Call for abstracts closes January 30th. Learn more HERE.
October 7th - 9th, 2025 | Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference - Save the date.
October 14th & 15th, 2025 | 2025 Rocky Mountain Groundwater Conference -The objective of this American Ground Water Trust Conference is to discuss groundwater issues specific to Rocky Mountain States (Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming), and to facilitate information sharing among landowners, groundwater end-users, regulators, management agencies, scientists, engineers, lawyers and citizens who have economic or environmental interests in water resources. Learn more HERE.
October 28th & 29th, 2025 | C9 Summit - Save the Date. Registration will open soon. More details, including an agenda, will be available HERE.
November 10th - 12th, 2025 | AWRA 2025 Annual Water Resources Conference - The AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference is recognized as one of the most diverse and inclusive gatherings in the field of water resources management. This premier event offers a unique opportunity to explore innovative, practical, and applied solutions to today’s water challenges.
December 2nd, 2025 | Colorado Ag Water Summit - Save the date.