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 20th & 21st, 2025 | North Sand Hills Creek Restoration 2 Volunteer opportunity - North Sand Creek is one of only three dune systems in Colorado! Join us in building beaver mimicry structures to improve this special habitat. Learn more and register HERE.
September 22nd, 2025 | Willow Restoration Volunteer Day for KVRC - Get ready to roll up your sleeves and make an impact on the restoration of Rocky Mountain National Park’s beautiful ecosystems! The Kawuneeche Valley Restoration Collaborative and the RMNP Vegetation Program have worked for many years to plant riparian shrub saplings into areas of the Kawuneeche Valley that have been impacted by altered hydrology, browsing pressure from ungulates, and wildfire. Learn more and register HERE.
September 22nd, 2025 | Regulation 84 - Reclaimed Water Control (Reuse) Stakeholder Meeting - The Water Quality Control Division will host the next stakeholder meeting to update Regulation 84: Reclaimed Water Control on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is available in this public folder. Register HERE.
September 23rd, 2025 | Water Leadership Summit: Pathways to Civic Engagement & Action - The Water Leadership Summit, hosted by the Colorado Water Center and made possible through the generous support of the Walton Family Foundation, is a one-day event that equips community members with the knowledge, skills, and resources to engage in water decision-making and take action on issues that shape Colorado’s water future. Learn more and register HERE.
September 23rd, 2025 | 2028 303(d) Listing Methodology stakeholder meeting - On Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., the division is hosting a stakeholder meeting to consider revisions to the 2028 303(d) Listing Methodology in advance of the Water Quality Control Commission administrative action hearing scheduled for March 9, 2026. This cycle, the division's proposal will be limited to schedule updates and accessibility improvements. Register to attend HERE.
September 25th, 2025 | Moving Mountains - Join Mountain Science Institute for an inspiring evening dedicated to environmental stewardship and community impact.
September 27th, 2025 | Fraser River Cleanup - Join Headwaters Center and Trout Unlimited to clean up the Fraser River between Fraser & Winter Park plus Vasquez Creek. Conducting trash cleanup along both shore areas of the river/creek. Learn more and register HERE.
September 27th - October 5th, 2025 | Creek Week 2025 - The Fountain Creek Watershed needs helping hands! It’s common for trash and debris to end up in waterways – clogging drainage systems, impacting wildlife, affecting water quality, and ruining the view of our natural landscapes. Be part of the largest watershed-wide clean-up in the state of Colorado! Creek Week volunteers clean up litter along a creek, trail, park, or open space throughout the watershed. We’re inviting individuals and groups (families, clubs, schools, neighborhoods, etc.) to form a Creek Crew. Get outdoors, get active, and get busy creating positive change for your community and those living downstream. Learn more HERE.
September 30th, 2025 | RiverBank - Join Colorado Water Trust at the Denver Botanic Gardens for our biggest bash of the year! Expect tasty bites, craft drinks, and a little friendly auction competition (you know you want to win). We’ll also present the David Getches Flowing Waters Award—a special moment you won’t want to miss. All to celebrate our amazing partners and help keep Colorado’s rivers flowing. Learn more 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 1st, 2025 | Community Planting Day at CALF's Lowell Ranch, Weds, Oct 1 - Want to get outside on a peaceful, private ranch along East Plum Creek and make a difference? Join Douglas County Conservation District at CALF's Lowell Ranch to plant hundreds of riparian plants along the creek. These plants will hold the soil in times of high water and create native habitat in this important wildlife corridor. Register HERE.
October 2nd & 4th, 2025 | Wild & Scenic Film Festival - The Middle Colorado Watershed Council is thrilled to bring the Wild & Scenic Film Festival back to the valley this fall, with showings in Glenwood Springs and Rifle. This beloved annual event blends the power of film with the spirit of community, raising critical support for MCWC’s work to protect and restore our watershed. Learn more and purchase tickets HERE.
October 2nd, 2025 | Community Planting Day at CALF's Lowell Ranch, Thur, Oct 2 - Want to get outside on a peaceful, private ranch along East Plum Creek and make a difference? Join Douglas County Conservation District at CALF's Lowell Ranch to plant hundreds of riparian plants along the creek. These plants will hold the soil in times of high water and create native habitat in this important wildlife corridor. Register HERE.
October 3rd, 2025 | Colorado River District Annual Water Seminar - This year’s seminar on October 3rd will explore the spaces where perspectives don’t always align in the world of western water, and how we still have to find our way forward together. Sometimes, these perspectives are split between upstream and downstream, sometimes between the data and the real-world experience, between science and policy, and between East Slope and West. As we face mounting challenges across the Colorado River Basin, this year’s event will bring together diverse voices to confront those divides, question assumptions, and work toward shared understanding with a focus on what it all means for water users on the Western Slope. Learn more and register HERE.
October 4th, 2025 | Roberts Ranch Public Tour - CSU Larimer County Extension is teaming up with CSU Western Ranch Management and Ecosystem Stewardship, Center for Mountains and Plains Archeology, and Oregon-California Trails Association to provide a behind the scenes tour of Roberts Ranch in Livermore, CO on October 4th from 8:30am-12pm. You will be able to see how ranch management can go hand in hand with preserving our natural landscapes and historical sites in Colorado. You will be able to experience the old Overland Trail where pioneers came down to settle in Denver and the Front Range. Also on the tour, you will see tipi rings and learn more about the Native people that were settled in the Front Range. Learn more and register HERE.
October 7th - 9th, 2025 | Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference - This year’s theme, Community & Hope, honors the powerful network of people and partnerships that have grown over the past 20 years—and invites us to reflect on where we’ve been, while envisioning a future of thriving watersheds and resilient communities. Learn more or register HERE.
October 11th, 2025 | Big Snow Bash - The Big Snow Bash is Friends of the Yampa’s largest annual fundraiser with live music, a stellar online auction, and commentary from our river-loving community and special guests. Learn more HERE.
October 11th, 2025 | Love Your Gorge - Join the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership and Ouray Ice Park Love Your Gorge on Saturday, October 11 for a fun morning of volunteering. Our 2025 work plan in the park includes picking up litter above and inside the gorge. Inside the gorge, often log moving and large metal removal is also necessary. We will also be repairing some stairs that are being eroded by the weather and water. Plus, UWP has a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to address other erosion issues at the Uncompahgre Gorge that impact safety and water quality. Learn more and register HERE.
October 14th, 2025 | Virtual Public Administrative Action Hearing - The Water Quality Control Commission is holding a virtual public Administrative Action Hearing with an in-person presentation to consider approval of the Water Quality Control Division’s proposed FY 2026 Intended Use Plans (IUP) for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund (WPCRF) and the Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWRF). Register to attend HERE.
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 16th, 2025 | Blue River Water Year Wrap-Up - We are so excited to host this event to offer insight into our county's water distribution and storage system as well as how decisions around water are made. This event will serve as a complement to the Water Year forecast provided at the Spring State of the River event, to discuss factors that influenced the accuracy of those flow predictions and lake height. Join us and hear from Denver Water, CSU's climatologist Russ Shumacher, DNR water resources engineer James Heath, and Nina Waters our County Commissioner. A light dinner will be provided. Learn more and register HERE.
October 28th & 29th, 2025 | C9 Summit - The C9 Summit is a collaborative gathering of Colorado’s diverse water stakeholders, including Basin Roundtable members, the Interbasin Compact Committee (IBCC), the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), and the public. Registration is now open. More details, including an agenda, 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 - CAWA is hosting this event with the Colorado Water Center to focus on research related to irrigated agriculture and how we can make that research impactful at a time when we need it most. This event is for agricultural producers, water resource professionals, faculty and staff at universities, and especially students. Learn more HERE.
March 3rd - 5th, 2025 | Biennial Riparian Restoration Conference - Mark your calendar for RiversEdge West's 22nd Riparian Restoration Conference on March 3-5, 2026 at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO. Abstracts for Oral Presentations and Symposia are due October 10, 2025. Abstracts for Poster Presentations are due January 5, 2026. Learn more HERE.