Author: Brad Johnson Each year the CRA bestows two awards for Riparian Excellence on individuals who have shown truly exemplary effort managing, conserving, restoring, or providing education on Colorado’s riparian areas. The awardees are recognized at the annual...
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2017 SUSTAINING COLORADO WATERSHEDS CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP BACKGROUND AND LOGISTICS
Author: Rae Brownsberger The 2017 Sustaining Colorado Watersheds conference is right around the corner! As we’ve done in the past, CRA will be hosting the Post-Conference Field Workshop on Thursday, October 12. This year, we are excited to have Dr. Peter Wilcock and...
NOV. 2016 CSRN WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Author: Julie Ash The Colorado Stream Restoration Network’s (CSRN) workshop on Designing for Resiliency and Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) at Road-Stream Crossings, led by US Forest Service instructors Dan Cenderelli (USFS National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center)...
Report on Denver’s urban wetlands highlights ecological values and restoration opportunities
Author: Bernadette Kuhn Contributed by Bernadette Kuhn, Colorado Natural Heritage Program Denver County’s urban wetlands provide critical wetland functions such as wildlife habitat, storm water and sediment retention, and groundwater recharge in an otherwise arid and...
FLUVIAL EROSION HAZARD MAPPING GAINS MOMENTUM IN COLORADO
Author: Michael Blazewicz Contributed by Michael Blazewicz, Round River Design, LLC For most early settlements in Colorado, the benefits of settling near a river to serve as a source of drinking water, irrigation, power, mineral access, and navigation often outweighed...
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES CHAPTER FOR THE SOCIETY OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: MISSION AND RECENT HAPPENINGS
Author: Randy Mandel Contributed by Randy Mandel, Senior Restoration Ecologist, Golder Associates; President, Society for Ecological Restoration, Central Rockies Chapter; Vice President, High Altitude Revegetation Committee; Chairman, Conference Planning Committee,...