Contributed by the CRA Board Colorado Riparian Association wants to celebrate the end of another year of improving riverscapes for our communities. Our 37th (!!!) year has been marked by our Board and members working hard to share knowledge and energy, building on the...
Contributed by Will deRosset, PE, Ayres Inc. Many of our channel rehabilitation projects are in remote locations, with little human built infrastructure and minor regulatory scrutiny. In these environments, we have a relatively free hand to envision uplift, reconnect...
Contributed by Shayla Triantafillou, MS Student, Colorado State University A wide, well-connected floodplain in a resilient watershed. Wildfires are one of the biggest threats to water in Colorado. The ten largest fires in Colorado history have happened since 2002...
Contributed by Nicole Seltzer, Colorado Basin Program Director, River Network Colorado’s Water Plan put forth dozens of ideas, among them a new kind of watershed planning that focused on flows and the health of the river corridor. CWCB has invested over $4 million in...
Contributed by Mark Beardsley and Jessica Doran, Ecologists, EcoMetrics Beaver are being hailed as one of the most cost-effective and sustainable solutions for ecological restoration and climate change resilience[1], and “light-touch” low-tech process-based...
Contributed by Emily Larson, Environmental Risk Assessor, TRC Companies (Consulting) While it is with a heavy heart that we found ourselves gathered again to discuss another historic fire event in the Front Range, the Colorado Riparian Association brought the...