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 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 Karin Emanuelson, Restoration Engineer, Stillwater Sciences On August 13, 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire ignited in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest. In the subsequent days and months, Northern Colorado residents experienced smoke-filled skies,...
Contributed by Andrea Harbin Monahan, Watershed Scientist, CWCB The Left Hand Watershed Center (Watershed Center), which strives to maintain and improve ecological conditions and resilience within the watershed, is doing so with a strategy that should be adopted in...