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What Has All That Stream Management Planning Accomplished?
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...
Where is Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Beaver Complexes Appropriate, Feasible, and Most Efficient?
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...
Recap: CRA Social Featuring a Conversation About the Marshall Fire
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...
Recap: CRA Social Featuring a Conversation About Cameron Peak Wildfire Response
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,...
Impressions on Adaptive Management in the Left Hand Watershed
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...
February 2020 CSRN Workshop Summary and Inspirations: The River Ethic
Contributed by Ethan Ader, Geomorphologist, Otak, Inc. Hi, Colorado Riparian Association members! My name is Ethan Ader and I am a fluvial geomorphologist at Otak. While the topic of Covid-19 is dominating both our daily lives and our newsfeeds, I wanted to provide a...
CSRN 2020 Kickoff
Gear up for Colorado Stream Restoration Network (CSRN) workshops in 2020! CRA’s Colorado Stream Restoration Network (CSRN) is back for its 7th season! We’re welcoming back our regulars and looking forward to new attendees in 2020. Brought to you by CRA and the...
Spotlight: Stream Management Plan Resource Library
Author: Kim Lennberg Contributed by Kim Lennberg, Alba Watershed Consulting Colorado’s Water Plan, adopted in 2015, includes a goal that 80 percent of locally prioritized rivers across the state be covered by Stream Management Plans (SMP) by 2030. This objective...
Front Range Watershed Days: Participant Review
Author: Stacy Wolff Contributed by Stacy Wolff, K-5 Science Lab Teacher, Flagstaff Academy Much like a drop of water that falls as precipitation in our mountains and continues on its journey through our watershed, my journey that brought me to the first Front Range...
Flood Recovery Blog Series Post 6 Project Implementation and Construction: The Streamcrest Example
Post Date: 11/4/2019 Contributed by Corey Engen, Parker Scherman, and Curt Bender, FlyWater, Inc. THE STREAMCREST IMPLEMENTATION STORY I want to start off with a thank you to the Colorado Riparian Association (CRA) for including FlyWater, inc. and the Streamcrest...