The Greenline Blog
2024 is a Wrap for CRA!
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...
Understanding Risk for Channel Rehabilitation: Considerations for Installing Large Woody Material in Front Range Canyon Corridors
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...
A Watershed is More Than the Sum of its Reaches: Understanding Post-Fire Resilience at Different Scales
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...
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...