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Flood Recovery Blog Series Post 3: 2013 Flood Aftermath and Master Planning Effort, Streamcrest Case Study: Stories from a Geomorphologist Who Lived It
Author: Luke Swan Post Date: 10/2/2018 Contributed by Luke Swan, Inter-Fluve “DOES ANYONE KNOW A GEOMORPHOLOGIST!?” a Jamestown resident asked with some urgency… Many of you have likely heard this story before – I only have a handful of stories and tend to repeat the...
Flood Recovery Blog Series Post 2: 2013 Flood Recovery Overview
Author: Chris Sturm Post Date: 5/14/2018 The following is a press release published in September 2017 by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to provide background and context for the September 2013 Front Range flood recovery effort and CRA’s flood recovery...
Introducing the 2013 Flood Recovery Blog Series
The five-year anniversary of the September 2013 Front Range flood is this fall, if you can believe it! In celebration and reflection, the Colorado Riparian Association is devoting our first blog post series to the massive flood recovery effort spearheaded by the...
2017 CRA Awards
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...
On Stream Health
Author: Mark Beardsley Can streams be healthy? Can they be unhealthy? If so what does this mean? By streams, of course, we are talking about places with flowing water. Rivers and Creeks and things like that. Naturally, we include riparian areas when speaking of...
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...
2016 SUSTAINING CO'S WATERSHEDS CONF. WORKSHOP SUMMARY: BEAVER DAM ANALOGS (BDA)
Author: Gil Barth Every year I look forward to the Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference, and 2016 was no exception. For many years now I have enjoyed the spectacular settings, as well as opportunities to reconnect with colleagues, meet new people and expand my...
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)...
2016 SUSTAINING COLORADO WATERSHEDS CONFERENCE: IN REVIEW AND 5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GO NEXT YEAR
Author: Megan Holcomb Ahhh, that glamorous conference life. Who doesn’t love wearing your own name in a plastic sleeve for three days, binging on coffee, and jotting down notes in the program you’ll never look back at? We’ve all been there. Whether you attend to “show...
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...