RFQ for Water Information Program Coordination. Southwestern Water Conservation District (SWCD) invites interested individuals and firms to submit a statement of qualifications to provide professional services for coordination of the Water Information Program. Submittals will be accepted via email (lauras@swwcd.org) until 5:00pm, Monday, December 19, 2016. Please refer to the full Request for Qualifications for more information.

The Central Rockies Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (CeRSER) and the High Altitude Revegetation Workshop (HAR) are calling for abstract submissions for the March 7-9, 2017 conference to be held in Fort Collins, Colorado. Deadline for submission has been extended to December 5, 2016. For more information go to the conference web page at http://chapter.ser.org/centralrockies/events/har-cerser-2017-conference-home/har-cerser-2017-call-for-abstracts/.

The Clean River Design Challenge is on! Each year volunteers with the Greenway Foundation remove 2,400lbs of trash from the South Platte River. Now, they are challenging themselves and others to do even more with the Clean River Design Challenge. This competition challenges teams of college students to create a functional trash removal device. The winning teams will be awarded $2000! Teams must register online by February 1, 2017. For questions please send an email to: info@greenwayfoundation.org.