August 18th, 2023 | Homecoming Celebration | RiGHT. Please join us August 18th at 5:30 PM as we celebrate the purchase of our building with poetry, music, libations and good friends. As we begin our next chapter as the San Luis Valley's local land trust, we wanted to show our appreciation for everyone who supports our mission, now and into the future. Our "Homecoming" celebration features Rancher and Cowboy Poet, Dr. George Wallace, and local author and poet, Peter Anderson, along with music by Just Magic from Wildwood Sounds. We will begin the evening at the Wildwood Sounds concert venue, and the adjourn to the RiGHT offices for food, libations and conversations about RiGHT's bright future. This event is FREE and open to all.
August 19th, 2023 | From Burn to Bloom: The Art & Science of Wildfire Recovery | The Geospatial Centroid. From Burn to Bloom will be a fun and interactive community event with playful art and science activities, hopeful community reflection, and all-ages education. Get inspired by the ways nature repairs after fire and reflect on building more resilient landscapes–and mindsets–in the face of an ever-changing climate.
August 23rd-24th, 2023 | Four States Irrigation Council Summer Tour. Join the group in Wyoming this summer as they tour North Platte River water resource facilities and irrigation systems. The tour includes visits to historic and scenic dams and reservoirs.
August 24th, 2023 | Cherry Creek Watershed Conference. The Conference will be at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker, CO 80138 beginning at 7:30 am and ending with a Happy Hour at 4:00 pm.
September 8th & 9th, 2023 | Flood, Fire, Friendship. Performances, Conversations, and Community Events Commemorating the Historic 2013 Boulder County Flood.
September 11th, 2023 | New insights into the role of snow and machine learning tools in water supply prediction. In this webinar, WWA Director Ben Livneh and NOAA MAPP-supported PhD students Madeline Pernat and Parthkumar Modi will begin with an overview explaining why snow has been so important for water supply forecasting. They will follow by sharing their findings about alternative ways to use snow information to improve the performance of existing forecast techniques. Finally, they will contrast the utility of Machine Learning tools versus the inclusion of additional, non-snow based observational predictions, in improving water supply predictions.
September 12th-14th, 2023 | South Southeast Rural Philanthropy Days | Community Resource Central. The SE RPD conference is an exciting opportunity for nonprofit professionals, grantmakers, community leaders, distinguished speakers, and elected officials to exchange knowledge and expand professional networks across the region. This opportunity only occurs once every four years in the Southeast region which is composed of Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, and Prowers counties.
October 17th-19th, 2023 | Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services Annual Meeting. Join for innovative speakers, interactive plenary sessions, break-out discussions, and field trips to local farms and businesses. Together we will address ways to attract and prepare the next generation of leaders to the food and agriculture workforce and improve global food security.
October 19th, 2023 | Quarterly Clean Water Webinars | CDPHE. These webinars provide permittees and the public with up-to-date information on division activities that could affect permittees, future permits, and Colorado's water quality. The webinars are open to the public and anyone is welcome to attend. If you have suggestions for topics please contact Andrew Sayers-Fay at andrew.sayers-fay@state.co.us
October 21st, 2023 | Human Centered Design: WASH Symposium. The WASH23 Symposium raises funds for student awards for a WASH-related Conference or Applied Field Research Project. The awards are up to $1,000. Award applications are due by 11:59 pm on October 31, 2023. Award applications can be made on-line at the link below, or you can request an application for email submission. Application Instructions are available at the link below.
October 24th, 2023 | Water Conservation Symposium. Colorado WaterWise invites you to the 2023 Water Conservation Symposium! Join more than 125 other water professionals from across Colorado for a day packed with networking, professional development and engagement. Colorado WaterWise will also be hosting a happy hour immediately following the event. This will be a great time to discuss what you learned with other attendees and continue to build your network.