Water Education Colorado's Water Leaders Program is now open for applications. This program aims to positively impact the Colorado water profession by creating a pipeline of dedicated, effective water leaders across diverse fields who exemplify the four quadrants of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and social management. The application deadline is January 29, 2024.
The National Forest Foundation is accepting applications for their 2024 Conservation Connect Fellowships. The National Forest Foundation (NFF) invites graduate students pursuing a master's or doctoral degree to apply to the 2024 Conservation Connect Fellowship Program. Conservation Connect fellowships aim to build experience, knowledge, and skills within the next generation of collaborative and conservation leaders to support each other and advance the field. We are striving to build a cohort of emerging leaders, connecting graduate students who will go on to do important work with communities and public lands in the future! Apply by February 4th, 2024.
The scholarship application for River Rally 2024 is open. Thanks to our generous supporters, River Network is able to provide financial assistance for more water, justice, and river advocates to attend River Rally! Support will range from partial to full registration support, with additional assistance for travel and lodging based on need. Applications will be accepted through February 8, 2024.
The Colorado Watershed Assembly will be transferring administration of the Colorado Data Sharing Network in 2024.Please refer to the website: http://www.coloradowaterdata.org for updates and information. The Colorado Data Sharing Network is managed by the Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council providing an accessible and affordable tool kit for data management, data analysis, and data sharing. The Colorado Data Sharing Network is currently helping over 70 different data organizations manage, share, and analyze more than 5.4 million water quality results at over 25,000 monitoring locations throughout Colorado.
EPA Water Reuse Information Library — EPA’s Water Reuse Information Library is an interactive library designed to help water reuse practitioners access relevant and important resources, including reports and publications, fact sheets, webinar recordings and webpages. The library primarily features outputs from National Water Reuse Action Plan activities.
White House Fifth National Climate Assessment — The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States.
USDA Forest Service Webinar: Growing Next Generation Scientists and Advocates for Nature in Cities — Forest Service scientists and educators, along with local practitioners and youth corps members shared how the “moss method” in Seattle’s Duwamish Valley has advanced community priorities. The engagement of community leaders—both adults and youth—in data collection, analysis and communications has supported mutual learning opportunities and resulted in urban planting, restoration and advocacy for more trees and green space as a public health solution.
Partnership Restores Fish To Historic Habitat. A decades-long effort to establish new populations of imperiled Rio Grande chub and Rio Grande sucker fish in Colorado’s San Luis Valley led to a historic day on the Medano Ranch of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Read the full article here.
Officials propose historic agreement to permanently include tribes in Colorado River matters