November 15th, 2024 | 8th Annual Rio Reels Film Festival - Rio Reels, Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project’s largest annual fundraiser, is a film festival event that celebrates rivers and the joys they bring to our lives. In additional to film showings, there will be dinner, drinks, and a silent auction and raffle featuring art, outdoor gear, local agriculture products, and more! Learn more HERE.
November 15th & 16th, 2024 | Western Colorado Farm & Ranch Innovation Expo - Showcasing the latest technologies, tools, and equipment to Western Colorado and surrounding agricultural communities. Demos focusing on Soil Health, Water Conservation, Livestock Management, and Equipment Operation. Learn more HERE.
November 16th, 2024 | Big Snow Bash - The Big Snow Bash is Friends of the Yampa’s largest annual fundraiser with live music, a stellar online auction, and commentary from our river-loving community and special guests. Liver Down the River will play the bash this year! Learn more HERE.
November 18th, 2024 | Water Quality Forum Meeting - The next Water Quality Forum meeting will be a virtual meeting via zoom on November 18, 2024 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. The virtual Zoom participation address is HERE. You may find the written updates HERE and on a link on the agenda. Ideally, you will read them prior to the meeting and come with any questions you may have. We have allotted time for any clarification you may need.
November 19th, 2024 | Wild & Scenic Film Festival - Rocky Mountain Wild is excited to be bringing The Wild & Scenic Film Festival back to Denver and live in your living room! You can either live stream the festival with whoever you are staying safe at home with on your own time, or you can join us for a showing at The Bug Theatre in Denver. The evening will include award-winning environmental films, which have been selected not only for their great visual stories but also to inspire and motivate us to become or remain in right relationship with each other and the planet. This film festival is made by activists for activists and sits apart from the hundreds of festivals around the world by leaving you inspired and motivated to go out and make a difference in your community and the world. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
November 19th, 2024 | The Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Campaign and the Roaring Fork Valley - A Brooksher Watershed Institute presentation by: Andy Mueller, General Manager at Colorado River District & Brendon Langenhuizen, Director of Technical Advocacy at Colorado River District - On behalf of a diverse group of local governments, water entities, and regional organizations, the Colorado River District is working to purchase and permanently protect the water rights associated with hydropower production at the Shoshone Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon. These large and very senior water rights are foundational to water management across the state and provide myriad benefits for the environment, recreation economies, agriculture, and municipal drinking water from Grand County to the state line. Learn more about how this $99 million deal will impact the Roaring Fork River watershed and surrounding communities. Learn more or register HERE.
November 21st, 2024 | RMFI ShinDIG - We will celebrate a year of work well done, recognize prominent volunteers and partners, and share delicious food and drinks. We will also begin preparations for next year with our silent auction and “shovel” raise fundraisers. Come dressed in your best business casual flannel and/or overalls, and help us prepare for another season of trail and public land stewardship! Buy tickets HERE.
November 21st, 2024 | “Tree”via at FRUFC - This is a meeting you will not want to miss, because it is going to be a fun one. After two regular presentations we will be having a Trivia Game or TreeVia game! This is a great meeting to bring the whole crew for some team building and friendly competition. It will be pay to play ($5/person) with all proceeds benefiting the Colorado Tree Coalition. There will be some prize drawings and the winning team for TreeVia will get an amazing prize and bragging rights. Lets celebrate the end of the year and raise some money for planting trees across the state!
December 5th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Community Science Conference - The Rocky Mountain Community Science Conference (RMCSC) is a biennial conference that gathers community science practitioners, managers, participants, and enthusiasts to discuss the successes and unique challenges of community science programs in the Rocky Mountain region. The conference includes oral presentations, rants, workshops, networking opportunities, and a poster session. Learn more or register HERE.
December 5th, 2024 | Grappling with Barriers to Agricultural Water Conservation on Colorado's West Slope - A presentation by: Seth Mason, Principal Hydrologist at Lotic Hydrological and Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University - The Upper Colorado River Commission identifies voluntary and compensated reductions in consumptive water use as an important tool for managing Colorado River water supplies in the face of a drying climate and falling water levels in Lake Powell. Water leasing programs are also an important tool for watershed groups like the Roaring Fork Conservancy working to meet local environmental flow targets. However, participation rates in water conservation programs remain low locally and regionally. Seth Mason will share insights from research activities conducted in the Roaring Fork Watershed and across Colorado's West Slope that probe the factors that limit water conservation program participation rates and attempt to identify opportunities for increasing the appeal and effectiveness of future water conservation programs. Learn more HERE.
December 14th, 2024 | Headwaters Rocky Mountain Yule Celebration - Join the Headwaters Center in Winter Park for their annual fundraiser benefiting the Headwaters River Journey Museum 501c3 and other local water conservation education initiatives. Learn more HERE.
December 19th, 2024 | Public Hearing - The North Front Range Water Quality Planning Association (NFRWQPA) is conducting a public notice and comment period to review the Regional EPA 9-Element Watershed Plans. A public hearing date of December 19, 2024, at 2:00 PM, is tentatively set for the final approval of the plans. Comments may be submitted using the Review and Comment Tracking Google forms provided for each separate watershed. All the Regional EPA 9-Element Watershed Plans and Review and Comment Tracking forms may be viewed here. If your organization is interested in a particular watershed, you may access the watershed plans below individually. Middle South Platte, Big & Little Thompson, Cache La Poudre, St. Vrain Creek. This Public Notice may also be viewed on the Association website HERE.
April 16th, 2025 | Society of Wetland Scientists Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting - Save the Date.