October 11th-13th, 2022 | The 2022 Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference. Conference registration is now open for the 2022 SCW conference in Avon Colorado.
August 18th-19th, 2022 | Grass Tour 2022 | Pawnee Butte Seeds. This year’s tour is gladly put together with the help of Colorado Section- Society for Range Management, City of Thorton, Colorado Open Lands, and Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, CSU Extension Office, Colorado Watershed Assembly, and the West Greeley Conservation District this year! A great tour has been planned for you! Register soon.
August 20th, 2022, 10am-2pm | Fall Plant Sale | Denver Urban Gardens. Join Denver Urban Gardens at The Posner Center to get favorite organic cool-season seedlings, as well as organic cover crop seeds, garlic, straw, and compost–everything you’ll need to put your garden to bed at the end of the growing season. The SAME Café food truck will also be on site, as well as booths from our partner organizations. Come hungry and ready to learn about other awesome sustainability-focused organizations!
August 20th, 2022, 5:30-8pm | Burning Issues: How to Prepare Your Farm/Ranch for the next Wildfire. Join for an evening of education, storytelling, and conversation with Flatirons Young Farmers Coalition. This wildfire preparedness event is designed for our county’s farmers, ranchers, land stewards, and farmworkers who are on the front lines of disasters posed by a changing climate.
August 23rd-25th, 2022 | Colorado Water Congress Summer Conference. The high-energy Summer Conference is packed with great topical content. It's a don't miss event for those who wish to stay informed about water issues in Colorado while engaging in numerous professional development activities. Expect expert presentations on topics ranging from drought to the Colorado river, an interactive conference format, networking with water industry professionals, POND activities, and opportunities to earn CLE credits.
August 26th-28th | Blue River Watershed Festival. Join the Blue River Watershed Group in events showing your appreciation for the water in our lakes and rivers by participating in the River Cleanup and fun events of the Watershed Festival. Events include a huge river cleanup and volunteer party, silly boat races, a fun run, live painting, free music, SUP yoga, fly casting lessons and more!
September 8th, 2022 | President’s Reception. Help celebrate Water Education Colorado's 20th anniversary at this year's annual President's Reception on Sept. 8! The in-person event will include a cocktail hour (indoor/outdoor), plated dinner, live auction, and awards ceremony (all indoor). The venue has large garage roll-up doors that will remain open (assuming good weather) to provide ventilation for the indoor portion of the event.
September 9th-10th, 2022 | Advancing Environmental Education Conference. Colorado’s Advancing Environmental Education Conference is annually hosted by the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE), a statewide leader in environmental education since 1989. CAEE facilitates communication, coordination, resource sharing and professional development to advance environmental education among over 850 members across the state among various sectors. CAEE also advocates for increased access to environmental learning opportunities for all Colorado residents in order to increase environmental literacy in Colorado.
September 13th, 2022, 5pm-8pm | Water Connections: The Value of Water. Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual “Water Connections: The Value of Water,” an evening educational event hosted by the Southwestern Water Conservation District (SWCD), Four Corners Water Center at Fort Lewis College (FLC), and SGM. This year we'll screen the PBS documentary "Farm to Faucet," which begs the viewer to contemplate how Coloradoans value water. Then, several panelists representing diverse water uses in southwest Colorado will react to the film and participate in an audience Q&A.
September 14th, 2022, 8:30-11:30 am | Fall Forest Bathing with Darlene Rooney-Keller. This morning walk will allow us to a break from our “thinking minds” and let our “heart’s intelligence” have time to be alive and present, all while lowering stress hormones, calming the nervous system, regulating the heart rate, increasing white blood cells, supporting creativity, improving mood, and decreasing anxiety. The gifts of this practice are abundant!
September 16th, 2022 | 2022 Annual Water Seminar: Overdrawn | Colorado River District. The Colorado River Basin is at a crossroads. The river that supports over 40 million people, 5 million acres of agricultural land, 2 countries, 30 sovereign Tribal Nations, 7 states and 11 national parks, has rapidly diminished and been thrust into national headlines by a warming climate and a growing population. 2022 seminar keynotes and panels will center around the issues of water shortage, the 2007 Interim Guidelines re-negotiations, as well as a focus on the current innovation and partnerships happening within local West Slope communities as they craft their own solutions. Keynote speakers and panels will be announced soon!
September 17th, 2022 | Love Your Gorge | Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership. Join UWP and the Ouray Ice Park in beautifying and maintaining the watershed around the Uncompahgre River Gorge. For 2022, we need some volunteers to pick up litter above the gorge along trails and roads, while some will be going into the gorge to pick up litter. Only experienced climbers with helmets will be permitted in the gorge. We also plan to remove some invasive plant species this year to help native species thrive. Plus, we will help control erosion that has become an even more obvious problem during the heavy rains this year that have caused large flows of coarse sediment into the Uncompahgre River.
September 24th, 2022, 8am-2pm | Clear Creek Cleanup. Volunteers will be cleaning 22 miles of the Peaks to Plains Trail including Clear Creek Canyon Park and portions of the US Highway 6 canyon corridor. Afterwards, celebrate at the new Gateway Trailhead with food trucks, live music, and a raffle for prizes.
September 29th-30th, 2022 | San Juan Mining & Reclamation Conference: Reconnect & Reboot. The primary goals of this annual conference are to educate the public and other stakeholders on the science and policy of mining, mine lands remediation, and water quality as it relates to non-point source pollution, to improve mining practices, and addressing water quality impairments through workshops, field tours, and presentations. Each year the conference is hosted in a different San Juan community to highlight the host area’s mining heritage and successes in conducting mine remediation and water quality improvement projects.
October 26th, 2022, 9am-4pm | 2022 Water Conservation Symposium | Colorado WaterWise. Save the date!
December 8th, 2022 | South Platte Forum. This year, the South Platte Forum will be taking place at a new location, the Lionsgate Event Center. Lionsgate is a locally owned venue with idyllic scenery. You can read more about their story here. Building off the positive feedback from 2021, we will once again host a one-day conference on Thursday December 8, 2022. As always, the Forum will include a full agenda of timely topics and expert speakers.
April 11th-14th, 2023 | Colorado Wildland Fire Conference. Save the date!