Announcements Early September

Executive Director of Colorado Water Trust, Andy Schultheiss, was recently interviewed by Irrigation Leader Magazine about how Colorado Water Trust uses market-based agreements to benefit rivers and irrigators.

A HUGE thank you to our Board President Angie Welch, for setting up an amazing fundraiser for CWA at Green Mountain Beer Company. And thank you to all of our active board members who were involved! Our river cleanup was a success! Please support CWA by grabbing a beer and rounding up your purchase total to the nearest dollar at Green Mountain Beer Company. Proceeds will go directly to CWA all throughout the months of September and October!

The Colorado Corn Administrative Committee is collecting information on farm bill programs. Your answers are anonymous and will help provide farmer feedback on what is working and what is not working with current farm programs. It is confidential and anonymous. The survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete.

RMFI's work on Barr Trail this season in partnership with the Mile High Youth Corps!

Public comment needed now on Colorado Water Plan draft

As TOPS celebrates its 25th year of preserving parks, trails and open spaces, our friends and partners at the Trails and Open Space Coalition (TOSC) have developed a unique "story map" that highlights three of the 70+ acquisitions facilitated by the TOPS program. The stories include narratives of three community members who were instrumental in helping to acquire and improve these properties for current and future generations of Colorado Springs residents. Click here to learn more and to view the Story Map!

Get those cameras ready! The RMFI NATURE! Photo Contest will open for submissions November 1-13, 2022 to kick off this year's Give! campaign. Find complete contest rules and information here!

The Bureau of Reclamation's schedule for funding through WaterSMART and Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration as well as opportunities for Multi-Benefit Projects to Improve Watershed Health.

Watch the trailer for Christi Bode’s Skeie’s PBS documentary, “Farm to Faucet”