February 22nd, 2024 | Speaker Series | Middle Colorado Watershed Council. Join as the Middle Colorado Watershed Council hosts the first guests of their 2024 Speaker Series guests. David Graf, Instream Flow Coordinator for US Fish and Wildlife, will share information about the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program and the 15-Mile Reach. The same evening, Hunter Causey, Colorado River District, will add to the water flow conversation sharing information about the River District's plans to purchase Xcel Energy's Shoshone water rights.
February 26th, 2024 | Colorado Water 101 | Friends of the Lower Blue River. Join FOLBR for an evening of presentations regarding the history and development of Colorado’s most precious natural resource… our water. Representatives from the Colorado Division of Water Resources, FOLBR, and the Water Archives at the CSU Morgan Library will be on hand to answer all of your water-related questions.
March 1st, 2024 | Poudre River Forum: The Cost of Water. The Poudre River Forum, an annual initiative of the Poudre Runs Through It, is a platform for industry professionals and community members who farm, deliver clean potable water, drink beer, recreate, and advocate for river health to learn from one another and explore how to move from conflict to collaboration. The annual event attracts hundreds of river enthusiasts from Northern Colorado communities and beyond.
March 5th-7th, 2024 | Riparian Restoration Conference | RiversEdge West. Save the date and call for abstracts!
March 6th-7th, 2024 | Arkansas River Basin Water Forum. The 29th Arkansas River Basin Water Forum, the basin’s premiere water event, will feature the state’s top water experts discussing critical issues facing all segments of water users – agriculture, municipal, recreation, environmental and industrial – and engage attendees in seeking solutions to the many challenges faced in planning for a secure water future for the largest of Colorado’s river basins. Keynote presentations will be provided by Kate Greenberg, Commissioner and Robert Sakata Agricultural Water Policy Advisor both with the Colorado Department of Agriculture. In addition to expert presentations and panel discussions in the morning sessions, a variety of field trips will be offered in the afternoons. Full information on registering for the Forum, including choice of preferred field trips can be found in the link above.
March 27th, 2024 | Fluid Horiz. ons: Navigating the Water of Innovation | SWCD. It has been four decades since Southwester Water Conservation District held its first Annual Water Seminar. In the years preceding the first seminar, Lake Powell was at its highest water level in history and there was growing concern that Glen Canyon Dam would fail under the pressure of the full reservoir. In the years preceding this seminar there has been concern that the level would reach dead pool. A stark difference that reflects our current crisis. Save the date!
April 2nd-3rd, 2024 | Water Workfoce Summit | Colorado Water Center. Join the Colorado Water Center for the first ever Colorado Water Workforce Summit! Day 1 is a conference-style gathering to identify Colorado’s most urgent water workforce needs and education/training gaps, build synergies between sectors and organizations, and develop next steps for water workforce development. Day 2 features a Water Career and Education Fair designed to connect students with water-related employment and training opportunities. This program is ideal for water industry & employers, water-related educators & trainers, workforce development specialists, and students across Colorado.
April 10th, 2024 | Society of Wetland Scientists Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting. Registration open & call for abstracts
April 15th-17th, 2023 | Partners in the Outdoors | Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Save the date. The Partners in the Outdoors Conference is Colorado's foremost opportunity to cultivate common ground, explore best practices of partnering, and design collaborative solutions with diverse voices and stakeholders to conserve Colorado's outdoor heritage. Our annual conference has quickly become one of the signature events in Colorado bringing together organizations, agencies, schools, businesses and communities engaged in the future of Colorado's conservation and outdoor recreational opportunities.
May 13th, 2024 | Trees in the West | CSU Spur. Join for a one-day conference exploring complex and shared sustainability challenges for urban forests in the Western US from diverse perspectives. Connect with your colleagues, learn from experts, and share your insights. Save the date!
May 13-14th, 2023 | River Rally. The joyful and deeply moving experience of River Rally combats feelings of isolation, overwhelm, and burnout for network members working at the intersection of water and justice and ignites collective action and power for the work ahead. River Network is able to provide many registrants with financial assistance 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.
May 22nd-24th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Mining & Reclamation Conference | Mountain Studies Institute. The event will be hosted at a variety of iconic Leadville locations, including Freight, Colorado Mountain College, and Tabor Opera House. There will be a keynote and meet and greet on the evening of Wednesday, May 22nd. Thursday, May 23rd, will be technical talks followed by a reception. Lastly, a variety of tours are scheduled for Friday, May 24th.
June 5th-7th, 2023 | Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days. Save the date. The Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) conference will be hosted June 5-7, 2024 in Fruita! This opportunity only occurs once every four years in the Western Slope region, serving Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, and Mesa counties.
September 11th-13th, 2023 | San Luis Rural Philanthropy Days. Save the date.
September 20th, 2024 | The Colorado River District’s Annual Water Seminar. Save the date.
October 4th-6th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Cell Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip. Come explore the paleoclimatology and geomorphology of central Utah! This Friends of the Pleistocene (FOP) trip is motivated by recent and ongoing research into how one of the world’s greatest landscapes developed. Presenters will focus on Quaternary features and highlight recent and ongoing research into how the extraordinary features of this region developed.