The following grants were awarded to local watershed groups committed to collaborative approaches to the restoration and protection of lands and natural resources within Colorado’s watersheds.

A PDF of the actual grants by basin can be found here. 

Year*	Grant Recipient	Project	Grant Award
2015	Animas Watershed Partnership	Water Quality Monitoring and Riparian Re-vegetation	$15,000
2015	Bluff Lake Nature Center	Riparian Re-vegetation	$12,665
2015	Douglas County Conservation District	River Restoration Plan	$15,000
2015	Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project	River Restoration Plan	$10,000
2015	Tamarisk Coalition	Riparian Restoration Training	$5,000
2015	Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Riparian Restoration	$3,500
2015	Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership	Riparian Plant Propagation	$5,000
2015	Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust	Agricultural Land Conservation	$10,000
2015	Trout Unlimited	River Restoration	$10,000
		Total 2015 Funding	$86,165

Year*	Grant Recipient	Project	Grant Award
2014	Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas	Water Quality Monitoring	$3,837
2014	Roaring Fork Conservancy	Watershed Flow Assessment	$15,000
2014	Colorado Watershed Assembly	Macroinvertebrate Sampling	$10,000
2014	National Forest Foundation	River Restoration Coordination Project	$20,000
2014	Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation	Watershed Study	$10,000
2014	Western Slope Conservation Center	Low Flow Fish Habitat Improvement	$20,000
2014	Wildland Restoration Volunteers	Riparian Re-Vegetation	$8,306
		Total 2014 Funding	$87,143

Year*	Grant Recipient	Project	Grant Award
2013	Coal Creek Watershed Coalition	Water Quality Monitoring - Slate River	$3,000
2013	Southwest Conservation Corps	Riparian Re-vegetation	$15,000
2013	Colorado Watershed Assembly	Macroinvertebrate Sampling	$15,000
2013	Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership	Community Outreach and Education	$14,000
2013	Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust	Clarification of conservation opportunities, education, and outreach	$10,000
2013	Routt County Conservation District	Upper Yampa River Watershed Plan	$15,000
2013	Crested Butte Land Trust	Bank Stabilization and Riparian Re-vegetation	$15,000
		Tota1 2013 Funding	$87,000

Year*	Grant Recipient	Project	Grant Award
2012	Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Sedimentation Mitigation	$25,000
2012	Wildlands Restoration Volunteers	Invasive Species Removal, Riparian Re-vegetation	$10,590
2012	Colorado Watershed Assembly	Macroinvertebrate Sampling	$20,000
2012	Chatfield Watershed Authority - Town of Castle Rock	Water Quality Monitoring	$15,000
2012	Tomichi Creek Stakeholders Group	Riparian Vegetation Assessment	$6,000
2012	Coal Creek Watershed Coalition	Sediment Analysis	$13,500
		Tota1 2012 Funding	$90,090

Year*	Grant Recipient	Project	Grant Award
2011	Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project	Riparian Re-vegetation	$5,000
2011	Groundwork Denver	Riparian Re-vegetation, Community Education	$15,000
		Total 2011 Funding	$20,000

Year*	Grant Recipient	Project	Grant Award
2010	Wildlands Restoration Volunteers	Riparian Restoration	$19,220
2010	Coal Creek Watershed Coalition	Stormwater Management	$10,756
2010	Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Mine Remediation Planning	$15,000
2010	Friends of the River Uncompahgre	Watershed Plan	$15,000
2010	Roaring Fork Conservancy	Watershed Plan Education & Outreach	$18,000
2010	Colorado River Water Conservation District	Water Quality Monitoring Station	$16,000
2010	Tamarisk Coalition	Ecotype Specific Riparian Plant Development	$10,000
2010	Eagle River Watershed Council	Riparian Restoration	$10,000
2010	Town of Vail	River Restoration	$6,000
		Total 2010 Funding:	$119,976
Year*	Grant Recipient	Project - Details on projects	Grant Award
2009	Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area	Hecla Wash Restoration & Sediment Reduction Project	$25,000
2009	Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative	Water Quality Stream Teams	$12,750
2009	Coal Creek Watershed Coalition	Project Grant	$8,395
2009	Colorado Storm Water Council	Colorado E. coli Assessment & Management Project-Phase II	$15,000
2009	Fountain Creek Restoration Committee & Pikes Peak Community Foundation	Fountain Creek Restoration - Shryver Park Reach Including Shryver Pond	$50,000
2009	Institute for Environmental Solutions	St. Vrain Watershed Emerging Contaminants Project	$15,205
2009	North Fork River Improvement Association	Paonia Feldman Adaptive Management Project	$15,000
2009	Park County and Colorado Open Lands	Implementation of Watershed Assessment	$12,000
2009	Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust	The Rio Grande Initiative	$15,000
2009	Rocky Mountain Field Institute	Upper Ski Creek Watershed Erosion Control & Restoration Project-Phase 2	$25,000
		Total 2009 Funding:	$193,350
Year*	Grant Recipient	Project - Details on Project	Grant Award
2008	Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative	Water Quality Monitoring Project	$10,00
2008	Colorado Storm Water Council	E. Coli Assessment and Management Plan	$10,000
2008	Colorado Watershed Network	Macroinvertebrate Sampling	$18,000
2008	Friends of Bear Creek	Long-Range Watershed Plan	$10,000
2008a	James Creek Watershed Initiative	Off-Highway Vehicle Area Restoration	$15,000
2008a	Lake Fork Watershed Working Group	Wetland Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage	$15,000
2008a	North Fork River Improvement Association	Streambank Stabilization Project	$15,000
2008a	Roaring Fork Conservancy	Watershed Plan Development	$10,000
2008a	Rocky Mountain Field Institute	Erosion Control and Restoration Project	$15,000
2008a	Town of Rico	River Corridor Protection Plan	$25,000
2008	Uncompahgre River Stewardship Alliance	Uncompahgre Watershed Plan	$10,000
		Total 2008 Funding:	$153,000
Year**	Grant Recipient	Project - Details on Project	Grant Award
2007	Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative	Public Outreach Project	$5,000
2007	Mancos Conservation District	Watershed Restoration Plan	$15,000
2007	North Fork River Improvement Association	Irrigation Diversion Reconstruction	$9,800
2007	Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Hayman Fire Rehabilitation	$25,000
		Total 2007 Funding:	$54,800
Year*	Grant Recipient	Project - Detail on Projects	Grant Award
2006	San Juan Resource, Conservation & Development Council (Animas River Nutrient Work Group)	Watershed Management Plan	$15,000
2006	Grand County Water Information Network	Algae Monitoring Project	$10,000
2006	Dolores Water Conservancy District	Flow Management Plan for Lower Dolores	$15,000
2006	Lake Fork Watershed Working Group	Water Quality & Aquatic Habitat Monitoring	$15,000
2006	North Fork River Improvement Association	Chipeta Dam Removal	$5,000
2006	San Juan Resource, Conservation & Development Council (Pine River)	Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring	$10,000
2006	Roaring Fork Conservancy Watershed	Stream Flow Survey	$5,000
		Total 2006 Funding:	$75,000
Year*	Grant Recipient	Project - Details on Project	Grant Award
2005	Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Hayman Fire Rehabilitation	$5,000
2005	North Fork River Improvement Association	Access Construction to New River Park	$5,000
2005	San Juan RC & D (Mine Reclamation)	Abandoned Mine Reclamation	$12,000
2005	Willow Creek Watershed Reclamation Committee	Stream Restoration	$18,000
2005	Colorado Acequia Association	Restoration of Erosion Activities	$14,000
2005	San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District	Watershed Restoration Strategic Plan	$10,000
2005	Routt County RC & D	Yampa Basin Water Quality Plan	$10,000
2005	San Juan RC & D (Los Pinos River)	Development of Watershed Plan	$10,000
		Total 2005 Funding:	$84,000
Year*	Grant Recipient	Project - Project Details	Grant Award
2004	Roaring Fork Conservancy	Watershed Stream Flow Survey	$7,134
2004	North Fork River Improvement Association	Irrigation Diversion Reconstruction	$23,000
2004	James Creek Watershed Initiative	Riparian Corridor Restoration	$10,800
2004	Eagle River Watershed Council	Inventory & Assessment of Riparian Corridor	$18,000
2004	Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Hayman Fire Rehabilitation	$14,400
2004	Big Thompson Watershed Forum	Mapping and Analysis of Water Quality Data	$10,800
		Total 2004 Funding:	$84,134
		Total Healthy Rivers Funding:	$1,099,664

See a PDF of the actual grants by basin.