Are you a member of the Colorado Watershed Assembly? You found your way to our website and blog and we hope you will take a look around to see what else we have to offer and what CWA members are a part of.
Explore our programs, including the Inflow Network, which is our electronic information system that compiles and disperses timely information on funding sources, events, trainings, job opportunities, and more. The Inflow Newsletter is free for all who sign up, and goes out to hundreds of citizens on a weekly basis. We welcome you to send in information on postings you would like included in the Inflow. Membership funds help support this important resource.
River Watch is our citizen science water quality monitoring program, which we administer in partnership with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. 80% of our 130 volunteer teams are comprised of middle and high school students, with the remaining teams made up of citizen groups, individuals, colleges, and local governments. River Watch volunteers collect physical, biological, and chemical data from their sites, and are currently monitoring over 300 rivers. The data collected by our volunteers goes into a publically accessible database, which is utilized by the Water Quality Control Commission, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and many grassroots watershed groups to manage and protect Colorado’s waters.
Have you done your taxes yet? Did you notice the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund state tax checkoff? CWA works with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Colorado Tax Check-off program to promote the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund. The Fund allows citizens to make a donation on line 42 of their individual state income tax returns (Form 104). These funds are used to support grassroots conservation groups throughout the state with various projects. You can only make this donation when completing your Colorado state taxes, so keep an eye out and remember to make a donation (and complete your taxes by April 15!).
Maybe you have heard of the Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference. The Colorado
Watershed Assembly partners with the Colorado Foundation for Water Education and the Colorado Riparian Association to host this annual conference, currently in its 9th year. Perhaps you will join us this year in Avon, CO from October 7-9, as we explore the spirit of community resiliency in the wake of the 2013 floods, wildfires, and other risks to our watersheds. The Call for Papers is out right now. Submit an idea for a presentation by April 18 to be considered.
The Colorado Watershed Assembly also offers a wide range of resources on our website, with information on funding opportunities, watershed reports, watershed groups throughout the state, watershed planning, and – a big focus in 2014 – Colorado’s Water Plan. We couldn’t make all of this information available without support from our members.
Become a member if you want to be a part of a collaborative, statewide association of individual citizens and watershed groups working together to inform public policy and restore, preserve, and enhance the water, land, and natural resources of Colorado watersheds.
Membership starts at $50 and can be completed here. As a member, you will be entitled to reduced registration fees at the Annual Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference and secures you a place at our annual membership luncheon. On top of it all, you will have the knowledge that your membership is supporting valuable resources to individuals and groups throughout the state.
Thank you!
The Colorado Watershed Assembly also offers a wide range of resources on our website, with information on funding opportunities, watershed reports, watershed groups throughout the state, watershed planning, and – a big focus in 2014 – Colorado’s Water Plan. We couldn’t make all of this information available without support from our members.
Become a member if you want to be a part of a collaborative, statewide association of individual citizens and watershed groups working together to inform public policy and restore, preserve, and enhance the water, land, and natural resources of Colorado watersheds.Membership starts at $50 and can be completed here. As a member, you will be entitled to reduced registration fees at the Annual Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference and secures you a place at our annual membership luncheon. On top of it all, you will have the knowledge that your membership is supporting valuable resources to individuals and groups throughout the state.
Thank you!
