​Protecting, defending, & enhancing
your Roaring Fork Watershed
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LATEST NEWS

ROBINSON DIVERSION PROJECT UPDATE!

There has been rapid progress at the Robinson Diversion project site on the Roaring Fork River. The big machines got rolling in mid-December 2020. Click the link below to watch a short video update from Mar. 29, 2021. For safety reasons, river users are asked to avoid this section of river through April 1st. Construction will be occurring in and around the river through that date.

SEE THE UPDATE

SPRING GRANT APPLICATIONS

Calling all Healthy Rivers grant applicants! The application due date for our Spring 2021 grant cycle is March 31, 2021. We've funded many local river research, education, restoration, and infrastructure efforts in the past and would love to hear about your project!

APPLICATION INFO HERE

SCHOLARSHIP
​PROGRAM EXPANDED!

In 2021, Healthy Rivers will award THREE $5,000 scholarships to area high school students who demonstrate an interest in protecting, defending, and enhancing the rivers of the Roaring Fork Watershed. The upcoming application deadline is Feb. 17, 2021.

APPLICATION INFO HERE

YOUR
WATERSHED
MATTERS!
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AMAZING RIVERS

MILES OF STREAM

​ACRE FEET OF WATER ANNUALLY
DISCHARGED INTO THE COLORADO RIVER

SUPPORTING...

COMMUNITY

AGRICULTURE

RECREATION

WILDLIFE

ECOLOGY

OUR FOCUS

The Healthy Rivers program was created by a 0.1 sales tax (equal to 10 cents of every $100 purchase) authorized by Pitkin County voters in 2008.  The tax measure mandates the River Board's objectives as follows:

IMPROVING
WATER QUANTITY
& QUALITY​

We maintain and improve water quality and quantity within the  Roaring Fork watershed.


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PROTECTING 
​WATER FOR THE WATERSHED

We purchase, adjudicate changes of, lease, use, bank, sell, and protect water rights for the benefit of the Roaring Fork watershed.

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AUGMENTING
​STREAM
FLOWS​

We work to secure, create and augment minimum stream flows in conjunction with non-profits, grant agencies, and appropriate State and Federal agencies to ensure ecological health, recreational opportunities, and wildlife and riparian habitat.

PROMOTING
​WATER
​CONSERVATION

We promote water conservation.
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ENHANCING
WATERSHED
FACILITIES

We improve and construct capital facilities that contribute to the objectives listed above.

LEARN MORE ABOUT
​OUR WORK