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

WHITEWATER PARK
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Healthy Rivers is modifying the wave features this winter to make them easier to navigate at high water. In-stream construction will be completed by March 20th.

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WELCOME NEW
BOARD MEMBERS!

We welcome Chuck Ogilby and Wendy Huber who were both named to the river board on March 11, 2020.  Thank you for volunteering your time to protect the future of our rivers!

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CALLING ALL
​PROPOSALS

The River Board is now accepting applications for our Spring grant cycle. Applications must be submitted by March 31, 2020 for April consideration.

GRANT INFO

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.

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​OUR WORK