Celebrating 10+ years of protecting, defending, & enhancing
your Roaring Fork Watershed!

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LATEST NEWS

Celebrate the Crystal River!
​​updated Sept. 23, 2021

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Join the team!
​updated Sept. 9, 2021

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July is RICD Appreciation Month!
updated July 15, 2021

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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.