APPLY FOR A GRANTNEW FORMS FOR 2025!!!
Please download & review new criteria for 2025 along with application and budget templates. 
The River Board accepts grant applications for review in the spring and the fall of each year. Applications for the Spring cycle are due March 31st for review by the River Board at its April meeting and Fall cycle are due August 31 for review by the River Board at its September meeting. Board meetings are the third Thursday of the month.
Questions? Contact us at [email protected] HIGHLIGHTSIn its first 14 years of existence, our grants program has provided critical funding to over two-dozen critical water research, education, restoration, and infrastructure projects. Here is a rough categorization of grant expenditures from 2010 - 2024:
Research & PlanningDOLLARS
EducationDOLLARS
RestorationDOLLARS
InfrastructureDOLLARS
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HISTORY2024 GRANTSTown of Basalt
Old Pond Park Study $5,000 Roaring Fork Community Development Corporation Hydrologic analysis of the 3-Mile Creek $30,912 Colorado Parks & Wildlife Lincoln Creek Water Quality Monitoring $6,252 Roaring Fork Conservancy River and Watershed Education $37,000 Wilderness Workshop Crystal River Wild & Scenic Campaign $35,000 EcoFlight Crystal River Wild & Scenic Campaign Overflights $35,160 Roaring Fork Valley Wildfire Collaborative Watershed-Wide Wildfire Ready Action Plan $28,000 2023 GRANTSRoaring Fork Conservancy
River Center Education & Programming. Website $33,000 Ruedi Water and Power Authority Water efficiency public education and outreach $10,000 Wilderness Workshop Ongoing Crystal Wild & Scenic Designation $35,000 Water Education Colorado (WECO) , Colorado Watershed Assembly, Colorado Riparian Assembly Support for the fall 2022 Sustaining Colorado's Watersheds Conference in Avon, CO $7,500.00 Eco Flight Aerial advocacy for the campaign to protect the Crystal River from future dam and diversion project through federal Wild and Scenic designation (continued support). $35,000.00 2022 GRANTSMiddle Colorado Watershed Council
Post-fire rain gauge monitoring in Glenwood Canyon. $5,000.00 Roaring Fork Conservancy River Center Education & Programming. Website $33,000 Ruedi Water & Power Authority Renewal of the Roaring Fork Watershed Collaborative work group. $14,875.00 Water Education Colorado (WECO) , Colorado Watershed Assembly, Colorado Riparian Assembly Support for the fall 2022 Sustaining Colorado's Watersheds Conference in Avon, CO $7,500.00 Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc. LIDAR flights to measure snowpack and forecast runoff in the Roaring Fork Watershed $65,500.00 Colorado Rocky Mountain School Osprey poles and boxes $4,800.00 Eco Flight Aerial advocacy for the campaign to protect the Crystal River from future dam and diversion project through federal Wild and Scenic designation (continued support). $35,000.00 2021 GRANTSEcoFlight
Aerial advocacy for the campaign to protect the Crystal River from future dam and diversion project through federal Wild and Scenic designation. $30,000 Wilderness Workshop In support of the campaign to protect the Crystal River from future dam and diversion projects through federal Wild & Scenic River designation. $35,000 Water Education Colorado (WECO) , Colorado Watershed Assembly, Colorado Riparian Assembly Sponsorship of Oct 2020 Conference. Conference website $7,500 Roaring Fork Conservancy River Center Education & Programming. Website $31,000 2020 GRANTSAmerican Whitewater
Needs assessment to identify stream flows that support recreational use on the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers $19,355 Water Education Colorado (WECO) , Colorado Watershed Assembly, Colorado Riparian Assembly Sponsorship of Oct 2020 Conference. Conference website $7,500 Roaring Fork Conservancy River Center Education & Programming. Website $29,000 Town of Carbondale Crystal River / Riverfront Park Restoration & Enhancement Planning and Design. Project website $50,000 2019 GRANTSAspen Global Change Institute
Ecological research in response to summer drought. Tree study. $4000. Project website Michal Schuster (Graduate student) Analysis of N 15 Isotopes and Major Anions to Determine Nitrogen Sourcing on Cattle Creek $2400 Roaring Fork Conservancy Frying Pan Environmental Flow Evaluation $ 16,000 City of Glenwood Springs Three Mile Creek Confluence Restoration. Project website $30,000 Water Education Colorado (WECO) Sponsorship of Oct 2019 Conference $7500 Wright Water Engineers & Colorado Schools of Mines Best Management Practices - Fire $14,462 2018 GRANTSRoaring Fork Conservancy
Town of Carbondale Weaver Ditch – existing conditions survey and assessment $30,000 Water Education Colorado (WECO) Sponsorship of Oct 2018 Conference $4000 Aspen Global Change Institute Expand outreach and education with iRON Program $1700 Colorado Rocky Mountain School Riparian restoration at the confluence of the Crystal and Roaring Fork Rivers. Project video $16,250 City of Glenwood Springs Three Mile Creek Confluence Restoration. Project website $25,000 Roaring Fork Conservancy River Center Education & Programming $20,750 Roaring Fork Conservancy Crystal River / Riverfront Park Restoration & Enhancement Planning with the Town of Carbondale. Project website $5,000 2017 GRANTSAspen Global Change Institute
Interactive Roaring Fork Observation Network (iRON) to collect and share data on climate and environmental conditions in the Roaring Fork Valley. Project website $1,500 Colorado Parks and Wildlife Little lime creek fish barrier related to long term fisheries improvements $20,000 Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) Camera equipment for installing Osprey Cam near CRMS campus $933 Roaring Fork Conservancy Update to the RF Watershed plan $30,000 2016 GRANTSEast Mesa Ditch Company
Repairs and efficiency improvements to the East Mesa ditch $45,000 Pitkin County Open Space and Trails & City of Aspen Upper Roaring Fork Stream Management Plan $25,000 2015 GRANTSRoaring Fork Conservancy
Didymo Study on Frying Pan River $10,000 Ruedi Water and Power Authority Invasive Species Mitigation - Ruedi Boat Launch $10,000 Colorado Water Trust Investigate stream flow opportunities on Upper Roaring Fork $35,000 East Mesa Ditch Company Repairs and efficiency improvements to the East Mesa ditch $45,000 2014 GRANTSCrystal Valley Environmental Protection Association
Coal Basin Cow Stomp Project (through CVEPA for Forest Service) $10, 000 Roaring Fork Conservancy Crystal River Reclamation Assessment $25,000 Havey Films Great Divide Film $5000 Roaring Fork Conservancy Frying Pan Study $25,000 2013 GRANTSCrystal Valley Environmental Protection Association
Coal Basin Cow Stomp Project (through CVEPA for Forest Service) $10, 000 Roaring Fork Conservancy Crystal River Reclamation Assessment $25,000 2012 GRANTSBilly Grange
Gracie Shehi Ditch Diversion Rehabilitation Project $13,600 Friend of Rivers and Renewables (FORR) Snapshot assessment - gages $23,875 Roaring Fork Conservancy Coal Basin Road Reclamation $13,777 2011 GRANTSRoaring Fork Conservancy
Coal Basin Restoration $48,269 granted 2010 GRANTSRoaring Fork Conservancy and Ruedi Water & Power Authority
Watershed plan additional funds and education $43,500 granted Ruedi Water & Power Authority Invasive Species Mitigation - Ruedi Boat Launch $500 | ||||||||
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