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Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest and Pawnee National Grassland Home Page
Summary: The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (ARNF) include 1.3 million acres of public land in the Rocky Mountains and foothills of north central Colorado. Boundaries extend north to the Wyoming border and south to Mt. Evans. The Arapaho National Forest includes lands on both sides of the Continental Divide.
Provided by: US Forest Service
URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/
Geographic Keywords: Watershed (USGS Cataloging Code)
State(s): Colorado
Keywords: Forestry, Recreation
Contact: Karen Solari
Contact Email: ksolari@fs.fed.us
Contact Telephone: 202-205-0879
Last Updated: 7/23/2004 10:11:20 AM

Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network
Summary: Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network: Public Access to Environmental Information in the Boulder Creek Watershed. The Boulder Creek watershed is the geographical focus of this project with emphasis on critical local and regional envionmental issues. Overall goals include developing technology to measure environmental impact of resource consumption at a neighborhood level, strengthening partnerships, creating a solid information management public access system, and developing an index of key envrionemtnal parameters broadcast via televiusion, radio, kiosks, guides, and the Internet. Parameters include water quality, air quality, and extreme weather. EMPACT Metro Grant recipient.
Provided by: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
URL: http://www.basin.org/
Reference URL: http://www.epa.gov/empact/
Geographic Keywords: State
State(s): Colorado
Metropolitan Area(s): 1125-Boulder--Longmont
Keywords: Air Quality/Pollution, Drinking Water, Education Materials, Monitoring, Public Health, Stormwater, Water Conservation, Water Quality/Pollution
Last Updated: 7/23/2004 10:11:01 AM

Boulder Creek Watershed
Summary: ABSTRACT: One of our goals for the Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative is to further refine what we have learned about watershed and airshed-based environmental education and to transfer that knowledge to other interested groups throughout the United States. Everyone learns more quickly when presented with examples of direct importance to themselves; that is probably why local, place-based learning systems are so effective. Educational activities focussed on our watershed include: -a watershed forum where distinguished scientists present their research on our watershed to its citizens, -a traveling aquarium program, -a children's water festival, -watershed tours with scientists, -watershed-based scientific meetings, -an annual Boulder Creek Festival, -active Stream Team and RiverWatch programs, -and a variety of curricula. All of these are essential parts of a whole. The cooperation of governments and higher education with the community and school districts within a watershed has been proven invaluable. We will discuss these efforts, their success, and our plans for the future. THE PROCESS: For several years now, a group of citizens and organizations have been helping to coordinate all of the environmental quality research and work that is going on in the Boulder Creek Watershed. This watershed contains 13 national laboratories including some of the best scientists, engineers, economists and environmental researchers in the US. Many of these citizens have been working on the types of problems that we have in our own watershed; but were working on them in other states or in other countries. Some of these researchers realized that their presence in the Boulder area has, over the years, provided more information about the Boulder Creek watershed than any other watershed in the region. Unfortunately, without a focus, this information was being misplaced, lost and squandered. THE WATERSHED FORUM: Every year we have a Boulder Creek Watershed Forum of some sort. For the first forum we invited nationally-known scientists from a number of laboratories to give 30 minute talks about their research on the environmental quality of the watershed. Many agreed that it was one of the better scientific meetings that they had attended. They had several reasons for saying this but often cited our wealth of data and that we were considering air, water, plants, soils and human-impact as linked parts of the watershed. We followed that up with forums on land-use, public education and other topics, each one in a different format. In 1996, we had a panel discussion with experts in a variety of fields proposing different solutions to the same problems. Even after these efforts it remains difficult to coordinate our efforts in the watershed. We still have eight or more government agencies sampling, often at the same site, without sharing their knowledge or data. Starting in 1997 we began a series of forums with more public impact. Once each month we have had an individual speaker spend as much time as he or she needed to describe to the area environmental scientists, resource managers and the public his or her thoughts on the need to optimize available resources and to study watersheds as a whole. Attendance at these forums has been limited only by our venues with the largest auditorium in town seating only 500 people. The impact of these forums is far from local as the researchers and resource managers from this area are working on projects worldwide.
Provided by: Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative
URL: http://bcn.boulder.co.us/basin/bcwi/
Reference URL: http://bcn.boulder.co.us
Geographic Keywords: State
State(s): Colorado
Metropolitan Area(s): 1125-Boulder--Longmont
Keywords: Conservation, Education Materials, Monitoring, Public Health, Volunteer Monitoring, Water Conservation, Water Quality/Pollution, Watershed Management
Map Themes: General-Other, General-Water
Contact: Mark McCaffrey
Contact Email: mccaffrm@csf.colorado.edu
Contact Telephone: 303-530-1197
Last Updated: 2/15/2008 1:16:30 PM

Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program
Summary: Niwot Ridge is the sole alpine tundra site and is located approximately 35 km west of Boulder, CO. NWT LTER research is also facilitated by affiliations with several other associated institutions.
Provided by: Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research
URL: http://culter.colorado.edu/NWT/
Geographic Keywords: Watershed (USGS Cataloging Code)
Keywords: Ecosystems, Monitoring
Contact: Michael Hartman
Contact Email: hartmama@culter.colorado.edu
Contact Telephone: none
Last Updated: 3/5/2008 10:41:59 AM

Platte River Endangered Species Partnership
Summary: The states of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado, and the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) have entered into a partnership to address endangered species issues affecting the Platte River Basin.
Provided by: Platte River Endangered Species Partnership
URL: http://www.platteriver.org/
Geographic Keywords: State
State(s): Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming
Keywords: Conservation, Endangered Species, Habitat Loss
Contact: Dale Strickland
Contact Email: platte@www.usbr.gov
Contact Telephone: 877-634-1773
Last Updated: 7/23/2004 10:11:15 AM

Roaring Fork Conservancy
Summary: Understanding the diverse and powerful roles played by this special river and recognizing its place in the hearts of residents and visitors led to the formation of the Roaring Fork Conservancy. Through various restoration and improvement projects, this non-profit organization is helping protect and enhance the rivers of the Roaring Fork drainage, including the Frying Pan and Crystal Rivers.
Provided by: Roaring Fork Conservancy
URL: http://www.roaringfork.org/
Geographic Keywords: Watershed (USGS Cataloging Code)
State(s): Colorado
Keywords: Conservation, Education Materials, Habitat Loss, Monitoring, Water Quality/Pollution
Contact: none
Contact Email: director@roaringfork.org
Contact Telephone: 970-927-1290
Last Updated: 7/23/2004 10:11:17 AM

Western Resource Advocates
Summary: Founded in 1989, Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is a non-profit environmental law and policy organization dedicated to restoring and protecting the natural environment of the Interior American West. With more than 22 employees and offices in two states (Colorado and Utah), we have developed strategic programs in three areas: Water, Energy and Lands. We meet our goals in collaboration with other environmental and community groups, and by developing solutions that are appropriate to the unique environmental, economic and cultural framework of this region. We have an active board that meets four times a year.
Provided by: Western Resource Advocates
URL: http://www.lawfund.org/
Geographic Keywords: Watershed (USGS Cataloging Code)
Keywords: Ecosystems, Forestry
Contact: Western Resource Advocates
Contact Email: info@westernresources.org
Contact Telephone: (303) 444-1188
Last Updated: 12/27/2004 2:06:27 PM

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