Sit in on a basin roundtable
Basin roundtables and public boards publish agendas in advance and take public comment at the top. Nobody will ask why you came.
39 public bodies with posted agendas
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Get involved
Five doors, all of them already open
You do not need a hydrology degree or an invitation. Pick your region and we will show you the meetings, the volunteer groups, the newsletters, the grant deadlines and the people who answer email. These are doors you can walk through today.
Volunteer with a watershed group
Monitoring, plantings, clean-ups, headgate repair, storm-drain marking. Training is on the day and no experience is assumed.
12 watershed groups doing field work
Find a group →Read one newsletter
The single lowest-effort way to know what is happening before it is decided. Most run monthly and are two minutes long.
21 free newsletters you can subscribe to
Subscribe →Find a project near you
Grant cycles reward proposals that have a local sponsor and letters of support. Yours counts, and the deadlines are public.
9 funding cycles open to letters of support
See deadlines →Email someone who answers
Every profile lists a public contact, a source, and a way to reach them. Nobody will ask why you wrote.
65 public contacts in the directory
Open the directory →Meetings you can walk into
Public bodies in Colorado that post agendas ahead of time, starting with the basin roundtable, the meeting built for resident input. Public comment is usually the first item. Dates live on each agenda page, not here; we link straight to them.
Adams County Government
County · Open to the public
Arkansas Basin Roundtable
Basin roundtable · Regional planning table — built for public input
Aurora Water
Water provider · Open to the public
Colorado Basin Roundtable
Basin roundtable · Regional planning table — built for public input
Gunnison Basin Roundtable
Basin roundtable · Regional planning table — built for public input
Jackson County, Colorado
County · Open to the public
Rio Grande Basin Roundtable
Basin roundtable · Regional planning table — built for public input
Southwest Basin Roundtable
Basin roundtable · Regional planning table — built for public input
Volunteer on the water
Monitoring, plantings, clean-ups, headgate repair, storm-drain marking. Training is on the day and no experience is assumed.
Reach out through each group’s own site — most run seasonal sign-ups, not a shared calendar.
Watershed group
Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Association
Watershed association for Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir, whose water arrives chiefly on the South Platte River running through Denver rather than from local tributaries.
Visit their site →Watershed group
Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners
Voluntary partnership of local governments, agencies, and residents coordinating education and stewardship across the Cherry Creek basin, from the Palmer Divide to the creek's confluence with the South Platte in Douglas, Arapahoe, and Denver counties.
Visit their site →Watershed group
Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
Statewide agricultural land trust that has partnered with ranching families since 2007 to conserve over 20,000 acres of working, productive ranchland in North Park, Jackson County.
Visit their site →Watershed group
Colorado Riparian Association
Statewide nonprofit promoting the conservation, restoration, and preservation of Colorado's riparian areas and wetlands through education and the annual Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference.
Visit their site →Watershed group
Big Dry Creek Watershed Association
Association formed in 1997 by the governments discharging to Big Dry Creek, which monitors water quality along the creek and at the three municipal wastewater treatment plants on it.
Visit their site →Watershed group
Colorado Trout Unlimited
Statewide nonprofit collaborating on coldwater fisheries and habitat restoration.
Visit their site →Money with deadlines attached
Statewide programs that fund local work. A letter of support from a resident is a real input.
Administered by
Colorado Watershed Assembly · Colorado Water Conservation Board
Eligible: local community-based organizations, conservation districts
Cycle
Opens Martin Luther King Jr. Day, closes the last day of February, awards announced around Tax Day. The 2026 period is closed; the next opens January 2027.
Colorado Water Plan Grant Program
Administered by
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Eligible: governmental entities, covered entities with approved water conservation plans, private entities
Cycle
July 1 and December 1 each year
Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Grant Program
Administered by
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Eligible: governments, municipalities, districts, enterprises, individuals
Cycle
June 1 and December 1 each year
One more door: someone who answers
Every group in the directory lists a public contact, a source, and (where one exists) a meeting or newsletter link. 65 public contacts in Colorado right now.