Colorado Water Connect

Watershed group · statewide

The Nature Conservancy in Colorado

Colorado chapter of the global conservation nonprofit, active since 1966, which has protected more than 1.5 million acres of land and 1,300 miles of Colorado rivers, with healthy-rivers and Colorado River basin work as core priorities.

Works statewide

Their role in the four decisions

How to read The Nature Conservancy in Colorado

01

Owns the water

State law and the state engineer's office decide who has the right to a stream in a given year.

02

Plans ahead

Basin roundtables and statewide planning set priorities for supply, rivers, and agriculture.

03

Pays for the work

State grant programs and statewide funds pay for most local water projects.

04

Does it on the ground

The Nature Conservancy in Colorado does the on-the-ground work: delivering, treating, restoring, or monitoring water locally.

Neighborhood

Who they work with

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