Colorado River Watch

Volunteer Stewards dedicated to monitoring Colorado's waters. Help us celebrate 30 years of River Watch by donating using the link below!

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Reminder: Join us on Wednesday in Denver for some fun! RSVP is required.

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Please join us next week for our event with @PatagoniaDenver and our local nonprofit partners celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act. Come for the educational presentations, stay for the free food and drinks! RSVP here - https://t.co/mUQAvuAKou

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Please join us next week for our event with @PatagoniaDenver and our local nonprofit partners celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act. Come for the educational presentations, stay for the free food and drinks! RSVP here - https://t.co/mUQAvuAKou

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Another successful training in the books! CSU Mountain Campus (Pingree Park) was a beautiful place to learn and explore. We're happy to welcome these awesome new groups to the program! #CitizenScience

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We have another bittersweet retirement to recognize, Happy Retirement to long time River Watch Teacher, David Eick! David joined the program in 1997 and has collected over 300 samples on Cheyenne Creek with his group, Cheyenne Creek Conservation Club (and Canon School). Congrats!

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Congratulations and Happy Retirement to longtime River Watch Teacher Jeff Keidel! As one of the original teachers to join River Watch in 1991, Buena Vista High School has the largest set of data in our database with nearly one THOUSAND data entries.

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This past week the River Watch program, CPW Water Section, Aquatic Research, and any person lucky enough to be wandering the halls of the Ft. Collins office celebrated the birthday of a new instrument, an ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer). Welcome to the team!

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A huge thanks to our friends over at @rfconservancy for hosting a successful one day training in Basalt! Volunteers who participated were able to refine their River Watch knowledge and have some fun while doing it! #citizenscience

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Lady Anglers of Lincoln Hills Cares are hosting free fly fishing 101 clinics throughout the summer for BIPOC females (under age 21). If you or someone you know might be interested, register at https://t.co/F5RQ69aIei.

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Happy Earth Day!! 🌎

Thank you to all our volunteers for their time and dedication towards monitoring our river systems. Check out our updated kudoboard that shows all the hard work our great volunteers have done!

Click this link to check it out. https://t.co/V2JB2UBEyG

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A good time was had by all with the Mancos Conservation District site visit!

Thank you for devoting your time and commitment to building community engagement, and supporting conservation and the health of the Mancos River systems in southwest CO!

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Vail Christian High School sampling and monitoring the Eagle River.

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Sampling with Mancos Conservation District. Happy Friday!

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Arvada West students incorporate River Watch equipment into their curriculum to test the health of water systems, and apply this knowledge to monitor the class fish tank! 🐟

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Students at Crest Academy continue to monitor the South Arkansas River in Salida 🏞️

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A rare sighting today for Area 9 wildlife managers on #WorldWildlifeDay. These greater sage grouse are making the most of sage brush for cover near Granby.  

How many sage grouse can you find?

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Students from North Fork High School sampling on the Gunnison River! Looks like a beautiful site and a fun group. Happy Friday!

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Representing River Watch alongside Colorado Parks & Wildlife at the Colorado League of Charter Schools Annual Conference, thanks for having us!

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Check out the "Recovery of the Northern River Otter" article in the latest Colorado Outdoors magazine featuring our amazing volunteer, Loree, and her interaction with an otter up close on the Rio Grande.
https://t.co/nrroe9QmLQ

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Our partners in Colorado Springs have an awesome stretch of restored and protected land on Fountain Creek. A great spot for all sorts of educational and recreational activities, including River Watch! Keep up the good work!

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Happy Holidays from the River Watch Team!