Colorado water conservation board and great outdoors colorado funding sources for rivers - Chris Sturm, CWCB and Josh Tenneson, GOCO

Colorado Water Conservation Board Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

Chris Sturm Colorado Water Conservation Board

Stream Restoration Coordinator 303 866 3441

[email protected]

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

GOVERNOR

Finance Section

Interstate, Federal & Water Information

Watershed & Flood Protection

Stream & Lake Protection

(In-Stream Flows)

SERVICES

• Dam Safety • Water Commissioners • Well Inspections • Water Rights • Augmentation Plans

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION

BOARD

Co. State Forest Service

Division of Water

Resources

Colorado Parks & Wildlife

State Land

Board

Division of Minerals &

Geology

Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

Water Supply Planning

http://cwcb.state.co.us

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Watershed & Flood Protection

Section

Grant Programs:

Invasive Phreatophyte Control Program

(IPCP)

Colorado Watershed Restoration

Program (CWRP)

Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund (CHRF)

Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund

2. CLICK HERE

1. http://cwcb.state.co.us

Colorado Watershed

Restoration Program

-Commitment to

collaborative approaches

-Commitment to protect

and/or restore ecological

processes that connect

land and water

-Broad based involvement

and support

- Match support (50%)

Photo Courtesy of Travis Reid Watercress Stream

Uncompahgre Wilderness www.travisreidphotos.com

Stakeholders Land Trust

Farmers/Ranchers

Government

Citizens

Volunteers Academics

Consultants/

Contractors

Recreation

Funders

Before: Over wide, braided into

3 channels

AFTER: Single channel with rock

bank protection and habitat rock

Channel Cross Section

Pre – Restoration Channel

Bankfull

Post – Restoration Channel

Bio-engineered Bank Protection

Cross-Vane Diversion

Blue River, CO

Slide courtesy of Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology

Double-step Cross-Vane diversion during bankfull

East Fork Piedra River, Colorado

Slide courtesy of Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology

Hartland Diversion Dam Reconstruction

Swan River Restoration Site

Watershed Wildfire Protection Group - “Protection Critical Watersheds in Colorado from Wildfire: A Technical Approach to Watershed Assessment and Prioritization”

Composite Hazard Ranking: •Wildfire Hazard •Flooding/Debris Flow Risk •Soil Erodibility

Final Watershed Prioritization: Combines Composite Ranking + Water Uses Ranking (uses SWAP data)

More Information @ cwcb.state.co.us or email [email protected]

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Josh Tenneson Open Space Program Manager,

Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)

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Created by Colorado voters

Constitutional amendment in 1992 directs that state lottery

revenues be directed to outdoor recreation and conservation

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Investing a portion of lottery revenues

40% to local governments | 10% to state Parks & Wildlife |

Up to 50% to GOCO or $59M in last fiscal year

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No tax dollars used

An independent board oversees GOCO’s administration of

competitive grants to local governments and land trusts

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GOCO program areas

Parks and trails

Urban and rural

Water parks, ball fields, etc.

Open space

Colorado Parks & Wildlife

Habitat, endangered species

River corridors

Youth and the outdoors Youth Corps

School playgrounds

Riparian restoration

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Examples: Local Government

Before After

Swink Reynolds Park

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Examples: Local Government

Salida – Arkansas River

Steamboat Springs – Yampa River

Whitewater Parks and Greenways

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Examples: Open Space

Boxcar Ranch,

Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas

McElroy Ranch,

Colorado Headwaters Land Trust

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Examples: Open Space

Oxbow Parcel,

Clear Creek County

Markus Ranch,

Palmer Land Trust

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Examples: Colorado Parks & Wildlife

Wildlife habitats,

threatened/endangered species

State Parks, state trails program,

wetland grants, youth recruitment

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Special initiatives

Flood Recovery Grants Youth Corps forest fire restoration

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GOCO by the numbers

Preserved over

1 million acres of open space

Built or maintained

800 miles of trail

Built or enhanced 1,100 parks

and outdoor areas

Enhanced 712 miles of river

Funded 3,500 projects in all 64

Colorado counties

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GOCO grants help generate

125,000 jobs, including

400+ jobs for youth

$4.2 billion in wages

and salaries

$13.2 billion in

consumer spending

$994 million in state,

local and tax revenue

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Demand for GOCO grants

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Demand for GOCO grants

Josh Tenneson

[email protected] | 303-226-4522

www.goco.org