Project Grant R13AP80026

The Rio Grande Water Conservation District in Alamosa, Colorado will develop a water marketing strategy and conduct outreach with local groundwater management subdistricts to maintain agricultural production and prevent permanent dry-up of historically irrigated lands in the San Luis Valley. Funded by a $425,511 project grant awarded on May 10, 2022 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program, the District will analyze potential water rights for participation...

The High Country Conservation Center (HC3) in Summit County, Colorado was awarded a $471,466 WaterSMART grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to update the 2018 Blue River Watershed Regional Water Efficiency Plan and the water efficiency plans for the Town of Frisco, Town of Dillon, Town of Breckenridge, and Cooper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District. The grant project aims to address challenges related to decreasing snowpack levels, increasing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $905,712.34 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State Assistance Program grant to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). CPW will subgrant the funding to the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado for the development of Tabor Lake. The project will design and construct an approximately 0.7-mile long, 8-10 foot wide concrete and crusher fines trail around the lake to replace an...

The Western States Water Council (WSWC) was awarded a $914,401 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to develop a web-based water conservation tool. This tool will integrate the WESTDAAT system with the OPENET platform to streamline applications for voluntary, compensated water conservation measures across the western United States. The project aims to address data gaps that have hindered effective water conservation and marketing...

The National Park Service awarded a $201,713 cooperative agreement to Mesa Youth Services Inc. under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Mesa Youth Services will utilize its Western Colorado Conservation Corps division, doing business as Mesa County Partners, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through September 30, 2021. This program...

The Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) received a $3,056,920 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to support Phase 2 development of Highline Lake State Park in Loma, Colorado. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will fund key elements including project planning, surveying, stormwater controls, general site work, a new parking lot, beach facilities with restrooms,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 awarded the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife $252,000 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety Formula Grant program (CFDA 15.611) to construct a new shop building at the Andrick Ponds State Wildlife Area in northeast Colorado. The new facility will allow CPW to store equipment and materials onsite rather than transporting items 45 miles from another property for projects. Having a dedicated...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $3,348,446 Project Grant (Award ID R24AP00229) to the Mancos Conservation District in Mancos, Colorado. The funding will support the Mancos Watershed Resiliency Project, which aims to improve watershed health and climate change resilience in the Mancos River watershed. The project activities include upgrading three agricultural diversion structures,...

The Walker Basin Conservancy will receive $262,790 through a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The conservancy will work to increase the availability of locally adapted native plant materials for habitat restoration in arid regions of Nevada's Great Basin. Specifically, the organization will collect seed from at least 20 native plant populations...

The Department of Natural Resources Colorado, under a $523,954 Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), will subgrant funds to the City of Greeley to restore and stabilize approximately 200 linear feet of the south bank of the Cache La Poudre River. The grant project, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to...