The clear creek forest and health partnership, located west of denver, colorado, plans to strengthen their coalition of diverse stakeholders and develop local solutions to current and future threats…

The federal Project Grant award R24AP00606, provided by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), will fund Coalitions And Collaboratives, Inc. (Coalitions & Collaboratives Inc.) to strengthen the Clear Creek Forest and Health Partnership in Colorado. The $300,000 award will enable the non-profit organization to further develop the partnership, ensure its long-term sustainability, and increase its capacity to implement a prioritized watershed plan. This will help address water quality degradation in the Clear Creek watershed, which provides drinking water for over 400,000 people and supports local irrigation, recreation, and industry. The project aims to develop local solutions to current and future threats facing the watershed, including impacts from historic mining operations, wildfires, drought, and climate change.

The clear creek forest and health partnership, located west of denver, colorado, plans to strengthen their coalition of diverse stakeholders and develop local solutions to current and future threats facing the clear creek watershed. The clear creek watershed is a drinking water source for more than 400,000 people, and provides water for local irrigation, recreation, and industry. In recent years IT has experienced water quality degradation from historic mining operations, wildfires and post-fire impacts, and other water quality and quantity stressors from drought and climate change. The project will further develop partnership organization, ensure the organizations long-term sustainability, and increase capacity to implement a prioritized watershed plan to protect and restore the clear creek watershed.