Riversedge West

Riversedge West, a nonprofit organization based in Grand Junction, Colorado, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on riparian habitat restoration, invasive species management, and ecosystem conservation across the American West. The organization receives cooperative agreements and project grants from natural-resource agencies — primarily the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior — to conduct on-the-ground restoration work, scientific data collection, and technical assistance to private landowners and land-management agencies. Riversedge West is also known as the Tamarisk Coalition and does business under both names across its federal grant portfolio.

Riversedge West's capability portfolio centers on invasive riparian vegetation removal, native plant reestablishment, aquatic and terrestrial habitat restoration, and scientific monitoring and data management for endangered species and invasive biological control. Recent grant work includes a $289 thousand cooperative agreement from the Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244), awarded September 30, 2025, to improve riparian areas on BLM-managed lands throughout Colorado by removing tamarisk and Russian olive, widening river channels, and restoring floodplain connectivity through September 15, 2030. The organization holds a five-year cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to develop and maintain a centralized scientific repository on tamarisk leaf beetle distribution, spread, and impact on endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher habitat, with annual conferences and workshops presenting findings to the Lower Colorado River Basin region. Riversedge West also received a $140 thousand cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902, Soil and Water Conservation) to provide technical-assistance biologist support to private landowners and conservation districts in Colorado, completed August 31, 2026.

Customer concentration is led by the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (10 awards) and the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (3 awards), accounting for 67% of recent awards. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Colorado Region and National Office hold 5 combined awards. Activity has declined since a 2022 peak of three awards annually, with one award in 2024 and one in 2025. The organization sits as a prime recipient on 29 of 30 recorded federal awards (97%), with a single sub-award role under the Bureau of Land Management Foundation. Across all federal sources, recorded potential value totals $89 thousand, though obligated dollars reach $3.3 million — indicating that actual expenditure on ongoing multi-year cooperative agreements substantially exceeds the remaining potential-value ceiling. Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, limiting immediate recompete exposure.