Roaring Fork Conservancy
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Roaring Fork Conservancy is the watershed conservation organization for the Roaring Fork Watershed in west central Colorado, which operates to raise public awareness of the protection of the Roaring Fork Watershed
. Roaring Fork Conservancy programs include water quality monitoring, river and water research, land and water conservation, river stewardship, and river and water education for students and adults. Roaring Fork Conservancy works collaboratively with local citizens, governments, agencies and partner organizations to protect rivers and streams of the Roaring Fork Watershed.
to its confluence with the Colorado River
at Glenwood Springs, 70 miles (112.7 km) downstream. The river flows through Aspen and is joined further downstream by two major tributaries: the Fryingpan River in Basalt and the Crystal River just downstream of Carbondale. The Roaring Fork Watershed (1,453 square miles) is located in west-central Colorado in Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield, and a small portion of Gunnison counties (see Figure 1.1). It comprises an area of high mountainous terrain and deep intervening valleys, with altitudes ranging from 5717 feet (1,742.5 m) to 14235 feet (4,338.8 m). The Roaring Fork River
is the second largest tributary of the Colorado River in the state, yielding an average of almost 1000000 acre.ft per year.
Roaring Fork Valley
The Roaring Fork Valley is a geographical region in western Colorado in the United States. The Roaring Fork Valley is one of the most affluent regions in Colorado as well as one of the most populous and economically vital areas of the Colorado Western Slope. The Valley is defined by the valley of...
. Roaring Fork Conservancy programs include water quality monitoring, river and water research, land and water conservation, river stewardship, and river and water education for students and adults. Roaring Fork Conservancy works collaboratively with local citizens, governments, agencies and partner organizations to protect rivers and streams of the Roaring Fork Watershed.
Roaring Fork Watershed
Roaring Fork Conservancy serves the Roaring Fork Watershed, which extends from the river’s headwaters near Independence PassIndependence Pass (Colorado)
Independence Pass, elevation , is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.The pass crosses the ridge of the Sawatch Range between Aspen and Leadville, on the border between Pitkin and Lake counties, and is within the White River National Forest...
to its confluence with the Colorado River
Colorado River
The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
at Glenwood Springs, 70 miles (112.7 km) downstream. The river flows through Aspen and is joined further downstream by two major tributaries: the Fryingpan River in Basalt and the Crystal River just downstream of Carbondale. The Roaring Fork Watershed (1,453 square miles) is located in west-central Colorado in Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield, and a small portion of Gunnison counties (see Figure 1.1). It comprises an area of high mountainous terrain and deep intervening valleys, with altitudes ranging from 5717 feet (1,742.5 m) to 14235 feet (4,338.8 m). The Roaring Fork River
Roaring Fork River
Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in west central Colorado in the United States. The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley or Roaring Fork Watershed, which includes the resort...
is the second largest tributary of the Colorado River in the state, yielding an average of almost 1000000 acre.ft per year.
Roaring Fork Watershed Collaborative
The Roaring Fork Conservancy is a founding member of the Roaring Fork Watershed Collaborative Water Committee. The Collaborative is an association of government agencies and non-profits in Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and Pitkin County that focus on regional issues.External links
- http://yosemite.epa.gov/water%5Cadopt.nsf/by+State/41D185274CCBD7378525715B0073DD49?OpenDocument
- http://www.waterinfo.org/taxonomy/term/1071
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