Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands

Yellow Warbler perched on a branch.
Highlights from the 2022 Colorado Legislative Session
June 08, 2022 — Learn about new laws that will help pollinators, rivers, watersheds, and wildlife.
Western Waters
Yellow-breasted Chat perched in flowering chokecherry branch.
A Confluence of Funding for Water, Watersheds, and Capacity
June 01, 2022 — Learn about beneficial bills passed during the 2022 Colorado legislative session.
Western Waters
A female Wilson’s Phalarope swims in a shallow wetland.
Funneling Phalaropes
May 13, 2022 — Follow the hemispheric migration of the Wilson’s Phalarope.
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Snowy Egret chases fish in water.
A Big Year for Colorado Water
April 21, 2022 — What you need to know from our second Colorado legislator webinar: Milestones for Colorado Water in 2022.
Western Waters
A stream surrounded by green vegetation flows through a canyon blackened by wildfire.
Wildfire Resilience for Communities and Watersheds
March 29, 2022 — What you need to know from our Colorado legislator webinar.
Western Waters
A Snowy Plover stands on sandy a shore.
Snowy Plover: The Beauty of Existence
October 25, 2021 — Subtle Beauty of Shorebirds Series: October
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Aerial image of a beaver wetland.
Beavers Offer Help for Western Waters
October 22, 2021 — Beavers are a key partner in protecting and restoring western streams, watersheds, and habitat.
Western Waters
A red hill rises above sagebrush growing in a meadow.
Eagle Ridge Ranch
September 28, 2021 — Adapting to drought on an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ-certified ranch in Wyoming.
Conservation Ranching
Pectoral Sandpiper stands on an algae mat.
Pectoral Sandpiper: Supreme Master of Migratory Movement
August 23, 2021 — Less sandpiper, more grasspiper.
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Marbled Godwits forage in a wetland.
The Marvel and Mystery of Marbled Godwit Migration
July 22, 2021 — The Subtle Beauty of Shorebirds series, July
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