Poudre River Resources
Feel free to download these helpful watershed resources or share with friends and colleagues.
State of the Poudre: A River Health Assessment and Report Card
City of Fort Collins
How is the health and ecology of the Cache la Poudre River, today? The City of Fort Collins’ State of the Poudre River project seeks to answer this question scientifically. A healthy Poudre River corridor provides many important social, environmental, and economic benefits to the community. The City of Fort Collins’ 2016 Strategic Plan establishes key goals related to sustaining a healthy and resilient Cache la Poudre River. The State of the River project is a new tool to benchmark progress towards these goals.
Forestry Best Management Practices (2023)
Colorado State Forest Service
This guide outlines Best Management Practices (BMPs) to prevent, reduce or mitigate adverse water quality impacts from forest management activities. It should be used during forestry project planning, operation and close out. We hope you find this guidebook to be a beneficial tool.
Resilient Crossings Handbook
CPRW, Four Mile, Coal Creek and Saint Vrain Watershed Coalitions
The Resilient Crossings Landowner Handbook is designed to inform private landowners about resilient crossing considerations and construction techniques in the context of living along a Front Range river. The concepts presented here can be broadly applied to sites in the canyons, foothills and plains and beyond. It provides information to begin the design process, material to facilitate your conversation with supporting engineers and permitting agencies, and resources to help you move more confidently towards making informed decisions for your crossing project.
Poudre River INvestigators Guide
The Cache la Poudre River is an integral part of the Northern Colorado landscape, originating in Rocky Mountain National Park, flowing down the mountains, and through the cities of Fort Collins, Timnath, Windsor and Greeley. The Poudre River Investigators activity guide connects youth and families to the river corridor through hands-on, minds-on activities. The guide serves as an outdoor education resource and can be used throughout the river corridor.
Investigadores del Río Poudre
El río Cache la Poudre es una parte integral del paisaje del norte de Colorado, se origina en el Parque Nacional Rocky Mountain, fluye por las montañas y atraviesa las ciudades de Fort Collins, Timnath, Windsor y Greeley. La guía de actividades de Poudre River Investigators conecta a jóvenes y familias con el corredor del río a través de actividades prácticas y mentales. La guía sirve como un recurso de educación al aire libre y se puede utilizar en todo el corredor del río.
Regional Stream Stewardship & Recovery Handbook
Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group, Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, Saint Vrain Watershed Coalition and Little Thompson Watershed Coalition
The purpose of the Stream Stewardship and Recovery Handbook is to create an educational resource for private landowners to better understand their streamside properties in the context of the larger watershed, what they can do to practice good stream stewardship and when/how they should engage outside help for stewardship or recovery projects.