Updated Upper Poudre Watershed Resilience Plan Now Available

With careful watershed planning, we can do more than just protect the water, plants, and animals that depend on the Poudre River. We can help protect the physical, chemical, and biological components of our watershed and restore those that have already been degraded. With our stakeholder committees and partners, we have completed resiliency plans for both the Upper and Lower Cache la Poudre River watersheds. We use these plans to guide our work across the watershed.

The updated Upper Poudre Resilience Plan presents an analysis of conditions in the Upper Poudre Watershed and recommends treatments and strategies to improve long-term watershed resilience. The analysis that formed the basis of this plan leads to the identification of specific target areas and prioritization of actions within those areas that would increase watershed resilience.

The original Upper Poudre Plan was published in 2019. But, in the wake of the 208,000 acre Cameron Peak Fire, there was a need to update this plan based on post-fire conditions.