Restore

Here in the Cache la Poudre River Watershed and across the West, healthy rivers and streams are the lifeblood of both people and nature. But today, many of these waterways are struggling. When rivers aren’t functioning as they should, it puts our communities, economy, and natural resources at risk—while making us more vulnerable to wildfires, drought, and flooding.

The encouraging news is that we already know how to make a difference. There are practical, cost-effective strategies to restore and care for these systems. By investing in river health, we can strengthen local economies, reduce disaster risks, and create thriving habitats for fish and wildlife.

Communities throughout the West—including those in the Poudre River Watershed—can’t afford to wait. We need to work together to accelerate conservation and restoration efforts to build resilience and sustain healthy watersheds.

Using the Upper Poudre and Lower Poudre Resiliency Plans as our guide, we implement high-priority restoration projects across the watershed. Our implementation programs range from wildfire mitigation to post-fire restoration and river resiliency work. 

Rivers Program

CPRW’s river restoration work is conducted to improve the environmental health of the Poudre River, in support of biodiversity, recreation, flood management and/or landscape development.

Forests Program

We work collaboratively with partners to reduce the risk of high severity wildfire in the Poudre watershed at a landscape scale.

Wildfire Recovery

Wildfire recovery projects are focused on both reducing erosion and preventing excess sediment from entering the river, stabilizing stream banks, protecting important infrastructure, and reestablishing native vegetation.