Boulder Watershed Collective

THE BOULDER WATERSHED COLLECTIVE, A COMMUNITY WATERSHED GROUP, WILL RESTORE AND IMPROVE THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF 181 ACRES OF DEGRADED AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN HABITAT, AND 2.8 MILES OF WET MEADOW STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE BOULDER CREEK WATERSHED NEAR BOULDER, COLORADO. THE PROJECT AREA INCLUDES HABITAT FOR THREATENED GREENBACK CUTTHROAT TROUT AND SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOREAL TOAD. THE COLLECTIVE WILL CONSTRUCT IN-STREAM LOG STRUCTURES, PLANT NATIVE VEGETATION, AND REINTRODUCE NATIVE BEAVER POPULATIONS TO REDUCE CHANNEL INCISION, RECONNECT FLOODPLAINS, RESTORE ERODED GULLIES, AND IMPROVE INSTREAM AQUATIC HABITAT. THE COLLECTIVE?S RESTORATION ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO RE-HYDRATE WET MEADOWS, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, AND ATTENUATE DOWNSTREAM FLOODING. THE PROJECT AREA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN NUMEROUS REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOULDER SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PLAN, ST VRAIN AND LEFT-HAND CREEK STREAM MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THE ST. VRAIN AND BOULDER CREEKS WILDFIRE READY WATERSHEDS PREPAREDNESS PLAN. THE COLLECTIVE ALSO CONSULTED A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAND MANAGERS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.