Colorado Watershed Network

Founded in 1997, the Colorado Watershed Network (CWN) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. We work to promote the health of Colorado's watersheds through nonbiased and community based science. CWN does this by creating feedback loops between our three programs, Education & Outreach, Conservation & Restoration, and Research & Monitoring to ensure that our practi... ces are scientifically sound and never just sit on the shelf. We are able to accomplish our mission by working with major partners, such as the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council. CWN's major accomplishments include: River Watch, the largest statewide volunteer water quality monitoring program in the country and only one whose data are used for regulatory purposes; the Private Lands Wildlife Biologist Program which ensures wildlife habitat conservation under the 2002 Farm Bill; and the Colorado Data Sharing Network, an interactive online water quality monitoring database. We encourage you to visit each program's page to learn more about what we do. CWN will continue to strive hard to help our community- made up of volunteers, farmers, ranchers, recreational users, environmentalists, school groups, developers, watershed groups, and various agencies- achieve healthy watersheds, with sound solutions that make sense on a local level. We believe this is the only way we can create long lasting and powerful solutions.Read More