Rescuing Colorado’s rivers
The
rivers of Colorado have a new advocate. The nonprofit Colorado
Rivers Alliance aims to protect and restore Colorado’s rivers and
hopes to gain members from all streams of life, including
environmentalists, farmers and politicians. Although the group’s
mission is broad, it has more specific intentions as well, such as
re-establishing riparian corridors and ensuring adequate instream
flows. Executive director Nancy Jacques founded Friends of the
Animas River in 1993, but soon realized that the rest of Colorado’s
waterways needed attention as well. Jacques is the only full-time
staff member and is paid by grants from the American Whitewater
Affiliation and River Network, a national organization that assists
river groups. Founding board members include Gary Sprung, executive
director of the High Country Citizens Alliance, and Gary Kimsey,
founder of Friends of the Poudre in northern Colorado. The alliance
just published the first edition of its eight-page newsletter,
Confluence, which includes a report on “takings’ bills in the state
legislature. Confluence will be published once more this year, then
on a quarterly basis. For more information, contact the alliance at
Box 4054, Durango, CO 81302
(970/259-3209).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Rescuing Colorado’s rivers.
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