Follow these links for more information.
Organizations
• Waterkeepers Alliance http://www.waterkeeper.org
• National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org
• Clean Water Action http://www.cleanwateraction.org/co
• Cache la Poudre River Foundation http://www.poudrefoundation.org
• Defenders of Wildlife http://www.defenders.org
• WildEarth Guardians http://www.wildearthguardians.org
• The Xerces Society http://www.xerces.org
• Environment Colorado http://www.environmentcolorado.org
• Lighthawk http://www.lighthawk.org
• Colorado Water Trust http://www.coloradowatertrust.org
• Paddler's community website http://www.mountainbuzz.com
• Western Resource Advocates http://www.westernresourceadvocates.org
• Conservation Colorado http://conservationco.org
• Sierra Club, Poudre Canyon Group http://rockymtn.sierraclub.org/pcg/index.html
• Friends of the Poudre http://friendsofthepoudre.org/
• Poudre Paddlers http://www.poudrepaddlers.org/
• Trout Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Flycasters http://www.rockymtnflycasters.org/
• Fort Collins Audubon Society http://www.fortnet.org/Audubon/
• Citizen Planners http://www.fortnet.org/cp/
• Wolverine Farm Publishing http://www.wolverinefarmpublishing.org
• The Bean Cycle/Matter Bookstore http://www.thebeancycle.com/
- See the Spring 2012 Issue of Matterhorn about the Poudre here
• Western Rivers Conservancy http://www.WesternRivers.org
Restoration
• Restoration of Western Rivers — The Veins of the Ecosystem (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3ZjORGwoI
• American Rivers -- Blueways: Protecting Rivers, Connecting Communities http://www.americanrivers.org/our-work/protecting-rivers/blue-trails/blue-trails-video.html
• What it means to restore a river http://earthsky.org/water/jeff-mount-on-what-it-means-to-restore-a-river
Legal/Institutional Links
• Colorado Water Congress http://www.cowatercongress.org/
• Status of in-stream flow rights in Colorado. http://www.cotrout.org/Default.aspx?tabid=110
• Julesburg water needs http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/esb/2004/august/aug048.htm
Agricultural Issues
• Fiscal consequences of losing irrigated ag land, see page 4 in http://cwrri.colostate.edu/pubs/newsletter/2005/FEbr%2005COWater.pdf
Water Quantity
• Larimer County Compass Water Statistics http://www.larimer.org/compass/waterconsumption_env_use.htm
• Streamflow data
• Poudre River at Poudre Rock (Pineview) Gage
• USGS Water Alerts for low or high water at any gage
• Poudre River at Canyon Mouth Gage
• Poudre River at Lincoln Street Gage
• Poudre River above Boxelder Creek Gage
• Poudre River at Greeley
• Workings of the South Platte alluvial aquifer http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/ch_c/C-text2.html
• illustrations http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/ch_c/jpeg/C023.jpeg
• City of Boulder's Instream Flow Program http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2765&Itemid=1245
• The USGS authoritative Water Use in the United States http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/
Water Quality
• Thermal study on the Poudre through Fort Collins http://www.fort.usgs.gov/products/Publications/4061/4061.pdf
• USGS NAWQA study summary http://co.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/splt/html/spbasininfo.html
• USGS NAWQA study full report http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1167/
• Feedlot links
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/ra01/jarrett.html
http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/factor/stcol.asp
• Pesticide issues http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/dw_contamfs/atrazine.html
• Mutant Fish from Sewage Plants http://www.jcaa.org/JCNL0411/MutantFish.htm
• Colorado Watershed's Water Quality Database http://wildlife.state.co.us/landwater/riverwatch/dsaccept.aspx
Wetlands
• EPA's Wetlands Page http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/
• EPA's Wetlands in the Rocky Mountains & Northern Great Plains Brochure Front & Back
• Colorado Natural Heritage Program's Mapping of Wetlands along the Poudre and South Platte Rivers
http://www.cnhp.colostate.edu/download/documents/2011/Poudre_Wetland_Mapping_Report_ 2011_03_23.pdf
Maps and More
• Cache la Poudre Watershed Maps and Information http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/~ellenw/front_range/Poudre.php
• Cache la Poudre River Wild & Scenic Link http://www.rivers.gov/rivers/rivers/cache-la-poudre.php
• Cache la Poudre River -- maps | mileage | flow | books | paddling: 2003,2004 http://users.frii.com/uliasz/wayfarer/poudre.htm#maps
• Google Flight Path: Poudre Flight Path - Poudre Flyover Markers - Poudre Flyover ReadMe
• Also see our River Impacts Mapping http://www.SaveThePoudre.org/when-where-map.html
• Diagram of diversions and returns along the Poudre River http://water.state.co.us/DWRIPub/Water%20District%20Documents/WD%2003%20Completed%20SLD.pdf
Just for Fun
• Mountain Buzz http://www.mountainbuzz.com
• Poudre Rock Report http://www.poudrerockreport.com
• Geese Surf Glenwood Wave @ 25,500 cfs!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQfSx6zEey0&feature=youtu.be
• Wake Kayaking...On Ice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmJ8bOm1g1M&feature=youtu.be
Other
• Colorado College 2013 Conservation in the West Poll on Water,
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/stateoftherockies/conservationinthewest/topicreports/water.dot
• Recycled Water Quenches San Antonio's Thirst http://tinyurl.com/3sgvsm7
• Porosity Storage's Aquifer System Video http://www.porositystorage.com/
• "On the Cache la Poudre River", by Worthington Whittredge, 1876. An image and description can be found at: http://www.cartermuseum.org/Inspiring_Visions/Whittredge/whittredge_art.html
• “How to Save A River” http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/155963250X/interactiveda164-20/002-7093597-8220824
• Wockner drought article http://garywockner.home.comcast.net/Duped1.htm
• New York Times editorial on western rivers and development http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/opinion/30sat3.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
• New Belgium Brewery's environmental responsibility site, including a "save the rivers" campaign http://www.followyourfolly.com/folly_save_our_rivers.html
• Colorado River Water District site explaining link between western and eastern Colorado water http://www.itsthesamewater.com/index.html
• Nature Conservancy on the Heartbeat of Rivers http://nature.org/RIVER
• Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club's Sustainable Solutions for Colorado's Water Future
• Poudre River Trail Corridor http://poudretrail.org/
• Poudre River Trust http://www.fortnet.org/poudrerivertrust
• Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area http://www.fortnet.org/PRHerCor/index.htm
• Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area http://www.nps.gov/cala/
• Poudre Learning Center http://www.plcoutdoors.org/
• Executive Summary of Cache la Poudre River Natural Areas Management Plan Update, 2011 (PDF) http://www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/pdf/poudre-management-plan-summary.pdf
• Cache la Poudre River Natural Areas Management Plan Update, 2011 (PDF) http://www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/pdf/poudre-management-plan2011.pdf
NISP Info From The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
For NISP related information presented by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD), please click here. But be forewarned that the information presented changes frequently and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
