Peer Workshops

10/4/2021

During this workshop, participants learned the basics of how to set and evaluate environmental and recreational flow targets, how to set the process up for success and best practices and common challenges for bringing stakeholders together to align on setting targets.

8/27/2021

Are you interested in learning if a Stream Management Plan is a good fit for your community? Join River Network and the Colorado Water Conservation Board to learn the basics of SMPs, including their history, steps in the planning process, and some details on assessment approaches. You’ll also hear from the San Miguel, Middle Colorado, and South Boulder Creek SMP leads about the methods and outcomes of their Stream Management Plans.

8/5/2021

Salida, Colorado

Participants from across the state came together to learn more about fluvial hazard mapping, stream health assessments, and the beginning phases of the Upper Arkansas SMP. Michael Blazewicz, Kim Lennberg, Buffy Lenth, and Natalie Allio presented.

10/1/20

Participants explored the reasons diversion assessments are important to the SMP/IWMP process. SMP leaders from the Yampa and Mancos Rivers presented their varying approaches to diversion assessments.

9/29/20

Participants troubleshooted two challenges: (1) My SMP can generate a massive amount of data and information. What are the best ways to present complicated information to people? and (2) I don’t know if it’s better to have an SMP that covers the entire watershed, or focuses only on a small reach. How do I determine the geographic scope?

9/24/20

Participants defined specific stakeholder groups’ roles and influence on SMP/IWMP processes and explored tools for engagement and custom strategies to promote effective stakeholder engagement.

10/7/19

Topics included community engagement strategies, tips for engaging the agricultural community, methods for assessing flow in a data-poor environment, approaches for assessing irrigation infrastructure, and methods for establishing baseline conditions.

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10/8/18

Topics covered included involving agricultural producers in SMP efforts, designing an outcome-driven stakeholder process, and identifying geographic scales, and phasing approaches for SMPs.