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Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project

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  • Home
  • About
  • Projects
    • Projects Overview
    • Conejos River Partnership
    • Phase 5
    • Wet Meadows Restoration
    • Alamosa NWR Restoration
    • RG Boater Safety Project
    • RG Diversion Improvements
  • Programs
    • Programs Overview
    • Streambank Stabilization
    • Instream Infrastructure
    • Watershed Stewardship
    • Outreach and Education
  • Planning
    • Stream Management Plans
    • Lower Rio Grande Study
    • URG Watershed Assessment
  • Support Us

Stream Management Plans

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SMP Documents

Click the links below to download the Stream Management Plan documents.

Rio Grande Stream Management Plan_2020 (pdf)Download
Conejos River Stream Management Plan_2020 (pdf)Download
Saguache Creek Stream Management Plan_2020 (pdf)Download

SMP Appendices

Click the link below to download a zip file containing the following Stream Management Plan appendices: 

A. Rio Grande & Conejos River Boatable Days studies

B. Channel Migration Analysis

C. SMP Tracer Gravel Study

D. Stream Classification System Summaries

E. Botany Survey and Analysis

F. Water Quality and Aquatic Life Data

SMP Appendices (zip)Download

SMP Project Overview

The Colorado Water Plan set the goal of developing Stream Management Plans (SMPs) for 80% of locally prioritized rivers in Colorado. SMPs are intended to utilize biological, hydrological, geomorphological, and other data to assess stream flows and other conditions necessary to support the environmental, agricultural, and recreational values of the community.

We are thrilled to have received funding to complete these SMPs in collaboration with our Technical Advisory Team (TAT) and many other local water user groups and agencies. The Rio Grande Basin Roundtable’s SMP Committee prioritized the following project reaches in the Rio Grande Basin, which can be seen on the map above: The Rio Grande from Stony Pass to the Colorado state line, Conejos River from Platoro Reservoir to the confluence with the Rio Grande, and Saguache Creek from the South Fork Saguache Creek confluence to Braun Bridge at County Road X. SMPs are being developed for each of these prioritized reaches. The TAT, made up of partners from water user groups, local environmental and recreation interests, and state and federal agencies, are helping to guide the SMP process.

The Stream Management Plans would not be possible without funding from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the San Luis Valley Conservation and Connection Initiative, American Whitewater, the San Luis Valley Conservancy District, Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART, and significant in-kind contributions from our partners, listed at the end of this page.

Objectives

  1. Maintain and build on the coalition of community partners engaged in stream management planning through frequent and robust stakeholder engagement throughout the project.
  2. Summarize and obtain information regarding the biological, hydrological, and geomorphological condition of identified stream reaches in the Rio Grande watershed.
  3. Define and prioritize environmental, recreational, and community values.
  4. Develop goals to improve flows and physical conditions needed to support values.
  5. Outline actions to achieve measurable progress toward maintaining or improving goals.
  6. Identify opportunities and constraints for implementation of projects, and additional data needed to inform project development. 

Diversion Infrastructure Inventory

Access the Inventory Report Cards below

Access the Inventory Report Cards below

Rio Grande

Access the Inventory Report Cards below

Access the Inventory Report Cards below

Access the Inventory Report Cards below

Conejos River

Access the Inventory Report Cards below

Saguache Creek

Project Partners:

Project Contact: Daniel Boyes

Project Partners:

 Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project
Colorado Water Conservation Board
San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District
Conejos Water Conservancy District
Rio Grande Water Conservation District
United States Forest Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Colorado Division of Water Resources

Project Contact: Daniel Boyes

Project Partners:

 Saguache Creek Water Users Group

Rio Grande Water Users
Conejos Water Users
San Luis Valley Irrigation District
Trout Unlimited
American Whitewater
Headwaters Alliance
Rio Grande Basin Roundtable
Wetland Dynamics, LLC
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Alamosa Riverkeepers
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
Costilla Water Conservancy
 

Project Contact: Daniel Boyes

Project Contact: Daniel Boyes

Project Contact: Daniel Boyes

To learn more, contact daniel@riograndeheadwaters.org 

623 4th Street, Alamosa, CO 81101

719.589.2230

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