Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed - CPRW

11/03/2026

Happy election day! Your vote matters - get out there and cast yours if you haven't already. 🗳✌

Larimer County election info: https://www.larimer.gov/clerk/elections

Weld County election info: https://www.weld.gov/Government/Departments/Clerk-and-Recorder/Elections-Department

11/02/2026

🗳️ Tomorrow is Election Day!

The Poudre River supplies drinking water across Northern Colorado, and wildfire is the biggest threat it faces. That’s why CPRW is asking you to vote:

✅ YES on Prop 137: about $175M a year statewide for wildfire prevention, clean water, and land conservation, with no tax increase.

✅ YES on Larimer County 1A: dedicated local funding for wildfire mitigation, forest health, and protecting our drinking water sources.

Both measures help our communities prepare for fire before it happens instead of paying to recover afterward.

📬 Still have your ballot? It’s too late to mail it! Drop it off at any ballot drop box or voting center by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Voting centers can also register you and let you vote in person. Find locations at vote.larimer.gov.

Healthy forests, clean water, safe communities. Let’s protect the Poudre. 💧🌲

10/29/2026

At the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed, we see firsthand how healthy forests and watersheds are connected to the well-being of our communities. Proactive forest management can reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, and help firefighters do their jobs more safely. And because severe wildfires can damage water quality, increase erosion, and threaten the rivers and streams we depend on, protecting our forests is also an investment in clean water for families, farms, and ranches.

Proposition 137 offers an important opportunity to make that investment. By directing existing state sales tax revenue from sporting goods toward conservation, wildfire mitigation, watershed restoration, and outdoor access, Prop 137 would provide an estimated $175 million annually for Colorado’s natural resources without increasing sales tax rates.

We cannot eliminate wildfire risk, but we can take meaningful steps to prepare our forests, protect our water, and strengthen our communities. Proposition 137 would help Colorado move from reacting to disasters toward investing in long-term resilience.

Because of this, the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed has endorsed Proposition 137.

Learn more at: factson137.org

10/27/2026

The women for 137, including CPRW's Executive Director, Hally Strevey, join a broad network that now includes nearly 400 conservation organizations, businesses and nonprofits, and state and local leaders backing the November ballot initiative, which provides a dedicated, common-sense mechanism to safeguard Colorado’s natural legacy and protect communities from severe climate impacts.

VOTE YES on Prop 137 - invest in programs that prevent severe wildfires and and protect clean water sources!

Learn more at: www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/colorado-women-leaders-support-prop-137

10/24/2026

Yesterday was a beautiful day of tree planting, art and community building! Thank you to volunteers from Odell Brewing Company who came together to plant 550 Ponderosa pine seedlings, all grown locally at OneCanopy 🌲❤️👌 Plus, we all got to contribute seedling drawings to Erika Osborne “Cultivating a Forest” project. Get outside, touch grass, hug a tree, heal the land. We can all make a positive difference in our own little ways.

10/21/2026

Shoutout to all the tree planters of the world, including this beautiful group of volunteers that joined us on Saturday to plant more than 400 Ponderosa pine seedlings in the Cameron Peak burn area. We are so thankful to all the volunteers to donated their time and energy to healing the land in the wake of high severity wildfire! ✌❤️🌲

Learn more about our reforestation program at: www.poudrewatershed.org/reforestation

“When one plants a tree they plant themselves. Every root is an anchor, over which one rests with grateful interests, and becomes sufficiently calm to feel the joy of living.” — John Muir

A collaborative reforestation program within the Poudre and Big Thompson Watersheds.

10/16/2026

Fire managers on the Roosevelt National Forests are monitoring weather and local conditions for potential prescribed burn windows at multiple locations.

‼️Work could begin as soon as this weekend, as conditions allow.‼️

Prescribed fire - including broadcast and pile burning - removes small vegetation and built-up fuels from the landscape, helping prepare communities and infrastructure to survive wildfire while also helping fire-adapted species like ponderosa pine remain resilient.

Potential prescribed fire projects for this year include:

🔥Magic Feather Prescribed Burn, south of County Road 74E (Red Feather Lakes Road) in Larimer County

🔥Salt Cabin Prescribed Burn, southeast of Rustic Colo. and south of the Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County

More info at fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/fire/management (LINK IN BIO)

🎥 Evan Barrientos

10/16/2026

The Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) is proud to endorse Proposition 137 and urges Colorado voters to vote YES this November.

Prop 137 would invest about $175 million a year in wildfire prevention, clean water, and land conservation across Colorado, without raising taxes. It lets the state keep revenue it already collects from the existing sales tax on sporting goods.

The Poudre River provides drinking water, irrigation, recreation, and a way of life for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans. Protecting it means investing upstream, before the next fire. CPRW encourages every voter who cares about clean water, healthy forests, and safe communities to vote YES on Prop 137.

Learn more at: yesonprop137.com

10/14/2026

The Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) is proud to endorse Measure 1A.

We were founded after the 2012 High Park and Hewlett Gulch fires, when ash and sediment poured into the Poudre River with every storm. Since then, through Cameron Peak Fire recovery, river restoration, and wildfire mitigation work like our Red Feather Lakes Wildfire Defense Project, we’ve learned one thing over and over: protecting a watershed before a fire costs far less than repairing it after.

Measure 1A makes that possible. For about 3¢ on every $10 (groceries, gas, diapers, and prescriptions exempt), it creates dedicated, independently audited funding for:
🌲 Watershed and forest health
🔥 Wildfire mitigation, response, and recovery
🛣️ Roads and bridges
🚒 Public safety

The Poudre River provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in Northern Colorado. Let’s protect it. Learn more at readylarimer.org

10/12/2026

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." — L.M. Montgomery