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The Watershed Center

The Watershed Center protects and restores watersheds for people and the environment using a collaborative and science-based approach.

We are a stakeholder driven, non-profit organization located in Boulder County, Colorado that values science and community. We used sound science to monitor, assess, and manage our watersheds. We use data to plan and implement on-the-ground forest and river restoration projects. We aim to build a strong stewardship ethic in our community through place-based and participatory learning. At its core,

the Watershed Center strives for…

• Adaptively-Managed Watersheds: We use collaborative and science-based adaptive management to monitor and manage watershed health from the upland forests to the urban corridor.

• Community Engagement: We are building a community-wide stewardship ethic rooted in watershed science through place-based and participatory learning.

• Forest Restoration: We are leading a diverse partnership to address post-fire recovery and restoration, as well as landscape-scale forest health planning.

• River Restoration: We plan and implement on-the-ground projects that advance watershed restoration practices and incorporate climate change scenarios.

01/05/2026

🔥As we dive deeper into an unusually warm winter, join The Watershed Center and Boulder Watershed Collective to learn about how local fire managers work year-round to prepare landscapes and communities for fire.

🍺Grab some snacks and a cold beer, watch a short film, and learn with us about a force of nature that effects us all!

🎥We'll screen "Fire Lives Here," a new film that explores the relationship between people, forest, and fire. Filmed over two years across Colorado’s Front Range, "Fire Lives Here" showcases the types of fire management actions taking place in your backyard.

🔎The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with an expert panel of local firefighters, forest managers, and ecologists.

📝This event is FREE, but registration is required! Reserve your spot at tinyurl.com/fireliveshere today.

12/27/2025

Winter is Pile Burning Season in Northern Colorado. 🔥Slash pile burning is a helpful step in reducing hazardous fuels, improving forest health, and helping our communities become more resilient to wildfire.

After fuel reduction projects in overgrown forests, land managers often create piles of woody debris—called “slash.” When conditions are safe, trained fire professionals burn these piles in carefully controlled operations. Snow and cooler temperatures are key tools in helping contain fire behavior.

The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest and Boulder County Open Space have announced their plans to burn piles this winter. Learn more about prescribed fire: https://nocofireshed.org/pile-burning/.

Colorado Fireshed Collaborative .S. Forest Service-Arapaho & Roosevelt Natl Forests Pawnee Natl Grassland County Parks & Open Space

12/09/2025

Happy Colorado Gives Day! Thanks to you all, we're 64% of the way toward our goal! We need your help to get the rest of the way, and every donation (or share!) makes a difference. Go to www.tinyurl.com/TWC-give to help your local watersheds and communities today.

11/04/2025

Colorado Gives Day is here, and early giving starts now!
It’s donors like YOU that make it possible to continue protecting our forests and watersheds.
Thanks to your generosity, we can continue to protect healthy ecosystems and build stronger communities that are connected to their landscapes.
Give today and be the difference www.coloradogives.org/WatershedCenter

10/09/2025

Join us on 10/21! Let's learn together about:

🔥Wildfire risk
🏠Home hardening and defensible space
🔔Home insurance issues

Boulder County Wildfire Partners will provide an informative, actionable presentation with ample time for questions and conversation from participants.

Register at tinyurl.com/ready-for-fire or at the Events link in our bio!

09/29/2025

On September 6th, we gathered at Coulson Gulch for our Forestry & Fire Resilience Field Tour. The USDA Forest Service and City of Longmont shared how they’re managing forests to reduce wildfire risk and strengthen resilience. We were joined by partners from Boulder County Parks and Open Space and Wildfire Partners, Colorado State Forest Service, Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative, and local Conservation Districts - showcasing the power of collaboration in caring for our forests and communities. …………………………………………………………………. Want to see the bigger picture? Explore forest management efforts across the St. Vrain Watershed on the St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership’s StoryMap (link in bio)

09/15/2025

Over 1,100 of you responded to a survey we sent out this past year in partnership with the Wildfire Research Center and four fire protection districts - Lyons, Lefthand, Allenspark, and Pinewood Springs. …. 💰: 44% of respondents said that financial cost limits their ability to conduct mitigation - so we’re helping by obtaining grants for work on private land. …. 🪚: 49% of respondents said that physical ability limits their ability to conduct mitigation - so we’re helping by managing projects on private land and organizing a volunteer day next year! …. Just last week, we kicked off a community-wide fire mitigation and forest management project in Raymond/Riverside! This project (pictured) will increase forest resilience to fire, decrease risk to homes, and protect water supplies.

09/10/2025

Who’s Who Wednesday! Meet Kara Brunngraber, our river Project Manager here at TWC. Whether she’s out on the river in waders monitoring vegetation, water quality, and habitat, or meeting with landowners and partners to plan restoration projects, this is what watershed work really looks like! 🌊🌱 Learn more by reading our 2025 Data Dispatch:https://watershed.center/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Dispatch-2025-final.pdf

08/21/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our grasslands stewardship field tour this week! We are so grateful to the City of Longmont and the CSU Dryland Ecology and Management Lab for teaching us about everything from local grasslands research and management efforts to prairie dog jump-yips! Thank you also to the goats for their hard work and for being a star of the tour!

Want to join us on a tour? You’re in luck! We’ve got two coming up on September 6th and 14th. Learn more and register at www.watershed.center/events (link in bio)

08/11/2025

Come explore the beautiful South St. Vrain!

Join us for a short bike ride (or hop on the shuttle) to a recently-restored stretch of the South St. Vrain just upstream of Lyons. Sip, some coffee, munch on a scone, and hear from the watershed Center and Boulder County Parks & Open Space about how we’re restoring rivers for ecological and community resilience - with both floods and fire in mind! Learn more and register today at the link in our bio!

07/30/2025

Come meet the goats 🐐 of grassland management! You can learn more and register at tinyurl.com/prairie-manage or click on the link in our bio!

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P. O. Box 1074
Niwot, CO
80544

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+13037467937

Website

https://watershed.center/

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