Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District

10/13/2026

From the Yampa Youth Water Festival to the Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference to touring with local teachers to discuss the future for climate resilient trades, District staff has been fully immersed in education through both teaching and learning over the last two weeks.

We look forward to sharing more with you soon!

09/30/2026

That's a wrap on the 5th Annual Yampa Youth Water Festival!

Bringing students together from the whole Yampa River Basin to celebrate water is always our favorite day of the year.💦

Thank you to the presenters, volunteers, teachers, and most of all, the 420 5th graders that made this day so special!

We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!

Yampatika
Community Agriculture Alliance City of Steamboat Springs - Government Western Resilience Center Hayden, Colorado City of Craig Colorado United Companies Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council Colorado State Forest Service Colorado Division of Water Resources Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition

South Routt Elementary Strawberry Park Elementary Soda Creek Elementary School Steamboat Mountain School Montessori Sleeping Giant School North Routt Community Charter School Hayden Valley Elementary School Sandrock Elementary Sunset Elementary School Ridgeview Elementary

09/25/2026

Enjoy our last Yampa River & Resrvoir Report for the season as reservoir operations draw to a close and precipitation continues to boost flows!

We'll summarize the events of this Water Year including river and reservoir operations amid historic drought later this fall.

09/18/2026

Rain is boosting flows as reservoir operations slow for the season.

Learn more in the weekly Yampa River & Reservoir Report!

09/16/2026

The District is working on an Upper Yampa Watershed and Stagecoach Reservoir water quality model to inform decision-making. Learn more about water quality work right here in the Yampa River Basin from this The Colorado Sun article>

09/10/2026

Learn more about how our operational releases supported in-stream flows this year by exploring the Colors of Water tool on youryampariver.org!

09/09/2026

The call was released on the main stem of the Yampa River and reservoir releases are ramping down for the season.

Learn more in this week's Yampa River and Reservoir Report!

09/04/2026

💧Yesterday was a beautiful day to give 4th graders at South Routt Elementary a tour of Stagecoach Dam. ☀️

Thanks to all the students, teachers, and parents who attended!

09/04/2026

Precipitation has boosted streamflows and administrative calls on the Yampa River are changing with conditions.

Check out the weekly Yampa River & Reservoir Report for more information!

09/02/2026

If you missed our water quality presentation at the Western Resilience Center Community Meeting last week, you can watch it using the link below 👇 or read our full 2025 Water Quality Report at https://www.upperyampawater.gov/water-quality-monitoring

At Western Resilience Center's August Community Meeting, Upper Yamp...