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Poudre River Forum

  • Saturday, February 08, 2014
  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • The Ranch Events Complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland

The Poudre River is life-blood for Northern Colorado communities. Bringing those communities together to celebrate the river, learn more about it, and explore its opportunities and challenges is the focus of the first annual Poudre River Forum, Saturday, February 8, at The Ranch Events Complex.

The theme of the forum is The Poudre: Working River/Healthy River. Over the past year, agricultural, municipal, business, recreational, and environmental stakeholders have been meeting to teach one another about their different perspectives on the Poudre. The group's mantra is "Let's Make the Poudre River the World's Best Example of a Healthy Working River." In the spirit of that mantra, the group resolved to bring the Poudre's communities together to learn more about the river and to celebrate it.

Understanding the water rights of agricultural and municipal diverters, learning about where the water in the Poudre comes from and what it does for us, and digging into details about ecological factors such as flow, temperature, fish and sedimentation, are all a part of getting the wide angle view of the Poudre. The group believes that only by traveling all those watersundefinedthe working aspect as well as the health aspectundefinedwill citizens have the background to form sound decisions about the Poudre's future.

The Poudre River Forum will feature presentations and dialogue. State Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs will speak about how the Poudre itself was the site of early conflict and cooperation leading to the development of the doctrine of prior appropriation in the west, and how the law has evolved in recent years to make it easier for us to consider together both water rights and ecological needs.

The Poudre River Forum will take place at The Ranch Events Complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, on Saturday, February 8, from 10am to 4pm, followed by a celebration of the river until 6pm with donated local beer and jazz by the Poudre River Irregulars.

$25 pre-registration by January 31 is required. Scholarships available. Students 18 and under, free. Register now here!

Sponsored by The Poudre Runs Through It Study/Action Work Group.

Facilitated by Colorado Water Institute at Colorado State University. 

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