Arkansas River Report – September 2025

Sep 29, 2025 | River Reports

Drought & Precipitation The seasons are certainly changing, with snowfall and leaves changing in the higher elevation portions of the basin. Historically, September is one of the wettest months of the year, and this year has followed that trend. Conditions...

Touring the Lower Ark With the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable

Sep 23, 2025 | ARWC News

This September, 10 members of the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable traveled over the mountains to visit the Arkansas River Basin. On Wednesday, they joined us for our monthly roundtable meeting. The following day, members of both the Arkansas and Rio Grande Basin...

Colorado DNR Tours ARWC Fire Mitigation Work in Leadville

Sep 19, 2025 | ARWC News

September 9, 2025- Staff from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources visited Leadville to tour one of the Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative’s (ARWC) fire mitigation projects in Lake County. The project is the cumulation of several years of effort by the...

A Voice for the Environment: Ricki Garden on Her Appointment to the Arkansas Basin Roundtable

Sep 17, 2025 | Stories from the Basin

Ricki Garden is the stewardship coordinator at Central Colorado Conservancy and the Environmental At-Large representative on the Arkansas Basin Roundtable. With a background in civil engineering and years of seasonal river and wetland restoration work across the West,...

A Seat at the Table: Al Tucker on the Early Vision for Ark Collaborative

Sep 3, 2025 | Stories from the Basin

Image of the Spanish Peaks in Huerfano County Al Tucker, a resident of Huerfano County, has been deeply involved in water work in the Arkansas Basin for decades. A retired data engineer, his move to Colorado  sparked an interest in groundwater that grew into research...