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Roaring Fork River Restoration Project

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: United States of America
Basins: Colorado
Project SDGs:
Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.
Water Quality (SDG 6.3)
Integrated Water Resource Management (SDG 6.5)
Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2013  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.b-e-f.org/project-portfolio/roaring-fork-river
Project Source: Other
Profile Completion: 59%

Project Overview

BEF’s Water Restoration Certificate® program provided critical funding to support the Colorado Water Trust’s efforts to work with the City to design, structure, test and monitor the project so it could restore water to the river just as flows dropped below critical thresholds necessary to maintain fish, wildlife and water quality. In the pilot year of this agreement the project in total restored more than 140 million gallons of water to this thirsty river—roughly half of whi…

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BEF’s Water Restoration Certificate® program provided critical funding to support the Colorado Water Trust’s efforts to work with the City to design, structure, test and monitor the project so it could restore water to the river just as flows dropped below critical thresholds necessary to maintain fish, wildlife and water quality. In the pilot year of this agreement the project in total restored more than 140 million gallons of water to this thirsty river—roughly half of which was directly supported by the collective contributions of Patagonia, Clif Bar, New Belgium, White Wave Foods and Ted’s Montana Grill.

Project Results

To restore flow to the Roaring Fork River.

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