Project Summary:

The Upper Culebra Watershed Assessment was a comprehensive assessment of the Culebra Watershed that looked at the conditions within the watershed. The assessment was to be completed in one year, but due to some funding timing and a pandemic ended up spanning two years. The assessment was completed with the creation of a 850+ page report documenting the findings within the basin, multiple mapped datasets, and numerous meetings to discuss the findings.

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Project Mentions:

• Rocky Mountain PBS - Watershed assessment presents new opportunities to support Costilla County's historic waterways
• Rio Grande Basin Round Table Newsletter
• Alamosa Citizen - Upper Culebra Watershed Assessment
• National Geographic - Small farms battle speculators over centuries-old water rights in drought-striken Colorado
• 2023 Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association Annual Congreso
• Upper Culebra Watershed Assessment - RiverSHARED presentation