Front Range Watershed Protection Data Refinement Work Group

JW Associates facilitated this group in 2008. The result of those efforts was the report -

Protecting Critical Watersheds in Colorado From Wildfire: A Technical Approach to Watershed Assessment and Prioritization.

Other reports and background information are linked below -

Executive Summary of Protecting Critical Watersheds in Colorado From Wildfire: A Technical Approach to Watershed Assessment and Prioritization

Protecting Front Range Forest Watersheds from High-Severity Wildfires an Assessment by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation

Presentation on the Work Group and it’s work

Powerpoint presentation on Status of Watershed Assessments in Colorado

Quicktime Movie on Status of Watershed Assessment in Colorado - This one includes flames!!


Community Critical Watershed Wildfire Protection Plans (CWP2)

Presentation on Community Critical Watershed Wildfire Protection Plans

CWP2 Guidelines for Implementation

CWP2 and CWPP Comparison

CWP2 Development and Implementation Strategy


GIS Shapefiles -

Colorado HUC12 Watersheds

Colorado HUC8 Watersheds