Blue River Watershed Assessment
We have revised the Blue River Watershed/Wildfire Assessment. The assessment follows a procedure prescribed by the Colorado Watershed Protection Data Refinement Work Group titled “Protecting Critical Watersheds in Colorado from Wildfire: A Technical Approach to Watershed Assessment and Prioritization”. See sidebar for more information.
The Blue River Wildfire/Watershed Assessment identifies, prioritizes, and recommends measures to protect those watersheds that provide or convey critical community water supplies from the adverse effects of post-wildfire hydrologic changes, including flooding, erosion, debris flows, and deposition. We also completed an opportunities and constraints analysis to identify potential next steps for watershed protection.
The basic analysis for the Blue River Watershed was completed as part of the Bark Beetle Incident work (see link on the side bar).
We have finalized the report based on the additional information and the 5th stakeholders meeting. The report is posted on the Blue River Watershed Assessment Files page - see link on the sidebar of this page. Please contact Brad Piehl for more information.
Blue River Watershed Stakeholders;
Thank you for your work and help making this project a success.