The Poudre River is a Hard-Working River.
Forest Resilience
Strategic funding for forest health reduces wildfire risk across the watershed, protecting critical water supplies, lowering long-term recovery costs, and safeguarding downstream river and community assets.One River, Many Roles
The Cache La Poudre River supplies water to our Northern Front Range cities, farms, homes, and businesses.
It shapes our economy, our recreation, our landscape, and our identity as people who live in this watershed.
For generations, the Poudre has given quietly and consistently.
River Vitality
Our funding secures measurable improvements in river flow and function, ensuring the Poudre remains a healthy, working river that supports ecological resilience, recreation, and community water needs.
Habitat Restoration
Delivers durable riparian restoration with quantifiable water quality and resilience gains.
Targeted investments restore riparian habitat and river function, delivering long-term benefits such as improved water quality, reduced erosion, and increased resilience to drought and flood events.
Community Prosperity
Leverages river-based investments to drive economic, recreational, and human well-being outcomes.
Community-focused investments strengthen connections to the river by catalyzing economic opportunity, expanding recreation access, and improving public health and quality of life.
Innovative Agriculture
Links agricultural viability with measurable water quality and quantity improvements.
Investments in innovative agricultural practices generate dual benefits—sustaining agricultural productivity while improving water quality and water-use efficiency for the river and watershed.
New Challenges
Today, the river faces increasing pressure—from ongoing drought, wildfire, growth, and competing water uses. These challenges are complex, interconnected, and long-term. No single organization or solution can address them alone.
But our community has something powerful: the ability to work together.
Financial Stewardship Is Needed
The Poudre River Fund exists to provide a community-driven, long-term financial mechanism that protects and enhances the Poudre River Watershed. The fund mobilizes capital and collaboration to drive a shared vision among diverse partners—enabling strategic, coordinated investments in the river as both a natural and economic community asset.
Through the fund, community members can steward financial resources toward thoughtful, collaborative work that strengthens the health of the river—now and for generations to come.
The Poudre River belongs to all of us.
Its future is something we share.
And its legacy is one we can help shape—together.