Colorado Watershed Restoration Grants

Please note that grant funding from the Colorado Watershed Restoration Program is no longer available.

Frequently Asked Questions 

Who can apply?

• Governmental entities – municipalities, districts, enterprises, counties, and State of Colorado agencies. Federal agencies are encouraged to work with local entities. (Local governments that do not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program will not be eligible for funding).
• Colorado’s Tribal Governments
• Private entities - mutual ditch companies, non-profit corporations, and partnerships.

How can the money be used?

Applications will be accepted for capacity building, planning, engineering, and implementation to address the susceptibility of values at risk to post wildfire hazards. Examples include: 

• Planning to develop the Wildfire Ready Watersheds (WRW) local framework or similar flood after fire mitigation plans. 
   
• Engineering projects such as hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, fluvial hazard zone mapping, sediment yield and transport evaluations, risk assessment, project identification and prioritization, project design, permitting, and construction oversight. Special Release of the Colorado Watershed Restoration Program 
   
• Implementation projects designed to protect values at risk from post wildfire hazards such as debris flows, increased runoff, hillslope erosion, flooding, and fluvial hazards (erosion, deposition, and channel migration). Project examples include stream and floodplain restoration, floodplain connectivity enhancement, gully stabilization, sediment catchment, revegetation, low water road crossings, culvert replacement, culvert protection and debris catchments, diversion protection, early warning system development, and associated project monitoring.

How can I apply?

Applications are no longer being accepted.