In May, Peaks to People Water Fund brought partners, practitioners, and community leaders together for a forest health and riverscape restoration tour at MacGregor Ranch in Estes Park as part of the Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s Confluence gathering. Set against a beautiful mountain backdrop, the tour offered participants a firsthand look at how forest health, [...]
Peaks to People Water Fund is honored to receive the 2026 Larimer County Environmental Stewardship Award, recognizing our work to protect Northern Colorado’s forests, watersheds, water supplies, wildlife habitat, and communities. L to R: Rob Addington, Sandi Good, Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNally and Julie Dubin Presented by the Larimer County Commissioners and the Environmental and Science [...]
Protecting Northern Colorado's water starts upstream—in the forests, rivers, wetlands, and headwaters that collect and deliver the water our communities depend on every day. That's why Peaks to People Water Fund is joining with Northern Water and the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) at Colorado State University on Northern Water's Forest Health and Watershed Treatment Area [...]
In today’s evolving business landscape, success is no longer measured solely by financial performance—it is increasingly defined by the value companies create for communities and the environment. Businesses that invest in the places where they operate are helping build stronger, more resilient regions while advancing solutions to complex challenges like wildfire and water security. At [...]
In 2025, Peaks to People Water Fund saw years of collaboration crystallize into real, measurable momentum. Through the Big Thompson Watershed Health Partnership—facilitated by Peaks to People—relationships built on trust and shared purpose proved that collaboration isn’t just a value we talk about; it’s a practice that works. Together, partners advanced watershed-wide planning, secured historic [...]
The challenges facing Northern Colorado’s forests and watersheds are larger than any single organization can solve alone. Recognizing this, Peaks to People Water Fund launched the Big Thompson Watershed Health Partnership (BTWHP) in late 2022 to provide the collaboration and shared strategy required to meaningfully reduce wildfire risk and strengthen watershed resilience. What began as [...]
Last month, members of the Big Thompson Watershed Health Partnership (BTWHP) gathered in the Waltonia and Pole Hill communities to see progress firsthand on several ongoing wildfire mitigation projects. The visit showcased the power of partnership in tackling wildfire risk at a truly landscape scale. BTWHP partners visiting LCD's 153 acre Stage Route project in [...]
After two years of robust collaboration, the Big Thompson Wildfire Ready Action Plan (WRAP) is complete—a major step toward ensuring our watershed can withstand and recover from wildfire. This science-based roadmap, developed through Colorado’s Wildfire Ready Watersheds initiative, helps communities reduce the risks of post-fire flooding, erosion, and water contamination. It’s about being ready before [...]
In Northern Colorado, Peaks to People Water Fund is igniting a movement of collaboration and hope. Working together with utilities, land managers, corporations, and individuals, we’re proving that collective action can safeguard the lands and waters we all depend on. Through our facilitation of the Big Thompson Watershed Health Partnership (BTWHP), we are uniting communities, watershed [...]
Across the West, land managers are in a race against time. Millions of acres of forests are overstocked, primed for severe wildfires that are growing larger and more destructive each year. Research shows that thinning followed by prescribed fire is the most effective treatment to restore forest health and reduce fire risk. But prescribed fire [...]
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