The first half of 2026 has been full of momentum, collaboration, and meaningful progress for Peaks to People Water Fund. Together with our partners, we've advanced innovative tools for watershed resilience, connected with communities across Northern Colorado, and celebrated an exciting milestone—receiving the 2026 Larimer County Environmental Stewardship Award. In this issue, we're also pleased [...]
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—and requires making the right investments in the right places. The Watershed Investment Tool (WIT) is a one-of-a-kind, science-based risk assessment tool developed by Peaks to People in partnership with the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. Designed specifically to protect water supplies from severe wildfire, the WIT helps prioritize forest treatments [...]
Larimer County has been awarded a $9,856,000 grant for the Protecting the Gateway to the Rockies wildfire defense project. The award is provided through the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and will fund project activities for five years. The project will improve wildfire defense in [...]
Over the past 13 years, the Big Thompson Watershed has endured intense natural disasters that have tested the resilience of our communities and ecosystems. The 2012 High Park Fire and the historic 2013 flood left lasting scars across the region. More recently, the 2020 East Troublesome and Cameron Peak Fires, the two largest in Colorado’s [...]
The Big Thompson Watershed Health Partnership (BTWHP) is excited to share that a proposal has been submitted for Round 3 funding of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program. This critical funding opportunity, launched in 2022 through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides financial support to help communities reduce wildfire risk and build resilience [...]
Throughout 2023 Peaks to People continued to play a vital role enhancing forest health and protecting water supplies in Northern Colorado. From providing sophisticated tools that helped direct funding to the most impactful projects in our area, to securing and leveraging significant funding for highly strategic projects, to acting as a convenor to enhance collaboration [...]
A lot has happened since our last newsletter and we hope this finds you well. In this update we’d like to catch you up on our current and upcoming forest health treatments in the Big Thompson Watershed. We’ll introduce you to another amazing Peaks to People board member, Sandra Hicks. Sandra is a seasoned Environmental Engineer and EHS […]
Don’t miss a drop of this special summer edition of the Peaks to People Water Fund newsletter. We have exciting new projects and valuable wildfire resources to share with with you! Peaks to People 2018 Summer Newsletter
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