Projects
Through the Colorado Water Conservation Board and Water Supply Reserve Fund, the Rio Grande Basin is able to fund water projects across our region to further the goals of the Basin Implementation Plan. Previous and current projects can be found on the map and listed below. To learn more about this funding source and how to apply, visit our Funding Opportunities page.
Multi-use Rio Grande Reservoir Rehabilitation and Enlargement
Santa Maria and Continental Reservoirs
Category: Reservoir Improvements
Organization: Santa Maria Reservoir Company
Total Funding: $1,227,450
Date Approved: Phase I – September 2008
Phase II – September 2013
Development of Irrigation Water Right
Category: Other
Organization: Mineral County Fairgrounds Association
Total Funding: $9,190
Date Approved: March 2018
Sanchez Reservoir Rehabilitation
Category: Reservoir Improvements
Organization: Sanchez Ditch and Reservoir Company
Total Funding: $1,009,400
Date Approved: Phase I – September 2011
Phase II – September 2012
Terrace Reservoir Spillway Replacement
Category: Reservoir Improvements
Organization: Terrace Reservoir Irrigation Company, Inc
Total Funding: $1.5 million
Date Approved: March 2012
Conservation Reserve CREP Phase II
Category: Other
Organization: Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Total Funding: $31,500
Date Approved: September 2009
Upper Rio Grande Assessment
Category: Other
Organization: Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Total Funding: $67,000
Date Approved: May 2016
Paulson Ranch Conservation Easement
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $175,000
Date Approved: March 2018
Nash Ranch Conservation Easement Project
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $100,000
Date Approved: March 2016
Campbell-Redden Property & Dugan II Ranch Conservation Easement Projects
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $40,000
Date Approved: March 2015
Rio Grande Initiative: Haywood Ranch Conservation Easement
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $425,000
Date Approved: September 2012
Rio Grande Initiative – Gilmore Ranch; River Valley Ranch I; Knoblauch Ranch; Rio Oxbow Ranch I; River Valley Ranch II
GILMORE RANCH
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $1.5 million
Date Approved: March 2008
Rio Grande Initiative – Gilmore Ranch; River Valley Ranch I; Knoblauch Ranch; Rio Oxbow Ranch I; River Valley Ranch II
RIVER VALLEY RANCH
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $1.5 million
Date Approved: March 2008
Rio Grande Initiative – Gilmore Ranch; River Valley Ranch I; Knoblauch Ranch; Rio Oxbow Ranch I; River Valley Ranch II
KNOBLAUCH RANCH
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $1.5 million
Date Approved: March 2008
Rio Grande Initiative – Gilmore Ranch; River Valley Ranch I; Knoblauch Ranch; Rio Oxbow Ranch I; River Valley Ranch II
RIO OXBOW RANCH
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Total Funding: $1.5 million
Date Approved: March 2008
Anderson Lazy EA Conservation Easement
Category: Conservation Easements
Organization: Colorado Open Lands
Total Funding: $36,200
Date Approved: March 2018
Drip Irrigation Field Trial for Sustainable Potato Cropping in the San Luis Valley
Category: Other
Organization: Colorado Potato Administrative Committee
Total Funding: $40,000
Date Approved: May 2013
Increasing the Water Holding Capacity of Soil for Agricultural Sustainability in the San Luis Valley
Category: Other
Organization: Rio Grande Watershed Conservation and Education Initiative
Total Funding: $98,200
Date Approved: November 2014
Rio Grande Basin Implementation Plan
Category: Other
Organization: Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Total Funding: $426,000
Date Approved: Phase I – September 2013
Phase II – September 2014
Radar Monitoring and Hyrdologic Modeling in the Upper Rio Grande Basin
Category: Other
Organization: Conejos Water Conservancy District
Total Funding: $237,000
Date Approved: September 2013
Rio Grande County Hydrogeologic Study
Category: Other
Organization: Rio Grande County
Total Funding: $99,564
Date Approved: July 2012
Terrace Reservoir Outlet Works Inspection and Repair Analysis Phase I
Category: Reservoir Improvements
Organization: Terrace Reservoir Irrigation Company, Inc
Total Funding: $15,000
Date Approved: May 2018
Spruce Lakes Wilderness Reservoir Maintenance Project
Category: Reservoir Improvements
Organization: Trout Unlimited, Inc
Total Funding: $65,500
Date Approved: March 2018
2008 Rio Grande Riparian Stabilization Project
This project restored 9,000 feet of streambank on five sites in Alamosa County, including this site on the Russell Property.
Category: River & Watershed Restoration
Organization: Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Total Funding: $285,000
Date Approved: September 2008
2009 Rio Grande Riparian Stabilization Project - Phase 4
This project restored 2.3 miles of streambank on five sites in Alamosa County, including this site on the Chefas Property.
Category: River & Watershed Restoration
Organization: Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Total Funding: $148,000
Date Approved: May 2010
Lower Willow Creek Restoration Project
Category: River & Watershed Restoration
Organization: Lower Willow Creek Restoration Company
Total Funding: $305,000
Date Approved: Phase I – September 2009
Phase II – September 2013