RiversEdge West received a $19,998 grant from the Colorado Watershed Assembly Healthy Rivers Fund to support its Western Slope River Stewardship program. This funding will help RiversEdge West build on years of successful community-driven river restoration in Mesa County while expanding efforts to include Montrose County.

“Our rivers are healthiest when we care for them together,” said Cara Kukuraitis, RiversEdge West’s director of development and communications. “This support from the Colorado Watershed Assembly makes it possible to strengthen our volunteer network, engage more students and support thriving river ecosystems along both the Colorado and Uncompahgre rivers.”

Funding will support various programs and initiatives aimed at riparian restoration, community engagement and environmental education through: river stewardship; community outreach and engagement; and youth education.