RESOURCES
A local land and resource guide for Routt County Landowners.
A list of contact information for natural resource conservation, stewardship organizations and government agencies.
The Routt County Conservation District (RCCD) has been active in promoting healthy landscapes and watersheds through proper land stewardship practices in Routt County since 1942. No one entity can do it alone, however, and together we are stronger and can accomplish much more. RCCD put this local resource guide together to help facilitate communication and collaboration through networking as well as provide landowners with information they may need to be successful.
Table of Contents
LAND
Agriculture
• Crops
• Rangeland
• Natural Resource Funding Opportunities
Soil Health
Forestry
Noxious Weeds
Conservation Easements
Land Use Planning
WATER
Watershed Health Planning – Water Quality
• Water Rights
• Diversion Infrastructure Funding Opportunities
• Basin Implementation Plan – Colorado State Water Plan
• Water Augmentation Plans, Water Purchase, Water Supply
FISH AND WILDLIFE
AIR QUALITY
FIRE
REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
LAND
AGRICULTURE
- Crops
- Rangeland
- Natural Resource Funding Opportunities
Routt County Conservation District
board@routtcountycd.com
www.routtcountycd.com
(970) 879-3225 x3243
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Colorado State University Extension Office
thagenbuch@co.routt.co.us
www.routt.extension.colostate.edu
(970) 879-0825
Community Ag Alliance
michelle@communityagalliance.org
www.communityagalliance.org
(970) 879-4370
Northwest Colorado Farmers Union
Routt County Cattlemen’s Association
Routt County Cattlewomen
SOIL HEALTH
Routt County Conservation District
board@routtcountycd.com
www.routtcountycd.com
(970) 879-3225 x3243
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Colorado State University Extension Office
thagenbuch@co.routt.co.us
www.routt.extension.colostate.edu
(970) 879-0825
FORESTRY
Colorado State Forest Service – Steamboat Springs
john.twitchell@colostate.edu
csfs.colostate.edu
(970) 879-0475
U.S. Forest Service – Routt/Medicine Bow
Bureau of Land Management
NOXIOUS WEEDS
Routt County Weed Control
Yampa River Leafy Spurge Project
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
CO Cattlemen’s Land Trust/Yampa Valley L.T.
Routt County Purchase of Development Rights
Land Use Planning
WATER
WATERSHED HEALTH PLANNING – WATER QUALITY
Upper Yampa Watershed Group
Routt County Conservation District
board@routtcountycd.com
www.routtcountycd.com
(970) 879-3225 x3243
WATER RIGHTS
Colorado Division of Water Resources – Water Division 6
Colorado Water Trust
admin@coloradowatertrust.com
coloradowatertrust.org
(720) 570-2987
DIVERSION INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
Yampa/White/Green Basin Roundtable
Yampa River Fund
BASIN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN – COLORADO STATE WATER PLAN
Yampa/White/Green Basin Roundtable
Yampa River Fund
WATER AUGMENTATION PLANS, WATER PURCHASE, WATER SUPPLY
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
Mount Werner Water and Sanitation District
AIR QUALITY
Routt County Environmental Health Department
FIRE
Routt County Emergency Management
ddemorat@co.routt.co.us
www.co.routt.co.us/153/Emergency-Management
(970) 870-5551
Routt County Environmental Health Department
Colorado State Forest Service – Steamboat Springs
john.twitchell@colostate.edu
csfs.colostate.edu
(970) 879-0475
U.S. Forest Service – Routt/Medicine Bow
REGULATORY
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Army Corps of Engineers
Water Quality Control
Routt County Building Department
tcarr@co.routt.co.us
www.co.routt.co.us/118/building
(970) 870-5566
Routt County Environmental Health Department
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Yampatika
Friends of the Yampa
Yampa River Legacy Partnership
Yampa Valley Stream Improvement Charitable Trust