Documents & Links
Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan Library
Alternative Management Plan Documents
* Amended and Restated Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan
* Redlined Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan -- June 2020
* Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan -- January 2012
* Amendment to Attachment B -- June 6, 2018
* Federal (BLM) response to draft Amended & Restated SG Plan -- May 16, 2020
* Federal (USFS) response to draft Amended & Restated SG Plan -- May 13, 2020
* Stakeholder Group response to federal comments -- June 8, 2020
Historic & Background Documents
* Development Timeline of Upper Colorado Wild & Scenic Hydrology and Resource Guides -- January 23, 2017
* Instream Flow Decrees: 11CW152, 5-11CW159, 5-11CW160, 5-11CW161
* Recreational Fishing ORV Indicators -- Final Recommendations -- March 27, 2019
* Recreational Fishing ORV Indicators -- Final Recommendations -- June 21, 2019
* Recreational Floatboating ORV Indicator -- Not Likely To Return ORV Indicator Recommendation -- January 23, 2020
* Shoshone Reduction Agreement
Reference Documents
* Charter -- Cooperative Measures Committee -- March 27, 2019
* Charter -- Executive Committee -- October 22, 2024
* Charter -- Finance Committee -- March 27, 2019
* Charter -- Monitoring Committee -- March 27, 2019
* Cooperative Measures Toolbox -- October 29, 2020
* Cooperative Measures Definitions -- October 29, 2020
* Displacement Survey Protocol -- August 28, 2019
* Fish Biosurvey Protocol -- November 8, 2019
* Long-Term Macroinvertebrate Sampling & Analysis Protocol -- August 28, 2019
* Pathways to Address Concerns -- January 6, 2020
* Contractor Protocols -- October 21, 2021
* Channel Maintenance Flow Observational Monitoring Plan -- January 18, 2022
* Intercept Survey Protocol -- June 26, 2024
Reports from Outside Consultants
* Lotic Hydrological: Wild and Scenic Group Water Temperature Data Inventory and Evaluation, 2019
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for 2020 field season
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for Upper Colorado River 2022 field season
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for Upper Colorado River 2023 field season
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for Upper Colorado River 2024 field season
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring and Pebble Count Study, Upper Colorado River, 2018
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Study, Upper Colorado River, 2019
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Study, Upper Colorado River, 2021
* USGS: Incipient Bed-Movement and Flood-Frequency Analysis using Hydrophones to Estimate Flushing Flows on the Upper Colorado River, Colorado, 2019
* Stillwater Sciences: Technical Guidance for Observational Monitoring for Channel Maintenance Flows along the Colorado River, 2020
* Ecological Resource Consultants: Cross-Sectional Channel Survey, Sediment Sampling, and Analysis on Segments 5 & 6, 2023
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Study, Upper Colorado River, 2023
Wild & Scenic Annual Reports
* 2017 Annual Report
* 2018 Annual Report
* 2019 Annual Report
* 2020 Annual Report
* 2021/2022 Annual Report
* 2022/2023 Annual Report
* 2023/2024 Annual Report
Wild & Scenic Annual Monitoring Reports
* 2012 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2013 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2014 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2015 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2016 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2017 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2018 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2019 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2020 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2021 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2022 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2023 Annual Monitoring Report
Wild & Scenic Annual Monitoring Plans
* 2018 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2019 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2020 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2021 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2022 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2023 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2024 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2025 Annual Monitoring Plan
BLM related documents
* Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Suitability Report -- February 2014
* Kremmling Field Office - Resource Management Plan
* Colorado River Valley Field Office - Resource Management Plan
* Upper Colorado River Story Map - interactive experience of the Upper Colorado River
USFS related documents
* Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Suitability Report -- February 2014
* White River National Forest - Resource Management Plan
Support letters from agencies & individuals who endorse the Plan
* American Whitewater
* Denver Water
* City of Aurora
* Colorado River Water Conservation District
* Colorado Springs Utilities
* Colorado Springs Utilities/City of Aurora Joint Comment
* Governor Hickenlooper
* Grand County Board of County Commissioners
* Trout Unlimited
* Upper Colorado Entities
* W&S Stakeholders Group Comm
Additional Links & Resources
* US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Kremmling, Colorado River Valley
* US Forest Service (USFS), White River National Forest
* Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Council (IWSRC)
* National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
* River Management Society
* "Eagle County, BLM ink deal for the transfer of popular Colorado River sites"
Alternative Management Plan Documents
* Amended and Restated Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan
* Redlined Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan -- June 2020
* Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Alternative Management Plan -- January 2012
* Amendment to Attachment B -- June 6, 2018
* Federal (BLM) response to draft Amended & Restated SG Plan -- May 16, 2020
* Federal (USFS) response to draft Amended & Restated SG Plan -- May 13, 2020
* Stakeholder Group response to federal comments -- June 8, 2020
Historic & Background Documents
* Development Timeline of Upper Colorado Wild & Scenic Hydrology and Resource Guides -- January 23, 2017
* Instream Flow Decrees: 11CW152, 5-11CW159, 5-11CW160, 5-11CW161
* Recreational Fishing ORV Indicators -- Final Recommendations -- March 27, 2019
* Recreational Fishing ORV Indicators -- Final Recommendations -- June 21, 2019
* Recreational Floatboating ORV Indicator -- Not Likely To Return ORV Indicator Recommendation -- January 23, 2020
* Shoshone Reduction Agreement
Reference Documents
* Charter -- Cooperative Measures Committee -- March 27, 2019
* Charter -- Executive Committee -- October 22, 2024
* Charter -- Finance Committee -- March 27, 2019
* Charter -- Monitoring Committee -- March 27, 2019
* Cooperative Measures Toolbox -- October 29, 2020
* Cooperative Measures Definitions -- October 29, 2020
* Displacement Survey Protocol -- August 28, 2019
* Fish Biosurvey Protocol -- November 8, 2019
* Long-Term Macroinvertebrate Sampling & Analysis Protocol -- August 28, 2019
* Pathways to Address Concerns -- January 6, 2020
* Contractor Protocols -- October 21, 2021
* Channel Maintenance Flow Observational Monitoring Plan -- January 18, 2022
* Intercept Survey Protocol -- June 26, 2024
Reports from Outside Consultants
* Lotic Hydrological: Wild and Scenic Group Water Temperature Data Inventory and Evaluation, 2019
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for 2020 field season
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for Upper Colorado River 2022 field season
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for Upper Colorado River 2023 field season
* Lotic Hydrological: Temperature monitoring data review for Upper Colorado River 2024 field season
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring and Pebble Count Study, Upper Colorado River, 2018
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Study, Upper Colorado River, 2019
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Study, Upper Colorado River, 2021
* USGS: Incipient Bed-Movement and Flood-Frequency Analysis using Hydrophones to Estimate Flushing Flows on the Upper Colorado River, Colorado, 2019
* Stillwater Sciences: Technical Guidance for Observational Monitoring for Channel Maintenance Flows along the Colorado River, 2020
* Ecological Resource Consultants: Cross-Sectional Channel Survey, Sediment Sampling, and Analysis on Segments 5 & 6, 2023
* Timberline Aquatics: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring Study, Upper Colorado River, 2023
Wild & Scenic Annual Reports
* 2017 Annual Report
* 2018 Annual Report
* 2019 Annual Report
* 2020 Annual Report
* 2021/2022 Annual Report
* 2022/2023 Annual Report
* 2023/2024 Annual Report
Wild & Scenic Annual Monitoring Reports
* 2012 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2013 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2014 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2015 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2016 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2017 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2018 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2019 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2020 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2021 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2022 Annual Monitoring Report
* 2023 Annual Monitoring Report
Wild & Scenic Annual Monitoring Plans
* 2018 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2019 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2020 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2021 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2022 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2023 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2024 Annual Monitoring Plan
* 2025 Annual Monitoring Plan
BLM related documents
* Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Suitability Report -- February 2014
* Kremmling Field Office - Resource Management Plan
* Colorado River Valley Field Office - Resource Management Plan
* Upper Colorado River Story Map - interactive experience of the Upper Colorado River
USFS related documents
* Upper Colorado River Wild & Scenic Suitability Report -- February 2014
* White River National Forest - Resource Management Plan
Support letters from agencies & individuals who endorse the Plan
* American Whitewater
* Denver Water
* City of Aurora
* Colorado River Water Conservation District
* Colorado Springs Utilities
* Colorado Springs Utilities/City of Aurora Joint Comment
* Governor Hickenlooper
* Grand County Board of County Commissioners
* Trout Unlimited
* Upper Colorado Entities
* W&S Stakeholders Group Comm
Additional Links & Resources
* US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Kremmling, Colorado River Valley
* US Forest Service (USFS), White River National Forest
* Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Council (IWSRC)
* National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
* River Management Society
* "Eagle County, BLM ink deal for the transfer of popular Colorado River sites"