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Public witness outlines Headwaters of the Colorado Initiative and invites committee to field tour
Summary
A public witness described the Headwaters of the Colorado Initiative — a multi‑agency, multi‑stakeholder forest health and wildfire‑ready watersheds effort covering roughly 1.9 million acres across northwest Colorado and adjacent Wyoming — and invited committee members to an Aug. 28 tour.
Ken Brenner, a resident of northwest Colorado in the Yampa River basin, addressed the committee during the public comment period to summarize the Headwaters of the Colorado Initiative, a collaboration he described as building on previous conservation and agricultural advocacy work.
Brenner told the committee the initiative covers roughly 1.9 million acres from Steamboat Springs through Craig and across parts of the Continental Divide, encompassing a range of tributaries and watersheds. He said more than 40 state and federal agencies, local governments, nonprofits, industry and private landowners are participating in wildfire‑ready watershed and forest‑health work, and he invited committee members to a field tour on Aug. 28 to see projects and accomplishments.
A second public commenter (Jackie Brown) described a recent experience on a Desolation Canyon rafting trip where organizers required an online ANS test prior to launch; she endorsed that approach as a low‑cost educational tool to raise boater awareness of aquatic nuisance species risks.
The committee thanked the speakers and announced its next meeting on Sept. 18 at the Capitol.
