General Grants – 15 Grants Totaling $6M

Stillwater Reservoir has been under a fill restriction since 2019 due to seepage at the left abutment. It supplies late-season irrigation to 19 Bear River agricultural ditches. Building on a $125,000 River District award for engineering, the project will install a downstream blanket drain, add a filter collar, and stabilize the channel below the dam to support removing the restriction.

North Fork Valley partners, led by Western Slope Conservation Center, are developing a Wildfire Ready Action Plan for the North Fork and Smith Fork. The effort will map values at risk, close data gaps, assess hazards and vulnerabilities, and produce pre- and post-fire actions to reduce wildfire impacts while prioritizing future funding and watershed projects.