the Clear Creek Watershed Foundation: pioneering new approaches to sustainable watershed management.

About Us

Incorporated in 1997, the Clear Creek Watershed Foundation (CCWF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the ecological, aesthetic, recreational and economic conditions in the Clear Creek Watershed through comprehensive efforts with watershed stakeholders. This includes, but is not limited to, improving the water quality of Clear Creek and its tributaries through mine remediation projects.

Find out more about the organization and its people in this section.

AWARD-WINNING EFFORTS:

The Clear Creek Watershed Foundation (CCWF) is honored to be the recipient of the 2008 United States Forest Service Regional Forester Water Partner of the Year Award.  CCWF President Ed Rapp attended the Rocky Mountain USFS Regional Forester Honor Awards Ceremony & Dinner to accept this prestigious award. 

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WATER-RELATED NEWS

Colorado Watershed Assembly News

Images of Sustainability

  • Clear Creek as it runs through Clear Creek Canyon
    Clear Creek as it runs through Clear Creek Canyon
  • Maude Monroe/Donna Juanita Mine Site. Photo by Don Allen.
    The Maude Monroe/Donna Juanita Mine Site.
    Photo by Don Allen.
  • Rafting through Clear Creek Canyon. Photo courtesy Clear Creek Rafting
    Rafting through Clear Creek Canyon.
    Photo courtesy Clear Creek Rafting
  • Fishing in one of Clear Creek's Tributaries
    Fishing in Clear Creek
  • Torreys Peak, in the upper Clear Creek Watershed. Photo courtesy of 14ers.com
    Torreys Peak, in the upper Clear Creek Watershed.
    Photo courtesy of 14ers.com
  • The confluence of Clear Creek and the South Platte River in Denver
    The confluence of Clear Creek and the South Platte River in Denver
  • Coors Billboard
    Both Companies and People rely on the Clear Creek Watershed
  • Hiking in the Clear Creek Watershed
    Fourth-graders panning for gold.
  • Double-jacking at the Phoenix mine
    Double-jacking at the Phoenix mine

 

 

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