The Clear Creek Watershed is a vital natural resource that is relied upon by diverse ecosystems and wildlife populations, including hundreds of thousands of people! If you live, work, or play anywhere from the alpine meadows above timberline down to Clear Creek’s confluence with the South Platte River in Denver, you are a beneficiary of a healthy Clear Creek. With its broad range of uses and impacts, there are many challenges. Help us to ensure the future of sustainable watershed management by making a donation to the Clear Creek Watershed Foundation today. The CCWF is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (EIN 84-1517957). Send your tax-deductible donation to:
If you have questions, please contact us for more information.
Collaboration is one of our greatest assests toward getting sustainable projects done in the Clear Creek Watershed. By working together, we can minimize duplication of efforts and maximize the limited financial resources. To learn more about partnership opportunities with current and proposed projects, contact us.
We are working toward development of a program to recognize outstanding efforts toward sustainability in our watershed, similar to CDPHE’s Environmental Leadership Program
The Bucknam Scholarship provides financial support to a junior or senior undergraduate student who is enrolled in an area of study at an accredited college or university with a major in a field related to mine reclamation/restoration such as biology; botany; geography; geology, hydrology; environmental, range or soil science.
The Scholarship Fund honors Dave Bucknam and his passion for the out- of-doors, learning and living. Bucknam was the Director of the Colorado Office of Active and Inactive Mines, which reclaims and restores inactive mined land.
For more information about the fund, past recipients, and fun fundraising events, please visit the scholarship's website at www.bucknam.org/scholarship, or make a donation by clicking here:
To promote sustainable natural resource management throughout the Clear Creek Watershed and serve as a model for the arid mountain west.








