Areas of Impact
The Eagle River Fund
Overview
Funding awarded through the Eagle River Fund’s granting mechanism is supports work that increases streamflows, improves water quality, and maintains healthy water temperatures within the Eagle River and its tributaries. This work focuses on projects that benefit the water quality, water quantity, and natural infrastructure in the Eagle River Valley.
Natural Infrastructure
The natural infrastructure category includes projects that:
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Improve wildlife habitat and ecological services;
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Improve soil health to reduce irrigation needs and increase drought resilience
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Mitigate noxious weeds
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Protect ecologically important lands that support critical functional flows and water quality of the watershed
Water Quality
The water quality category includes projects that:
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Mitigate polluted stormwater, streambank erosion, and sediment
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Buffer against the threat of increasing water temperatures in headwaters streams
Water Quantity
The water quantity category includes projects that:
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Advance water efficiency and conservation strategies that increase functional stream flows throughout the watershed
