Barr Lake & Milton Reservoir Watershed Association

Improving water quality through collaborative, proactive watershed planning

Quick Links: Watershed Map   Announcements           Welcome to our website!  We encourage you to take some time to browse these pages and learn more about who we are and what we do.  Reminders: Photo of the Week Board meetings and stakeholder meetings alternate the 4th Tuesday of each month. Click below for the 2008 meeting schedule.   2008 BMW Meetings and Events Calendar   (Updated Frequently)   NEW! Summer 2008 Newsletter Spring 2008 Newsletter   Be sure to check out the Calendar page to learn about all the latest events for the Barr/Milton Watershed!    Mmmm, water from Barr Lake...Cheers! -Photo submitted by David Mixon, Integral Consulting  Announcements:  DRAFT 2008 Watershed Management Plan Available: The 2008 Watershed Management Plan is now available for public comment.  Please submit your comments to Darcie Garland-Renn (dgrenn@integral-corp.com) no later than Friday, November 28, 2008. Download the Plan sections here: DRAFT 2008 Watershed Plan (Text Only) (4.4 MB) DRAFT 2008 Watershed Plan Figures (23 MB) DRAFT 2008 Watershed Plan Tables (130 KB)  NEW BMW Online Forum Available for Stakeholder Feedback: The BMW Association is pleased to announce a new online forum for stakeholders to provide feedback on potential water quality management scenarios.  Please visit the forum at: http://bmwa.free-forums.org/index.php and be sure to add your thoughts!  August 26, 2008 Stakeholder Meeting & 4th Annual BBQ: The BMW Association recently held their annual stakeholder meeting and modeling workshop #3.  This meeting represents a major milestone in a multi-year project to reduce the current levels of nutrients, algal growth, and pH which are potentially harmful to aquatic life in Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir.  Download the meeting agenda and ENSR Presentation #3 to learn more.  For additional details, please read the modeling background documents (summarized below).   Water Quality Model Updates Our team of modelers are working hard to bring us the best watershed and in-lake models possible!  They have recently linked and calibrated the in-lake and watershed models.  If you missed one of the previous modeling workshops, you can download the presentations and background documents from the technical committee or meetings pages.  Also, be sure to read the ENSR Workshop #3 Summary and Modeling Special Edition Newsletter.  Reservoir Assessments have been finalized: AMEC recently released the final versions of the Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Assessments.  These documents have been reviewed by the BMW Technical Committee, Dr. Bill Lewis, and various other experts.  If you would like to review and add comments of your own (to be included as a preface to the report within the PDF) please send your comments to Darcie (dgrenn@integral-corp.com) no later than August 22, 2008).  The Barr/Milton Watershed Plan wins GOLD Award from DRCOG: The BMW Association was honored with a first place award from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) at the agency’s annual Local Government Innovations Awards Program dinner on April 30.  The award won in the category of Planning with Vision; recognizing the collaborative and innovative efforts of the parties involved in developing the Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Management Plan. Download the press release now and check-back soon for a copy of the video announcement from the award ceremony. The BMW Association recently published the: 2007 State of the Watershed: Lake Reflections (9MB).

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