Current & Ongoing Projects
2024 Annual Invasives Removal
Date: TBD, likely June
2024 Annual River Cleanup
Date: TBD, likely in July
INVASIVES REMOVAL
WRA volunteers gather annually in the summer under volunteer coordinator Mary and John Taylor to remove invasives starting from the top of the river where tamarisk and Russian olive occur and working down river. The WRA has also released over 100,000 tamarisk and leafy spurge beetles, which are highly effective but very sensitive to pesticides.
This project is done annually by WRA volunteers every summer
River Clean-up
In May 2018, WRA organized and held a river clean-up, engaging local Mayor Halandras and members the community to begin cleaning up the river, starting in the town of Meeker.
This project is done annually by WRA volunteers every spring
Riparian Restoration Workshop
In October 2023, the White River Alliance won a grant from The Nature Conservancy to hold a workshop to educate landowners about nature based tools to restore their desert and mountain riparian areas, bringing back springs and water flow that has been lost.
Video of Yellow Creek Revitalization, Rio Blanco County
Upcoming Events
Meeting of the White River Alliance in March