Roaring Fork Conservancy offers field-based educational programs for adults through its Watershed Exploration programs. These action-packed programs are designed to bring participants to amazing places in the watershed and teach them about particular water issues from local and regional experts. Explorations include river floats, hikes near important riparian habitat, tours of water diversion projects, and volunteer habitat restoration projects. 

For a list of upcoming Watershed Explorations, please visit our events calendar.

WATERSHED EXPLORATIONS  |  FLY FISHING CLINICS

Each spring, Roaring Fork Conservancy offers River Ecology Interpretation to first year white water rafting guides. These three-hour, on-water trainings allow dozens of commercial river guides to learn about the Roaring Fork watershed's health, flora, fauna, water issues, "plumbing", and cultural history. Trainings are discussion-oriented and tailored to meet interests and needs of the participating guides and outfitters. Each guide receives a packet with additional resources as well.

Pitkin County Open Space & Trails partially underwrites these programs. Thank you to the local outfitters who find this program valuable for their first year guides and continue to request it!

Whitewater rafting companies who go through our River Ecology Interpretation each year include:

Aspen Whitewater Rafting
Blazing Adventures
Blue Sky Adventures
Defiance Rafting Company
Elk Mountain Expeditions
Whitewater Rafting