Roaring Fork Conservancy conducts tours of Ruedi Reservoir and Hydroelectric Plant above Basalt. Below are resources that will help students and teachers understand the comlexities of the Ruedi and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.

Ruedi Water and Power Authority Website

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: Ruedi Dam Website

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Website

Photos of Ruedi townsite and the Fryingpan River in the early 1900s

Ruedi Dam and Reservoir Statistics

Ruedi Reservoir Water Allocations Chart

Fryinpan-Arkansas Project Maps

President John F. Kennedy's remarks in Pueblo, Colorado, following approval of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project - August 17, 1962

The Shoshone Powerplant on the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs is one of the oldest hydroelectric plants in western Colorado. Roaring Fork Conservancy can assist your class with conducting a field trip to the Shoshone hydroelectric plant and to the intake dam and structures two miles upstream.

 Xcel Energy - Shoshone Powerplant Information

Effects of Shoshone and Cameo Calls on the Roaring Fork Watershed - 2004 article by Chrissy Sloan