$11,291 raised by 43 donors
56% complete
$20,000 Goal
This is your river. Help preserve Northern Colorado's enduring heritage.
For generations, the Poudre River has been part of how Northern Colorado lives, works, plays, and connects. Its heritage isn’t just history. It’s the people, cultures, places, water systems, and experiences that continue to shape this region.
Your support is more than a donation; it's an investment in the future of our community and its rich heritage. Together, we can honor the past and safeguard the future of the Poudre River watershed.
Your Impact at a Glance
Your Gift in Action
Due to significant funding cuts, the Learning in Our Watershed™ will reach 80% fewer students this year, serving around 2,000 compared to 10,000+ last year. Your gift can help us bridge this gap and bring more students into the Poudre River watershed.
This program gets students outside to experience the Poudre River firsthand, helping them understand why the river matters, how their actions affect it, and how they can become the next generation of river stewards.
“Not everyone gets water,” said one student after their experience. “Sharing water is important.”
As one teacher shared: “We learned that water is precious and very scarce in the arid West. This program helped our students understand the importance of water in everyday use, agriculture, and livestock.”
Learn more about other programs here.
The Poudre Heritage Alliance serves the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area, providing current and future generations the opportunity to understand and celebrate the area by careful planning and facilitation of educational programs and related amenities in collaboration with residents, private sector and government entities.
The Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area promotes historical and cultural opportunities, engages people in the river corridor, and inspires learning preservation and stewardship.
The Poudre Heritage Alliance is the nonprofit managing entity of the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area (Cache NHA). We connect people across Northern Colorado to the Poudre River through education, community programs, partnerships, and experiences that help people understand and value this nationally significant river and the stories it holds.
People experience the Poudre River basin in many ways, from tubing, kayaking, fishing, walking, and biking to learning about its history, culture, and role in the development of Northern Colorado. The Cache NHA helps connect these experiences and stories to the people and communities who live here and visit.
Unlike a National Park, a National Heritage Area is a lived-in landscape, a place where people live, work, farm, recreate, learn, and build communities. Through community partnerships, National Heritage Areas support the preservation and interpretation of natural, cultural, and historic resources while strengthening connections between people and place.
Organization name
Poudre Heritage Alliance
other names
Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area (Cache NHA)
2002
Tax id (EIN)
36-4507550
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
Administrative Offices 130 N 5th StLarimer County, CO, US
Weld County, CO, US