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Give today to support education, art, environmental stewardship, historic preservation, and more! Your donation will help provide free educational events to the public, community art festivals, field trips for students, and historic preservation all while connecting people with their water heritage and telling the stories of all people along the river corridor.
The Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area connects people to their river legacy by promoting historical and cultural opportunities; engaging people in the river corridor; and inspiring learning, preservation, & stewardship. The Cache NHA, managed by the Poudre Heritage Alliance, was designated by Congress in 2009 for its role in shaping western water law and water management systems.
The Cache NHA spans 45 miles and includes the lands within the 100-year floodplain of the Cache la Poudre River. It begins in Larimer County at the eastern edge of the Roosevelt National Forest and ends east of Greeley, 1/4 mile west of the confluence with the South Platte River.
The Cache NHA is one of 62 National Heritage Areas in the country, one of three in Colorado, designated by Congress as places where natural, cultural, and historic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape. NHAs further the mission of the National Park Service (NPS) by fostering community stewardship of our nation’s heritage.
Through their resources, NHAs tell nationally important stories that celebrate our nation’s diverse heritage. NHAs are lived-in landscapes. Consequently, NHA entities collaborate with communities to determine how to make heritage relevant to local interests and needs.
Along the Cache NHA river section you can see reservoirs, pipelines, diversion ditches, pumps - all reminders of the long struggle to sustain a viable agricultural economy and meet the growing needs of an expanding population, while conserving the river's health. And, because the Poudre River is also a premiere recreation and learning destination, you will find people tubing, kayaking, rafting, exploring, studying, fishing, wading, walking, biking and more!
To learn more, visit our website.
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