WrightED Lecture Series: Rivers, Water, and You

Wednesdays 9:30-11 a.m. MST, 4 Sessions via Zoom: October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2025

Presented by the Wright Opera House in collaboration with the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership

$30 enrollment for all 4 sessions | Can’t attend at 9:30am? Don’t worry! All sessions are recorded and emailed for easy viewing on your own time. Registration information coming soon.

October 29: What’s up with the Colorado River? Rivers & the Law

Colorado River District Communications Director Matt Aboussie on The Colorado River

Colorado River District Board Member Cary Denison on Ouray County’s Connection to the Colorado River

November 5: Why restore rivers and wetlands? Uncompahgre Watershed Projects

Mountain Studies Institute Associate Director of Water Jake Kurzweil, Ph.D., on the Ironton Fens & Wetlands Restoration Project

Teocalli Environmental Owner and Ecologist Elin Binck on the South Ouray Erosion Control Project

Fred Phillips Consulting Founder Fred Phillips on the Uncompahgre Multibenefit Project

November 12: How do we get our water? Local Water Systems

River Conservation Corps Member Virginia Weiskopf on Monitoring the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed

Ridgway Town Manager Preston Neill on the Town’s Water Sources and Water Conservation Efforts

Colorado State University Water Quality Agronomist Erik Wardle on Groundwater and Wells

November 19: Where do rivers start? Snow & Water Supply

Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) network Education & Outreach Coordinator Noah Newman on Snowpack and its effects on rivers

Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies Executive Director Jeff Derry on The Effects of Dust on Snowpack

To enroll, go to https://thewrightoperahouse.org/events/lectures/wrighted-lecture-series