MCWC's Integrated Water Management Plan is the current roadmap guiding watershed work today. It includes 55 priority actions in four broad categories: Water quality, consumptive use, habitat and recreation. It was built on the foundation of the 2016 Watershed Plan.

This study is an in depth analysis of post-fire fluvial hazards in the Elk Creek, Rifle Creek, and Battlement watersheds.

This document is a history of the Middle Colorado River Watershed Council and elaborates on the council's goals and focus areas for current and future project work.

Middle Colorado Watershed Council shared its progress on the Rifle Creek Restoration at the 2026 State of the River event, co-hosted with the Colorado River District.

In April 2026, the Middle Colorado Watershed Council completed the Roan Creek Fish Barrier project, a multi-agency-funded effort that protects a rare native fish assemblage—including a unique strain of Colorado River cutthroat trout—while also modernizing irrigation infrastructure to improve water efficiency and delivery for local users.

This 2018 Earth Economics report estimates that outdoor recreation in the Middle Colorado River Watershed generates about $139 million in annual spending, supporting roughly 972 jobs and contributing $43 million to GDP and $6 million in state and local tax revenue for Garfield County.

This plan addresses the impacts of a changing climate and advances energy efficiency measures that benefit the community of Rifle. Clean Energy Economy for the Region was contracted by the City fo Rifle to develop the plan.

This study, initiated in 2015, evaluates the health of the Rifle Creek watershed using water quality as the primary indicator.

This study compiled and analyzed water quality data from throughout the Middle Colorado watershed to identify areas where water quality issues may be present, identify areas that could benefit from restoration, identify water quality data gaps, and recommend strategies to improve and guide future water quality monitoring.

This study contains the results of water quality analyses on many of the tributaries throughout the Middle Colorado watershed.