Key DRRP Partners

In 2015, thirty organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to affirm their commitment towards achieving the shared goals of the DRRP. These entities are listed below:

• Bureau of Land Management (Tres Rios, Uncompahgre, Grand Junction & Moab Field Offices; Southwest, Northwest Colorado, and Canyon Country Utah Districts)
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
• US Department of Energy
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
• University of Utah Rio Mesa Center
• Counties of Dolores, Montrose, San Miguel, Mesa & Grand
• The Nature Conservancy
• Tamarisk Coalition
• Walton Family Foundation
• Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
• Southwest Conservation Corps
• Canyon Country Youth Corps
• Western Colorado Conservation Corps
• Gateway Canyons Resort
• Paradox Valley Charter School
• Dolores River Boating Advocates

Other active participants that are not MOU signatories but provide funding, technical assistance, and other important forms of in-kind services include the following:

• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Northern Arizona University
• Fort Lewis College
• University of Denver
• Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
• Dozens of private landowners
• Colorado Canyons Association
• Rimrocker Historical Society of Western Montrose County
• Interpretive Association of Western Colorado
• Hundreds of volunteers from across Colorado and Utah