Fountain Creek Watershed
Vision Task Force

Fountain Creek Watershed Draft Strategic Plan

The Fountain Creek Vision Task Force has completed its draft strategic plan for the watershed. The plan is a collaborative document, written by stakeholders in the watershed, including staff from the City of Pueblo, the City of Colorado Springs, the City of Fountain, El Paso County, the Pueblo Board of Water Works, Colorado Springs Utilities, Senator Salazar’s Office, Fort Carson, Colorado Open Lands, the Sierra Club, AWARE Colorado, Peaks Peak Area Council of Governments, CH2MHill, and Matrix Design Group. Additionally, residents of El Paso, Pueblo, and Teller Counties who are not affiliated with any government or organization but who are committed to improvements in Fountain Creek made invaluable contributions to this plan.

The Task Force strongly encourages you to read the entire plan before the public meetings on November 12th and 13th. We look forward to hearing your feedback on the plan at those meetings, so we can continue to improve it. Click here for more information on the November 12 and 13 public meetings.

Fountain Creek Vision Task Force Strategic Plan for the Fountain Creek Watershed:

Mission/Vision/TF Membership Commitment to Collaboration
Funding and Long-Term Management Water Quality and Sedimentation
Flood and Stormwater Management
***appendices
Land Use Planning
Recreation
Wildlife
Wetlands
Agriculture
Municipal Water Supplies
Outreach

Reference and Vision Maps
Benchmark Consideration
Impervious Surface
Environmental Threat Attributes
Land Use Vision
Vision
Positive Environmental Attributes
Watershed Base

The mission of the Fountain Creek Vision Task Force is to prepare a comprehensive strategic plan for the Fountain Creek Watershed.  This plan will incorporate and address all of the planning, scientific, and visioning documents.  The Task Force will then build on these documents to create a shared vision for specific actions that participating entities can make in order realize the shared vision. This effort was initiated by El Paso County and the first meeting was held in July 2006 at the Bear Creek Nature Center. 

More information on the structure of the watershed vision can be found in the:

Fountain Creek Vision Task Force Process Framework (.pdf)

Fountain Creek Vision Power Point for Elected Officials - June 2007
This 14- minute voice-over presentation provides:
    - A brief history of the Fountain Creek Watershed and why it is of concern
    - the efforts that are being made by the Fountain Creek Vision groups
    - Potential solutions to watershed concerns that have been discussed so far.

Click here to view this presentation 

Note:  This presentation is quite large and includes sound so it may take some time to download and may need volume adjustment.