Restoration Now is a faith-based organization which exists to bring hope to our neighbors through home renovation. Local support agencies don't have the resources to meet all of their clients' needs, especially their housing issues. Restoration Now works with local agencies to organize work projects to help those clients in desperate need of home repairs. They also provide help to the agencies themselves with office remodels and repairs. Recent office remodels have aided Project Self Sufficiency & the Northern Colorado AIDS Project. Whatever the job, the renovation & repairs help change lives. People's spirits are revived as they feel they've been given a fresh start. RN utilizes the resources in our community to provide physical, spiritual, and emotional stability to those in need. For more information about how to get involved, please visit the Restoration Now website.

"For nearly a century and half, the Cache la Poudre River has been dammed and diverted. Nearly 90% of its water is trapped behind dams or diverted out of the river for agricultural, municipal, and industrial uses. At various locations along its course and at the junction with the South Platte River, the Poudre is often dry or a shadow of its former self. Even if flowing, the river can be foul smelling in certain reaches because of poorly diluted municipal and other wastes, so much so that it is unpleasant to be around and you certainly wouldn’t want your dog to swim in it. There is even getting to be a problem with one heavy metal, selenium, and certain bacteria.

A small amount of the river’s water is unallocated. It runs freely and manages to peak every three of four years. These periodic, minor peaking flows are essential for maintaining ecosystem health and improving water quality.

Three large new dams have been proposed to impound this last remaining unallocated water in the river. The most potentially damaging of these is the proposed Glade Reservoir, part of the Northern Integrated Supply Project, or NISP.

The irony is that new dams may not actually be needed in our region. Northern Colorado communities, industry, and agriculture can meet their needs for water for drought protection and growth by conserving existing water resources, utilizing them at maximum efficiency, and working in close partnership with agriculture to share the wealth of water we are already using on farms."     -Save the Poudre.org

If you're like many Ft. Collins residents you're tired of seeing a dry riverbed!  Click the link above to find out more and learn how to get involved.