News & Events
River Camp Applications Open!
Para información en español, haga clic aquí. Dolores River Boating Advocates is offering two sessions of River Camp this year! The first session of our 3-day overnight summer camp will be held from June 3-5th, 2024 and the second session will be held June 6-8th, 2024. Youth in Montezuma and [...]
2023 Dolores River Report Card
DRBA is excited to announce our first ever Dolores River Report Card. This report is focused on the Dolores River below McPhee Dam that identified various ecological and human-caused factors impacting the health of the Dolores River. This report is intended to be updated annually, and serve as a record [...]
DRBA & Osprey Present… Our 11th Annual Permit Party!
Online ticket sales have closed... ....please get your tickets at the door - we have plenty of tickets left! $12 per person in advance / $15 per person at the door Children 12 and under are free January 26th, 2024 6:00-10:00pm Dolores Community Center It's PERMIT PARTY [...]
We’re Hiring! Conservation Field Organizer
Title: Conservation Field Organizer Reports to: Advocacy and Stewardship Director Location: Southwest Colorado Compensation: $45,000 - $50,000 DOE FLSA: Non-Exempt, salaried, termed 24-month position, Wyss Fellow POSITION SUMMARY The Conservation Field Organizer will support the Dolores River Boating Advocates (DRBA) mission to protect and enrich the recreational and ecological values [...]
Why Protect the Dolores?
Despite the mosquitoes — always prolific at the Big Gypsum boat ramp towards the end of the boating season in June — the sandstone spires and nearby luscious cottonwood gallery bring a sense of peace. We’re about to embark on a three-day adventure down river in the Dolores River Canyon [...]
The Recipe for Runoff
By: Rica Fulton, Advocacy and Stewardship Director Here in southwest Colorado, the San Juan Mountains have been blanketed with snow all winter; and by all accounts, it’s shaping up to be a record-breaking winter. In the West, almost all rivers are snowpack-driven, meaning the majority of flows come from melting [...]
