“Threats to our Water” Planned to Complete Film Series

In 2024, San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) received funding from Colorado Water Conservation Board, through Southwest Basin Roundtable, to produce three short videos. The purpose of the videos was to educate the general public about our watershed and the video series was titled “This Is Your Watershed: Upper San Juan River.” Professional film-maker, Christi Bode of Moxiecran Media, is currently writing, interviewing, and filming for the third film, “Threats to our Water.”

The first two videos premiered in 2024 to significant local acclaim and community support. Both “The Value of Snow” and “The Waterways that Connect Us” can be viewed on the SJWCD website’s homepage.

At the November 2024 premiere of SJWCD’s first two films, the following water groups demonstrated their support of SJWCD and shared their knowledge of all water uses in our upper San Juan River basin.

– Five Rivers Trout Unlimited

– Pagosa Weather

 – San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership

 – San Juan Water Enhancement Partnership

 – Creation Care

 – Town of Pagosa Springs, Pagosa Gateway and Yamaguchi Park

 – Mountain Studies Institute

 – Friends of the Upper San Juan River and Pagosa Paddle

 – Colorado Division of Water

 – Colorado State University Extension and Natural Resources

 – Community Development Corporation

– Water Information Program

SJWCD works to protect San Juan River health and all local water uses – agricultural, environmental, recreational, industrial, and municipal. More information can be found at www.sjwcd.org.