This report card represents a summary of the in-depth "State of the River Report" described here:
https://www.fcgov.com/poudrereportcard/
This holistic ecological assessment of the Poudre River was funded by the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Department along with Fort Collins Utilities and Stormwater Departments.
The way Jen Shanahan, the project manager described it, "A river is the report card for the health of its watershed."
I think this could be a very effective natural resource assessment and monitoring framework for us to use moving forward. If we performed something similar for our stretch of the Arkansas River it would allow us to pick up any red flags in terms of impacts related to land use changes, forest health, recreation, industry, etc..
The Colorado Water Conservation Board would be an excellent source of funding for a project like this.