2025 Workshop Series
Join us for RiversEdge West's 2025 Workshop Series, where experts, practitioners, and community members come together to explore innovative approaches to riparian restoration. Each workshop offers a unique focus on the tools, technology, and partnerships driving successful restoration efforts across the Southwest.
Winter 2025: Wildlife Habitat Restoration on Private Lands
Date: February 19, 2025
Location: Grand Junction, CO
Presented by RiversEdge West and the Mesa Conservation District
Join the Mesa Conservation District and RiversEdge West (REW) for a free workshop! Attendees will learn about ongoing restoration projects in the Grand Valley, how private landowners can get involved in riverside restoration, and funding options to help you reach your goals. Topics will include tamarisk and Russian olive removal, native plant revegetation, enhancing wildlife habitat, increasing river access, and more!
Spring 2025: Biocontrol in Action
Date: April 30 - May 1, 2025
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Presented by RiversEdge West and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
Discover how tamarisk leaf beetles are being used as an effective tool for managing invasive plant species in riparian ecosystems. This hands-on workshop will delve into the science and strategies behind biocontrol, showcasing its role in promoting long-term habitat restoration.
Summer 2025: Riparian Restoration Technology
Format: Virtual
Explore cutting-edge technologies shaping the future of riparian restoration. This virtual workshop will feature insights into the use of GIS, satellite imaging, and other tools that enhance monitoring, planning, and decision-making for riparian ecosystems.
Fall 2025: Riparian Restoration on Private Lands
Location: Grand Junction, CO
Learn how partnerships with private landowners are transforming riparian restoration efforts. This workshop highlights collaborative approaches, best practices, and success stories from projects that improve habitat on private properties while balancing ecological and landowner goals.
2025 Workshop Series Sponsors
R I V E R C H A M P I O N S P O N S O R S /// $5,000 +
C O T T O N W O O D S P O N S O R S /// $2,500 +
W I L L O W S P O N S O R S /// $1,000+
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S E E D L I N G S P O N S O R S /// $500+
Become a Sponsor
Support RiversEdge West’s 2025 Workshop Series and gain recognition for your commitment to environmental stewardship! Opportunities are available to sponsor the entire series or individual workshops.
Learn about sponsor benefits here or email Cara at ckukuraitis@riversedgewest.org.
More details coming soon! For Workshop Series updates, sign up for our monthly e-newsletter.
History of our Conferences & Workshops
Starting in 2023, RiversEdge West's conference switched to a biennial format, with the conference being hosted on even-numbered years. In the opposite years (odd-numbered), we host hands-on, local workshops that will be guided by the needs of our partners and the restoration community (you!).
Our biennial workshop series provide opportunities to reach new audiences with experiential local, regional, and state-driven workshops and training where it is needed most. Unlike our conference where we are committed to a central location with a large groundswell of support, these smaller workshops and webinars will have the ability to span a larger geography, focus on topics better tailored to a specific region, and reach a more diverse audience.
Previous Workshops
2023 Workshop Series
In 2023, RiversEdge West hosted in-person workshops at three locations across the Southwest that address the needs of a specific region. At each stop, we connected the people managing riparian lands with the techniques, scientific findings, and lessons learned that are vital to ensuring that restoration is successful.
These focused and place-based workshops provided a venue for education, collaboration, and training. Click below to learn more!
Schedule
- Albuquerque, NM - April 14, 2023 - Planting for the Future Along the Middle Rio Grande
- Rangely, CO - June 8, 2023 - Beetle Herding: A New Tool for Tamarisk Biocontrol on the White River
- Tucson, AZ - October 13, 2023 - Habitat for the Future: Exploring Climate Resilient Riparian Habitat
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors:
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Testimonials
The workshop was very personal and friendly. Everyone was open and willing to talk. It also felt very local, where science and management leaders from the local community allowed for collaboration that can be immediately effective.
I was able to engage with partners that I had only met virtually. These personal face-to-face encounters will be extremely helpful in developing these partnerships further.
It is just inspirational and invigorating being around so many people doing similar work. It was especially helpful meeting people who work in similar organizations but in different places.
[The workshop] provides a broad range of information and new research that is applicable to a variety of audiences including private landowners.
Getting a big picture view is critical when working in a small community. These contacts will provide a wealth of information and inspiration!
I am walking away with a sense of how to foster collaboration at a watershed scale.
I really liked hearing from the different presenters and learning about the history and current use of beetles on Tamarisk. It was great to have time for questions and discussion to clarify and further understanding.
There was enough theory and philosophy to be interesting, and this was supported by exposure to a variety of practices and resources being employed by our community
The focus on practice was great!- there was enough theory and philosophy to be interesting, and this was supported by exposure to a variety of practices and resources being employed by our community
It is easy to get down these days in our field. I realized a lot of exciting things that were going on and that I need to push a bit harder.
I live in a rural town where it is difficult to convene with so many experts/practitioners/scientists/agency representatives. The simple opportunity to meet and talk with people was hugely beneficial.
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