Surging runoff from the high peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park in 2025 overwhelmed the banks of Beaver Creek, a tributary near the headwaters of the Colorado River, and flooded two and a half football fields’ worth of surrounding meadows. … Visible flooding in 2025 … meant the surges in Beaver Creek were hitting artificial beaver dams and lodges built to emulate past environmental conditions and recreate historic wetlands. The flooding was proof that a meticulously developed plan to restore Kawuneeche’s crucial watershed over decades, among multiple government agencies and nonprofits, paid for by a wide array of funders, is reporting great progress after just a couple of years. 

Other wetlands news:

• San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘Love Your Wetlands Day’ celebrates conservation and education in Mission Bay