REAL WORK
READY PROJECTS

Resilient land and waters for the communities depending on them.

Resilient land and waters for the communities depending on them.

The Colorado River Basin is in crisis. Forty million people are confronting changes to their landscapes and economies. Communities want to build a resilient future for the rivers, farms, and forests they call home.

The Colorado River Basin is in crisis. Forty million people are confronting changes to their landscapes and economies. Communities want to build a resilient future for the rivers, farms, and forests they call home.

Six projects ready for investment show a path forward.

Six projects ready for investment show a path forward.

WHAT THE RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR IS

Connecting projects with impact-first funding

Connecting projects with impact-first funding

The Resilience Accelerator identifies high- potential nature-based solutions, supports developers building investable business models, and connects projects with catalytic capital.

Why this matters now

Why this matters now

The Colorado River Basin is in crisis, and direly needs proven solutions. Over the last six months, the Resilience Accelerator vetted and supported project developers ready for investment. Now we're ready to match projects to capital.

IT’S ALL

IT’S ALL

CONNECTED

CONNECTED

No single project works in isolation.

One project's success becomes another's foundation. 

That's the basin working the way nature intended.

REAL WORK
READY PROJECTS
  • Six projects, ready to move.

Blue Forest

Wildfire and drought put the Colorado River Basin at high risk. Blue Forest's next loan facility channels investor capital into scaling restoration.

The Climate Trust

Forests in the Colorado River Basin are primed for devastating wildfires. The Climate Trust turns forest waste into carbon-locking biochar, selling the credits to cover costs and fund local wildfire-reduction businesses.

BlueCommons

Native American Tribes seek to restore their water and land. BlueCommons uses its revolving fund to partner with Tribal Nations for nature-based water projects across the Basin.

Colorado Water Trust

In Colorado, agricultural lands with senior water rights sell to interests outside their communities every few weeks. Colorado Water Trust steps into that moment with a buy-protect-innovate-sell model that commits a meaningful share of those rights back to the river for good.

Colorado West Land Trust

Drought, development, and climate change are pulling water away from farms across Western Colorado. The Colorado West Land Trust buys irrigated farmland, upgrades it, and then sells the land back to farmers under permanent protections.

Irrigation Incentives

A Subsidiary of The Freshwater Trust

While Western farmers want to modernize their irrigation, they're stuck behind fragmented reimbursement programs. The Freshwater Trust advances well-timed funding directly to farmers for the highest-impact upgrades.

REAL WORK
READY PROJECTS
  • Six projects, ready to move.

Blue Forest

Wildfire and drought put the Colorado River Basin at high risk. Blue Forest's next loan facility channels investor capital into scaling restoration.

The Climate Trust

Forests in the Colorado River Basin are primed for devastating wildfires. The Climate Trust turns forest waste into carbon-locking biochar, selling the credits to cover costs and fund local wildfire-reduction businesses.

BlueCommons

Native American Tribes seek to restore their water and land. BlueCommons uses its revolving fund to partner with Tribal Nations for nature-based water projects across the Basin.

Colorado Water Trust

In Colorado, agricultural lands with senior water rights sell to interests outside their communities every few weeks. Colorado Water Trust steps into that moment with a buy-protect-innovate-sell model that commits a meaningful share of those rights back to the river for good.

Colorado West Land Trust

Drought, development, and climate change are pulling water away from farms across Western Colorado. The Colorado West Land Trust buys irrigated farmland, upgrades it, and then sells the land back to farmers under permanent protections.

Irrigation Incentives

A Subsidiary of The Freshwater Trust

While Western farmers want to modernize their irrigation, they're stuck behind fragmented reimbursement programs. The Freshwater Trust advances well-timed funding directly to farmers for the highest-impact upgrades.

How Capital Moves Here

How Capital Moves Here

However you support grants, loan guarantees, impact investments there's a place for it here. Every project's ask is different. We'll help you find where you fit.

This is your invitation

This is your invitation

September 16, 2026 | 1-4:30 PM Denver, Colorado

Funder-to-funder sharing of lessons learned in impact investment, priorities in the Colorado River Basin, and chances to co-fund. Profiles of successful investments to date and what it took to make them happen.

Flexible time for dialogue with project developers to explore what's needed and what could be possible.

Not another presentation to sit through, but space to collaborate, connect, and move forward.

Resilient land and waters for the communities depending on them.

Real work. Ready projects. You're invited to learn more.

Real work. Ready projects. You're invited to learn more.

Real work. Ready projects. You're invited to learn more.

RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR

©RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR: COLORADO RIVER BASIN 2026

MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

ACCELERATOR

RESILIENCE

©RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR: COLORADO RIVER BASIN 2026

MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

Restore the basin for the communities depending on it.