It costs your business nothing to be a recognized partner who works to protect our rivers AND local community! All funding comes from your customers’ voluntary round-up, a small percentage of contributions, or other options that we help you implement. It boosts your marketing! Be seen as a leader in protecting our way of life and the local economy in Routt and Moffat counties. Be recognized through our special events, newspaper and magazine ads, newsletters, and promotions.

Yes! Do you offer a product or service in the Yampa River Basin? No matter what type of transactions you conduct with customers (point of sale, guiding or other professional services, member services, and more) we can work with you to implement an easy process to allow customers to voluntarily contribute directly to the health of the Yampa River. With our help to implement it, simply provide the option to round up or add a small percentage to each sale, in the same way you’d add tax in your point-of-sale system. Funds are collected monthly or quarterly; whichever schedule works best for your business.

We will use numerous outlets to advertise and and recognize your business including social media posts, website mentions, newpaper ads and newsletters.

For more detailed information please refer to our Yampa Ripple Effect Program Guide . Also you can see our Business Agreement Form here. And if you have any questions please drop us a line at info@yamparppleeffect.org.

A healthy, flowing Yampa River is vital to everyone in our community and to all of our visitors. This program contributes to projects that benefit the river and its tributaries. Please take a look at the list of projects that have been funded by the Yampa River Fund and the river related programming of the Friends of the Yampa to see if these are activities that you would like to support.

Collectively, we CAN make a difference. We hope to sign up many local businesses to participate and gain the support of customers to build up a reliable income source to support the program. If you would like to make a bigger contribution we would certainly appreciate your additional support! Please follow the link here to make a contribution, or if you are a participating business, consider adding additional funds to match customer contributions and reach out to the Yampa Ripple Effect coordinator to discuss options.

Take a look at the Participating Businesses portion of this website. We will update it as the list of businesses continues to grow.

Each business that signs up is a supporter of the Yampa River and a champion of the critical work being done to ensure the health of the river for future generations. Please voice your appreciation to let them know you noticed, and encourage other businesses to consider participating.