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The Getches-Wilkinson Center is pleased to announce new Acequia Assistance Project Director Nathan Boyer-Rechlin. 

Nathan succeeds former Director Gregor MacGregor who had been at the helm of the Acequia Assistance Project since 2021. We are grateful to Gregor's contribution to the program and ongoing support of the transition of the new director.

Nathan Boyer-Rechlin is thrilled to join the Getches-Wilkinson Center as a faculty fellow, directing the center’s Acequia Assistance Project. As a Master’s student at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder, Nathan volunteered for the project in a policy research capacity and served in the project’s student leadership. In 2023 Nathan had the opportunity to present at the Congreso de Acequias in San Luis, CO on legislative issues of concern to the Acequia community. 

Nathan comes to the Getches-Wilkinson Center with ten years of professional and educational experience in water resources, community engagement, and policy. Nathan has worked on water resources issues with federal and state agencies, including work with the Bureau of Land Management in the San Luis Valley. In 2018, Nathan moved to Avon, Colorado where he spent three and a half years as the Community Outreach Coordinator at Walking Mountains Science Center. 

In 2022, Nathan was led to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Masters of the Environment Program (May ‘24) from a desire to pivot his environmental career to work on policy issues facing Colorado’s watersheds, and the communities who rely on that water. Nathan's master’s work focused western water law and policy, with a focus on instream flow policy and Colorado River management. In addition to his work with the Acequia Project, Nathan worked as a fellow with the National Forest Foundation to increase representation of underserved and under-represented communities among the Foundation’s external partnerships.  

In addition to his work with the Acequia Project, Nathan works full time for the National Audubon Society. As the Western Rivers Program Specialist at Audubon Rockies, Nathan works to protect healthy, drought resilient watersheds through supporting collaborative policy solutions and on-the-ground projects.

GWC would like to thank Gregor MacGregor, the outgoing director, for many years of visionary leadership, community engagement, and support for the students at Colorado Law School. Gregor has had a lasting impact on the Acequia Project, one which will continue to be felt here in Colorado for years to come.