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Upper Arkansas
![Arkansas Headwaters Map](https://media.aspennature.org/assets/2023/03/20135634/upper-arkansas-arkansas-headwaters.gif)
Arkansas Headwaters
The Arkansas Headwaters watershed is part of the Upper Arkansas basin in southeastern Colorado and has a population of approximately 32,000 people. The watershed is 3,063 square miles of which 34% is protected. Forests cover 63% of the Arkansas Headwaters watershed.![Fountain Map](https://media.aspennature.org/assets/2023/03/20135622/upper-arkansas-fountain.gif)
Fountain
The Fountain watershed is part of the Upper Arkansas basin in southeastern Colorado and has a population of approximately 578,000 people. The watershed is 928 square miles of which 8% is protected. Forests cover 34% of the Fountain watershed.![Upper Arkansas Map](https://media.aspennature.org/assets/2023/03/20135607/upper-arkansas-upper-arkansas.gif)