Our Watershed

Estes Valley Watershed Coalition

There is only one Planet Earth, and only one Estes Park. As the gateway to one of our nation’s natural gems, we have a special responsibility to care for all the beings that cannot speak for themselves, the birds, the mammals, the fish, and all the nutrients they depend on.

Over the years we have nearly lost it all in floods and fires. The Estes Valley Watershed Coalition formed to restore our watershed after the thousand-year flood in 2013. Ten years later, our work is not finished.

We invite you to join us in spirit or on the ground to become caretakers too. Come hear from scientists on April 22nd Dr. Steve Fassnacht from CSU will educate us about how our water source, snowpack on the Continental Divide, is faring as our climate continues to change. Dr. Koren Nydick from Rocky Mountain National Park is vigilant about our wildlife and vegetation. How are these natural resources adapting? These two scientists will let us know.

We can also learn from our children. Ravi Davis, EP Middle School Science Teacher, is bringing representatives of her 6th to 8th students in the Environmental Resilience Team who are working on a statewide challenge to improve climate resiliency in their community. What are they proposing?

Please plan to attend our Earth Day celebration: From Snowpack to Flora and Fauna, A 2023 Update on the Health of our Watershed, Saturday, April 22nd from 2-5 p.m. RSVP: www.evwatershed.org/events

“We can learn about it from exceptional people of our own culture, and from other cultures less destructive than ours. I am speaking of the life of a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children; who has undertaken to cherish it and do it no damage, not because he is duty-bound, but because he loves the world and loves his children…” Wendell Berry, “The Unforeseen Wilderness: An Essay on Kentucky’s Red River Gorge”, 1971; https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/22 /borrow-earth/

Celebrating Earth Day Through Art!

Celebration Of All Things Cycling With Bike Estes Week Coming June 25-31

Mark your calendars for Bike Estes Week celebrating cycling around the Estes Valley. Centered around Colorado’s Bike to Work Day in mid June, there is a full week of cycling activities planned for the whole family to participate in.

With the success of 10 plus years of Bike to Work Day and the Costume Bike Parade, the Estes Park Cycling Coalition (EPCC) is adding several events to make this a whole week of cycling fun. More details will be coming out in the next 6 weeks, but here is a list of the activities:

Sunday and Monday June 25/26: Hermit Park Mountain Bike Ride Meet Up. Meet up for a fun mountain bike ride- 5 p.m. both days.

June 27: Hermit Park Trail Clean Up Day, come help improve the trail. 5 p.m.

June 28: Bike To Work Day, 6-9 a.m., start your day with coffee and snacks at the Estes Visitors Center

June 29: “Ride Of Silence”: Join cyclists in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/20kph) through the roadways of Estes Park in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.

June 30: Costume Bike Parade and Live Music Afterparty at Performance Park. Decorate your bike, wear a fun costume and parade through town from the Visitors Center to a live music after party at Performance Park

July 1: Stanley Park Bike Park Get Together with Pump Track and Jump Line Demo. The week culminates with an afternoon get together/picnic and Bike Park. There will be demonstrations from local riders on the pump track and jump line and you can test your skills as well.

For more information about Bike Estes Week as well as what the EPCC is doing for cycling in general, join us for our next General Member meeting Wednesday, April 19 at Vert Coworking. There will be a Meet and Greet starting at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting starting at 7, all are welcome.

Rotary Club Of Estes Park Welcomes Crowns For The Care

Mrs. Rooftop Rodeo candidates this year will be raising money for a new DEXA machine (Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) for the Diagnostic Imaging Center at Estes Park Health. On Thursday, April 7, the Rotary Club of Estes Park (Noon Rotary) heard a pres-