FORT COLLINS – The City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program asks for feedback from visitors and residents every five years through a survey. Results from 2011 show that natural areas are popular and well-liked. Questions focused on respondents’ familiarity with natural areas, their visitation habits, how good/poor of a job the Natural Areas Program[continue reading...]

Fort Collins, CO – In a novel approach to diverting electronic waste from landfill disposal, the City of Fort Collins is partnering with Greenback LLC to collect laptops computers at the Rivendell Recycling Center. The new, bright green collection box, designed with a special slot opening for depositing laptop computers, was recently installed at the[continue reading...]

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are holding a public hearing next week on the future of Interstate 25 through Pueblo. It is being held on Thursday, December 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Pueblo Convention Center, 320 Central Main Street.  A presentation from 6:30 p.m. to[continue reading...]

FORT COLLINS – Natural Areas Program Awarded Education Grant for Bobcat Ridge The City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program has received a grant in the amount of $20,000 from the David R. and Virginia D. Pulliam Charitable Trust in support of environmental and cultural education at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. The money will be[continue reading...]

The City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program, in coordination with The Nature Conservancy, is conducting a prescribed fire at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area. Weather permitting, the burn is scheduled for the week of September 12th _ 15th, 2011. The burn will involve 47 acres and will take place within a canyon in the north-central[continue reading...]

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is lifting fire restrictions in Boulder County. Recent cooler temperatures and moisture have dropped the fire-danger rating in Boulder County into the “low” category. Additional moisture is in the forecast, which will increase the fuel moisture content and help keep the fire danger at normal levels. All fire restrictions will[continue reading...]

Sheriff Joe Pelle has enacted a Boulder County fire ban today, which restricts open burning and prohibits the discharge of any and all fireworks and model rockets in the unincorporated mountain areas of Boulder County. This includes all areas west of Broadway in the City of Boulder, and includes all areas west of U.S. 36[continue reading...]

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, after consultation with the Lyons Town Board, cancelled the Tubing Ban for the North and South Saint Vrain Rivers on July 20, 2011. Law Enforcement officers will be removing the restriction notices along the rivers. As of yesterday, July 21st, the North Saint Vrain River was flowing at an estimated[continue reading...]

PUEBLO, Colorado – Artists throughout Colorado are busy preparing their finest work for the 2011 Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. Most mediums are accepted and two divisions for artwork submission are being offered: Emerging Artist/Student and Professional. “Every year the Fine Arts Exhibition at the Colorado State Fair provides the talented artists throughout the[continue reading...]

The Sheriff’s Office, after consultation with the Boulder Police Department, cancelled the Tubing Ban for Boulder Creek as of 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 15, 2011. Law Enforcement officers will be removing the restriction notices along the creek. As of today, Boulder Creek was flowing at an estimated 490 cubic feet per second (CFS), and normally[continue reading...]