FREE family snowshoe tour! Join Yampatika at the Environmental Learning Center at Legacy Ranch in Steamboat Springs Colorado for a fun, easy and educational snowshoe tour. This tour is great for the whole family! Ages 5 & up. Registration is required. Contact the Yampatika offices to register or visit: http://www.yampatika.org

Get your children involved in nature! Bring your kids to the park for fun activities, stories, and/or short nature hikes. Ages: for 5 and younger accompanied by an adult. Please call for more information and to register. Registration required 24 hours prior. To register your child for the Roxborough State Park Kids Hour, contact the[continue reading...]

Fort Collins has a wonderful opportunity for those who want to be a part of the Natural Areas Program. Anyone interested in getting involved as a volunteer is invited to the Natural Areas Volunteer Open House on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. You will hear from active volunteers about why they love natural areas and learn[continue reading...]

Gov. Hickenlooper, The Denver Post and Viaero Wireless steer two-wheelers east to “Pedal The Plains”. Gov. John Hickenlooper, in partnership with The Denver Post and Viaero Wireless, announced a recreational Eastern Plains bicycle tour called “Pedal The Plains” to take place this fall. “Pedal The Plains will be a one-of-a-kind Colorado cycling event celebrating the[continue reading...]

Calling all ice anglers: Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Bait Box-N-More bait shop will be hosting the 1st Annual “Pike Ice Derby” at Crawford State Park on Saturday, February 11, 2012.  Prizes will be awarded for most weight for two pike caught and largest pike caught. The most weight place prize is 75% of[continue reading...]

The Telemark World Cup comes to Steamboat. The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club hosts approximately 100 international telemark athletes as they compete in all telemark events over 7 days. See the World’s Best International Telemark athletes compete, both men’s and women’s fields. Of course, Colorado Outing we’ll be cheering on the home team.., Steamboat is[continue reading...]

Free snowshoe tour! This moderately strenuous snowshoe tour along the breathtaking Fish Creek Canyon in Steamboat Springs Colorado is a must for for everyone that enjoys a good workout while soaking up the beauty of the surrounding area! The trek features expansive views of the valley. Guided by the experienced Yampatika staff, this tour will[continue reading...]

The most popular way to welcome Springtime in the Rockies is the annual Colorado Garden & Home Show which will be at the Colorado Convention Center February 11 – 19, 2012. This is the oldest and largest garden and home show in the Rocky Mountain region. Here you will learn tips and tricks for gardening,[continue reading...]

Join Roxborough State Park volunteer naturalists Lila and Peter Laux as they walk (or snowshoe) the Fountain Valley Trail and overlooks (2.2 miles) to point out and discuss the interrelationships of geology, biology and ecology in a winter setting along this popular trail. Reservations required.

From vintage tractors and picturesque sunsets to happy hogs and rolling wheat fields, the winning pictures from the fourteenth annual “Colorado…it’s Agricultural” Photography Contest showcase the spirit of Colorado agriculture. “All of the judges commented on the high technical quality of this year’s entries,” said Wendy White, marketing specialist at the Colorado Department of Agriculture.[continue reading...]