On Friday, December 16th you can meet the fish of Fort Collins. Have you ever been curious about who resides in the many waterways around town? Learn from an expert, Sean Seal, Research Associate with CSU’s Larval Fish Lab. We will be looking at the variety of fish commonly found in and around Fort Collins.
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FORT COLLINS – In the summer, thousands of people throng to the natural areas and parks along the Cache La Poudre River to swim, tube, picnic, walk, bike, fish, bird watch, and have a good time. It’s a special place for the community! Unfortunately, there are also some less-than-ideal conditions that include poor navigational signage;
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The Gunnison Angling Society, founded in 1969 and a local chapter of Trout Unlimited, is hosting its 21st annual Superfly fishing tournament on September 9th and 10th, 2011. The tournament will be a classic “two-fly contest”, meaning each two-person team has to choose the two flies they will be fishing with for the duration of
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Friday June 10th – Come be a part of the 1st Annual “Creek At The Peak” – a 6 mile down river race through Class IV whitewater on Clear Creek from Dumont to Idaho Springs with three classes including women’s kayak, men’s kayak and raft. The excitement gets underway at 6:00 pm with the men’s
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Catch the biggest flopper or tell the biggest whopper during the Crested Butte Land Trust Caddis Cup fly-fishing tournament which will be held on July 14th and 15th, 2011. Participants are invited to an opening barbecue at Cement Creek Ranch, where guides are matched with competitors to plot strategy. The next morning, each pair heads
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THE CRUISE-A-THONG is a triathlon on July 23, 2011 designed for the not-quite-hardcore athlete in all of us! Just so that the correct pace is set, the event kicks off with a Bloody Mary Showdown. The race is comprised of a cruiser bike tour in the downtown area, a thong (flip-flop) walk on the almost
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The Gunnison River, which is a tributary of the Colorado River, is approximately 180 miles long – making it the fifth largest tributary for the Colorado. As the Taylor River meets the East Rivers in Almont, Colorado and then flows across to the Blue Mesa Reservoir, you’ll find the upper part of the Black Canyon
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On May 18, l996, a devastating fire nearly destroyed the small mountain community of Buffalo Creek, Colorado, and burned nearly 12,000 acres of the Pike National Forest and surrounding private lands. Within two months following the devastation, the area suffered high intensity thunder storms with 2.5″ of rain which caused flash floods that claimed two
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Have you been to FIBArk? If you don’t know, since 1949 this is America’s largest and oldest river whitewater festival in North America. The term “FIBArk” stands for “First in Boating on the Arkansas River” and it takes place in Salida, Colorado. On the 62nd anniversary of the festival, Salida invites you to be a
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Save the date – the 2010 Gunnison River Festival will be held from June 25th – 27th. We’ll be hosting the Festival the weekend after FIBARK (which stands for First in Boating on the Arkansas River) once again. Expect great flows, great weather, and great fun! Visit the Gunnison website for more information. The Gunnison
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