After two years of Covid-19 disrupting the regular flow of the Conservation Corps program, the Rocky Mountain Conservancy was elated to host its first all-crew orientation week since pre-pandemic times. Fifty-two Corps members, ages 18 to 26, convened in Rocky’s Moraine Park Campground last week for seasonal training. Lessons and discussions throughout the week touched […]
Do you know who occupied the land you call home before you did? Do you know the history of languages, religious practices, community agriculture, and conservation efforts embedded in the rock and soil under your feet? Do you know who lived, worked, died, and thrived in the mountains and valleys around you before North America […]
From June to August 2021, I was a Crew Leader for the Rocky Mountain Conservancy – Conservation Corps stationed in the Canyon Lakes District of northern Colorado. Myself, my co-leader, and our 8 crew members spent our summer rehabilitating trails that had been burned in the Cameron Peak Fire of 2020. After crew leader training […]
Wildfires and Colorado go together like salt and pepper, and it seems only natural for them to travel together, and to be talked about together. For those living in Estes Park, Grand Lake, and anywhere in northern Colorado or on the Front Range, this rings especially true after the historic East Troublesome and Cameron Peak […]
“I need a moment.” This was all I could muster. I was hanging, semi-upside down, with blood sliding down the right side of my face. I was going in and out of consciousness. My climbing gear and shirt were covered in blood. Andrew, my climbing partner, had just arrived by my side, 400’ up the […]
After a long Fourth of July weekend, the Moraine Trail Crew came back ready and rested for week 5. As soon as we all got back to camp, we fell back into routine, only this time with a little more awareness of the knowledge and experience we had gained over the last couple weeks. This […]
