During Week 6, the Rawah Crew completed an eight-day hitch. The second half of that hitch is reported below: Friday morning started with a warm, delicious breakfast and hot coffee prepared by Zoe’s gracious parents in the early morning. After being filled with laughter, smiles, and good company we were ready to tackle the second part […]
This week the Boulder Crew said an early goodbye to our homey campsite at Kelly Dahl and hello to our new campsite in the beautiful Brainard Lake Recreation Area where we’ll be carrying out trail work for the rest of the season. After a successful move in to our new campsite, our week began on […]
Rocky Mountain Conservancy and Rocky Mountain National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day by hosting a volunteer project in Rocky. National Public Lands Day is the largest single-day volunteer effort for America’s public lands. Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers come together on the fourth Saturday in September to assist with various projects […]
After a week back in Estes Park with all of the crews participating in behind-the-scenes career tours, educational programming on natural resource management, service projects with the fire fuels division, and mid-season check-ins, they have returned to their respective locations with energy and excitement for the second half of the season. This week the Moraine […]
The Rocky Mountain Conservancy’s High School Leadership Corps (HSLC) successfully concluded its first session on Friday, June 28th. The June Crew devoured burgers at our end-of-session cookout. Understandably so, two weeks of revegetation, field trips and lessons, turnpike construction, hiking, and bridge building would turn any person ravenously hungry. On our first days together, the […]
This week, your friendly neighborhood Estes Crew spent time working with the NPS Vegetation Team. Nothing feels better than starting work at 7:00 am, those extra 30 minutes can be a life-saver. The very first day of the week we jumped right back into being Leafy Spurge’s worst nightmare. In only 15 acres at McGraw […]
