The North Fork Watershed is Too Wild To Drill! The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Bears Ears National Monument. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Greater Grand Canyon Watershed. And, of course…..The North Fork of the Gunnison in Colorado. These are just a few of the [...]
WSCC’s Annual Friendraiser at Delicious Orchards Join us on Thursday, October 12 at 4pm for a Friendraiser at Delicious Orchards benefiting the Western Slope Conservation Center! Come eat, drink, and mingle with WSCC staff, board, and members. Learn about our organization, our current [...]
The Forest Service Youth Engagement Program is celebrating National Public Lands Day on September 22nd! To help every 4th grader in the North Fork find their love for public lands, we’re taking them to Lost Lake. The Paonia Ranger District will teach students about timber science and [...]
Last Wednesday, members of the Watershed Committee got the chance to visit the Paonia Reservoir Dam and portions of Fire Mountain Canal. Steve Fletcher of Fire Mountain Canal and Mark Smith of the North Fork Water Conservancy District took the group on an extensive tour of the dam [...]
Ah, the crisp fall air is rolling in. We can’t wait for the scent of mulled hot cider, watching the aspens change, and feeling grapes between our toes. Wait, what? Yep, the Mountain Harvest Festival is upon us, and it’s time to get those competitive–and grape–juices flowing [...]
BACK ONCE AGAIN BY POPULAR DEMAND…..Come join locally famous geologist and WSCC Board Member Dr. Dave Noe for a journey into Delta County’s celebrated and sometimes-berated ‘Dobie badlands! This guided hike will ascend Petrie Mesa to Devils Thumb, where we will enjoy an eagle’s-eye [...]
The aspen and spruce mortality rate across Colorado has grown alarming in the past decade. In the 2016 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests, the Colorado Forest Service estimated that the state has 834 million standing dead trees–1 in 14 trees. A byproduct of droughts and extremely [...]