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July 2022
Save our Swallows Event
Join us at Roger's Grove Nature Area at the picnic pavilion next to the bathrooms on Sunday, July 24th from 9am to 11am to learn about our nesting Bank Swallow colony and sign a postcard to ask the City to protect their habitat. We'll have spotting scopes available for you to view the swallows before they migrate south for the winter. Postcards will be presented to City Council to ask that they and City staff prevent the destruction of their…
Find out more »Storm Drainage Ballot Measure up for Vote at City Council Meeting July 26, 2022
Longmont City Council will be voting on whether to approve a resolution to submit a ballot question to be voted on on election day (November 8, 2022). If Council approves the resolution, voters would be asked to approve issuing up to $20 million of storm drainage revenue bonds to finance the completion of the Resilient St Vrain flood mitigation Project (RSVP). On Tuesday night, City Council can either approve the proposed ballot language, modify the language and approve, or neither…
Find out more »September 2022
Save our Swallows Event
Join us at Roger's Grove Nature Area at the picnic pavilion next to the bathrooms on Sunday, July 24th from 9am to 11am to learn about our nesting Bank Swallow colony and sign a postcard to ask the City to protect their habitat. We'll have spotting scopes available for you to view the swallows before they migrate south for the winter. Postcards will be presented to City Council to ask that they and City staff prevent the destruction of their…
Find out more »Save Our Swallows Postcard Presentation
Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek will be presenting YOUR Save Our Swallows postcards to Longmont City Council at the September 6th City Council meeting. Please consider showing your support for the Bank Swallows at Roger's Grove and the City's efforts to restore their nesting habitat by attending and wearing green during the Public Invited to Be Heard portion of the meeting (if you need to leave afterward, you can feel free to do so). Thank you for your efforts…
Find out more »November 2022
Zoom Presentation: The Northern Colorado Front Range Nesting Bald Eagle Population–New Facts and a Bit of Fiction
Our partner organization Front Range Nesting Bald Eagle Studies is hosting a Zoom presentation on the Colorado Front Range nesting Bald Eagle population: facts and fiction. Does the Northern Colorado Front Range now host a more urbanized bald eagle population such as in the wet climes of south-coastal British Columbia? Or is our bald eagle population perhaps closer in character to those found in drier, southwestern states like Arizona? Join Front Range Nesting Bald Eagle Studies as we take a look…
Find out more »June 2023
Celebrate National Trails Day at Buttonrock Preserve
The City of Longmont will celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 3rd, at the Button Rock Preserve. The city is recruiting volunteers to build steps along the Hummingbird trail. If you are a hiker, this is an opportunity to give back to the community in a meaningful way by helping to maintain our trail system at Button Rock. You can register and find more information regarding the Button Rock event here: https://joinus.longmontcolorado.gov/ActivityVolunteerRegistration/26c277b8-df6c-4458-bd7b-970358f35bcb There will be snacks and live music…
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