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March 2022
Virtual STEAM/Sugar Mill Community Forum
The City of Longmont is holding a virtual community forum regarding the STEAM and Sugar Mill planning project on Wednesday, March 2nd from 5:00 to 6:30pm. This planning project is intended to come up with a plan for developing the St. Vrain Creek corridor between roughly the E Ken Pratt Blvd & E 3rd Ave intersection on the east and Main St on the west, from 3rd Ave. to Boston Ave. and the railroad tracks. Please consider signing up to…
Find out more »April 2022
8th Annual Longmont Earth Day Celebration
Celebrate Mother Earth at this annual event featuring a full day of kid-friendly programming with a concert by Jeff & Paige, live raptors, baby goats, composting worms, a collaborative art project, and more. The event is in partnership with Sustainable Resilient Longmont. Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek will be one of more than 20 environmental education booths.
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Riparian Bird & Wildlife Walk
Join Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek for a guided evening walk around Roger's Grove Nature Area to look for birds and other wildlife in this vital riparian habitat. We'll meet at 6pm at the Roger's Grove pavilion next to the bathrooms. Bring binoculars and your enthusiasm.
Find out more »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 »May 2023
Roger’s Grove Bird Walk
Join Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek at Roger's Grove on Sunday, May 7th for a free bird walk. We'll see what spring migrants have arrived, including our breeding Bank Swallows. Meet at the picnic pavilion near the parking lot at 8am and sign our appeal to make our open space sales tax permanent.
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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