You’re invited to a Longmont Friends of Open Space bird walk! Come and learn about the city’s mitigation plan for our precious and rare Bank Swallow colony arriving anytime now from Central and S. America (their current habitat by the pedestrian bridge at Rogers Grove willl be wiped out w/flood mitigation plan).
We will meet at the Roger’s Grove picnic pavilion near the parking lot at 5:45pm.
Join Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek at Roger’s Grove on Sunday, April 28th 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 6pm and sign our appeal to make our open space sales tax permanent.
Join Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek at Roger’s Grove on Sunday, April 21st 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.
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.
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 for our swallows!
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 nesting banks from flood mitigation work planned for the Roger’s Grove stretch of St. Vrain Creek.
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 approve the language nor put the language on the ballot.
Stand is asking that City Council amend the proposed ballot language to include the following language (in red) ensuring that the City will not use our Storm Drainage fees to destroy Bank Swallow habitat at Roger’s Grove during flood mitigation work:
Without imposing new taxes or increasing existing taxes, and while preserving the established Bank Swallow habitat at Roger’s Grove, shall the City of Longmont be authorized to borrow up to $20,000,000 for the purpose of financing storm drainage system improvements, including but not limited to improvements to the St. Vrain Creek drainageway from Sunset Street to Hover Street to protect downstream areas from future flooding; and shall the borrowing be evidenced by bonds, loan agreements, or other financial obligations payable solely from the City’s storm drainage enterprise revenues and be issued at one time or in multiple series at a price above, below or equal to the principal amount of such borrowing and with such terms and conditions, including provisions for redemption prior to maturity with or without payment of premium, as the City may determine?
Please consider showing your support for Bank Swallows at the Council meeting by wearing green and signing up to speak during public invited to be heard.
If you are unable to attend the meeting or are unable/unwilling to speak, please consider sending an email to Council urging them to consider adding language protecting the Bank Swallow colony at Roger’s Grove in the ballot measure.
You may contact City Council using the following link: City Council and Mayor Contact Form
Some potential talking points for an email to Council are below:
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 nesting banks from flood mitigation work planned for the Roger’s Grove stretch of St. Vrain Creek.
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.
