On May 1, 2021, the Eagle County community headed out to the roadways of the Eagle River Valley to clean up and remove trash from the medians, ditches, and sides of the roads. I-70, Highway 6, Highway 24, and parts of Highway 131 were tackled, removing thousands of bags’ worth…

Shared from Colorado Trout Unlimited <info@coloradotu.org> The Keep Colorado Wild Pass Ensuring that Colorado’s state parks are accessible, affordable and adequately funded to protect them for the long-term More than ever this past year, we’ve seen how important Colorado’s great outdoors is in providing a place to relax, reconnect, and revive…

Tamarisk Mitigation Project to Take Place Mid-May The tamarisk is an aggressive invasive plant that out-competes native vegetation, contributing to a number of negative impacts to riparian ecosystems. Consuming a large quantity of water annually and spreading viciously, tamarisk plants choke out native vegetation, affect resource availability, create a largely…

The natural freeze-thaw cycle associated with the warming temperatures last week caused a pipeline fitting to leak, resulting in a spill of Eagle Mine-impacted water. The leak, located at the south end of Rex Flats, has been stopped. A total of 36,000 gallons of water is estimated to have been…