News and Events
Front Range Watershed Days!
Calling our Front Range community, partners and sponsors! Join us on September 28th, 2019 for a celebration of our watersheds! Tours at 9:00 AM, Celebration 12:00-4:00 PM Rogers Grove Park 220 Hover Rd, Longmont, CO 80501 The Watershed Center, along with our...
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Calling All Volunteers!
Come learn about Colorado plants! Please join Left Hand Watershed Center and CU Boulder on our 2nd summer invasives weed patrol in Left Hand Canyon! When: 8-11 am Saturday, June 22 Why: To manage the spread of invasive species in Lefthand Watershed. What: Walk...
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My Watershed App: Community-Powered Watershed Science!
Want to collect watershed science data? There's an app for that! Join Left Hand Watershed Center's community science program and help track watershed health! All you have to do is sign up and download the My Watershed app! 2019 Program Offerings: Run Off...
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Catch the Hatch Begins June 15!
We will be tracking emergence of Pale Morning Dun (PMD) mayflies this summer! Catch the Hatch is one of our Community Science Program's projects, and we have over 30 volunteers geared up and ready to go for the pilot year. Collectively, we will be visiting sites on...
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Catch the Hatch! Become a citizen scientist!
Join us this summer to Catch the Hatch! This new project will track mayfly emergence in Boulder, Left Hand, and St. Vrain Creeks to help inform watershed health. As you know, mayflies are sensitive to pollution and changing climate. A lot of great organizations sample...
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Water Quality & Captain Jack Mine Updates
LWOG staff member, Glenn Patterson, and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment staff member, Mary Boardman, presented on Left Hand Creek water quality and the Captain Jack Mine spill at the December 2018 board meeting. Below are meeting minutes regarding...
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Project Update: Community Science
Do you (and/or your kids) love science? Over the past few months we collected scientific data at more than 32 sites using eight types of assessments. Now you can get involved in collecting these data and learning about watershed health and recovery by becoming a...
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Project Update: Water Quality Monitoring
Do you like knowing whether the water in Left Hand Creek is clean? Did you appreciate updates from us following the mine spill/releases? Would you like us to continue to update and inform the public about the status of water quality in Left Hand Creek? Project Name:...
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Project Update: Fish Passage and Education
What is a working river? How can we improve fish passage in the creek? How do ditches work & where do they divert water? These questions and more will be answered by our new fish passage and education project! Project Name: Fish Passage and Education on Left Hand...
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Captain Jack Mine Update 10-30-18
Hello Left Hand Creek Community! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated their webpage to include information about the sequence of events and water quality data. See the links below for more details:...
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