Clean River Design Challenge
WORKING TOWARDS A CLEANER TOMORROW FOR OUR RIVER. Despite the significant evolution in the health of the South Platte, the reality of trash and other forms of pollution …
Archives for 2016
Our First Taste of Mud Pies
YOU’VE DONATED, NOW BRING ON THE SOUTH PLATTE MUD PIES! Help us reach our goal of $20,000 by making a donation today! $10 = A new net to catch crawdad $25 = A new pair …
Campers Learn About Colorado’s Big Cats and Canines
Over the Thanksgiving Break, campers joined SPREE to enjoy time outside at Johnson Habitat Park while learning about Colorado’s big cats and canines. Campers got to see and feel lynx, …
River of Words Submissions Due December 1, 2016
This poetry and art competition on the theme of water and watersheds encourages students to explore the natural world where they live and to share what they discover through art or …
Campers Explore Nocturnal Animals and Beavers
SPREE’s Fall Holiday Camps are underway, getting kids to the South Platte River on their days off from school. In October, SPREE held two days of programming at Johnson-Habitat Park …
River Ranger Internship Kicks Off
This past Monday, our new cohort of High School River Rangers had their first teaching day! A class of 5th grades came to Overland Pond Park, and River Rangers taught …
TGF Attends the Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference
Devon Buckels and Lauren Berent were able to attend The Sustaining Watersheds Conference in Avon last week! The Water Connection and The Greenway Foundation was one of the sponsors, and …
Huge Success at Family Fishing
Fish On! FAMILIES EXPLORE THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF FISHING Thank you to all of the families who joined us Saturday October 8th, 2016 at Overland Pond Park. It was a …
2016 Wateruse Customer of the Year Award
Denver Parks and Recreation Receives2016 WateReuse Customer of the Year Award Annual Award recognizes superior leadership in the field of water reclamation DENVER, Sep. 28, 2016 – Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) was chosen …
Support The Greenway Foundation and Denver: Water Environmental Pool Pledge Drive
Big News! The Greenway Foundation and Denver Water have teamed up to start a pledge drive which, if successful, will add an additional 500 acre-feet of environmental storage in Chatfield Reservoir …
Theme 10: Things with Wings
SPREE campers had an amazing time learning all about the things with wings that live in Denver and Colorado! We learned about bats, bugs, birds, owls, and more! Did you …
Theme 9: Junior Park Rangers
This week SPREE campers became Junior Park Rangers! They became experts in their camp park by exploring, mapping, and playing in it! We helped take care of our camp park by doing …
Trail Building with The Nature Conservancy
The whole crew – TNC, WRV & Greenway all together at the end of a long and satisfying workday. One of northern Colorado’s last roadless canyons is called Phantom Canyon Ranch. …
Theme 8: Underwater Explorers
Theme 8 had us exploring the depths of the South Platte and the Cherry Creek! We learned about the river and creek as a habitat and about the many creatures …
4th Annual SPREE Camp Out
SPREE’s 4th annual summer camp out took place on July, 22nd in Johnson Habitat Park. We had 12 families attend! This was one of three great overnight events SPREE hosted this summer to …
Theme 7: Outdoor Adventures
We had an amazing week learning about outdoor adventures! Each day was packed with explorations, activities, and critter crawls!We had a days dedicated to hiking, camping, survival, geocaching, and Leave …
Theme 6: Time Travelers
Theme 6 took us back in time through Colorado’s history!We started in the time of volcanoes, the first mountains, and even back to when Colorado was under water! Then we …
Thank you Xcel Energy
Ryan Aids accepting TGF’s grant package from Xcel Energy The Greenway Foundation wants to give a big thank you to the Xcel Energy Foundation for its continued support of our …
Theme 5: Defeat the Couch Potato
Over the week of July 4th we had a short week of camp, but it wasn’t short on fun! This week we dedicated ourselves to having all kids of active and …
Theme 4: Water Engineers
Theme 4 of summer camp transformed the kids into scientists! All week we talked about the amazing power of water and investigated how we use it day to day. We …
Summer Camp Special Agent Training
We had a blast theme 1 at SPREE summer camp! Each day we got missions from Chompers- SPREE’s own Special Agent! Each day we had a mission directing us to …
Theme 2: River Art
Summer camp’s theme 2 was all about River Art! Each day was filled with many mediums and art types, and all focused on art inspired by nature and the river! Our special …
Plants and Animals of the City
Plants and Animals of the City was our second theme of the summer. We had an amazing week learning about the incredible life that is right under our noses in …
Summer Camp Staff
We are so excited to start kick off our summer camp season with an amazing summer education staff!Meet the 2016 summer SPREE team! Jamie Akens: Born and raised in Colorado, …