YES Conference But Make It Virtual
The Youth Exploring Stewardship (YES) Coalition is a group of more than 15 organizations who are located in or working along Colorado’s Front Range and who engage youth in environmental …
Archives for 2020
2020 River Ranger Experience
Last Friday, the 2020 summer River Rangers presented on their summer experience to our Board of Directors, and they inspired us all! TGF was honored to have these six wonderful …
River Rangers – Stand Up Paddle Boarding
The SPREE Summer River Rangers recently went stand up paddle boarding at Barr Lake State Park, and to say we had a blast is an understatement! First of all, we …
Adventures Outside Summer Camp
SPREE staff was so happy to welcome campers back into SPREE HQ for several limited weeks of summer camp. Our theme was Animal Super Senses, and we learned about many …
Summer River Ranger – Tori
Tori is a camper -turned- Summer River Ranger! This previous SPREE camper is ready to be a SPREE camp educator! An incoming junior in high school, she was born in Boston, Massachusetts and …
Summer River Ranger – Destiny
Destiny is one of our awesome returning Summer River Rangers! She is a Colorado Native, born here in Denver. As a profession, she wants to be a lawyer, while working with …
Summer River Ranger – Camila
Camila is one of our amazing returning summer rangers from 2019! She is a 17 year old high school graduate that was born in Los Angeles, California. Proud to be …
Summer River Ranger – Katie
Katie is a new Summer River Ranger this year with SPREE! She was born in New York where she would use the subway as her main form of transportation to …
Summer River Ranger – Arlin
Arlin is one of our very talented returning Summer River Rangers from 2019! Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Arlin enjoys learning about the environment while also sharing her love …
Summer River Ranger – Ivan
SPREE is proud to present one of its newest members of the River Ranger Team, Ivan! Ivan was born in Aurora, Colorado and moved to Mexico when he was 3 …
Solitary Animals of the South Platte
Humans are naturally social creatures, so understandably, many of us are struggling with the social distancing necessary to combat COVID-19. As we all adapt to the realities of living a …
Art on the River: Curbside Pickup Recap
Last Saturday, SPREE staff engaged over 200 kids from 100 families in our first ever curbside pickup event! Ahead of the event, our staff prepared packs of nature art …
Honey Bees
Check out that pollen basket! As we celebrate our two week long #VirtualStewardshipDay, do you know who else is a steward of pollination (Hint…Hint…they are known to be pollinators)? HONEY …
DIY Dog Bag Holder
Did you know that there are more dogs in Denver than kids? There are approximately 161,000 dogs in Denver and more than 1.4 million statewide! With each dog producing around …
Can the 2020 Census Impact our Green Spaces and Local Waterways?
Short Answer: Yes it can. Keep reading for the longer answer below. What comes to mind when you think of the Census? Is it nuisance paperwork? Is it a demographic …
Beavers: Building Nature’s Neighborhoods
Beavers (like SPREE’s mascot, Chompers!) are cute, funky looking creatures that have inspired human curiosity for centuries, but did you know that they play an essential role in our river …
River Ranger Teaching Day 2
After a long winter break, our River Ranger interns from KIPP Denver Collegiate High School finally got back to teaching days! They joined the SPREE team’s excursion training at Overland …
Nautilus Installed in Cherry Creek!
The Greenway Foundation is excited to announce the pilot of an instream trash removal device– the Nautilus! This half-scale prototype will passively collect trash along the north side of the …
SPREE F.B.I. – Holiday Camp Recap
It is almost time to uncover our gardens from last year to prepare for spring and summer bounty. Sometimes though we can’t do it on our own. Often, it is …
Single & Not Looking to Mingle
Parthenogenesis is a reproductive strategy that allows reproduction without fertilization – in short, it allows members of a species to reproduce without a partner! Below are a few of these …
Mapping Our Way – Holiday Camp Recap
We were happy to see all our campers navigated their way to SPREE HQ last Friday for camp! Some campers admitted they used GPS devices to navigate to camp while …
GLC Snowboards in Vail
Last weekend, Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) adventured to Vail Mountain Resort to try our hands at snowboarding. We left Denver at the crack of dawn to make our way up …
Urban Animals: Holiday Camp Recap
What started off as a chilly morning, only got colder as the day went on. That didn’t stop our campers from diving deep into the world of Denver’s Urban Animals! …