Reaching New Heights at the Genesee Challenge Course
Earlier this month, our Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) crew set out for a day of adventure at the Genesee Challenge Course—and what a day it was! Nestled in some towering …
High School
Exploring, Stargazing, and Giving Back: A Memorable Trip to Phantom Canyon
From July 22–24, a group of high school students embarked on one of the most unforgettable trips of the year – a three-day adventure to Phantom Canyon Nature Preserve. Hosted …
GLC Takes Aim at Adventure: Archery, Wildlife & Weather at Barr Lake
On Sunday, May 18, high schoolers from across the Denver area joined the Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) for an unforgettable day at Barr Lake State Park — and what a …
Event Recap: Teens Took Action at Johnson Habitat Park!
On April 19th an incredible group of local teens proved just how much impact a couple of hours can make! Our rescheduled cleanup event at Johnson Habitat Park brought together …
The Greenway Leadership Corps’ Frozen Adventure at Echo Lake
This past Sunday, the Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) hosted yet another fantastic event, proving once again that outdoor fun and learning go hand in hand. Despite a few last-minute changes …
Discovering the Spirit of the West: Greenway Leadership Corps Takes on the National Western Stock Show
This past Saturday, January 11th, high school students from across Denver came together with the Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) for a day packed with excitement, exploration, and unforgettable memories at …
Road Trip to FoCo with GLC
This past weekend, high school students from across the Denver area had the opportunity to participate in a free event at Colorado State University’s Environmental Learning Center (ELC) in Fort …
Celebrating Community Action: Family South Platte Stewardship Day & High School Volunteer Day
This past Saturday was a day of community, fun, and giving back at Johnson Habitat Park! We hosted our Family South Platte Stewardship Day alongside our High School Volunteer Day, …
Lincoln Hills: from a River Ranger perspective
The Lincoln Hills Cares GLC event was fun. It was my first time going and I learned a lot during my time there. We took a bus ride from Johnson …
GLC Spring Stewardship Day
Despite some miserable weather (rain turning to sleet turning to snow in the blowing wind) the Greenway Leadership Corps still managed an incredibly successful Spring Stewardship day! Dissuaded from our …
Evergreen Lake Spike Hike
Near the end of February, with the close of winter quickly approaching, GLC gathered an adventurous bunch of explorers to head on up to the mountains for a hike on …
Snowshoeing with GLC
After a long week of cold weather we got extremely lucky for our snowshoeing event this past weekend. We went up to Echo lake, where we learned all about the …
GLC: CSU Environmental Learning center
In December The Greenway Leadership Corps headed up to CSU’s Environmental learning Center for our annual visit. During these visits we learn a new skill as well as get an …
Summer River Rangers 2023
This summer was an absolute blast. We had three river rangers this summer. Uli, Jisela, and Melany. And let me tell you they were the perfect little mix of personalities. …
October GLC: YES Conference
Our October GLC Event was a blast! For the first time in 4 years we were able to stay overnight at the Cal-wood education center. Cal-wood is a beautiful center …
GLC: September Stewardship Day
We had an absolute blast at our stewardship day this past Saturday. Who knew picking up trash could be so fun! We started the day getting to know each other …
GLC Spring Stewardship Day 2023
This year we got so lucky with great weather for our stewardship day! we focused on cleaning in both johnson habitat park and Vanderbilt park! These two parks are highly …
River Rangers are Out and About
Check out all that our 2023 High School River Rangers are up to this spring! This year we were able to work with two different groups to meet our goal …
MARCH GLC: Visit CSU Spur
This month we visited CSU Spur for their second Saturday free event. CSU Spur is open to the public on the second Saturday of very month. CSU Spur has 3 …
February GLC:Snowshoeing and outdoor skills
In February GLC partnered with Boulder county open space to learn more about survival in the outdoors. We then took a beautiful hike in our snowshoes and learned all about …
2022 RECAP- The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC)
2022 was a year full of adventure for the Greenway Leadership Corps! The winter was packed with outdoor sports including, ice skating in downtown Denver, snowboarding lessons at Ruby Hill …
GLC Winter Sports
To kick off our 2022 winter sports events, our High School Greenway Leadership Corps started off by heading to Downtown Denver to go ice skating at Skyline Park. Everyone was …
Greenway Leadership Corps – YES Conference Recap
The Youth Exploring Stewardship (YES) Conference was such a success due to 20 high schoolers and fellow Youth Exploring Stewardship coalition organizations joining us at the calwood nature near Jamestown, …
My Summer as a River Ranger- by Hailey M.
Being a River Ranger isn’t always easy, but it’s SO rewarding. Halfway through my junior year of high school I found out about the greenway foundation through my schools newsletter. …
Spring River Rangers Started!
This week kicked off the Spring High School River Rangers teaching days by participating in our March SPREE After School! For the first week of March SPREE After School, two …