Greenway River Rangers: Teaching Day Recap
This month high schoolers from the Greenway River Ranger program met down at Overland Pond Park in Denver to teach a group of 5th grade students from Creative Challenge Community (C3) school. …
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Spring Events Recap 2016
Spring River Sweep Volunteers absolutely rocked the 2016 CH2M Spring RiverSweep presented by The Nature Conservancy, Miller Coors, and Noble Energy on Comcast Cares Day Saturday, May 7th.Despite the reschedule …
Spring Holiday Camps Get Kids Exploring The River
Campers joined SPREE in March and April to learn about the South Platte River at Johnson-Habitat Park. During spring break week, we explored small critters on land and in water, …
GLC Event Recap: CAEE Advancing Environmental Education Conference
On Saturday, March 19th, students from The Greenway Foundation’s GLC program (Greenway Leadership Corps) were lucky enough to attend the annual Advancing Environmental Education conference, hosted by the by the Colorado Alliance for …
February Campers Solve an Animal Mystery and Learn About Birds
SPREE’s Adventures Outside Day Camp Program held two camps in February. In the first camp, we solved the mystery of who Roxy Raccoon saw in the River. Along the way, …
Shreddin’ in the City
Last week a group of high school students from The Greenway Foundation’s Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) program met down at the Ruby Hill Rail Yard in Denver for a fun day …
2016 River Ranger Youth Internship Program Now Underway
Last week the Greenway Foundation’s River Ranger youth internship program officially got underway! Our crew of high school River Rangers met for their first day of their internship at Overland …
Valentine’s Day: Animal Edition
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, but not many creatures along The South Platte River are exchanging flowers and chocolates. Most are concerned with finding a mate, not keeping them around. Below …
Campers Learn About Energy and Defeat the Energy Leech
Campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside Holiday Camp enjoyed a beautiful January day learning about energy at Johnson-Habitat Park. Campers explored the camp building and park grounds on an energy scavenger …
Save the Date for These 2016 Events
2016 EVENTS CALENDAR LAUREN BERENT The whole staff is excited for a brand new year for Greenway programs and events! Mark your calendars for all of these educational programs and outdoor …
GLC Event Recap: Snowshoeing Adventure in RMNP
GLC SHOWSHOEING ADVENTURE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK For the Greenway Leadership Corps event this month, GLC students traveled up to Rocky Mountain National Park for a full day of …
GLC Rock Climbing Day & Upcoming Events
The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) met last month for our most recent GLC Outdoor Adventure. We’d like to send a special shoutout to Thrillseekers Climbing Gym in Denver, CO for setting us up for …
Native November at SPREE Holiday Camp
CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT NATIVE ANIMALS OF THE SOUTH PLATTE AND NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY How did early Native Americans use the South Platte River, get food, and entertain themselves? What animals …
Family Fishing Recap 2015
FAMILY FISHING DAYSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 Over 130 people attended this year’s Family Fishing Day at Overland Pond Park. The day started off with a quick fishing tutorial provided by the 13 staff …
Fall Colors Holiday Camp
SPREE CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT FALL SPREE campers recently enjoyed a break from school and some beautiful weather while learning about autumn. This one-day holiday camp took place on November 2nd, …
Art on the River and Panning on the Platte Recap
Art on the River On October 3rd we meet at City of Cuernavaca Park for our annual Art on the River. With plenty of green space to share with our …
Underground Investigation at Holiday Camp
UNDERGROUND INVESTIGATORS AT SPREE HOLIDAY CAMP How fast can a mole dig? What creatures might we find under a dead log? The first fall camp for SPREE’s Adventures Outside program …
Thank You Xcel Energy
The Greenway Foundation wants to give a big thank you to Xcel Energy for its generous support of our youth education programs! We have been awarded a grant of $15,000 that …
History Detectives Week At Summer Camp
HISTORY DETECTIVES WEEK Mountains, seas, and prehistoric creatures! SPREE summer campers became history detectives in the final week of summer camp this year. We learned about prehistoric oceans and the …
Summer Campers Explore Denver History
WEEK 10 CAMPERS EXPLORE THE RIVER AND DENVER HISTORY Have you ever traveled through time? SPREE summer campers have! We spent our tenth week of summer camp exploring the history …
Thank You River Rangers
THANK YOU RIVER RANGERS! As our summer campers finish up their final week of camp, our River Rangers are heading back to school after finishing up their work for the …
Campers Become Water Engineers
WEEK 9 SUMMER CAMPERS BECOME WATER ENGINEERS Do you know what flocculation means? SPREE campers do! At SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Camps, we spent our week discovering the power of …
Amazing Animal Adaptations at SPREE Summer Camp
WEEK 8 CAMPERS HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS At SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Day Camps, we spent the week learning about the incredible talents of the animals of Colorado. …
Campers Enjoy Outdoor Adventures Week and SPREE Camp Out
CAMPERS ENJOY OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WEEK AND SPREE CAMP OUT Week 7 was an exciting week for campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside Summer Camps. After a week of camping games and …
Campers Explore Life Underwater
SUMMER CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT LIFE UNDERWATER In Week 6, campers at SPREE’s Adventures Outside Camps explored below the surface of the River. We started off the week learning about watersheds …