Kipp Denver Collegiate River Ranger Internship
It’s the start of a new school year, which means that The Greenway Foundation has hired ten new interns for its 2019-2020 excursion season! These students are juniors and seniors …
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In Stream Stewardship with GLC
This year’s Fall Stewardship Day was a success! Last Saturday, The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) had a blast helping out our South Platte River. We partnered with Environmental Learning for …
SPREE HQ Summer Camp Week 7: Forces of Nature
From storms to tornadoes and earthquakes to volcanoes, campers learned about many amazing forces of nature that have shaped Colorado’s past and will be a part of its future.Monday: Meteorologists …
GLC’s Spring Stewardship Day
Spring was in full swing Saturday as the Greenway Leadership Corp (GLC) met to celebrate Earth Day. The Greenway Leadership Corps meets once a month for stewardship events, outdoor adventures …
GLC takes on Skiing and Snowboarding
This Saturday, we stayed in our beautiful city of Denver and lucked out with blue skies, as the GLC (Greenway Leadership Corps) learned to snowboard and ski on …
Practicing for the Hunger Games at Barr Lake State Park
We lucked out with beautiful blue skies this Sunday, as the Greenway Leadership Corp (GLC) explored the many outdoor opportunities Barr Lake State Park has to offer. Before parking, we …
GLC Ends Summer with Service and Recreation
The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) had a fun couple of events to finish off the summer and get going with the start of school! In August, we …
GLC goes Rafting
The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) and SPREE’s summer High School River Rangers got to explore a new river this past weekend. We drove south from Denver to Buena Vista, where …
Staying Visible on a Bicycle
Cycling is one of the healthiest ways (and most fun!) to get from point A to point B. Whether you’re cycling on a designated bicycle path or commuting into work, …
Animal Fun Facts: Beaver Edition
Happy International Beaver Day! To celebrate, here are some facts about the beaver and a Native American story from the Ojibwe tribe about how the beaver got his tail. Beaver …
GLC goes to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival
On February 24th, a group of high schoolers got to go to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival for a GLC event! The students watched five documentaries and then got to …
Meet Our New Interns
Lily at a GLC event last year We are excited to announce that The Greenway Foundation is starting a new internship program with Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design …
GLC Trail Work with WRV
This past Saturday, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV) teamed up with the GLC for a fun morning of trail work in Eldorado Canyon. GLC high school students and WRV’s youth crew leaders worked …
Fall Riversweeps 2017
FALL RIVERSWEEPS CLEAN UP THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AND SURROUNDING PARKS!Over 150 people braved the cold, wet morning to join us for our Fall RiverSweep Events on September 23rd! Between …
GLC Trail Building with TNC
This July, the Greenway Leadership Corps and High School River Rangers traveled to Phantom Canyon Ranch to work on a trail building project with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Wildlands Restoration …
Rafting on the Arkansas
This past weekend, the GLC and River Rangers went white water rafting along the Arkansas River. We departed from Denver on Friday morning, spent the day in Buena …
Getting Creative at Art on the River
It was a warm, sunny day for Art on the River this past Saturday at City of Cuernavaca Park. For the last two years, this event has ended early or …
2017 Spring Riversweep Success
The Greenway Foundation welcomed over 425 volunteers to our two volunteers events on April 22nd:the CH2M Spring RiverSweep presented by Noble Energy, DaVita, and The Nature Conservancy on Comcast Cares …
S’more Engagement
Last week, the Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) met at Johnson Habitat Park for S’more Engagement. High school students from around Denver came to the park after school to hang out …
Shredding in the City 2017
The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) had a fantastic time at the Ruby Hill terrain park. Six high school students came out to try their hand at snowboarding, and for most …
Resume Rockstars With Greenway Leadership Corps
Last Thursday, the Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) met at Johnson Habitat Park. A crew of eleven high school students came to SPREE headquarters to work on their resumes from high …
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. …
GLC Event Recap: A Park In Progress at Grant Frontier Park
Last week, high school students from the Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) met down at Grant-Frontier Park, which is currently undergoing major renovations as part of the larger River Vision Implementation Plan (RVIP). After touring …
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 …
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 …