Saturday, May 22 about 20 new and veteran members of the White River Alliance showed up to help clean around Lake Avery and all the way down to Circle Park in Meeker. Several bags of trash were picked up and the morning completed with lunch at Circle Park contributed by[Read More…]
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Water storage topic of river Alliance meeting
RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife Water Resource Specialist David Graf shared a virtual presentation last Wednesday with White River Alliance members about the potential to expand Lake Avery by approximately 2500-5000 acre feet. He outlined several stages required for implementing such an expansion including a feasibility study, navigating various[Read More…]
News Briefs: May 20, 2021
White River clean-up day May 22 MEEKER | Join us Saturday, May 22 at the bottom of the Lake Avery dam for a morning of White River clean-up starting at 8:30 a.m. We will pick up trash there before stopping at several public river access sites on the way down[Read More…]
Survey flights capture bird’s eye view of Yampa-White River basin
RBC | With the arrival of spring, warmer temperatures, and at least a year’s worth of pent up cabin fever, the river beckons. While the chilly runoff waters flow fast and high for now, water users of all stripes know that come mid-summer, low flows will mean dry fields, special[Read More…]
Separating the good from the bad in Rio Blanco bugs
PRESS RELEASE | Special to the Herald Times RBC | Rio Blanco residents had their “antennae up” as bug expert Nina Louden from the Colorado Department of Agriculture — Insectary shared her observations and knowledge about how to put bugs to work and save money for Rio Blanco County and[Read More…]
Letter: Alliance Happenings
A few years ago, some of the local fishing guides, landowners, and folks concerned about the White River formed White River Alliance. This group came together from a broad range of political, professional, and personal backgrounds and decided to form a strong alliance with one thing uniting them, the White[Read More…]
White River Alliance sets planning goals for 2021
RBC | Members of the local White River Alliance met this past Wednesday to chart the course of their work for the coming year. The board was re-elected by unanimous consent with area fishing and hunting outfitter Shawn Welder taking the helm again as president. The group will continue their[Read More…]
White River Alliance hears from water engineer Erin Light on drought preparedness and other issues
RBC | The White River Alliance, a local stakeholders group for the White River, met Dec. 4. Erin Light, the Division 6 Water Engineer, who is in charge of all administration of water rights on the White River (and Yampa and Green), was the guest speaker. She announced that Governor[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: November 12, 2020
Thanks for supporting Haunted House fundraiser Dear Editor: Meeker’s VFW Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who came and supported the Haunted House fundraiser! The money raised will go towards our two high school senior scholarships that we award yearly. A big thanks to everyone that helped make the house[Read More…]
‘Russian menace’ …
Local White River Alliance members organized last Friday east of town to help area landowners get rid of the “Russian menace”- the water greedy invasive known as Russian Olive. Volunteers used chainsaws and applied chemical herbicide led by board president Shawn Welder. Volunteers: Martha Cole, James Amick, Lois Williams, John[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Leafy spurge rearing its ugly head
Dear Editor: This is the time of year that our world blooms in Rio Blanco County. However one yellow head is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”: the yellow leafy spurge—and it affects land from Trappers Lake to Kenney Reservoir. Landowners and especially ranchers should be on guard. This exotic invasive[Read More…]
CLEAN-UP CREW …
Several Meeker residents, including Shawn Welder (left), three young boys who jumped in to help, and Meeker mayor Regas Halandras (back), joined forces to clean up trash along the White River, Town Park, and Sulphur Creek last Saturday. COURTESY PHOTO
