MEEKER | Yampatika, a nonprofit environmental education organization, recently partnered with RiversEdge West to bring a meaningful, hands-on learning experience to Meeker High School students. Led by restoration specialist John Leary, alongside Sarah Storm and Ann Franklin with Yampatika, students in Denee Dinwiddie’s 10th to 12th grade agriculture classes spent[Read More…]
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Beaver lodge display draws interest at Meeker Public Library
MEEKER | In the community room of the Meeker Public Library — where crafts, meetings and book clubs usually gather — a new guest has moved in: a full-sized beaver lodge. Built entirely from a wire understructure, chicken wire and woven willow sticks of different sizes, the lodge features a[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County 4-H youth create seed balls to reclaim land along White River west of Rangely
Last week, Rio Blanco 4-H youth from Meeker and Rangely participated in a Community Pride project and had a lot of fun at the same time. Youth were up to their elbows in mud as they made mud/seed balls as part of a project planned to reclaim riparian land along[Read More…]
Students investigate natural sciences with Yampatika
For 30 years, the Yampatika Outdoor Awareness Association has been committed to geographically relevant, place-based education. What does “Yampatika” mean? “Yampatika” or “yamparika” refers to the name given to a band of White River Utes who would forage and feast on the Yampa root along the streams and rivers of[Read More…]
