Winter 2007 - Roaring Fork Conservancy
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RIVER CURRENTS<br />
A semi-annual newsletter of <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> ~ <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2007</strong>-2008<br />
River Protector<br />
Gail<br />
Schwartz<br />
State Senator<br />
Snowmass Village<br />
As the Senator for<br />
District 5, Gail Schwartz<br />
represents one of the<br />
most diverse legislative<br />
districts in Colorado.<br />
From agriculture and<br />
mining communities to<br />
ski towns, the District<br />
contains the full range of<br />
West Slope interests. Yet<br />
rather than seeing the<br />
differences amongst the<br />
communities she<br />
represents, Senator<br />
Schwartz recognizes that<br />
one value unites the<br />
District, water.<br />
“Water is the<br />
lifeblood of our District,”<br />
says Senator Schwartz,<br />
“and in that respect we<br />
are blessed. We have<br />
every tool we need; we<br />
just have make sure we<br />
are aware of the issues<br />
Continued on page 2<br />
Chasing the Red Mud<br />
by Rick Lofaro<br />
I returned to the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Valley on<br />
Sunday afternoon August 5th following<br />
a smoke-filled week in the Flathead<br />
Valley in Montana. An area that I<br />
usually associate with abundant rain<br />
and a lush, green landscape was hit hard<br />
by drought and fires this summer, and it<br />
was the worst fire year that I could<br />
remember. At that time, 30 rivers in<br />
western Montana were closed due to<br />
low flows and high temperatures. So,<br />
coming home to a greener valley,<br />
flowing rivers and a steady rain that<br />
evening felt cleansing and refreshing.<br />
As the pitter patter of rain drops lulled<br />
me deep into sleep, something much<br />
bigger was brewing high in the headwaters of<br />
Seven Castles Creek.<br />
Around 4 am on Monday August 6th, a<br />
massive mudslide reached the Fryingpan River<br />
via Seven Castles Creek following a<br />
substantial localized thunderstorm and<br />
sustained rains throughout the night. As a<br />
result, the Fryingpan, <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong>, and<br />
Colorado rivers downstream turned the color<br />
of tomato soup. As I drove over the Fryingpan<br />
River in Basalt on my way to the office, I was<br />
stunned to see a once gin clear river running<br />
thick and red. John Colson from the<br />
Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported<br />
that “the torrent in a small creek that feeds the<br />
Fryingpan River awakened some residents of<br />
the Seven Castles neighborhood with the<br />
sound and fury of nature gone wild, which<br />
some local boys told a photographer at the<br />
scene ‘sounded like a freight train, or a<br />
hurricane.’” An event of similar proportions<br />
occurred in 1998, but this event was the largest<br />
of its kind that many long-time residents could<br />
remember. Over the next several days, the<br />
media was saturated with the event that<br />
The Seven Castles area up the Fryingpan is known for<br />
highly erosive soils. On August 6, heavy precipitation<br />
caused a debris flow of those soils. Chad Rudow<br />
turned the rivers red, and we were all chasing<br />
the red mud.<br />
Questions and concerns arose<br />
immediately regarding the fate of the insects<br />
and fish in the Fryingpan River, the potential<br />
negative effects downstream, and what was to<br />
happen to all of the mud that was now in our<br />
rivers. And many of these questions came to<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>.<br />
In an effort to respond to public concerns<br />
and rapidly assess the health of the river, the<br />
impact on the aquatic insects and the fish, and<br />
figure out what to do next, <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> spent the better part of the<br />
month of August focused on this issue. Thanks<br />
to a panel of scientists <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> assembled, we were able to<br />
gather as much scientific information as<br />
possible in a short amount of time to make the<br />
best recommendation for the river and<br />
contribute effectively to the public process.<br />
The initial focus was centered on the<br />
possibility of a fall flushing flow to blow out<br />
the sediment and send it down stream. After<br />
further analysis and a public meeting held by<br />
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2OPENING THOUGHTS<br />
Gail Schwartz<br />
(continued from pg. 1)<br />
that pose a threat to our water.” For<br />
Senator Schwartz this means staying<br />
informed and continually working to<br />
develop legislation that will protect water<br />
resources. Considering that, as she put it,<br />
“water is the most divisive issue in<br />
Colorado,” this is never a simple task.<br />
Even when the legislation involves a<br />
matter on which her colleagues can agree,<br />
amending water law is an incremental<br />
process. With House Bill 07-1012, for<br />
example, the Colorado Water<br />
Conservation Board had long been vocal<br />
about the need to allow farmers to make<br />
temporary loans of unused water to the<br />
State for instream flow purposes without<br />
risk of losing their right. Yet water issues<br />
that come before the General Assembly<br />
“always involve difficult conversations.”<br />
Accordingly, it took the drought of 2002<br />
and several legislative sessions thereafter to<br />
devise a statutory scheme that would allow<br />
for such temporary loans. House Bill 07-<br />
1012, which Senator Schwartz sponsored,<br />
was the culmination of this effort, and<br />
despite its significance, it represented only<br />
one of the half dozen water bills that<br />
Senator Schwartz was personally involved<br />
with during this last legislative session.<br />
As Vice-chair for the Committee on<br />
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and<br />
Energy, Senator Schwartz wields significant<br />
influence over the water issues that come<br />
before the Senate. Yet when asked about<br />
the one thing that she does to protect water<br />
resources in the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Watershed,<br />
she immediately responded, “I stay<br />
informed of the issues and I stay in touch.”<br />
It is a simple approach, yet for Senator<br />
Schwartz, she knows it goes to the heart of<br />
her job. “My door is always open, if people<br />
have issues and concerns they can always<br />
approach me.”<br />
You may contact Senator Gail<br />
Schwartz at the State Capitol at<br />
303-866-4871 or email her at:<br />
gail.schwartz.senate@state.co.us.<br />
- Moss Driscoll<br />
Read more River Protector Profiles<br />
and to post your profile<br />
visit www.roaringfork.org<br />
Chasing the Red Mud<br />
(continued from pg. 1)<br />
Excess debris caused the Fryingpan River<br />
to shift a hundred feet to the right in this<br />
photo and made local rivers red for<br />
several weeks. Tim O’Keefe<br />
the Colorado Division of<br />
Wildlife (CDOW), it was<br />
determined by CDOW and<br />
the public in attendance<br />
that a fall flush may not be<br />
the best thing after all. A<br />
spring flush seemed to make<br />
more sense to more people,<br />
especially since all of the<br />
surrounding rivers and<br />
streams would be charged<br />
with runoff, and would<br />
better be able to transport a<br />
large amount of sediment.<br />
Thanks to funding from the<br />
Town of Basalt, Eagle<br />
County, Colorado River<br />
Water Conservation<br />
District, Colorado Division<br />
of Wildlife and the US<br />
Bureau of Reclamation; Miller Ecological Consultatns, Inc. will<br />
perform further studies on the Fryingpan this fall and make<br />
recommendations for the spring of 2008 on the timing of a flushing<br />
flow, and other management recommendations to address this issue.<br />
To everyone’s surprise, the river recovered quickly. We learned<br />
that this mudslide was a natural event, and one that has occurred<br />
many, many times before. It did have some negative impacts, but it<br />
also had some positive impacts. The river received more woody debris<br />
which is good for the aquatic insects, and new habitat for young<br />
willow and cottonwood to sprout was created. The fish and the insects<br />
are recovering, and our fishery remains healthy. <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> remains committed to the health and well being of all of<br />
our rivers and streams, and we will continue to lead the effort on the<br />
Fryingpan in the coming year to help figure out how to best manage<br />
our precious water resources for the future. We are here for the rivers<br />
and here for the people, and we are honored that so many of YOU<br />
turn to US as the “go-to” organization for rivers.<br />
River Education at Your<br />
Child’s School<br />
Each year, RFC works with<br />
thousands of students to<br />
help teachers integrate river<br />
field trips into their<br />
curriculum. Working with<br />
preschoolers through<br />
college students, RFC has a<br />
host of educational<br />
programs in schools and at<br />
over 25 field sites<br />
throughout the watershed.<br />
To have RFC educators work with your students visit<br />
www.roaringfork.org/education or call (970) 927-1290.<br />
Marina O’Keefe
RFC there with summer river issues<br />
by Moss Driscoll<br />
In one respect<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> is a<br />
contradiction. Here<br />
is an organization<br />
dedicated to the<br />
protection of this valley’s most vital<br />
natural resource, water. Yet what<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>’s efforts truly<br />
demonstrate is the value and potential<br />
of human resources. Through its seven<br />
staff members, dozens of volunteers, and<br />
countless supporters, RFC is realizing<br />
the full scope of “Bringing people<br />
together to protect our rivers.”<br />
This past summer I had the<br />
opportunity to serve as <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong>’s summer legal intern. As<br />
part of RFC’s ongoing contribution to<br />
the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Watershed Plan, I<br />
helped research the existing and<br />
potential legal influences on water<br />
management in the Valley. However, as<br />
much as I learned about the<br />
complexities of Colorado water law, it<br />
was my work outside the office that I<br />
now most value. Between representing<br />
RFC at Aspen’s Saturday Market,<br />
helping with restoration planting at the<br />
Jenny Adair Wetlands, or serving as a<br />
boat naturalist during the third annual<br />
River Float, I gained an insider’s<br />
perspective on the reach of this unique<br />
ECOS selected to design<br />
River Center exhibits<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> selected<br />
ECOS Communications of Boulder,<br />
Colorado to design exhibits and assist<br />
with interpretive planning for the future<br />
River Center. The ECOS team brings<br />
with it dozens of years of experience<br />
working on projects big and small and<br />
has an extensive resume of international<br />
and Colorado projects. RFC staff will<br />
work closely with ECOS to create handson,<br />
engaging, and thought-provoking<br />
exhibits that focus on rivers and water.<br />
“The River Center will be unlike<br />
organization.<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> is<br />
remarkable for both the significance of<br />
its work and the diversity of its staff and<br />
volunteers. Each day at the Basalt office<br />
seemed to bring a new development in<br />
water management in the valley: the<br />
accident at the Shoshone Power Plant,<br />
the drought and threat of fires at the<br />
beginning of the summer, Basalt’s update<br />
to its Master Plan, and the Seven<br />
Castles mudslide in mid-August.<br />
Through all this, <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> was there, representing the<br />
interests of the Watershed. By bringing<br />
together everyone from educators,<br />
scientists, naturalists, river guides,<br />
anglers, public officials, politicians, and<br />
the public at large, <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> holds the experience and<br />
the technical knowledge to address the<br />
difficult questions, as well as a mission<br />
that unites and inspires all to become<br />
involved.<br />
As this valley continues to grow and<br />
expand, <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> is<br />
prepared to make sound, sustainable<br />
water management a reality. For that<br />
lesson alone I am eternally grateful, and<br />
I proudly include myself in that evergrowing<br />
group of individuals that have<br />
been influenced by <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> to “protect our rivers.”<br />
anything in Colorado,” explains<br />
Executive Director Rick Lofaro. “Not<br />
just another nature center or simply<br />
office space for RFC, the River Center<br />
will be an innovative, state-of-the-art<br />
facility that excites and empowers our<br />
residents and visitors. ECOS<br />
Communications, along with Harry<br />
Teague Architects, will help us bring this<br />
concept into a reality.” Planning work<br />
on the River Center will continue this<br />
winter with the anticipated groundbreaking<br />
in 2009 or 2010.<br />
River Protector<br />
Heather<br />
Fox<br />
Science Teacher<br />
Glenwood Springs High School<br />
Heather moved to Carbondale<br />
three years ago from Denver to<br />
take a science teacher position<br />
with Glenwood Springs High<br />
School. This fall marks the<br />
beginning of her ninth year of<br />
teaching and her first teaching<br />
the River Watch class. A native<br />
of Aurora, Colorado, Heather<br />
has seen a great difference in<br />
her awareness of water issues<br />
moving to the west side of the<br />
Continental Divide. “I am<br />
definitely much more aware of<br />
the source of water and that<br />
water takes a lot of<br />
management. On the Front<br />
Range you just hear ‘there’s a<br />
drought, stop using so much<br />
water.’ On this side, I’m much<br />
more aware of water issues and<br />
what’s going on.” She<br />
appreciates RFC’s education in<br />
the community not just with<br />
schools but with adults. Most<br />
notably, she enjoyed last year’s<br />
Justice Hobbs lecture in Aspen.<br />
“I like that RFC makes water<br />
education accessible to the<br />
average person.”<br />
- Tim O’Keefe<br />
3RIVER UPDATES
4WATER QUALITY<br />
Water Quality Quandry<br />
by Chad Rudow<br />
Water quality and its relationship to our local rivers is<br />
sometimes confusing. Below are the top four questions we are<br />
asked regarding water quality and the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Watershed.<br />
What is the largest source of pollution in the watershed?<br />
The short answer is we all are. Non-point source pollution is<br />
pollution with multiple points of origin and enters rivers at<br />
many locations. It is the largest source of pollution in our<br />
watershed and can take many forms such as stormwater runoff<br />
from streets and parking lots, fertilizers/pesticides from yards,<br />
farms, and golf courses, and sediment from agriculture and<br />
construction.<br />
What happens to the Water Quality Data collected by <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>?<br />
Water quality data is collected from 28 sites around the<br />
watershed by a combination of staff, volunteers, and local<br />
schools. It gets sent to River Watch, a state-wide organization<br />
which maintains a database for use by any agencies or<br />
individuals interested in water quality. You can access this<br />
information yourself online at<br />
http://wildlife.state.co.us/riverwatch/dsaccept.aspx.<br />
Which rivers<br />
and streams in<br />
the watershed<br />
are the least<br />
healthy?<br />
The good<br />
news is that<br />
most of the<br />
rivers and<br />
streams in our<br />
valley are<br />
fairly healthy.<br />
Based on our<br />
most recent<br />
water quality<br />
report the streams we are most concerned about are: Brush<br />
Creek, Cattle Creek, Fourmile Creek, and the lower reach of<br />
the Crystal River. RFC is working with numerous entities to<br />
Charlie Lueders, Colleen Boddy and Dick Helmke<br />
collect water samples on Cattle Creek. Chad Rudow<br />
continue to monitor and work towards improving the health of<br />
these streams and rivers.<br />
What should I do if I see something or someone negatively<br />
affecting a river or stream?<br />
Contact <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>. Although we don’t have<br />
regulatory authority on situations affecting our rivers, we often<br />
know and have relationships with the agencies who can take<br />
action.<br />
River Protector<br />
Lesley<br />
Morse<br />
Customer Service Representative<br />
New Castle Alpine Bank<br />
Lesley is a long time valley resident, living in<br />
Silt for almost 30 years. She originally came to<br />
the valley from North Carolina to work at<br />
Sunlight for a winter. After coming back for a<br />
couple of seasons she met Bob Morse (whom<br />
she would eventually marry) and moved here<br />
permanently. She now works at Alpine Bank in<br />
New Castle as a customer service<br />
representative.<br />
Lesley has always loved rivers and while<br />
traveling along Hwy 82, would see things that<br />
concerned her, like construction next to the<br />
river, golf courses encroaching on the riparian<br />
zone, and even a backhoe in the river. Her<br />
concern grew until one day she saw a Glenwood<br />
Post article asking for volunteers to collect<br />
water samples for <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>.<br />
With a background in hydrology and forestry,<br />
she had an understanding about the need to<br />
collect baseline water quality data, and signed<br />
up to help. As a result Lesley, with the help of<br />
Bob, has been driving from Silt to Glenwood to<br />
collect water quality samples on the <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> River for over seven years. She says rivers<br />
are the arteries of our land.<br />
Lesley says, “One of the most important<br />
things <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> does is to<br />
collect water quality data and use it for<br />
education, because scientific facts are very<br />
important for backing the work they are doing.”<br />
- Chad Rudow
Giving River Guides River Tools<br />
by Tim O’Keefe<br />
What is a watershed? Can you define it?<br />
Recently, through a very informal,<br />
unscientific poll we found out that only<br />
one in ten rooky<br />
river guides know<br />
that a watershed<br />
is an area of land<br />
where all the<br />
water drains to<br />
one point. River<br />
guides must get<br />
50 hours of onwater<br />
training in<br />
reading the river,<br />
safety protocols,<br />
and oarsmanship.<br />
The staff of Blazing Paddles on a training run.<br />
Blazing Paddles<br />
They hadn’t learned much about the<br />
river’s natural history, wildlife and<br />
regional water issues until <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> began its River Guide<br />
Training program in 2003.<br />
Since then <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> has conducted dozens of<br />
on-water trainings with rookie and<br />
veteran river guides to teach them about<br />
American dippers, riparian zones, the<br />
law of the river, and, yes, what a<br />
watershed is. Whitewater companies<br />
have been very receptive to the trainings<br />
which not only<br />
increase the<br />
knowledge of their<br />
employees, but<br />
enhance the<br />
experience for<br />
their customers.<br />
From RFC’s<br />
perspective, we<br />
empower dozens<br />
of guides to reach<br />
thousands of<br />
people a summer<br />
with a simple message: water is precious<br />
in the West.<br />
In the future, RFC hopes to create a<br />
second level of training and certification<br />
to give raft guides have the knowledge<br />
and skills to provide interpretive scenic<br />
floats on local rivers. The next time<br />
you’re out commercially rafting ask your<br />
guide what a watershed is – hopefully<br />
they can tell you that and much more!<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Watershed<br />
Photo Contest<br />
Calling All Photographers<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> invites all photographers to enter the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> Watershed Photography Competition. There is an amateur category and a<br />
professional photographers category. We are looking for striking digital images of<br />
the rivers, streams, and wetlands of the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Watershed. This area<br />
includes the Fryingpan, Crystal and <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Rivers, as well as their<br />
tributaries. Deadline for entries is December 31, <strong>2007</strong>. Please see our photo<br />
competition rules online at:<br />
www.roaringfork.org/<strong>2007</strong>photo<br />
Eliza Hotchkiss<br />
River Protector<br />
Steve<br />
Skinner<br />
General Manager<br />
KDNK Radio Carbondale<br />
What is one thing you do to<br />
protect our rivers?<br />
“I have written to state and<br />
national Representative on<br />
water issues. I clean up trash<br />
every time I’m on the river. I<br />
avoid bottled water and I/we<br />
conserve water at home. We<br />
have a drip irrigation system<br />
outside, we use, “low water”<br />
faucets and we have a solar<br />
powered hot water heater.”<br />
What do you think is the<br />
most important thing that<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong><br />
does?<br />
“It evaluates and protects the<br />
watershed.”<br />
What else do you think needs<br />
to be done?<br />
“My first response is that I<br />
don’t know what can be done.<br />
On the other hand, we need<br />
to mitigate the impact of<br />
growth and over use. You can<br />
raise the awareness of<br />
residents and visitors about,<br />
“water issues”.<br />
- Ed Perregaux<br />
5ON THE RIVER
WATERSHED EXPLORATIONS<br />
Epic Adventures Await!<br />
by Tim O’Keefe<br />
On maps in the early 1800s much of eastern Utah and northern Arizona was blank. No Anglo had ever explored and<br />
mapped the area until John Wesley Powell, a one-armed former Army major, rigged a small fleet of wooden dories,<br />
gathered a team of brave men, and set off down the Green and Colorado<br />
rivers through the Grand Canyon. During his several-month voyage the<br />
expedition would loose food, boats and lots of morale, but would collect<br />
stories, data and information used by modern day river explorers for<br />
hundreds of years.<br />
While modern day river explorations are not quite so harrowing,<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> offers dozens of opportunities for adults and<br />
families to learn more about our river resources through its Watershed<br />
Explorations programs. Designed to connect valley residents and visitors<br />
with our water resources, these programs are anything but boring. From<br />
touring hydroelectric facilities and trans-mountain diversion facilities<br />
to floating through mountain wetlands and<br />
restoring river bank habitat,<br />
Watershed Explorations offer<br />
people of all ages the chance to<br />
learn about and connect with our<br />
rivers. We hope you can join us on<br />
one of our epic adventures!<br />
Upcoming <strong>2007</strong>-2008 Watershed Explorations<br />
November<br />
7 Hot Springs Pool Tour - Glenwood Springs<br />
January<br />
17 Twilight Snowshoeing at Thompson<br />
Creek Open Space - Carbondale<br />
February<br />
20 Twilight Snowshoeing at Emma Open<br />
Space - Basalt<br />
March<br />
20 Twilight Snowshoeing at Northstar<br />
Preserve - Aspen<br />
April<br />
9 Spring Flyfishing Tune - Up<br />
Old Pond Park - Basalt<br />
16 Spring Flyfishing Tune - Up<br />
Aspen<br />
26 10th Annual Fryingpan River Cleanup<br />
Basalt<br />
Dates subject to change. For a complete and updated list of all of our<br />
Watershed Explorations, visit www.roaringfork.org/events.<br />
6<br />
From top right to bottom: Seven Star wildflower hike with Lisa Tasker, flyfishing Wilton<br />
Jaffee Park with Kirk Webb, planting Jenny Adair Pond wetlands, learning about<br />
mining’s affects on rivers with Brian Long, using the stream trailer at Basalt River<br />
Days, and floating the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> during River Float <strong>2007</strong>. Chad Rudow & Tim O’Keefe
Watershed Plan<br />
Development Gaining Steam<br />
by Gwen Garcelon<br />
We have been<br />
hard at work<br />
following the road<br />
map of Phase I of<br />
its development:<br />
getting the word<br />
out throughout<br />
the summer at<br />
farmer’s markets,<br />
updating government groups, and<br />
compiling research and data on the<br />
state of the watershed. The<br />
development of a plan for our <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> watershed basin has been well<br />
supported and funded by a broad base<br />
of municipalities throughout the valley<br />
since its inception. Recently the<br />
Colorado Water Conservation Board,<br />
another enthusiastic supporter of the<br />
Plan, has come through with a $40,000<br />
grant of unrestricted funding.<br />
Sharon Clarke and Rick Lofaro of<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>, key<br />
contributors of time and effort to the<br />
development of the Plan, recently gave<br />
an update to the Garfield County<br />
Commissioners, one of the initial<br />
funders of the Plan. The<br />
commissioners are encouraged by the<br />
headway that has been made so far and<br />
continue to be supportive.<br />
RWAPA (Ruedi Water and Power<br />
Authority), sponsors of the Plan, are<br />
working to put funding in place for<br />
Phase II for next year. Our efforts<br />
continue to receive financial and<br />
ideological support from the entities<br />
that will be key to its ultimate<br />
implementation.<br />
Citizen feedback from our public<br />
meetings thus far has been delivered to<br />
the Colorado Basin Roundtable, an<br />
entity that was established to help<br />
address water issues statewide. This<br />
kind of information gathering from the<br />
public and funneling to water policy<br />
groups is something we plan to<br />
continue in order to make sure the<br />
Watershed Plan and its<br />
implementation reflect the needs and<br />
priorities of diverse stakeholders in the<br />
management of our local waters.<br />
At present the Roundtable is looking<br />
closely at statewide non-consumptive<br />
water needs – things like recreation,<br />
ecological health and scenic beauty.<br />
Here is some justification for the<br />
assessment: “A large portion of the<br />
economy and lifestyle of the entire<br />
Colorado River Basin is derived from<br />
the values, attributes and uses of waters<br />
flowing in rivers and streams. These<br />
attributes include recreation, like<br />
fishing and rafting, as well as the<br />
outstanding scenic qualities of<br />
Colorado’s Western Slope.<br />
Rivers and streams are an essential<br />
aspect of the attraction to live and<br />
work in the Colorado River basin.<br />
They are integral to our economy and<br />
quality of life. Quantifying and fully<br />
understanding the scope of stream<br />
flows required to provide for these<br />
values and attributes is essential to<br />
protect this critical component of our<br />
economy and lifestyle.”<br />
We look forward to your continued<br />
participation in the process and<br />
welcome any feedback or information<br />
you have to offer. Don’t forget to access<br />
this<br />
website,<br />
www.roaringfork.org/watershedplan for<br />
updates on the progress of the<br />
Watershed Plan’s development.<br />
Gwen Garcelon is the Outreach<br />
Coordinator for the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
Watershed Plan.<br />
The Colorado Watershed<br />
Protection Fund<br />
You can make a difference! Please<br />
contribute to protecting one of our<br />
most fragile and precious resources:<br />
our water. You can help to support<br />
local watershed organizations like<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong>. All you<br />
have to do is check the box on your<br />
state income tax return.<br />
River Protector<br />
Mark<br />
Fuller<br />
Executive<br />
Director<br />
Independence<br />
Pass Foundation<br />
(IPF)<br />
“We all live<br />
downstream.”<br />
No one knows<br />
the significance of this better than<br />
Mark Fuller. For over ten years<br />
Mark has worked to maintain and<br />
enhance the headwaters of our<br />
watershed. Fortunately, his favorite<br />
place in the watershed-<br />
Independence Pass — is the place<br />
where he gets to spend a lot of<br />
time.<br />
His work for our rivers began<br />
many years ago. In 1985 he<br />
supervised construction of the<br />
hydroelectric power plant below<br />
Ruedi Reservoir.<br />
Through this experience he<br />
became executive director of the<br />
Ruedi Water and Power Authority.<br />
As director Mark is providing<br />
oversight to the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
Watershed Plan.<br />
Mark enjoys sharing his<br />
knowledge with the public through<br />
RFC events such as the “Inside<br />
Ruedi Reservoir and Dam Tour”.<br />
He is also an appointed<br />
representative to the statewide<br />
Interbasin Compact Process<br />
established by the Colorado Water<br />
for the 21st Century Act to address<br />
water issues throughout the state.<br />
Mark’s knowledge of and<br />
commitment to our watershed is<br />
truly a valuable asset.<br />
Mark pointed out that “The<br />
education program is RFC’s most<br />
important work because it is<br />
teaching our future generations<br />
about the watershed—a theme that<br />
wasn’t taught before.”<br />
- Sharon Clarke<br />
7RIVER RENDEZVOUS
RIVER RENDEZVOUS<br />
Sponsors<br />
Underwriter<br />
Ken & Randy Kendrick<br />
River Protector<br />
Dane & Carter Brooksher<br />
El Jebeverage<br />
Meredith & Cornelia Long<br />
<strong>2007</strong> River Rendezvous: The Best Yet!<br />
at Chaparral Aspen in Woody Creek<br />
River Guardian<br />
Alpine Bank<br />
Clay & Louise Bennet<br />
Bob & Kathy Courson<br />
Tom & Lucy Danis<br />
Bill & Joyce Gruenberg<br />
Rich & Nancy Kinder<br />
Keith & Marjory Weber<br />
River Monitor<br />
David & Sandy Burden<br />
Harold & Eleanor Davis<br />
Carol Dopkin Real Estate<br />
Dave & Ruthie Hoff<br />
Dick & Marianne Kipper<br />
Prehm Ranch Homeowners<br />
Clem Rinehart<br />
Riverside Grill<br />
Schmueser Gordon Meyer<br />
Steward & Lynda Resnick<br />
Taylor Creek Fly Shop<br />
Robert & Kay Watson<br />
From top left: Executive Director Rick Lofaro and Board President Diane Schwener present Tim Heng with our <strong>2007</strong> River Conservator<br />
Award. Auctioneer Jim Chaffin engaged the crowd during the live auction. Ken Kendrick bids during the live auction. A horse stands<br />
outside of the Chaparral Aspen barn. Sunset Canyon plays dancing music. Lenny “Boogie” Weinglass bids during live auction.<br />
Michelle and Ron Brown bid on a live auction item. Guests mingle during the silent auction. Rivers Council President Bill Gruenberg<br />
who, along with the rest of our Rivers Council Benefit Planning Committee was instrumental in the planning of this year’s event,<br />
speaks to the crowd. An antique covered wagon donated by Scott Crowe for the silent auction. Photos: Scott Gerdes and Seth Anderson<br />
8
<strong>2007</strong> High Mountain Masters<br />
Benefit Fly Fishing Tournament<br />
at Peace Ranch<br />
<strong>2007</strong> Sponsors<br />
River Protector<br />
Carter<br />
Brooksher<br />
Basalt, Colorado<br />
and Elsberry, Missouri<br />
Underwriter<br />
R.A. Beattie<br />
Cutthroat Trout<br />
Molly & Tom Bedell<br />
Rainbow Trout<br />
Peter Sun<br />
Ben Beattie<br />
Tom & Lindy Melberg<br />
Brown Trout<br />
Alpine Bank<br />
Brook Trout<br />
Larry Cohen &<br />
Suzanne Pfister<br />
The Ritz-Carlton<br />
Club at<br />
Aspen Highlands<br />
From top: event<br />
organizer R.A.<br />
Beattie and guide<br />
Matt Thomas<br />
flanked by HMM<br />
<strong>2007</strong> winners<br />
Michelle Brown (left)<br />
and Becky Johnson.<br />
Guests enjoy<br />
cocktails and hors<br />
d’oeuvres during<br />
the silent auction.<br />
Suzanne Pfister and<br />
Larry Cohen.<br />
Dwight Johns and<br />
Betsy Bingham-<br />
Johns.Fly-fishing<br />
guide Aaron<br />
Calcott, Lori and<br />
Mitch Knotts.<br />
All Photos: Marina O’Keefe<br />
Carter Brooksher has been a<br />
conservationist all her life.<br />
She became a <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> contributor<br />
when she and her husband,<br />
Dane, purchased a <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> Club cabin in Basalt.<br />
Carter joined the <strong>Conservancy</strong>’s board in<br />
1998, becoming a founding member of the Rivers<br />
Council and leading the effort to establish our<br />
annual River Rendezvous. She continues to be a<br />
driving force every year in organizing this vital<br />
fund-raiser. Carter’s work with the Rivers<br />
Council provides major annual support for<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> programs.<br />
When the <strong>Conservancy</strong> was given the<br />
opportunity to purchase land adjacent to the<br />
riverfront park in Basalt, the Brookshers were<br />
among the first to support to purchase the site of<br />
our future River Center. As lead Cornerstone<br />
Partners, Carter and Dane guaranteed the chance<br />
of a permanent home for <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> programs. Carter continues to take<br />
a leadership role in establishing the River Center<br />
as a member of both the River Center Committee<br />
and the River Center Campaign Cabinet.<br />
At the age of five, Carter began her lifelong<br />
love of fishing. She first dropped a hook in the<br />
pond across the street from her home in Missouri.<br />
Outdoor outings with Girl Scouts and others<br />
cultivated her love of nature. Later she became a<br />
regular visitor to the trout streams in the Ozarks<br />
and Montauk State Park. The great angling in<br />
the <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Valley, along with the skiing<br />
and hiking, brought Carter to this area where she<br />
spends about half of each year.<br />
“I’ve come to realize the fact that healthy<br />
rivers are very much an issue of survival for all<br />
life, but I’m not sure people understand how<br />
important our rivers are. I that I think we tend to<br />
take these beautiful rivers for granted. Rivers not<br />
only provide life itself, they give us a quality of<br />
life that keeps us connected to who we are.<br />
Water is the key to survival.”<br />
- Carlyle Kyzer<br />
9HIGH MOUNTAIN MASTERS
DONOR HONOR ROLL<br />
10<br />
Thank you to all<br />
of our supporters!<br />
Cornerstone Donors<br />
Dane & Carter Brooksher<br />
Jim & Betsy Chaffin<br />
Tom & Lucy Danis<br />
Ken & Randy Kendrick<br />
Jim & Dianne Light<br />
Meredith & Cornelia Long<br />
David Wilhelm<br />
Gold Medal Circle<br />
($5,000 or more)<br />
Alpine Bank<br />
Ben Beattie<br />
RA Beattie<br />
Molly & Tom Bedell<br />
Christine Bostick<br />
Dane & Carter Brooksher<br />
Ron & Michelle Brown<br />
John Catto<br />
Bob & Kathy Courson<br />
Tom & Lucy Danis<br />
Hal & Eleanor Davis<br />
Greg Didier & Terry Rogers<br />
Bill & Martha Drake<br />
El Jebeverage<br />
Carol Fuller<br />
Bill & Joyce Gruenberg<br />
Ken & Randy Kendrick<br />
Rich & Nancy Kinder<br />
Meredith & Cornelia Long<br />
Rick Neiley &<br />
Maria Manischalchi<br />
Dan Moody<br />
Ann Nichols<br />
Lynn Nichols &<br />
Jim Gilchrist<br />
Peter Sun<br />
The Tobey Foundation<br />
Jim & Lanette Valerio<br />
Bill & Jessie Van Lieshout<br />
Robert & Kay Watson<br />
Lenny “Boogie” Weinglass<br />
Benefactor<br />
($1,000 - $4,999)<br />
Steve & Susan Baird<br />
Town of Basalt<br />
David & Judy Baum<br />
Clayton & Louise Bennett<br />
Ramiro Betancourt<br />
Steve Brown<br />
David & Sandy Burden<br />
CCY Architects<br />
Carol Dopkin Real Estate<br />
Chaffin Light Real Estate LLC<br />
Willard & Anne Clapper<br />
Larry Cohen & Suzanne Pfister<br />
Michael Fain & Judith Barnard<br />
Stephen Feinberg<br />
George & Susan Fesus<br />
Richard & Diane Goldstein<br />
Judy Haas<br />
Roger Hinds<br />
Dave & Ruthie Hoff<br />
Michael & Carol Hundert<br />
Bob Jacobson<br />
Sam & Becky Johson<br />
Dick & Marianne Kipper<br />
Gary Kline<br />
Bill & Marianne Lederer<br />
Mike & Sally McLarry<br />
John & Tina MacDonald<br />
John Marlow<br />
Kent & Beth Meager<br />
Tom & Lindy Melberg<br />
Andrew Modell<br />
Herb Molner<br />
Norman Morris<br />
Louis Myer<br />
Tricia Nichols<br />
Pike & Jan Peterson<br />
Robert Pew<br />
Prehm Ranch Home Owners<br />
Quarles & Bradley, LLP<br />
Stewart & Lynda Resnick<br />
Bill Riffle & Ruann Ernst<br />
Clem Rinehart<br />
The Ritz-Carlton Club at<br />
Aspen Highlands<br />
The <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Club<br />
Schmueser Gordon Meyer<br />
Mary & Patrick Scanlan<br />
Dick & Carolyn Shell<br />
The Slater Foundation<br />
Snowmass Club<br />
Specialty Sports Venture, LLC<br />
Steve Sutcliffe &<br />
Julia Loo-Sutcliffe<br />
Charles & Judy Tate<br />
Taylor Creek Fly Shops<br />
Buddy & Ellen Temple<br />
Bill & Anne Tobey<br />
Herbert & Cheryl Ann Towning<br />
Charles Townsend<br />
Wenert Trich<br />
Valley Home Sales<br />
Valley View Hospital<br />
HC & Katherine Van Schaack<br />
Keith & Marjorie Weber<br />
Brit White & Sheri Odenthall<br />
Andre & Julie Wille<br />
Robert & Sarah Woods<br />
Larry & Phyllis Yaw<br />
Conservation Partner<br />
($500 - $999)<br />
Back Door Catering<br />
David Behr<br />
Joaquin & Isabel Blaya<br />
James & Elizabeth Chandler<br />
John & Susan Cottle<br />
Edward & Sherry Ann Dayton<br />
Andy & Muffy DiSabatino<br />
Jack Donovan<br />
Jonathan Feinberg<br />
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund<br />
David Finholm & Kathy Crowe<br />
Paula Fothergill &<br />
Ken Neubecker<br />
Otto Frenzel<br />
Richard & Holly Glasier<br />
John & Barbara Gold<br />
Kristin Jensen<br />
George & Sandy Kahle<br />
Doug McMillin<br />
Frank & Rosie McSwain<br />
David & Laura Mulkey<br />
David & Blanca O’Leary<br />
Richard Pearlstone<br />
Bernard & Sydney Poncelet<br />
WJ Rafferty<br />
Sara Ransford<br />
Shirley Rhudy<br />
Jim & Judy Rifkin<br />
John Schneider<br />
Harry Teague<br />
Trent Thibaudeau<br />
C. Humbert & Carol Tinsman<br />
Carol & John Walter<br />
Susan Welsch<br />
Dave Wilkins<br />
Bill & Marie Wise<br />
Spawnsor<br />
($200 - $499)<br />
Allen Adger & Ann Harris<br />
Aspen Valley Community<br />
Foundation<br />
Rob & Carol Auld<br />
Steven & Susan Baird<br />
Basalt Middle School<br />
Stefan Bates<br />
Chuck Bellock<br />
Pamela Bent<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> River near Carbondale . Tim O’Keefe<br />
Doug Bleiler<br />
Mark Bradley<br />
Frank Bresnan<br />
Grace Brod<br />
Mark Brown<br />
Kelley Burke<br />
Oni Butterfly<br />
John & Kay Callison<br />
John Charters<br />
Dan & Wynee Coleman<br />
Paula Cooney<br />
Kathy Crowe<br />
Scott Crowe<br />
Crystal River Elementary School<br />
Paul D’Amato & Beth Cashdan<br />
George & Sue Davis<br />
Dirty Knees Gardening<br />
Jack Donovan<br />
The Dreman Foundation, Inc.<br />
Michael Durant<br />
Bruce & Pamela Earthman<br />
Stephen & Jennifer Ellsperman<br />
Don & Jody Ensign<br />
Michael Fain & Judith Barnard<br />
Suzanne Farver<br />
Paul & Mary Fee<br />
Vincent Ferrara<br />
Jack & Renee Forrest<br />
Bill & Marilyn Getz<br />
Kakie Grainger<br />
Basil & Donna Griffin<br />
Joan & Ken Gutner<br />
Tim & Kay Hagman<br />
Linda Haydock<br />
Mark Howard<br />
Mel & Martha Jackson<br />
Janet & Arvid Johson<br />
Jeff & Erin Jones<br />
Bill & Carolyn Kane<br />
Don & Nancy Kempf<br />
Lori Klein<br />
Steve & Ramsey Kropf<br />
Sharon Lance<br />
Linda Landers<br />
Doug Leibinger<br />
Donald Leslie<br />
CJ Lett<br />
M & K Homes Services, Inc.<br />
DBA Valley Home Sales<br />
Arthur & Jan Martin<br />
Lynn & Frances Mayhan<br />
Michael Miller<br />
Ken & Ann Newman<br />
The Noone Law Firm<br />
Tom & Merbie Payne<br />
Ginny Parker<br />
Sue Parker<br />
Fonda Paterson<br />
James & Hensley Peterson<br />
Ed & Vickie Podolak<br />
Greg & Maureen Poschman<br />
Will & Kristin Price<br />
Dave & Krysia Reed<br />
Robert & Myra Rich<br />
Robert Ritchie &<br />
Debra Goldstein<br />
Phil & Marcia Rothblum<br />
Rob & Diane Schwener<br />
Bob & Jeanne Schultz<br />
Daniel & Elizabeth Shaw<br />
Isa Catto Shaw<br />
Thomas & Martha Singleton<br />
Skye Skinner<br />
Gary & Barbara Sorensen<br />
Steve & Sandy Stay<br />
Ted Stude<br />
Mimi Teschner<br />
Michael Triplett<br />
J. Michael Vess<br />
John and Mary Ann Virant<br />
Wadley Enterprises<br />
John & Carol Walter<br />
Cynthia Wayburn<br />
Jay & Marnie Webster<br />
Roy & Donna Wiedinmyer<br />
Betty Weiss<br />
Sam & Kris Weller<br />
Wells Fargo<br />
Western Masonry Corporation<br />
Patrick Wilhelm<br />
Jonathan Wilhelm<br />
David & Roxanne Wilson<br />
Larry & Phyllis Yaw<br />
Outfitter<br />
($100 - $199)<br />
Marvin & Margie Amernick<br />
Ryan Anslyn<br />
RW & Rebecca Ayres<br />
Charles Balbach<br />
Sallie M. Bernard<br />
Darrell Brown &<br />
Suzanne McNitt<br />
Teri Bruna<br />
Thomas & Carol Graf-Carnish<br />
Anne Cook<br />
Crystal Valley Environmental<br />
Protection Association<br />
Amy Daniel<br />
Roger Davis<br />
Al & Germaine Dietsch<br />
Moss Driscoll<br />
Joseph Edwards<br />
Randy Eppler & Jean Scandlyn<br />
Tim Estin<br />
Katy Etheridge<br />
Jerry Finger<br />
Piper Foster<br />
Bill & Jane Frazer<br />
Phil & Anne Freedman<br />
Mark Friedberg<br />
Stan & Charlene Gardner<br />
Carol Gaudin<br />
David & Jean Goldstein<br />
Gary & Barbara Goldstein<br />
Christopher & Marther Granger<br />
Maura & Kim Harrower<br />
Helvetia, Inc.<br />
David Hyman & Barbara Reid<br />
Sam & Ann Johnson<br />
Michael & Nancy Kish<br />
Lori Klein<br />
Mitch & Lori Knotts<br />
James & Janice Kosglow<br />
Andrew & Christine Light<br />
Pat & Barbara McMahon<br />
Bob & Janet Mineo<br />
Bill & Debbie Montgomery<br />
Jean Moore<br />
John & Lisa Morton<br />
Gergory Mozian<br />
Myers & Company<br />
Thomas Nelson &<br />
Martha Dayton<br />
CJ Oliver<br />
Bill & Terri Parsons<br />
Robert & Margaret Pederson<br />
Lynne Pfrimmer-Mace<br />
Phil & Valerie Pinto<br />
Edward Pyles & Martha Pickett<br />
Ken Ransford<br />
Andrea Reagan<br />
Anna & Norine Rhudy<br />
Troy Rhudy<br />
John Ritzick<br />
Doug Sanders<br />
Gary & Barbara Sorensen<br />
Paula Sanders &<br />
Rebecca Sullivan<br />
Martha & Paul Schlauch<br />
Jim Schreier & Jean Turner
Dave & Carol Schuller<br />
Jack Sebesta<br />
Seven Star Rebekah<br />
Lodge No. 91<br />
Mark Shelton<br />
Richard Simpson<br />
Skip & Candee Strasbourger<br />
Shelby Travis<br />
Linda Vidal<br />
Eric Vozick & Jill Gruenberg<br />
Tom & Vivian Waldeck<br />
William Waring &<br />
Nell Pape-Waring<br />
Randy Wedum<br />
Douglas Weiser<br />
Letita Wenish<br />
Sabrina Whitehouse<br />
Pierre & Beth Wille<br />
John <strong>Winter</strong><br />
Raymond & Shauna Young<br />
David & Susan Young<br />
Antonia Zurcher<br />
Friend<br />
($25 - 99)<br />
Nahum Amiran<br />
John and Tamara Baxter<br />
Bob & Marcie Beattie<br />
Jeanne Beaudry<br />
Richard & Linda Beidleman<br />
Richard Benes<br />
James & Susan Berdahl<br />
Robert & Janet Blaich<br />
John & Susan Bleimehl<br />
Wolfred Block<br />
Boenning Company<br />
Jim Bonesteel<br />
Paul & Nancy Boyer<br />
Ernie & Betty Bradley<br />
Stewart & Lotta Brafman<br />
Matthew Brewer<br />
Albert Brown<br />
Winifred Brown<br />
James Bulkely<br />
Bill Burge<br />
Cameron & Ann Burns<br />
Beverly Campbell<br />
The Town of Carbondale<br />
Roger & Helen Carlsen<br />
Scott Carter<br />
Mariangela Casua-Steindler &<br />
Laura Kull<br />
Hal Clark<br />
Angela Clarke &<br />
Patricia Motyka<br />
Lance Clark & Susan Philp<br />
Jack & Gesine Crandall<br />
Kristine Crandall<br />
R. Barry Crook<br />
Todd Patrick<br />
William Dangley<br />
Dennis Davidson<br />
David & Christy Dawson<br />
Rachel Dayton<br />
Kirsten Dibble<br />
Bill Efting<br />
Mark & Judy Feinsinger<br />
Leslie Francis<br />
Verena Frei Bishop<br />
Mark Fuller & Penny Atzet<br />
Richard Fuller<br />
Eric Fullerton<br />
Edwin Glickman<br />
Rachel Goddard<br />
Joshua Goldman<br />
Barbara Hammer<br />
Shirley Henly<br />
Rolf Hermanson<br />
Kyle Holt<br />
Katrina Johnson<br />
Nicole Kinsler & Will Sands<br />
Bill Langley<br />
Ronald & Lorhid Larue<br />
Margaret &<br />
Douglas McLaughlin<br />
Mid-Valley Mechanical<br />
Barry & Peggy Mink<br />
Thomas Moore<br />
Lisa Moravan<br />
Ric & Susanne Morrison<br />
Darrell & Jane Munsell<br />
Timothy Myers<br />
Denise O’Connor<br />
Warren & Karen Olrich<br />
Drew & Bonnie O’Keefe<br />
Tim & Marina O’Keefe<br />
Candace & Stewart Oksenhorn<br />
Theresa Olander<br />
Nelson Oldham<br />
Patti & Mark Overstreet<br />
Richard Parachini<br />
Wayne & Johanna Payne<br />
Fred Pierce<br />
Lenore Pogliano<br />
Travis Presley<br />
Robert Purvis<br />
George Ryerson<br />
Rachel Richards<br />
Michelle Savage<br />
Sue Schimmenti<br />
Lawrence F. Schneider, MD.<br />
Judy Schramm<br />
Robert & Barbara Sheldon<br />
Mark & Nancy Silverman<br />
Signature Framing<br />
Ryan Smalls<br />
Ronald Cawley &<br />
Sheryl Smith-Cawley<br />
Tracy Smith-Cawley<br />
Thank You to our <strong>2007</strong><br />
River Rendezvous and<br />
High Mountain Masters<br />
Auction Donors!<br />
Judy Spasser<br />
David Stickney<br />
Bruce Stolbach<br />
Edward Sullivan<br />
Chris & Gabriella Sutro<br />
John Sweeney<br />
Michelle & Kathleen Sydoryk<br />
T & E Marshall<br />
Enterprises, Inc.<br />
George Tempest<br />
Gary Tennenbaum &<br />
Suzanne Wolff<br />
Dale & Kellie Ulrich<br />
Ute Mouttaineer, LTD.<br />
Shelly Vidamour<br />
Tom & Donna Ward<br />
Phillippa Whitcomb<br />
John Whiting<br />
Mark & Lara Whitley<br />
Dottie Wolcott<br />
George & Edie Wombwell<br />
Robin Wood<br />
Supporting Organizations<br />
Alpine Christian Academy<br />
City of Aspen<br />
Aspen Elks Lodge #224<br />
Aspen Skiing Company<br />
Environment Foundation<br />
Back Door Catering<br />
Basalt Elementary School<br />
Town of Basalt<br />
Basalt Middle School<br />
Basalt High School<br />
Blue Creek Ranch<br />
Homeowners Association<br />
Buddy Program<br />
Town of Carbondale<br />
Carbondale Community<br />
School<br />
Carbondale Middle School<br />
Carbondale Rotary Club<br />
City of Aspen<br />
Colorado Nonpoint<br />
Source Program<br />
Colorado River District<br />
Coryell Homeowners<br />
Association<br />
Crystal River<br />
Elementary School<br />
Garfield County<br />
Glenwood Springs<br />
High School<br />
Glenwood Springs<br />
Middle School<br />
Growing Years School<br />
Midland Point<br />
Homeowners Assoc.<br />
Mount Sopris<br />
Conservation District<br />
National Safe Boating<br />
Council<br />
Sopris Elementary School<br />
Park East<br />
Homeowners Assoc.<br />
Patrick, Miller &<br />
Kropf PC<br />
Pitkin County Health &<br />
Human Services<br />
Pitkin County Open<br />
Space &Trails<br />
Ranch at <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
Ruedi Water &<br />
Power Authority<br />
Sopris Elementary School<br />
St. Stephens School<br />
The Thrift Shop - Aspen<br />
Trout Unlimited<br />
Whitewater Rafting<br />
In-Kind Support<br />
Aspen Historical Society<br />
Blazing Adventures<br />
Colorado Division<br />
of Wildlife<br />
Colorado Dept. of Public<br />
Health & Environment<br />
Colorado<br />
Watershed Network<br />
Colorado Wildlife<br />
Science LLC<br />
El Jebeverage<br />
Ellsperman Ecological LLC<br />
E.M. Ecological LLC<br />
Dr. Dylan Gibson, DMD<br />
Gran Farnum Printing<br />
Hot Springs Lodge & Pool<br />
Neiley & Alder Attorneys<br />
Rock Gardens Rafting<br />
Robin Henry<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Outdoor<br />
Volunteers<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Real Estate<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Club<br />
Schwener Design Group<br />
White River<br />
National Forest<br />
We value every donation. If you<br />
made a donation between<br />
April 19, <strong>2007</strong> and<br />
October 16, <strong>2007</strong> and your<br />
donation has been overlooked<br />
please contact us.<br />
RIVER CURRENTS<br />
is published by <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong><br />
<strong>Conservancy</strong> twice annually.<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> is<br />
the watershed conservation<br />
organization for the <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> Valley. Our missiong is to<br />
bring people together to<br />
protect our rivers. We are an<br />
independent 501(c)(3)<br />
nonprofit organization based in<br />
Basalt, Colorado, the<br />
geographic center of the<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> Watershed.<br />
<strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> was<br />
founded in December 1996, to<br />
inspire people to explore,<br />
value, and protect the <strong>Roaring</strong><br />
<strong>Fork</strong> Watershed. We appreciate<br />
your support and comments.<br />
ROARING FORK<br />
CONSERVANCY<br />
P.O. Box 3349<br />
200 Basalt Center Circle,<br />
Suite 120<br />
Basalt, Colorado 81621<br />
Tel: (970) 927-1290<br />
Fax: (970) 927-1264<br />
Web: www.roaringfork.org<br />
E-mail: info@roaringfork.org<br />
Board of Directors:<br />
Diane Schwener<br />
President<br />
Stephen Ellsperman<br />
Vice President<br />
Jeff Jones<br />
Treasurer<br />
Ramsey Kropf<br />
Secretary<br />
Carter Brooksher<br />
Jim Light<br />
Rick Lofaro<br />
Louis Meyer<br />
Rick Neiley<br />
Chris Seldin<br />
Larry Yaw<br />
Program Staff:<br />
Rick Lofaro<br />
Executive Director<br />
Sharon Clarke<br />
Water Resource Specialist<br />
Catie Fleming<br />
Development Associate<br />
Carlyle Kyzer<br />
Major Gifts Director<br />
Tim O’Keefe<br />
Education Director<br />
Ed Perregaux<br />
Development Director<br />
Chad Rudow<br />
Water Quality Coordinator<br />
Windy Orrick<br />
Special Event Coordinator<br />
DONOR HONOR ROLL<br />
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Water links us to our neighbor in a way more<br />
profound and complex than any other.<br />
-John Thorson<br />
Eliza Hotchkiss<br />
Yes, I want to help <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> preserve and protect our Valley’s rivers.<br />
Join our Rivers Council<br />
Become a River Steward<br />
River Guardian $10,000 or more Conservation Partner $500 - $999<br />
Gold Medal Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Spawnsor $200 - $499<br />
Benefactor $1,000 - $4,999 Outfitter $100 - $199<br />
Annual donors of $1,000 or more become members of the Rivers<br />
Council and are invited to the annual Rivers Council event.<br />
Friend $25 - $99<br />
Other<br />
$ ______<br />
My check payable to <strong>Roaring</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Conservancy</strong> is enclosed.<br />
Please charge my Visa Mastercard in the amount of $______________<br />
Account #: _____________________________________________ Exp. Date____/____<br />
Signature: __________________________________________________<br />
Name(s) (to appear in print): __________________________________________________________________<br />
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________________<br />
City/State/Zip: ________________________________________________________________________________<br />
Email: _______________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________<br />
A letter confirming your donation for tax purposes will be sent to you upon receipt of your donation. Thank you!<br />
Donate Online<br />
www.roaringfork.org/donate<br />
ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY<br />
P.O. Box 3349 • Basalt, Colorado 81621<br />
Not-for-Profit<br />
U.S. Postage<br />
PAID<br />
Permit No. 80032<br />
Glenwood Springs,<br />
CO 81601