On April 19, we joined Save the Aurora Reservoir (STAR) and the City of Aurora for a special Earth Day celebration. It was part Bioblitz, part trail cleanup, and entirely full of great energy. Volunteers young and old fanned out across the Aurora Reservoir trails and the banks of the reservoir to document the incredible wildlife calling the
This is a transcript of public comment given by one of your Youth Advisory Committee leaders at the regularly scheduled Boulder Valley School District meeting on March 10, 2026: Hi I’m Josie, I’m of the Arapahoe tribe and I’m a junior at Boulder High. I’m 17. I’m here because of what’s been happening for decades
On March 6, 2026, the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission issued 157 Notices of Alleged Violation (NOAVs) to oil and gas operators across the state. This is nearly double the previous single-day record of 82 set in October 2018, and the largest enforcement action of its kind in at least a decade. It is
Marginal Well Impacted Communities If you’re here, there’s a good chance you’ve heard that there are low-producing oil and gas wells near a school in your community, and you want to know what you can do about it. You’re in the right place. Below you’ll find a list of Colorado communities where we’ve identified low-producing
Marginal Well Operators Below, we’ve listed the Colorado oil & gas operators that have one or more low producing wells within 2,000 ft of a Colorado school. If you plan to call, you’ll most often end up calling a general number. Ask to speak to someone in charge of Asset Retirement Obligations (AROs), and use
Marginal Wells Colorado has nearly 500 low-producing oil and gas wells within one mile of a school. These aren’t the high-output wells that dominate industry headlines; they’re aging, declining stripper wells that produce only a few barrels of oil or a few thousand cubic feet of gas per day, often barely enough to justify the
Poudre River Trail Bike Ride Did you know 880 oil & gas wells have been drilled within one mile of the Cache la Poudre River, including some of Colorado’s largest oil & gas pads with 50+ wells? On Saturday March 21st at 10:00am, together with the Fort Collins Sustainability Group and others, we’ll be leading an educational
Outdoor Series How Climate Change Impacts the Colorado Outdoors What is the Outdoor Series? Each Outdoor Series event will focus on the economic, recreational and environmental impacts climate change brings to Colorado and will feature an informative panel of experts, community advocates, athletes & outdoor enthusiasts that all have their own unique outdoor mission. The
On November 20th, youth, elders, and community leaders from Fort Collins to Pueblo came together at our annual Youth Unity Rising Summit that Colorado Rising for Communities co-hosted with the Denver Indian Center, Denver Public Schools Sustainability, and other partners. Together, we created space to build meaningful connections, shared stories and visions for climate justice
River Sisters Congreso, Patagonia Denver and Denver Parks & Recreation joined Colorado Rising at Shoemaker Plaza on October 26th, 2025 for a fall river clean up. Dozens of volunteers took buckets and trash pickers and scoured the banks of the South Platte River for almost a mile surrounding our base camp. They pulled bottles, plastic bags, and other