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Uniquely Colorado:
Restoring Our State’s Last Great Places
As Coloradans, everyday we wake up and open
our eyes to views that many people only see when
they open their mailbox to find a postcard from a
friend. Of all the spectacular places in our state,
there are a select few that stand out thanks to
their distinctive, high-quality natural features. In
1977, rapid oil, gas, and housing development
raised concerns about loss or degradation to
many of these special areas. Realizing the need to
protect our most precious resources, a coalition
of environmental and outdoor recreation groups,
led by the Audubon Society drafted and helped to
pass the Colorado Natural Areas Program (CNAP).
Since its inception, the CNAP act has protected
78 designated sites, covering over 140,000 acres.
This year, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers began
a new partnership with the Colorado Natural
Areas Program in the hope that together we are
better able to protect and restore Colorado’s great
treasures. Our first collaboration was at one of
Colorado’s most beautiful and unique sites– the
Geneva Basin Iron Fen.
uniqueness also attracts a lot of attention and
activity, in some cases, an unsustainable amount.
The postcards our out-of-state friends find in
their mailboxes don’t show the hard work that
volunteers are doing just out of frame to protect
and restore stunning places like the Geneva Basin.
The collaboration between Clear Creek County,
Pike National Forest, CNAP, local Off-Highway
Vehicle (OHV) clubs, and WRV is a perfect
partnership of organizations working to bring
Geneva Basin back to a sustainable point. Before
the August 2009 project, the site had suffered
drastic damage from heavy OHV use. It took the
combined efforts of all these organizations to
begin the process of restoring the fen back to a
manageable level.
In the arid climate of Colorado, wetlands are a
rare and valuable natural resource, especially
important because they act as sponges, absorbing
water in times of excess and releasing it during
dry spells. Unlike many wetlands that receive
most of their water from precipitation, fens
receive large quantities of nutrients and minerals
from groundwater movement. Due to this influx
of nutrients, they are able to support more life
than bogs. Geneva is also one of seven rare iron
fen complexes, which are found in only five
places on the globe. In an iron fen, the water
flows through minerals, resulting in a pH level
approaching 2, akin to that of lemon juice or
vinegar. Despite the acidic nature of the site,
Geneva basin features a unique diversity of life
closely resembling that of the Alaskan tundra. The
fen’s amazing biological, ecological, geological,
and paleontological features make it one of
Colorado’s precious natural gems. However, its
What’s Inside
By Jarret Roberts and John Giordanengo
To ensure the prolonged success of the project,
very special care was taken to ensure the
survival of the seeding at the site. Restoration
efforts started with soil decompaction and slope
contouring to erase the physical disturbance of
the road. Next, volunteers prepared the seedbed,
seeded native species, and covered the bed with
a mulch layer of weed-free straw. Finally, stream
channels were reconstructed where the roadbed
had intercepted the original channel, restoring
natural flow regimes. Volunteers planted seeds
purchased from a local source mixed with seeds
collected on site, as well as some collected at
WRV’s Two Million Seed Collection. Species such
as fringed brome, alpine blue grass, black tipped
groundsel, slender wheatgrass, tufted hair grass,
alpine timothy, and shortleaf fescue will bring
Geneva Basin back to its natural state.
All the hard work produced phenomenal results.
“Sitting around with volunteers watching a
bubbling spring meander its way up through the
limonite and then cascade down into the stream
was so mesmerizing; a truly unique moment in
time,” recalls Projects Director John Giordanengo.
Brian Kurzel, CNAP coordinator explains, “WRV
helped to reach the tipping point in this area. The
only way to get such extensive restoration done
is with hundreds of hands and WRV is the only
organization I know that could get it done with
this efficiency.”
Simply setting aside Colorado’s last great places
is not enough to ensure their protection. Where
active restoration is needed, partnerships like the
one between WRV and CNAP are instrumental
in ensuring the integrity of Colorado’s ecological
treasures for future generations. These budding
partnerships help ensure that we all have the
opportunity to experience uniquely Colorado
sites, rather than just see them on post cards.
Geneva Basin Iron Fen
E.D. Corner: Page 2
2009 Project Summary: Page 3
Profile of Sue Percifield: Page 7
Profile of Amy Iwata: Page 2
New Fort Collins Office: Page 5
Welcome to Katie Renga: Page 8
E.D. Corner
I’m happy to report that, despite the uncertainties of the economy, WRV
has enjoyed another incredibly productive and successful field season.
We completed nearly 40 diverse land restoration projects and 15
volunteer leadership/skill trainings. We celebrated our 10th Anniversary
and surpassed our 200th project. Thanks to the over 2,000 volunteers
and all our volunteer leaders who
it happen! See the WRV Project
Wildlands Restoration made
Summary 2009 on pages 3-5, which
Volunteers was the highlights the accomplishments of the
season.
first group we turned
to when we wanted
to learn how to plan
and run successful
stewardship projects.
We talk a lot about restoration
“projects” at WRV, but every project
event is really just a means to an end.
The two end results we strive for are
1) a growing thriving community
of volunteers, and 2) long-term
stewardship of special places. WRV
-Michael Rogers, Programs
has returned to many places for many
Director of Wild Connections
years, making dramatic progress,
incrementally. I see more of this
emphasis in WRV’s future, because that’s what public lands, and the
agencies that manage them, need.
For instance, we are working with the City of Boulder Open Space and
Mountain Parks (OSMP) to adopt the section of Boulder Creek that
runs near our office in northeast Boulder. We plan to return to this
area over and over for years to help OSMP re-establish, and maintain,
a healthy native riparian ecosystem, so the creek can function better as
an urban wildlife corridor. We want to use this site to engage nearby
residents and businesses, and offer educational programs on a variety of
ecological topics.
Now wait a minute! What are we doing adopting an urban stretch
of river, when our organization is named “Wildlands” Restoration
Volunteers? Some people associate “wildlands” with “wilderness”–places
Gaining Ground
Office: 3012 E. Sterling Circle,
Suite 201, Boulder, CO 80301
We welcome announcements,
articles, letters, artwork, and
photos for future editions of
the newsletter. Please submit
materials to info@wlrv.org.
Wild Connections has been working in southern central Colorado
since 1995 with the mission of protecting the network of wildlands
that will sustain biodiversity, wildlife and wildlife habitat. Wildlands
Restoration Volunteers was the first group we turned to when
we wanted to learn how to plan and run successful stewardship
projects. WRV was our mentor from start to finish; from including
our volunteer leaders in WRV trainings, to being our advisor on all
aspects of technical and general project planning. Without WRV’s
extensive experience and resources, we would not have been able to
achieve such success.
Our first project area was along the Trout and Eagle Creek drainages
just south of Deckers. During five volunteer workdays, we reclaimed
2.25 linear miles and 4.95 acres of critical habitat, involving
62 volunteers, contributing 600 hours. We are excited about
expanding our partnership with Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
next year. For more info on Wild Connections, please go to www.
wildconnections.org.
WRV’s partnership with Wild Connections is a manifestation of our
desire to help other communities and community groups dramatically
expand their volunteer stewardship potential. In this way, we can
leverage all we’ve learned over the years, to foster faster and more
widely distributed growth of ecological volunteerism, than we could
hope to see if we simply kept organizing more projects ourselves.
By Jarret Roberts
If you scrape away the layers of mud on Amy’s hands, accumulated during
volunteering in over 45 projects over the last three years, you will eventually
discover a fine layer of clay from one of her side hobbies, pottery. When she
is not volunteering or potting, she can be found dirtying her hands in home
carpentry and gardening projects.
Designer: Claudia Strijek,
StrijekDesign.com
Web site: www.wlrv.org
I am pleased to report on our progress with
a new partner, Wild Connections, based
in Colorado Springs. Michael Rogers, Programs Director of Wild
Connections, describes the exciting things we have accomplished
together this year in this way:
When I finally met Amy Iwata I had to check to make sure she was not wearing
a large red cape with a giant “S” on it. I had heard her name so often in such
good context I imagined she had to be a superhero. Among a community
of people who all care deeply about healing the land, Amy stands out as an
amazingly kind and considerate person.
Article Contributors:
Jarret Roberts
John Giordanengo
Ed Self
Mary Eldred
E-mail: info@wlrv.org
way out there somewhere in the boonies.
But we use “wildlands” to refer to any place
that we can add some wild-ness to, through
ecological restoration.
Volunteer Profile: Amy Iwata
Editor: Erin Mulligan
Phone: 303-543-1411
by Ed Self, Executive Director
Amy’s fun-loving attitude makes it so you can’t help but smile when you meet
her. And this year, acting as a greeter on six seed collections, she was the cause
of thousands of WRV smiles. She carries this ability over to any crew she joins,
making projects so much fun that one volunteer recalls, “Anyone on her crew
will want to come back again and again.” This is no surprise; Amy is known for
going above and beyond. It is not unheard of for her to run out to the tool shed for one last tool the night
before a project. See why I had to check for the cape?
Amy, we cannot thank you enough for all your hard work, your dedication to making sure our hands are
filled with the right tools, your friendly greetings, and most of all for just being Amy.
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Summary of WRV 2009 Projects
This year WRV completed nearly 40 projects, restoring public lands from the banks of prairie streams
to the tallest peaks in Colorado. In partnership with numerous organizations we cut miles of new trail,
harvested truckloads of native seed and removed hundreds of acres of invasive species.
To view details about each project such as dates and number of volunteer attendees, as well as to
view thousands of photos, visit our website at www.wlrv.org
A Burden Shared is a Burden Halved:
Projects with Boulder County
Are You From Around Here? Seed
Collections and Invasive Species Removal
Since WRV’s beginnings, collaboration with Boulder County Parks
and Open Space (BCPOS) has been an integral element of every
project season. This strong partnership has helped improve the
lands surrounding the area where WRV first put down roots.
WRV’s first project of the season appropriately took place on
the site of the first agricultural property to be restored to native
prairie by BCPOS. Our season kicked off on Earth Day 2009 when
volunteers planted over 2,300 shrubs, trees, willow stakes, and
grasses to increase diversity in a moist drainage area at the Tommy
Thompson project. Partnering with BCPOS also allows WRV the
unique opportunity to work in pristine areas closed to the public
due to their sensitive nature. At Heil Valley Ranch, where the
county has been thinning dense unhealthy stands of ponderosa,
volunteers spent a day restoring 500 feet of stream and seeding
over 500,000 square feet with native grass. There, they enjoyed
beautiful views, planted native grasses, trees, and shrubs, and
installed erosion control structures.
WRV believes in
welcoming everyone,
and we love our
volunteers that have
transplanted from
across the country and
even the world. There
are, however, a couple
new arrivals that we
are not too fond of;
we’re talking about
invasive species of
course. Myrtle Spurge and Mediterranean Sage are two A-listed
weeds that are aggressively invading and pushing out native
species in grass lands. At the Eldorado Canyon/Mesa Trailhead
volunteers continued a four-year hand pulling prescription that
has eradicated 95% of the toxic and noxious Myrtle Spurge in
this area. In another long term effort, WRVers removed Med Sage
from some of Boulder County’s highest priority sites, such as
Table Mountain. Sustained actions such as these make state-wide
eradication possible.
It seems fitting that such a strong partnership would grow and
develop in large part thanks to seed collection. In 2009, WRV
completed ten seed collections with BCPOS, including one with
Cultiva Youth Program at Rabbit Mountain.
The term locally grown is very important when it comes to seed.
Along with the ten BCPOS-partnered seed collections, WRV
completed three additional major seed collections this year.
Locally collected seed is vital to restoration efforts; often it is
the only viable way to match ecotypes. To make our efforts even
more productive many of the collected seeds are grown out
agriculturally, potentially yielding thousands of seed for every
single seed picked. In the Two Million Seed Collection Challenge
at Geneva Basin Iron Fens, volunteers out-did themselves,
gathering nearly four million seeds! And in WRV’s first two-day
seed collection near Walden, volunteers camped out overnight,
surrounded by the majestic mountains of North Park.
In another great partnership, with BCPOS and the Boulder
Mountainbike Alliance, volunteers worked to mend the county’s
Benjamin Betasso property. This newly-purchased property
was criss-crossed with over 4.5 miles of highly eroded, steep,
hazardous, and completely unsustainable social trails. Working
with our local partners, we revegetated over a mile of the most
eroded social trails and constructed a single sustainable trail for
multiple uses.
The Knowledge to Lead: Trainings
Developing leaders is one of our highest
priorities. In 2009, we conducted 12 trainings,
on topics including carpentry, tool management,
restoration design, group cooking, trail skills,
wilderness first aid, site management, and many
more. These trainings provide people with the
skills they need to restore the lands they love.
Project Summaries cont. on pg. 4
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Healing the land, building community.
Precious Liquid Resources: WRV’s Stream and Wetland
Restoration Projects
Streams and wetlands have always been a major beneficiary of WRV’s care and attention and this year
was no exception. At projects like South Boulder Creek, Tommy Thompson, Carnage Canyon, and
many others, we were able to restore ecological integrity and function to miles of shoreline and protect
water quality downstream.
Volunteers unearthed Easter eggs and a few invasive Russian Olives at the Pawnee National Grassland
Riparian Restoration this year, while helping restore areas that had been severely denuded by over
a century of grazing. The project restored a half-mile swath of tree and shrub community along
Willow Creek. The healthy riparian areas we created are now havens for migratory and resident birds,
endangered fish, leopard frogs, and Preble’s meadow jumping mice.
If you give a volunteer a riparian shrub they will plant it, but if you teach a volunteer about restoration
they will determine the right species, ecotype, and dispersion to restore an entire stream bank. Near
the backyard of WRV’s new Fort Collins office, volunteers created a showcase of Colorado’s natives
at the Gardens on Spring Creek project. There, volunteers established hundreds of wetland sedges,
grasses, and wildflowers, planted select native riparian shrubs and trees, and installed educational
signage that will inform visitors of the wonders and benefits of Colorado’s wetlands.
Youth are our next generation of stewards and their participation is essential to the long-term
cultivation of a caring community. Continuing our partnership with the I Have A Dream Foundation
and the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department, the Coot Lake project provided
disadvantaged youth with the chance to plant trees and create seed balls used in reseeding. In the
process, participants developed leadership skills and learned about restoration work.
We celebrated our 200th project and wrapped up a five-year effort by completing a 1,850-foot long
handicapped accessible boardwalk at the 25,000-acre Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, near Walden,
Colorado. For five days volunteers enjoyed gorgeous panoramic views (complete with elk, moose, and
birds), while re-establishing public access, inclusive of persons with disabilities, to this prime wildlife
viewing area.
At the Carnage Canyon and two South Boulder Creek projects we employed heavy equipment and
the hard work of volunteers to restore health to an entire watershed. Working with Arapaho Roosevelt
National Forest and Denver Water, we stabilized and revegetated severely eroded stream banks
on South Boulder Creek with intensive willow “bioengineering” techniques. At Carnage Canyon,
volunteers continued work on an award-winning five-year restoration collaboration with the US Forest
Service, James Creek Watershed Initiative, and Walsh Environmental Scientists. This year we recreated
and restored almost a mile of stream corridor there, seeding, mulching and transplanting native trees
on over 160,000 square feet in the process and preventing thousands of tons of sediment from flowing
downstream.
Restoration with a View: Trails and Mountain
Top Projects
When two roads diverge in a wood, it doesn’t take seasoned
volunteers long to decide to restore the eroded one and construct a
more sustainable path in its place. With over 13 miles of trail work
under our belts, we know that building sustainable alternatives is one
of the best ways to promote long-term restoration.
Working in partnership with Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (BMA),
we constructed over 1750 feet of new sustainable multi-use trail at
the Brainard Lake Recreation Area to be opened next year as part of
the multi-year South St. Vrain Trail project. This was one of WRV’s two
major collaborations with BMA (in conjunction with the work done
at Betasso) to cross-pollinate restoration skills. It was a great chance
for WRVers to continue honing their trail eyes, while at the same
time learning to look at things from the mountain bike community’s
perspective. Just down the road, on the same Indian Peaks Wilderness
Boundary, llamas helped pack food nearly three miles in to support the
work of volunteers on the three-day Lake Isabelle project. Volunteers
moved enough rock to build a castle in their efforts to construct
sustainable rest areas and trails to the shore of this lovely subalpine lake.
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Project Summaries cont. on pg. 5
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Proving their ability to
construct and restore
trails in the most diverse
of locations, this year
WRV volunteers found
themselves just below
12,000 feet on the Mt. Bross
project as well as in the great
prairie grass lands of Pawnee
Buttes. Working on an island
in the sky, surrounded by
the towering peaks of Mt.
Democrat, Mt. Lincoln, and
Mt. Bross, volunteers closed
and restored 600 feet of alpine
tundra and re-routed 1,000
feet of the Mt. Bross Ascent
trail. Joining with Colorado
Fourteeners Initiative, the US
Forest Service, and the Mosquito
Range Heritage Initiative, we
created a sustainable route for
the 10,000 hikers that visit
Mt. Bross each year. At Pawnee
Buttes, volunteers performed
heavy trail maintenance on
over 2,000 feet of trail, to stop
extreme erosion on this scenic
trail.
WRV’s New Fort Collins
Office: Growing a
Stewardship Community
in Northern Colorado
By John Giordanengo
As I write these words, three Fort Collins WRVers are
preparing to meet at Mugs in Fort Collins to plan the Pawnee
Buttes Trail and Grassland Restoration project, exchange a
misplaced landscape portfolio, and return a very slick coffee
mug, that had been left in a trunk for two weeks, to its rightful
owners. Dana Leavitt, Mick Syzek and Frank Lilley are just
three of the 75 volunteers signed up for our final campout
project of the year – Pawnee Buttes. These members of our
leadership group represent a growing number of Larimer and
Weld County volunteers who have joined the WRV ranks this
year as the new Fort Collins Office has taken root.
In an effort to open sustainable paths for animals such as the
endangered Canada lynx, volunteers rehabilitated an important
wildlife movement corridor during the Berthoud Pass Lynx Habitat
Restoration. This project saw volunteers working to re-establish the
subalpine forest left barren by the now closed Berthoud Pass Ski Area.
Partnering with Winter Park Ski Resort, WRV volunteers salvaged
and transplanted nearly 600 Englemann spruce, lodge pole pines,
and subalpine firs to dramatically jumpstart the restoration process.
This head start will translate into expedited recovery on a critical
passageway over the Continental Divide.
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Since January of 2009, the volunteer base of the Fort Collins
office has grown from 94 to 364 volunteers. And what a fun
time we’ve had. It has been a pleasure working with our
new land management agency partners: The Gardens on
Spring Creek, Pawnee National Grasslands, and the Larimer
Ranger District. There is an ever- growing passion among our
partners and volunteers to restore some of the most disturbed
landscapes of northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
Our vision is not one of despair, but of great anticipation
and beauty, and of the fun and rewarding work that the
stewardship community will accomplish together in the
coming years. Restoration is a blast!
In addition to the wonderful volunteers that participate in our
projects this year, we have nurtured an excellent group of
volunteer leaders. This highly trained and fun leadership group
allows WRV to take on projects that would not otherwise be
feasible, given that we have only one staff person in the Fort
Collins office.
Thanks to everyone who joined the ranks of the WRV Fort
Collins office this year. WRV is proud to have the opportunity
to serve volunteers and land managers of Weld County,
Larimer County, and Albany County in southern Wyoming.
Healing the land, building community.
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Pam Leland
Dee Leverett
Paula Malleck
Nitsa Marcandonatou
Carole Ulyett Marks
Beth Marty
Lori Mathews
Dave McKay
Dan McLaughlin
Will McMullan
Lindsey Messinger
Naoki Morita
Troy Mossoni
Geoff Murphy
Kathryn Mutz
Nina Norman
Ian Oeser
Lisa Olsen
Patti Olson
Chris O’Riley
Jessica Parker
Lora Parrish
James Patchell
Lee Patton
Jeff Pedelty
Gerry Peltzer
Gennaro Polverino
Rob Pudim
James Richardson
Lianne Rostad
Sarah Scheffler
Amy Schlotthauer
Vanessa Scurci
Margaret Self
Steve Setzer
James Skipper
Jon Sowder
Gabe Stalcup
Richard Stewart
Philip & Judith Straffin
Christi Strickland
Mick Syzek
Karen Talley
Laurel Umile
Luke Vesely
Kathy Wellman
Denise Wilson
Lindsay Winkler
David Wisbey
A la Mode Graphique
Tangible Results 2009
Her munificent spirit leads her to volunteer at the library, the
housing authority, and Meals on Wheels. When her caring
nature is not focused on cooking or working in the dirt, it is
shining on her grandchildren.
Sue, thank you, for your dedication and support, for your
amazing meals, and for getting your gloves muddy! We are
lucky to have you as a member of the WRV community.
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217
1,676
276
27,575
$537,130
34%
70
42
29
23
12
12,058
36,190
3,768
8,608
10,413
724
7,640
798,312
365,868
14,500
321,660
308
324
3,037
3,586
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Her generous, organized, and pragmatic character makes
Sue a great leader and an even better person to just hang
out and pull Med Sage with. Sue has an uncanny ability to
get done whatever task she sets her mind to. I almost feel a
bit sorry for any invasive species that is at the top of her list.
WRV legend has it at, Carnage Canyon last year, she used
her determination to move a five-foot-long solid metal piece
of equipment called the “dragons teeth” up steep slopes so
eroded they towered over her head!
Number of projects completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of projects since inception in 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of volunteer project attendances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of volunteer training attendances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of volunteer hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Value of volunteer hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percentage of volunteers who returned after volunteering in 2008 . . . . . .
Number of active crew leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of active project cooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of active project leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of active technical advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of active tool managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feet of stream channel or shoreline restored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feet of stream channel or shoreline benefited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feet of trail constructed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feet of trail closed and/or revegetated to protect sensitive habitat . . . . . .
Feet of roadway obliterated and/or revegetated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feet of boardwalk, bridge, fence built or repaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
# of trees, shrubs or plants planted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (ft2) seeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (ft2) planted with container or sod materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (ft2) wetland restored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (ft2) riparian habitat restored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (acres) weeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (acres) of grassland benefited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Area (acres) of wildlife habitat enhanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Person hours of native seed collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Healing is in Sue Percifield’s
nature; whether it is manifested
through nursing or helping to
restore the lands she loves. I
met Sue at the Boulder Prairie
Restoration Follow Up and could
tell immediately that she was a
seasoned pro. For someone who
was transplanted here less than
20 months ago, Sue is remarkably
at home in Boulder’s public lands.
This year, she even stepped up to
help keep crews smiling and well fed by taking our training
and becoming Project Support Cook Leader; one of WRV’s
most esteemed roles.
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Volunteer Profile:
Sue Percifield By Jarret Roberts
Trained/mentored Wild Connections to build volunteer stewardship capacity in Colorado
Springs. See ED Corner for details.
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Yes, I want to help restore and preserve precious natural areas along the
Northern Colorado Front Range!
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Student
Friend
Family
Supporter
Patron
Sustainer
Leader
Benefactor
$___________
buys ten tree seedlings
purchases one tool
purchases one roll of erosion control matting
plants 35 feet of stream bank vegetation
feeds 30 volunteers three meals for a day
purchases native seed to plant one acre
trains ten volunteer crew leaders
helps WRV fund an entire restoration project
(Enclose matching gift form.)
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Healing the land, building community.
Thank You to our 2009 Sponsors and Partners
National Forest Foundation, Colorado State Trails
Program, John S. Scurci Foundation, Friedman
Family Foundation, Rocky Mountain Nature
Association, Colorado Division of Wildlife,
Denver Water, The Community Foundation
Serving Boulder County, Xcel Energy, Israel
Family Foundation, Friendship Fund, Foundation
for Sustainability and Innovation, Miller Coors
Brewing Co., Patagonia, REI, Amgen Foundation,
Whole Foods Market, Boulder County Drop in
the Bucket Fund, Solstice Foundation, U-Store-It
Self Storage, New Belgium Brewing Co., Hanes
Geo Components, Natural Resource Services,
Inc., Loris and Associates, Encana Oil & Gas, Inc.,
Boulder Associates, Roche of Colorado, Penske
Truck Rentals, Hundley’s Gourmet Catering,
KneadEd.net, Designed Travel, Vashti Inc., Stellar
Properties, IBM, Natural Resource Services, Inc.,
Altitude Steel, Le Peep Restaurant, Ras Kassas
Restaurant, Left Hand Brewing Co., Einstein
Bros. Bagels, Big Daddy Bagels, Moe’s Broadway
Bagels, Altitude Steel, The Java Stop, Pizza
Casbah, Leisure Time Awards, Haikutimes, Zamar
Screen Printing Inc., Emergen-C, Concertos in
Chocolate, Boulder Wine Merchant, Liquor Mart,
Gondolier Restaurant, Amante Coffee, Café Sole,
Turley’s Restaurant, and Justin’s Nut Butter.
We would like to also thank our partners (some
of whom provided funding) for 2009: Arapaho
Roosevelt National Forest, Boulder County
Parks and Open Space, City of Boulder, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Pike - San Isabel National
Forest, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, The
Gardens on Spring Creek (City of Fort Collins),
Pawnee National Grasslands, James Creek
Watershed Initiative, NOAA, Colorado Mountain
Club-Boulder Group, Arapaho National Wildlife
Refuge, The Nature Conservancy, Colorado
Youth Program, Boulder Mountainbike Alliance,
Laramie Rivers Conservation District, Poudre
Wilderness Volunteers, Outdoor Stewardship
Institute, Colorado Native Plant Society,
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, Jackson
County Lions Club, Colorado Youth Corp
Association, Growing Gardens-Cultiva, “I Have
A Dream” Foundation, Winter Park Recreational
Association, Colorado Riparian Association,
Wild Connections, City and County of Denver,
Laramie Ranger District, Society for Ecological
Restoration-Central Rockies Chapter, Volunteers
for Outdoor Colorado, Colorado Youth Program,
Carmel Community Living Corp., Indian Peaks
Wilderness Alliance, Rocky Mountain Llamas, and
Sweet Design.
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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Welcome to Katie Renga:
Outreach and Fundraising Coordinator
In August WRV welcomed our first AmeriCorps VISTA,
Katie Renga, to the team. Katie will be working to recruit
a more diverse volunteer base,
develop youth programs, and
secure program funds. Katie
has been working in the field
of science education for eight
years and it has been in her
blood since childhood! Before
moving to Colorado to complete
her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from
CSU, Katie lived her entire life on a farm in the heart
of the Appalachian Mountains. Her early experiences
poking around in the woods and helping in her family’s
childcare center led her to pursue a M.Ed. in Field
Science Teaching from the Teton Science Schools and
Montana State University – Billings. Her thesis examined
the early-life experiences that lead people to continue to
connect with the environment throughout adulthood.
Most recently, Katie taught high school biology and
research in her home town of Blacksburg, VA. She is
enthusiastic about her return to Colorado and excited
about her work with WRV. In her spare time Katie
enjoys bird watching, gardening, spending time with her
friends and family, and backpacking or home brewing
with her husband.