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- Flagstaff Trash Bash 9/8/2010
What: 10th Annual Flagstaff TRASH BASH
When: Sept 8th, 2010 at 5pm
Why: It’s a clean, green, happening scene!
The 10th Annual Flagstaff TRASH BASH will be happening on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010, and you know it will be raining booty. So mark your calendar, recruit/brainwash some friends, and head up to the Summit to pick up trash, eat dinner, drink beverages, and walk away with the goods.
The trash cleanup starts with the raffle signup around 5pm (after work), at the Flagstaff Mountain Summit. To get there, go about three miles up Flagstaff Road, take a right on the Flagstaff Summit Road and drive to the Flagstaff Summit parking lot. Look for “The Stone Shelter” to the west of the lot.
After the cleanup, there’ll be food and beverages followed by the legendary “schwag fest” raffle.
Past contributors include Boulder Beer, Kelty, The Spot, Noodles and Company, Climbing Magazine, Rock & Ice, Boulder Rock Club, Lowe Alpine, Dueter Packs, TRANGO, CAMP, La Sportiva, Wilderness Exchange, Kelty, Neptunes, Eco Products, KT’s BBQ, Custom Solar, Sharp End Publishing, Rockin Resoles, Cliff Bar, Vic’s Expresso, Camelbak, Bittersweet, Bent Gate, Sierra Designs, American Bouldering Series, Peak to Peak Paragliding, Powerbar, Splitter Films, BOA, Paradise Climbing Gym, Mountain Miser, Bent Gate, Annette Yaun Massage, The Access Fund, and many more………
Bring work gloves if you can, and warm clothes for later. Bring a friend and car pool if possible. Parking fee will be waived for non-resident volunteers. If you are running late, come anyway to help recycle the trash, and enjoy the “zero waste” BBQ.
Hosted by the Flatirons Climbing Council in partnership with The City of Boulder OSMP and The Access Fund, the TRASH BASH is an outstanding example of how the outdoor community can work together with local land managers to address impacts to our public lands. Over the years more than 1,000 volunteers, including the Honorable Congressman Mark Udall (D) have joined us in picking up tons of trash and completed many restoration projects.
Thanks for being part of this event, again. Come out and clean up!
- Eldo Youth Experience
Saturday, September 18th
10:30-2 PM
Local youth rock climbers are invited to climb historic and classic routes in Eldo and join ACE for a BBQ. Hosted by ACE and The Access Fund.
Limited to 30 participants.
Please contact aceeldo@googlegroups.com to indicate your interest and registar.
This is a FREE event.
- America's Great Outdoors Listening Session Friday 7/30/10
Climbers,Here is some information from The Access Fund regarding a "Listening Session" on Friday July 30th, 3-6pm at CU. This is another good way to have our voices heard!___________________________________________The Outdoor Industry Association is holding a “homegrown” listening session on America’s Great Outdoors this Friday, July 30 at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business from 3:00-6 PM. This is a supplement session to the Obama Administration’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative listening session tour, focused specifically on the outdoor recreation community’s role in shaping a 21st-century conservation and recreation agenda.As a leader of our climbing community, I encourage you to attend. This is a unique opportunity to help set the national conservation agenda with a recreational focus. The input generated at this session will inform the report delivered to the President this fall. I will be facilitating one of the breakout sessions, so at the very least show up to heckle me.For more information on the America’s Great Outdoors initiative, visit www.accessfund.org/ago. I have also attached the Outdoor Industry Association’s briefing memo to this email.Please RSVP by tomorrow if you can make it (see below).I hope to see you there!Brady RobinsonExecutive Director | The Access FundTel 303-545-6772 x101_____________________________________________ - New Route Approved by Climbing Community & FHRC
The Spring 2010 application for a new route in the upper Green Spur area was approved on Wed July 28th throught ACE's FHRC public review process. Thank you to all who participated.
- FHRC Public Meeting
The FHRC will be holding its bi-annual meeting to discuss the current fixed hardware applications for Eldorado Canyon. The meeting is at The Spot at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 28th. The public is encouraged to attend. There is one application to discuss - a direct finish to the Green Spur. The application can be viewed here:
- May 17, 2010 - Eldorado Raptor Closure Lifted
The seasonal wildlife closure on Redgarden Wall, from The Naked Edge (pitch 3- top) through Sidetrack, has been lifted because there has been no nesting activity in the area. All of Regarden Wall is now open to climbing.
The cliffs of Eldorado are crucial breeding grounds for birds of prey. These birds are sensitive to human disturbance during their nesting and roosting cycle. People who stray too close to a nest can scare off parent birds. Even if the nest is not abandoned, disturbance can cause nest failure. Eggs need to be constantly incubated. Newly hatched raptors can’t regulate their own body temperature and frightened juvenile birds might attempt to fly before they are ready.
In accordance with federal law, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and Colorado State Park’s own mission of balancing resource use and preservation, Eldorado Canyon State Park began implementing seasonal raptor closures in 1990. Thanks to the cooperation of the climbing community, Eldorado has successfully fledged prairie falcons over most of the intervening years. Eldorado Canyon State Park staff and raptor monitor volunteers thank you and all climbers for adhering to the closures.
Sincerely,
Steve Muehlhauser
Park Ranger, Eldorado Canyon State Park
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