Annual Stormwater Events

INFORMATION

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	Big Thompson River Revival Saturday, September 25, 2010 Fairgrounds Park 700 E. Railroad Ave.
Come join us for this year's annual Big Thompson River Revival (Fall Clean-up)! The revival will take place Saturday, September 25th at Fairgrounds Park. We will begin with a clean-up effort beginning at 9:00 a.m. We will also have educational booths, fun, educational games, food, and a live band. Music will be provided by Stumble Monkey from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Check back later for additional information.

Last year's event took place Saturday, September 26th. Weather was great, allowing for a successful clean-up event. Approximately 190 students and adults volunteered their time to help clean up along the Big Thompson River. Everyone gathered at Fairgrounds Park and dispersed along the "Big T" toting donated garbage bags. Some volunteers donned waders and walked along the river collecting any garbage they could find; other remained on the riverbank gathering garbage from both the water and the vegetation along the sides. To view pictures of last year's event, click HERE.

	2010 Annual Spring Waterway Clean-up Saturday, April 17th

The City of Loveland's Stormwater Engineering division hosted its Annual Spring Waterway Clean-up Saturday, April 17th from 9 am to noon. We had approximately 270 volunteers who participated in the event including groups from Bill Reed Middle School; Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch; Reflections for Youth; CSUnity Students from Delta, Delta, Delta and Gamma Phi Beta Sororities; Wal-Mart Distribution Center; Northern Colorado Covenant of the River; Conrad Ball Middle School National Honor Society; Thompson Valley High School Honor Society, and; the Vineyard Church in Loveland.

The volunteers removed approximately 10 tons of material from the waterways of Loveland comprised of a wide and varied assortment of trash. In addition to the familiar assortment of cans, bottles and plastic items that always seem to end up in our waterways, volunteers removed more that two dozen shopping carts, several tires (one of which was believe to have come from a large tractor), a water logged couch, a tent, construction materials, and and engine block.

We want to give special thanks to the organizations that supported this year’s event: Larimer County, the City of Loveland, the City of Greeley, the Big Thompson Watershed Forum (BTWF), the Big T 4-Wheelers, Stan's Auto Service, World Beverage, Worldcolor, Tom's of Maine, JAX, All Terrain, Sportsman's Warehouse, Hillyard Cleaning Resource, Orchards Ace Hardware, and American Rivers.

Clean-up locations included:

Dry Creek/Outlet Ditch (37th St to Horseshoe Lake & 29th St to Dry Creek confluence)
Dry Creek Headwaters along Taft Ave (Substation located 1/2 mile north of W. 57th St & Taft Ave to W 57th St)
Chubbuck Ditch - Greeley/Loveland Ditch (Washington Ave to Boyd Lake water treatment plant)
Big Thompson River (Namaqua Rd to St Louis Ave)
Morey Wildlife Reserve
Ryan Gulch/Jayhawker Ponds
Louden Ditch (43rd St to 57th St)
Big Barnes Ditch (8th St to Lake Loveland)