Clear Creek Cleanups
WDTU co-sponsors biannual stream cleanups on Clear Creek. We partner with other TU Chapters, Jefferson County Open Space, and other groups interested in keeping Clear Creek clean. Clear Creek, a Read More …
Conserving, protecting and enhancing Colorado’s coldwater fisheries through volunteerism, education and outreach.
WDTU co-sponsors biannual stream cleanups on Clear Creek. We partner with other TU Chapters, Jefferson County Open Space, and other groups interested in keeping Clear Creek clean. Clear Creek, a Read More …
In March 2013, the Forest Service released High Peaks to Headwaters Watershed and Fisheries Restoration Environmental Assessment. This well-researched document guides WDTU’s conservation and restoration efforts in the Clear Creek Read More …
In March 2013, the Forest Service released High Peaks to Headwaters Watershed and Fisheries Restoration Environmental Assessment. This well-researched document guides WDTU’s conservation and restoration efforts in the Clear Creek Read More …
WDTU sponsors an annual graduate student fellowship in the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins. WDTU provides an annual $4,000 fellowship to a Read More …
West Denver TU has a long-standing relationship with the Windy Peak Outdoor Lab (part of Jefferson County Public Schools), dating back almost 20 years. We helped construct the pond and Read More …
WDTU is active in the restoration of Colorado’s native cutthroat trout. The greenback cutthroat, the state fish of Colorado, is a cutthroat trout subspecies (Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias) native to drainages Read More …
WDTU participates in the Colorado River Watch water quality monitoring program. Led by WDTU member Dennis Wiles, our chapter collects samples at several “stations” along Clear Creek in the canyon Read More …
Fly Fishing to Save Cutthroats in Yellowstone National Park written by Rick Dornfeld, WDTU Conservation Director During the summer of 2015, WDTU members Tim Toohey, Randy Cordova, Rick Dornfeld, Ed Read More …
By Rick Dornfeld On September 11, 2015, 24 hardy volunteers from West Denver TU and The Greenbacks Chapter joined with a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) crew at Herman Gulch. Read More …
WDTU completed the Clear Creek Canyon Reach Restoration project in 2011. The success of the Golden Mile Restoration project encouraged the WDTU chapter to plan and execute a second Clear Read More …