Project Category: Current Conservation Projects

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 …

Watershed Renewal

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 …

Clear Creek Watershed Restoration

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 …

CSU Graduate Fellowship

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 …

Windy Peak Outdoor Lab School

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 …

Greenback Cutthroats

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 River Watch

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 …

Saving Yellowstone Cutthroats

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 …