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Join us this Thursday, May 20th for a virtual talk

Join us this Thursday, May 20th for a virtual talk with Jeromy Huntington, our Area Wildlife Manager from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Learn more about what CPW does and their priorities for protecting wildlife habitat.
May 20 - 5:30pm
Join via the Zoom link in our bio or:
https://zoom.us/j/92362147742

@coparkswildlife #thirdthursday

"Where flowers bloom so does hope." - Lady Bird Jo

"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
- Lady Bird Johnson

On this #NativePlantFriday we're delighted to see these White Marsh Marigolds (Caltha leptosepala) blooming along the edges of our subalpine wetlands. Especially amongst burn-scarred meadows, these spring flowers are truly a bright sight to behold!

"Something of our personality has gone into every

"Something of our personality has gone into every mountain on which we have spent our strength and on which our thoughts have rested, and something of it's personality has come into ours and had it's small effect on everything that has come within our influence."
- R. L. G. Irving

Fresh May snow on the #mountains of Grand County!

#Colorado #springtimeintherockies #nature #strength #influence #protectingthelandwelove #keepingitgrandsince1995

"Again, the season of Spring has come And a spring

"Again, the season of Spring has come
And a spring-source rises under everything,
A moon sliding from the shadows."
- Rumi

Bright blues and purples abound as these low-lying Small Bluebells (Mertensia brevistyla) begin to bloom on our local sunny hillsides. Share your favorite May flowers with us! #springblooms

Make a difference this Mother's Day. Shop for gift

Make a difference this Mother's Day. Shop for gifts at Smile.Amazon.com to generate donations for Colorado Headwaters Land Trust.
Use the link in our bio.
Thank you!

"There is a great deal of talk these days about sa

"There is a great deal of talk these days about saving the environment. We must, for the environment sustains our bodies. But as humans we also require support for our spirits, and this is what certain kinds of places provide. The catalyst that converts any physical location... into a place, is the process of experiencing deeply. A place is a piece of the whole environment that has been claimed by feelings. Viewed simply as a life-support system, the earth is an environment. Viewed as a resource that sustains our humanity, the earth is a collection of places. We never speak, for example, of an environment we have known; it is always places we have known - and recall. We are homesick for places, we are reminded of places, it is the sounds and smells and sights of places which haunt us and against which we often measure our present."
Alan Gussow - A Sense of Place

Sure signs of #Spring! These Sagebrush Buttercups

Sure signs of #Spring! These Sagebrush Buttercups (Ranunculus glaberrimus) are abloom as #EarthMonth and #NationalPoetryMonth come to a close.
Enjoy!

Lines Written in Early Spring
by William Wadsworth

I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed it's wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breaths.

The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure: -
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent
If such be Nature's holy plan.
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

-William Wadsworth

Colorado Headwaters Land Trust is proud to sponsor

Colorado Headwaters Land Trust is proud to sponsor the Environmental Science Project award for the Granby Elementary School Science Fair again this year. We look forward to judging the students' thought provoking entries!
Stay tuned to learn more about this year's award recipient.

As April winds down, help us finish celebrating #N

As April winds down, help us finish celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth. Send us your favorite nature poetry with an accompanying photo, and we'll proudly publish it on our social channels:
info@coloradoheadwaterslandtrust.org

In the meantime, enjoy these verses by Nancy Wood:

My help is in the mountain
Where I take myself to heal
The earthly wounds
That people give to me.
I find a rock with sun on it
and a stream where the water runs gentle
And the trees which one by one give me company.
So must I stay for a long time.
Until I have grown from the rock
And the stream is running through me
And I cannot tell myself from one tall tree.
Then I know that nothing touches me
Nor makes me run away.
My help is in the mountain
That I take away with me.

- Nancy Wood

Celebrate #EarthDay! 🌎 Thank you for helping CH

Celebrate #EarthDay! 🌎
Thank you for helping CHLT conserve over 9,000 acres of land in Grand County, Colorado. We are grateful for the impact that our supporters continue to make in protecting agriculture, water, wildlife, and scenic vistas.
With your help, we look forward to preserving and stewarding open lands within the headwaters of the Colorado River for generations to come.

GIVEAWAY - 2 Days to #EarthDay - Win $25 credit +

GIVEAWAY - 2 Days to #EarthDay - Win $25 credit + 4 tickets to @hwriverjourney plus prizes from @coheadwaterslt and @colorado_trout_unlimited.

**Follow each of the accounts below. Like this photo, then tag your friends in the comments to increase awareness of how important it is to protect our environment! Each comment equals 1 entry. Winner will be selected on April 22 and announced during the River Journey Speaker Series. Attend virtually at 3:30pm MST. Find the link in the Headwaters River Journey bio.

@coheadwaterslt
@hwriverjourney
@colorado_trout_unlimited
@headwaters_center

If you look closely, you might see these pale purp

If you look closely, you might see these pale purple Pasque flowers (Pulsatilla patens) beginning to light up the local hillsides. They are among the earliest blooming flowers in these parts and are a sure sign of spring.

'A Light Exists in Spring'

A light exists in Spring
Not present on the Year
At any other period -
When March is scarcely here

A Color stands abroad
On Solitary Fields
That Science cannot overtake
But Human Nature feels...

- Emily Dickinson

Don't forget to send us your favorite nature, ranching and outdoor-themed poetry (with a photo and your name) to celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth:
info@coloradoheadwaterslandtrust.org
You'll be featured on our social channels!

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