GARNA News

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What comes after wildfire?

NOTE: This article is part of our Environmental Series for the Mountain Mail. Published Oct 4, 2024 By Rose Nadelhoffer If 19 years of wildfire restoration work have taught Brad...

Annual Photo Contest

We’re excited to launch GARNA’s 10th annual photo contest! Through this fundraiser, GARNA celebrates extraordinary images that capture the Upper Arkansas River Valley’s magnificent, inspiring, and fluid natural beauty. Winning images are...

Your Foaming Questions

Note: This article is part of our new monthly environmental series in the Mountain Mail.   If you have ever explored the Arkansas River or one of our many local...

Youth Volunteers Needed for School Programs

It’s that time of year again, and we are getting ready for the GARNA fall field trips! We are looking for volunteers to help us make those field trips a...

Op Ed: Chaffee County has a Poop Problem

Note: our Americorp Public Programs Resource Assistant, Rose Nadelhoffer, wrote this op-ed for the Mountain Mail, that was published July 27, 2024.    Chaffee County has a poop problem, and...

Interpretive Signage on the Salida River Trails

Have you wondered what songbirds live along the river, or how the Arkansas River is managed? Have you considered that while only 2% of our landscape is wetlands and riparian...

Podcast Episode – The Eager Beaver

In this episode, we sit down at a beaver lodge with local author Ben Goldfarb, and his dog, Kit, to gab about beavers, mule deer, road kill and more!...

Friends of Fourmile work to Improve Camping in Fourmile

The GARNA volunteer chapter, Friends of Fourmile, has recently been working with the BLM and National Forest Foundation to improve management of overnight camping in the Fourmile Travel Management Area...

Beasley Memorial Scholarship – Deadline Extended to April 8

GARNA Renews the Brett Beasley Memorial Scholarship Local students pursuing careers in outdoor recreation and natural resource management have a chance to compete for $1,000 scholarships through this year’s installment...

GARNA Youth Program Seeks Volunteers!

GARNA Youth Ecological Literacy Program (YELP) Days and Ways to Volunteer! Spring 2024 Edition We love (and need to!) incorporate community volunteers into our school-based youth programs. Date/Time/Location Program Student...
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