RIVER CURRENTS

Fall/Winter 2015 Fall/Winter Thinking Outside the Banks Rick Lofaro, Executive Director and Heather Lewin, Watershed Action Director

Many of you love to spend time in, on, and around the rivers turn, helps trout and insect populations thrive. Studies show of the . Take a moment to close your eyes a dramatic increase in water temperatures and a decline of and visit your favorite river spot in your mind. Listen to the the in-stream ecosystem in sections of local rivers devoid river flowing by, the wind rustling the trees, the symphony of vegetation. In addition to helping the natural ecology, of songbirds. Feel the cool breeze on your face, and enjoy the riparian vegetation actually protects a property owner’s shade of cottonwoods on a hot afternoon. So much of what investment by mitigating erosion. By leaving extensive root we love about the systems intact, soil is held river exists not in the together and remains in water, but around place during high spring it. This gift of lush flows and late summer green vegetation that monsoon rains. Erosion surrounds the river is a major concern in our is home to a great watershed and currently diversity of plants sedimentation (particles and wildlife and of soil and debris) is the contains so much single largest threat to of what we all love water quality throughout about the river. the country, including . This ‘green ribbon of life,’ formally known The secret is out: as the riparian Colorado and the Roaring corridor, exists only Fork Valley are among the on the land adjacent best places to live in the to creeks, streams, brooks, wetlands, and rivers. In the country. As more riverfront property is developed, the need Mountain West, this habitat is lush, green, and vibrant in an to preserve and enhance streamside habitat is critical. With otherwise arid landscape. It is the lifeline for a host of plant development ramping up again, Roaring Fork Conservancy and wildlife species; from stoneflies and American dippers responds to more riparian land use violations each year. This to deer and elk, an overwhelming number of species rely on may be due to increased development along the rivers, or quality riparian habitat. Riparian areas comprise less than 1% perhaps the result of a more educated public. Whatever the of Colorado’s entire landmass, yet over 85% of all wildlife uses reason, the loss of this critical habitat requires large amounts this critical habitat at some life stage. This land is valuable to of time and money to regain. A community approach is not only the natural communities, but human communities necessary to restore each and every project with native as well. It is our responsibility to preserve these special places. vegetation and erosion control in an effort to get back what we unnecessarily lost. So next time you visit your special river However, few people realize the value of riparian habitat, or spot, whether on the ground or in your mind, think outside how to protect it. Often times, the best action is no action. the banks, and remember how much that special place relies If riparian vegetation is present and healthy, leave it intact. on a healthy riparian area. While a view of the river and manicured landscaping may be appealing, it comes at great cost to the natural ecosystem. Please contact Roaring Fork Conservancy with any questions Leaving vegetation intact and maintaining the “messy regarding riverfront property or to schedule a FREE vitality” allows the system to thrive. Large trees help to shade assessment of your riparian habitat. the river and keep the coldwater ecosystem cold. This, in Reconstructing a Stream The Solution to Pollution: Use a Park to Clean the River WATERSHED ACTION By Chad Rudow, Water Quality Coordinator By April Long, P.E., Stormwater Manager for the City of Aspen Have you ever seen The restoration project began in the summer of 2014 with the Rio Grande Park is the City of Aspen’s largest park within city limits. Perhaps you have been there to watch a Rugby game, test a stream built from removal of the two largest upstream ponds and reconstruction your skills in the skate park, enjoy a performance at Theatre Aspen, or escape to the solitude of the John Sanctuary. Along scratch? That’s just of approximately 800 feet of stream channel. First, dam with these amenities, Rio Grande Park offers much more to the City of Aspen and the . Beneath the surface and what the United embankments were removed and the material was used to hidden amongst native plants is a state of the art stormwater treatment facility. States Forest Service fill the ponds. Next, a naturally winding stream channel was (USFS) set out to constructed through the former ponds and natural features This innovative facility uses a combination of pipes, tanks, and native vegetation do with Little Lime such as boulders, logs, trees, and shrubs were incorporated to remove pollutants from rain water and snowmelt before they reach the Creek, near Crooked into the landscape. This helped restore the hydrology and Roaring Fork River. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Creek Reservoir, in topography to its original state, paving the way for the traditional stormwater management focuses on collecting stormwater in piped the upper reaches establishment of new wetland areas. Finally, in June 2015, networks and transporting it off site, either directly to a stream or river, to of the Watershed. Once a meandering stream the USFS collaborated with Roaring Fork Conservancy, a stormwater management facility, or to a combined sewer system flowing to through natural wetlands, Little Lime Creek was dammed Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers, and Wilderness Workshop a wastewater treatment plant. The Rio Grande Stormwater Treatment Facility by private ranch owners in the 1970’s. The ranchers created a to conduct a large-scale volunteer project to replant these WATERSHED ACTION WATERSHED uses “Low Impact Development” (LID), which includes green infrastructure, to small fishing retreat complete with fishing ponds and cabins, new wetlands. Over thirty people, a combination of staff mitigate impacts to the river. LID aims to restore natural watershed functions which remain standing today. The USFS acquired this private and volunteers, camped along the creek and spent two days through small-scale treatment. The goal at Rio Grande Park is to design a Photo credit: April Long inholding in the mid-1990’s. With the ponds in various stages revegetating the area. They worked tirelessly, transplanting hydrologically functional site that mimics pre-development conditions. of decay, they set out to return Little Lime Creek to its previous locally sourced sedges and willows and planting nursery stock condition, and restore the associated wetlands. grown from locally collected seeds. Now, a pair of unmaintained Rio Grande Park, centrally located in the City of Aspen along the banks of the Roaring Fork River, is the perfect location for ponds have been transformed into a natural stream channel treating the City’s stormwater before it reaches the Roaring Fork River. The surrounded by a budding wetland. creation of this facility also allowed for the opportunity to restore a degraded Helpful Definitions: riparian corridor and showcase how riparian areas function as “Mother Interested in participating in future stream restoration projects? The next phase of the Crooked Creek Wetlands Project is Nature’s Filter.” The facility models Mother Nature’s ability to “clean” by Combined Sewer Overflow: Conveys both sanitary still to come with the opportunity to volunteer in coming summers. using proper soil and vegetation, by sending more than 30% of the City of sewage and stormwater in one piping system. Visit the RFC web page next summer to learn of this and other opportunities: www.roaringfork/events Aspen’s stormwater runoff, which carries urban pollutants like motor oil and Discharge: The volume of water that passes a given sediment, through this area for treatment. As in much of Mother Nature’s location within a given period of time. Usually expressed in 2015 North Star Preserve Bank Restoration Project toils, one might never know how much work is being done because it is cubic feet per second. hidden amongst the beauty of flowers and tall grasses. By Chad Rudow, Water Quality Coordinator Low Impact Development (LID): LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with East of Aspen, the Roaring Fork River slows its pace and erosion control fabric, plant Treatment occurs nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as meanders through the North Star Preserve, a wetland complex hundreds of native willows, through engineered possible. landscapes that are and wildlife sanctuary. Once a working ranchland, this preserve install bank stabilization Riparian: A riparian area is along a shoreline, wetland, still exhibits human and livestock impacts such as eroded river wattles, and re-seed the designed to use natural or stream. The primary function of riparian buffers is to banks, degraded riparian areas, and non-native plants. disturbed areas. materials, such as physically protect and separate a stream, lake, or wetland The next time the river large boulders and from future disturbance or encroachment. A buffer can fallen logs rather than provide stormwater management, and can act as a right- Pitkin County rises, these newly designed of-way during floods, sustaining the integrity of stream Open Space banks will allow the river to concrete pipes (a more ecosystems and habitats. and Trails, now over-bank, thus slowing the traditional engineering the owner and flow, dissipating energy, and solution), to mimic Sediment: Material such as dirt or sand in suspension in the many functions of water or recently deposited from suspension. caretaker of recharging groundwater. Photo credit: April Long the property, The new plants and erosion natural riparian areas. Stormwater: Stormwater runoff is generated when is working to control measures will There are wetlands, precipitation from rain and snowmelt events flow over land restore sections stabilize these banks, prevent future erosion, and maintain a sand bars, shallow ponds, and biofiltration swales that all function to slow or impervious surfaces and does not percolate into the down the stormwater runoff, allowing pollutants to drop out of suspension ground. As the runoff flows over the land or impervious of the riverbank healthy riparian ecosystem. Thanks to Pitkin County and all surfaces (paved streets, parking lots, and building rooftops), and riparian partners and volunteers for your efforts to improve this valuable and either infiltrate into the soil or become absorbed by the abundant it accumulates debris, chemicals, sediment or other areas. This latest stretch of the Roaring Fork River! plant life. The facility regularly removes 96% of pollutants carried in the pollutants that could adversely affect water quality if the project involved re-grading an eroding section of riverbank City’s stormwater runoff (that’s the equivalent of about 15 dump trucks of runoff is discharged untreated. materials each year!) delivering near pristine water back into the Roaring Fork which threatened a mature stand of cottonwood trees near a The 2015 North Star Preserve Bank Stabilization Project Wet Weather Green Infrastructure: Infrastructure Great Blue Heron colony. The earthwork was conducted in was coordinated in partnership with Roaring Fork River. There are not many other cities in the nation that are fortunate enough associated with stormwater management and low the summer of 2015 and by early fall, it was time for another Conservancy, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, to have a park dedicated to protecting and improving the environment. impact development that encompasses approaches and collaborative volunteer project. Many partners came together technologies to infiltrate, evapotranspire, capture, and reuse Aspen Valley Land Trust, City of Aspen, Pitkin County stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrologies. to recruit staff and volunteers for the final phase of this Open Space & Trails, Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and I invite you to take a walk around the Rio Grande Park the next time you are bio-stabilization project. On a beautiful Saturday this fall, 70 Streams, and Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers. in Aspen. You’ll see its beauty, but know it is also working hard to keep the Definitions provided by the U.S. EPA and USGS individuals worked together to lay down mats of biodegradable Roaring Fork River clean. 2 RIVER CURRENTS ~ Fall/Winter 2015 Fall/Winter 2015 ~ RIVER CURRENTS 3 NEWS AND UPDATES Conservation Easement Profile: Burry Ranch, Carbondale River Stewards Update – Fall 2015 Roaring Fork Conservancy acts as a land trust, holding 16 Conservation Easements, and protecting over 280 acres of riparian By Kara Armano, River Stewards Chair habitat in the Roaring Fork Watershed. Each issue of River Currents highlights one of these easements. The River Stewards kicked off the year in February with “Snow Size: 8.07 Acres to Flow” Jeopardy at Carbondale Beer Works and Snow Science Date Acquired: December 31, 2005 Day on McClure Pass. Then we hosted a women’s only fly Riverfront Protected: 1,370 feet of Roaring Fork River Owner: Privately Owned fishing clinic, the Reel Paddling Film Festival, followed by the Public Access: Fishing annual RFC River Float and gathering. What a great run into early June. The Burry Conservation Easement protects important riparian habitat along the Roaring Fork River below Carbondale, across the river from In August, the Stewards partnered with Mountain Summit Film RFC’s Cattle Creek and Heron Point Conservation Easements. Stands Festival for a free showing of “Les Voyageurs San Trace” at the of narrow-leaf cottonwood provide a canopy for a thriving community Third Street Center. In addition, we assisted with the Friday of riverside plants, small mammals and over 110 bird species, as well as Afternoon Conversation with well-known author Craig Childs. serving as winter habitat for migrating deer and elk populations. Fishing The year will conclude with an annual float/retreat for River abounds along the beautiful vegetated banks, with Gold Medal access WATERSHED ACTION WATERSHED Steward committee members. from the river or maintained path bordering the easement. We said goodbye to five members this year. There must be something in the water because April and Brian Long had Watershed Action Study Updates: twins in April and Monica and Cal Viall are due with twins in October. Jeff Conklin is also leaving the group this fall. As we thank them for their years of dedication to the River Stewards Committee, we are aware of our need for new members. So, if you are a FRYINGPAN RIVER AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY Start Date: March 2014 passionate river person with a desire to host fun events that engage young people about important local conservation issues, join Components: Survey of Lower Fryingpan River and Ruedi Reservoir anglers us! Please send inquiries to [email protected]. Results: Survey analysis by Colorado State University shows the economic impact of fishing on the Lower Fryingpan River is $3.8 million annually, with the combined impact of recreational fishing on both the Lower Fryingpan River and Ruedi Reservoir reaching nearly $4 million. On average, 44% of expenditures associated with fishing on the Fryingpan River occur in downtown Basalt, with almost half of all expenditures occurring in June, July, and August. Water management to mitigate anchor ice in the winter and for increased wadeability in the summer can each have over $1 million in economic impact.

CATTLE CREEK WATER QUALITY EVALUATION Start Date: April 2015 Components: Macroinvertebrate Analysis, Water Quality Sampling, Land Use Evaluation Think outside the banks. Status/Results: Four rounds of water quality data, along with macroinvertebrates, were collected at seven locations on Cattle Creek. We expect preliminary results in early 2016 after all samples are analyzed and macroinvertebrates are identified, counted and sorted. Healthy rivers require a FRYINGPAN RIVER SUPPLEMENTAL DIDYMO STUDY Start Date: April 2015 healthy riparian habitat. Components: Repeat essential components of the 2014 Didymo Study to compare results and create baseline data. Status/Results: Two of the three planned sampling events are complete, with the final scheduled for this fall. Overall results will be compared to last year’s study to look for trends. Findings will help us understand why Didymo is blooming on the Lower Fryingpan and what, if anything, can be done to mitigate the problem.

CRYSTAL RIVER STREAM MANAGEMENT PLAN Start Date: June 2014 Components: Ecological Decision Support System models natural and anthropogenic scenarios to determine their affect on the , Ecological Functional Assessment to evaluate resource management and prioritize intervention strategies, and Stakeholder Engagement to understand community needs and build support for upcoming projects. Status/Results: The Crystal River study is entering the final phases. Staff at our project partner, Lotic Hydrological, conducted a functional capacity assessment of the entire Crystal River and are testing different management scenarios. The functional assessment highlights the type and geographic location of the To learn more about your riparian habitat, Crystal’s key issues of concern, while scenario testing demonstrates how various water management or for a free riparian assessment, call strategies affect these aspects of stream health. In the coming months the full results of each scenario analysis will be presented at a series of meetings such that we may facilitate the larger conversation with Roaring Fork Conservancy at 970-927-1290. stakeholders about how we can collectively move forward for a healthier Crystal River.

4 RIVER CURRENTS ~ Fall/Winter 2015 Fall/Winter 2015 ~ RIVER CURRENTS 5 Fishing with the future RFC Education Programs: WATERSHED EDUCATION / DONORS By Ben Canady, 6th Grade Teacher GOLD MEDAL PARTNERS (Ben went through RFC’s National Fishing in Schools Program Teacher Workshop this past June and shares how his students react to the program.) “Teaching at its Best!” Carter & Dane Brooksher By Kristin Sabel, Lead Counselor, Camp Aspen Randy & Ken Kendrick When I first realized I was lined up to instruct Two Rivers Community School students in the fine art of fly- Barb & Pat McMahon fishing, I was thrilled. Same with the middle schoolers, who were so eager to see what was inside the sleek, Roaring Fork Club Partners but heavy gear bags. It’s not every day that the Roaring Fork Conservancy drops by to deliver such an CORNERSTONE PARTNERS intriguing package. Judy & David Baum Eleanor & Hal Davis Janet & Robert Hoffman Fly-fishing is my passion. I love and need my time on the river, and I feel fortunate to pass this Ann & Tom Korologos on to my students. Along with the nuts and bolts of knot tying, casting, and insect identification, Dianne & Jim Light Cornelia & Meredith Long I hope they learn to love and care for the Roaring Fork River, a beautiful and valuable part of The Roaring Fork Club our landscape. Fly-fishing is a great way to become a part of that landscape, to merge with the Carolyn & Dick Shell Family river, and to understand it more deeply than a textbook can teach. J. Robert Young Foundation / Alpine Bank David Wilhelm Last year, my love of the river led my students, my favorite personal gear, and me down to the SILVER MEDAL PARTNERS Community Office for Resource Efficiency banks more than a few times. There’s nothing like watching your 5-weight rod bounce down Mary & Jim Griffith Family through the Willows in the hands of a Third Grader! This year, armed with a National Fishing in Roaring Fork Conservancy’s Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Judith & Nick Huston Schools Program Teacher Certification and a dozen rod and reel set ups, we are enjoying some Hyde Family Foundation

WATERSHED EDUCATION WATERSHED program, which we affectionately call Bug-O-Rama, was so much Colleen & Craig Slater serious field studies. Our Friday schedule allows us 2 hours to practice after lunch. fun that our campers demanded an encore presentation with Mary Ann & John Virant RFC presenting the program not once, but twice this summer! Kay & Robert Watson It’s tempting to take off for the river as soon as possible, but I’ve learned that our excitement level and our The program began with some learning and a sing-a-long that BRONZE MEDAL PARTNERS fly-fishing skill sets don’t necessarily match up. We’ve got some due diligence to honor before we are as helped us understand Sandy & David Burden ready as we think we are. It’s been great to watch students with visions of rainbow trout dancing in their Elizabeth McGeachin McKee Foundation the lifecycle of the heads accept the reality they have to take a few deep breaths before they can tie that perfect surgeon’s Julie D. Roth Charitable Fund macroinvertebrates and Bonnie & Harry Kloosterman knot. They have to really focus on their timing before they can hit a target with their fly line. They can’t be the different parts of Ann Nichols in a rush if they want to notice hatching flies before they decide what to tie on to their tippets. Diane & Rob Schwener their bodies. Then we were down on our bellies MAJOR DONORS COMMUNITY GIFTS Paige Flentge, a 6th grader agrees that, “fly fishing has expanded my focus. We have to be patient before to play ‘I Spy’ in the water Sue Anchutz-Rodgers Ashby Baker we can catch that first fish without breaking our line. Then when we did catch a fish, we thought it might be Beaudin-Ganze Consulting Charlotte & Dan Blanks world of a tray with live something bigger.” Engineers Chris & Jack Bergstrom aquatic insects crawling Mirta & Ramiro Betancourt John K. Binswanger and squirming around. Town of Basalt Annatje & Ted Borchelt In point of fact, it was a 16-inch brown trout, our first fish as a Isabel & Joaquin Blaya William Browning group of learners. Charlotte’s well-tied leader and tippet, and her Bluegreen Catto Charitable Foundation Above the roar of Robert & Grace Brod Family Scott Chism Stonefly imitation all held perfectly. excitement, I heard Foundation Christy Clettenberg children gasping in Sherry Ann & Edward Dayton Cindi & Jack Donavan “It definitely takes a lot of patience to get those knots tied Joseph Dockery Jennifer & Stephen Ellsperman wonder: “That one looks Anne & John Doerr Lynn & Leon Engel perfectly. I think most of us are not quite there yet,” said Charlotte like a lobster!,” “I found a worm,” and “Come see, this looks like Beth & Tom Eckert Mary & Craig Fenneman Olszewski, who plans to tie the same knots when she becomes a a twig, but then watch its head pop out!” We each scooped up Kathy & David Finholm Nanette & Jerry Finger surgeon. Paige quickly adds that she plans “to become a vet, so I Frederick W. Grover Sheila & David Fuente a creature and looked at it under magnification, then shared will need to remember that knot too.” Bruce T. Halle Family John Gavin our discoveries with each other. “Wow!” one camper exclaimed, Foundation Karen Gray “I thought that was just a dirt speck, but it’s alive!” Another Kelly & Rick Hiser Phoebe & Larry Gruel Ruth & David Hoff Marianne & George Hartnett marveled: “Now mine looks like a monster with big claws!” Carol & Michael Hundert Melinda & Jeffrey Hildebrand Nancy & Don Kempf Scott M. Honour The diversity of the Marianne & Dick Kipper Becky & Sammy Johnson Larry Lebarre Ramsey & Steve Kropf Thank you for supporting RFC! underwater world Dan Moody Tommy Latousek & Eva The 2015 New Business Members include: never ceases to amaze! Bill Poss & Associates Malanowski From 5-year olds to Sara Ransford Christine & Andrew Light Maren & Don Schuster Lodge at River’s Edge pre-teens, they were Aspen Flyfishing Crystal Valley Proudline Guided Nancy & John Schneider Lindsay & Rick Lofaro ALL mesmerized. Anne & Bill Tobey Debbie & Bill Montgomery Guide Service, Inc. Plumbing & Heating Fly Fishing, LLC They didn’t want The Estate of Otto Louis Wille Rick Neiley Basalt Realty Saundra & Darryl Grosjean R.A. Nelson Construction Phyllis & Larry Yaw Win & George Norman to stop, even for Marina & Tim O’Keefe Blue Creek Harry Teague Architects TJ Concrete Construction, Inc. lunch! To me, THIS Gail Orrick Business Solutions is teaching and life Jan & Pike Peterson Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C. Ruth & Bob Wade Lynda & Stewart Resnick experience at its best! Bluegreen Caddisfly drawing by Megan Dean Jenny & Todd Sauer Sopris Engineering 6 RIVER CURRENTS ~ Fall/Winter 2015 Fall/Winter 2015Sarah ~ & RIVER Robert Woods CURRENTS 7 Val & Fletcher Yaw 16th annual Stream Team Highlight: Fourmile Stream Team July 15, 2015 By Chad Rudow, Water Quality Coordinator

Roaring Fork Conservancy wishes to highlight and thank the outgoing Fourmile Stream Team. This dedicated group, many of whom live On the banks of the Fryingpan along Fourmile Creek, long paid attention to its health and decided to take action by forming a stream team. They began monitoring water quality in January of 2007, and for much of their tenure, monitored three sites along the creek. They were also one of RFC’s larger stream teams, consisting of three core members - Maggie Pedersen, Sharill Hawkins, and Barbara Larime - who were joined by others from time to time including Bob Millette, Jim Hawkins, Clay Hawkins and Lynette O’Kane. Thank you Fourmile Stream Team for over eight years of dedicated service to RFC and Fourmile Creek! Bo Hale Treatment

Fourmile Stream Team collecting their first sample in 2007 NEWS AND UPDATES

Staff & Board Flows Planned Giving Liza Mitchell, Education & Outreach Coordinator Did you know... Liza enjoys exploring the natural world through outdoor 16th Annual River Rendezvous recreational activities and science. Healthy streams and Dick Kipper, President of the RFC high mountain peaks are her passions. She received her • RFC accepts donations of your National Council welcoming our guests B.A. in Environmental Science from Colorado College in 2008, where she led backcountry skiing and hiking trips, stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other worked on ecological restoration projects, and traveled investments? throughout Thailand, Senegal, British Columbia, and Chile. After graduation, Liza spent two years working in Alaska, on watershed conservation, and as a wilderness therapy • You can name RFC as a beneficiary on field guide on extended canoeing and mountaineering expeditions. In 2014, she received her M.S. in Water your life insurance and/or retirement Resources, Science and Management from University of accounts? Idaho, where she conducted interdisciplinary stream ecology Clay Bennett winner of the Yeti Cooler research from a remote field station in the central Idaho wilderness and was a National Science Foundation Teaching • Gifting your assets to RFC may provide Fellow in K-12 Education. you with substantial tax benefits?* Michael Schuster, Program Assistant Mike joined RFC in May of 2015. Mike was born in Florida but has been in the Roaring Fork Valley since 1995. In 2010, Yes, it’s true! Investment donations are he graduated from the University of Colorado - Boulder easy, fast and efficient ways to donate to with a B.S. in Water Science and a minor in Ecology. After working two summers as a dockhand on Lake Powell, Mike Roaring Fork Conservancy. returned to the Roaring Fork Valley full-time. In addition to Marie Wise, Eliza Duncan and Phyllis Yaw assisting with river sampling, Mike led educational outreach enjoying the evening programs focused on the local farmers markets. Mike is For more information on how to make Presentation of the Robert Billingsley Conservator an avid outdoorsman, fisherman, skier/snowboarder, and mountain climber. He is also a certified ski technician, investment donations call: of the Year Award --- Joyce and Bill Gruenberg lifeguard, and Eagle Scout. –– Rick Smidt, Financial Advisor at Edward Jones, at (970) 379-3808 Carlson Schwoerer, Watershed Action Intern –– Rick Lofaro, Executive Director at RFC, Carlson is an undergraduate student in Environmental at (970) 927-1290 Management and Policy at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He joined RFC Celesta Hicks participating this summer and assisted the watershed action team in conducting surveys of visitors to RFC conservation Your kindness and generosity are what in the Trout Release easements, collecting water quality samples, and assisting matter most; now you have more ways to the education team at local farmers markets. We are grateful for Carlson’s ‘can do’ spirit as he helped with show it. Thank you! several different projects and events throughout the summer.” We wish him the best on the homestretch toward graduation! Be sure to consult your tax advisor.* Mary Dorflinger, Liz Loucks and Neil Dorflinger on the banks of the Fryingpan River

8 RIVER CURRENTS ~ Fall/Winter 2015 John Schneider, Janet Lohman, Tony and Tori Thompson 9 and Wally Dallenbach discuss the history of the Dallenbach Ranch DONOR HONOR ROLL October 2014 - 2015 River Benefactor Sue & Mike Bowlin Martha & Bill Drake William Browning Outfitter Jean & Richard Leety Cynthia & Ann Keller Regina & Peter Waller RIVER CURRENTS ($25,000 or more) Bristlecone Mountain Sports Dafri & Michael Estes Kay & John Callison ($100 - 199) Rosella & Dave Leety Christopher Blachly Gregory and Pamela Keran Darlene & Jerome Walsh is published by Roaring Fork Aspen Community Foundation Robert and Arlene Cook Ian P Exelbert Nancy & Jeff Carlson Peppy & Wally Dallenbach, Carol & Bill Lightstone Kip Bossong Nick Kilbourn Pat & Ralph Wanner Conservancy biannually. Roaring Randy & Ken Kendrick Carol Craig Michael Fain & Judith Barnard Mitchell and Company Colorado 500, Inc. Lindsay & Rick Lofaro William Brandt Mary & John Killebrew Becky & Craig Ward Fork Conservancy is the watershed Mara & David Deniger Mike and Laura Kaplan Marcia Corbin Dana Adoretti Rich Lofaro Karen & Ted Bristol Jodi Lamiroult Curt Warnecke action and education organization River Conservationist Carol & Buzz Dopkin Advised Fund Marletta & Robert Darnall Justin Alderfer Verna Lofaro Claire Britt William Langley Melissa Waters for the Roaring Fork Valley. Our ($15,000 - 24,999) Eliza & John Duncan Jack McKay & Sherry Ann & Edward Dayton Bob Anderson Jessica Lorah Cindy & Hap Bruce Barbara & Michael Larime Jannette Lin Whitcomb mission is to inspire people to Janice & Philip Beck Anonymous Leslie Ann Gallagher Joy L. & James S. DuBose Barb & Bob Andre Edwin Macleod Julie & Dick Bulkeley Lorchid & Ronald Larue Phillippa & explore, value and protect the Rich & Nancy Kinder Cinda & Donnelley Erdman Stanley D. Gertzbein & Pamela & Bruce Earthman Rebecca Ayers Bo & Kevin Maher Bill Burge Terry Lee Richard Whitcomb Roaring Fork Watershed. We are Barb & Pat McMahon Ernst & Wilma Martens Marianne Antoniak Phil Eastley William L Baldwin Kristen & Patrick Maley Shelley Burke Denison Levy Judith A. Whitmore an independent 501(c)(3) not-for- Foundation Golf Classic Cash Received Jennifer & Stephen Ellsperman Anne & Thomas Baker Martin Manosevitz Helen & Roger Carlsen Beverly MacCachran Marilyn Wilmerding profit organization based in Basalt, River Protector Frying Pan Canyon Ranch Joyce & Bill Gruenberg Dorothea & Doug Farris Kendall & Trent Bakich Martha & Michael McCoy Lance Clark & Susan Philp Tilly & Parker Maddux Bob Wolff Colorado, the geographic center

October 2014 - 2015 ($10,000 - $14,999) Berthod Motors c/o Don Gerbaz Kenneth H.Gutner Sheryl Sabandal & Sean Fick Charles Balbach Barbara & Jons Milnor Tania Clark Debbie & Mike Marienthal Lara Xaiz of the Roaring Fork Watershed. Carter & Dane Brooksher Jim Gilchrist & Lynn Nichols Tim Hagman Nanette & Jerry Finger David Behrhorst & Janet & Bob Mineo Janet & Ned Cochran Joani Matranga Cindy & Ed Zasacky Roaring Fork Conservancy was Patsy & George Conrades Denise & Andy Goldfarb Barbara Hammer William Fisher Donna Fisher Carolyn & Tom Moore Gus Daniel Collias Jerri & Harry Mayer Paul M Zimmerman founded in December 1996 to Eagle County Jennifer & Cap Grossman Sue & Robert Hess Margot & Dick Hampleman Jane Billingsley Frank & Mary Jo Murphy Barbara Collins Buzz McArthur bring people together to protect El Jebeverage Valerie & Jack Guenther Celesta & David Hicks Shane Harvey Stevie & Gregory S Bovee Your True Nature Michelle Collins Dottie McArthur Diana & Dave Flett In our rivers. We appreciate your Melissa & David Hotchkin Frank J. Guyol III Roger & Katherine Hinds Kristen Henry Lynn & Bruce Bowen Emily & Thomas Neel The Kroger Company Pat & Jerry McGrew Memory of Dale and support and comments. Cornelia & Meredith Long Marnie & Lee Hogan Robert Hirsch David Houggy Nancy Boyer Ginny Parker Peter Coppolillo Christina Medved Jean Christensen Pitkin County Bob Holt Ramsey & Steve Kropf Sandy & Charles Israel Caroline Bradford Terri & Bill Parsons Stacey McLendon Craft Ray Meyer & Stacey McLendon Craft William & Marie Wise Kirsten & Kyle Johnstone Mark Lantz Sandy & George Kahle Darrell Brown & Merbie & Tom Payne Todd Cramer Cathy Montgomery In Honor of Tim and Board of Directors:

DONOR HONOR ROLL Family Foundation Lolly Kelly Mimi & Donald Leslie Carolyn & Bill Kane Suzanne McNitt Melinda & Norman Payson Jennie Curtis Steven Moore Cheryl Heng Diane Schwener PRESIDENT Jan & Jim Kingham James W. & Dianne G. Light CP & Stephen Kanipe Mrs. James Bulkley Jayne & Bill Poss Linda and Robert Cutter Rob Morey & Katie & Rob Holton Rick Neiley VICE PRESIDENT River Guardian Marianne & Bill Lederer Peter A. Looram Ann & Joe Kercheville Oni Butterfly David E Preston Dr. Roger Davis & Kirsten Dibble-Morey In Honor of Ian Jennifer Sauer SECRETARY ($6,000 - 9,999) Brennan & Carl Linnecke Rita & John Madden Darrell G. 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Sanders Nancy Dever Marina & Tim O’Keefe Letitia Wenisch Pat McMahon Sandy & David Burden Jane & Tim McMahon Cynthia Calvin & Judith & Amory Lovins Karen & Dan Comings Jim Schreier & Doris & Chuck Downey Richard Parachini In Memory of Don Schuster Marianne & Dick Kipper Jean Moore Mac McShane Mechelle & Tony Lugard Jeff Conklin Jean Turner Schreier Jan Eitel Steve Pfeiffer & John Wenisch Larry Yaw Bonnie & Harold Kloosterman Jeanie & John Morris Fran & Jack Mikaloff Kim & William Madden David Corbin Earlene & Herb Seymour Pamela Elsner Anne S. Cooke Christina Medved Valerie Yaw Janis & Bruce Merrill Jane & Marc Nathanson Christy & Richard Montgomery Mona & Tony Mazza Kathy Croll Jocelyn & Mark Shelton Lee A Erb Lauren M Pierce In Memory of Ann Nichols Jane & Clarke Nims Suzy & Bill McKee Margaret & Mike Simmons Janet & Robert J. Firth Lynn & Kenneth Plank Joe Anderson Lynn & Bill Rafferty Paul D’Amato & Beth Cashdan Program Staff & Associates: Maren & Don Schuster Sue & Kirk Patrick Win & George Norman Michael Miller & Carol Murphy Lori A Dodd Ashley Smith Stephanie Fitzpatrick Julie & William Remsen Elyse Elliott & Jeremy Rick Lofaro Jan & Pike Peterson Hensley & James Peterson Lesley & Bob Morse Nancee & Ben Dodge Christopher B. Smith Diana & Dave Flett Dana Reynolds Bernstein In Honor of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR River Monitor Sue & Walt Rakowich Yosefa & Craig Platt Neil-Garing Agency, Inc. Janice & Leroy Duroux Bill Spence & Sue Edelstein Mary Lou & John Flynn Shirley Rhudy Rick Neiley & Maria Megan Dean ($3,000 - 5,999) Betty & Jan Rietdijk Sara Ransford Rick Neiley & W. 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Musgrave Norris and Susan Ewalt Denise & Tom Tomaskovic Mark Fuller & Penny Atzet Trudy & Fritz Rudow of Kea Hause Seth Kurt Mason Mary & Jim Griffith Vail Resorts Mike Scanlon Kathy & Jerry Petitt Darlynn & Tom Fellman Gerard Tomasso & Jon Gibans Bill Sargeant Ruth Johnston & O.B. HYDROLOGY Ruthie & Dave Hoff The Robert and Margaret Trish & Mark Seaman Sondra Pfeffer Jim Finch Sherry Caloia Anne Goldberg Kerry & Charlie Schaefer Johnston lll Christina Medved Kay & Ned Holmes McNamara Foundation #3 Daniel & Isa Catto Shaw Aspen Board of Realtors Kathy & David Finholm Susan & Chris Touchette Krys Greenwood Larry Schneider, MD In Memory of Mr. and WATERSHED EDUCATION DIRECTOR Judith & Nick Huston AJ & Michael Thompson Sarah & Richard Shaw Fran & Chris Reither Donald J. Fleisher Christie & Tom Triplett Libby Gregg Judith J. Schramm Mrs. Bud Williams Liza Mitchell Hyde Family Foundation Anne & William Tobey Carolyn & Dick Shell Roaring Fork Beer Company, Marylee & Howard Foley Roz & Tom Turnbull Phoebe & Larry Gruel Diane & Rob Schwener Mary Logan Wolf EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR Nancy & Don Kempf Carol & Mack Trapp Martha & Thomas Singleton Chase Engel Amy & Robert French Linda Vidal Don Gunther Jim Sears & In Memory of James Chad Rudow WATER QUALITY COORDINATOR Ann McAlpin Mary Ann & John Virant Sandy & Stephen Stay Ken Robinson Rhonda & Jeff Fromm Stella A. & Michael David Hamilton Andrea Holland-Sears Duke and Dorothy Sheryl Sabandal Laurie & John McBride Carol & John Walter Nancy & Bruce Stevens Carol & Walter Ruch Charlene & Stan Gardner Wagner Jane & Dick Hart Michael Shapiro Darrough Logan DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Pat & Jane Bolin Sherry & Brit White Lucia Swanson Russell Charitable Foundation Tom Gorman Nancy & Tony Warren Robin & Kendell Henry Nancy & Mark Silverman Elizabeth Altemus In Rose Ann Sullivan Family Foundation Marlane & Donn Willins Ellen Temple Diane & Tony Rutgers Gran Farnum Printing Richard Wells Anika Hertel-Therrien Larry and Lisa Singer Memory of Shady Lane STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS RCG Fund Mary & Hugh Wise Pam & Dan Turley The Susan & Ford Schumann & Publishing Letitia Wenisch Brigitte & Mark Hilberman Susan Spielman Hensley & James Peterson Sarah Woods Ruedi Water & Sarah & Robert Woodss Sue & Dick Volk Foundation Donna & Bernie Grauer Everett J. 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Anonymous Alexandra Yajko Lorraine & Pat Spector Sherry & Rick Herrington Ellen Hunt Tony Thelen Woods, and Carter Catherine Berg Kay & Robert Watson Arch Angel Concerts Phyllis & Larry Yaw Sunsense Inc. Karen & Stephen Hessl Basic Member Michael Hutton & Nancy & Armand Thomas Brooksher Dan Berg Margie Weber Gayle & Jonathan Armytage Valerie & Fletcher Yaw Julia Loo & Steve Sutcliffe Dan & Judy Hobby ($25 - 99) PJ Wallace Lance Thompson Janet & Robert J. Firth Jeff Conklin Woody Creek Distillers Stephen & Susan Baird Timberline Bank Ann Hodges Pauline Adams David Hyman & Phyllis & Robert Throm In Memory of Peggy Nick Kilbourn Karen & Robert Davis Elyse Elliott & Jeremy Bernstein Spawnsor Trout Unlimited Ferdinand Katie & Rob Holton Anita & Paul Adolph Barbara Reid Jamie Tredeaux Majoria Brian Long Eileen & Frank Bresnan ($200 - 499) Hayden Chapter Home Waters Real Avid4 Adventure Inc. 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Johnston lll Lindsey Utter Fick In Memory of Thanks to our newsletter sponsor: Ashley Friedman Advised Fund Community Foundation for Maggie Morrison Susan & David Young Cil & Richard Klamper Gerry & Bruce Barker Jason & Josie Jolgren Shelle DeBeque & Mary Lou Weinland at Aspen Northern Virginia - Blue Sugar Productions Thelma & Garry Zabel Sarah & Steve Knous Ruth & Jim Barnes Denise Jurgens Hank van Berlo Community Foundation The Grymes Fund Blue Tent Marketing Cindy Kenney Agency Ann Koveleski Sallie & Tom Bernard Ryan Kalamaya Linda Vida Blum-Kovler Foundation Cottle Carr Yaw Architects Ltd Janie & Edward Bradley Tinka & James Kurtz Shael Berni John Katzenberger & Elias Vock Annatje & Ted Borchelt T Danis Charitable Foundation Beverley & Norm Brown Marilyn and Henry Lee Thompson Bishop Deb Jones Hunt Walker

10 RIVER CURRENTS ~ Fall/Winter 2015 Fall/Winter 2015 ~ RIVER CURRENTS 11 ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY P.O. Box 3349 ~ Basalt, Colorado 81621 (970) 927-1290 ~ www.roaringfork.org

1st Annual Roaring Fork Conservancy Golf Classic held at Aspen Glen on August 31, 2015. Perfect venue, great sponsors, terrific prizes and tons of fun.

First Place: Jack Mikaloff, Ron Rouse, Adam Second Place: Bobby McLelland, Kimberly Rauman, Third Place: Charles Fetzer, Ken Kendrick (team sponsor) Desmond, Brian Leasure Jennifer Van Dyke, Tony Scheer Dru Lucchesi, Peter Harriman, Jeremy Mirfield(not pictured)