Weather
Why I Like Shoveling Snow
Why I Like Shoveling Snow Not very long ago after every substantial snow, I would wait… watching the weather and hopeful that the melting point would come before the sidewalk-clearing 24-hour deadline. […]
water
Gardens & Landscapes
Garden In A Box
Fort Collins-Loveland Water District (FCLWD) will offer customers a new water-saving option this spring. Garden In A Box, provided through a partnership with Boulder-based Resource Central, enables customers to reduce irrigated turf by replacing it […]
Politics
Larimer County to Thirsty Thornton: No Poudre Pipeline for You!
For more than 30 years the City of Thornton has sought a cool clean drink of the Cache la Poudre River. But in February Larimer County Commissioners again sent the Denver suburb home thirsty when […]
Outdoors
New fish ladder at the Watson Lake Diversion
Bellvue launches a project that reconnects a fragmented Poudre River. Morning Fresh Dairy, Northern Water and noosa yoghurt united with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to put in a fish ladder at the Watson Lake […]
Life in NOCO
What does a healthy Poudre River do, and for whom?
Part 2 of a series on the Poudre River R. Gary Raham graham@northfortynews.com With photographs by John Fielder Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Colorado journalist and one-time Colorado poet laureate wrote, “Here is a land where life […]
Gardens & Landscapes
Tips to Prepare Landscape Trees for Winter
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – October 31, 2017 – Landscape trees in urban and community settings throughout Colorado are going dormant now, and they require care before and during the winter to remain in top health. Homeowners can take measures […]
Events
New Larimer County owned open space farm to give special tours
Join staff from Larimer County Department of Natural Resources on a special tour of the department’s new open space farm southwest of Berthoud, on Wednesday, October 11, 10:00 a.m.-12 noon, or Saturday, October 14, 10 […]
News
Wellington looks toward long-term water system improvements to mitigate the effects of smelly algal blooms
The taste and smell of Wellington’s water is far different now than it was in midsummer, thanks to quick action by the Town. “This problem has been fixed for several weeks now,” said Ed Cannon, […]