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RFOV unveils its 2024 project season

Carbondale-based nonprofit Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) is gearing up for one of its biggest seasons to date. With the help of business partnerships and a state grant awarded earlier this year, RFOV has planned a whole slew of volunteer stewardship opportunities, training events and more. Sign-up is now open for everyone looking to lend […]

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Red Hill vandalism befuddles authorities

On March 12, the Carbondale Parks and Recreation Department sent a press release detailing recent vandalism at the Red Hill/Mushroom Rock trail. According to that statement, the Red Hill Council’s trail counter box, a device that captures heat sources to help track trail usage and wildlife movement, was broken into and damaged. It was located […]

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RFOV prepares for Marble Stewardship Extravaganza

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) will host its second Marble Stewardship Extravaganza on June 24-25. This project focuses on trail and restoration projects in popular recreation areas of Marble, including Raspberry Creek, the Marble Mill Site Park and recently-acquired Marble Wetlands Preserve. The Extravaganza, conceptualized and brought to fruition in 2021, was meant to take […]

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Chisme del Pueblo, 2 de febrero, 2023

Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Lotería  KDNK presenta “Noche de Lotería” en la estación (76 2nd Street, Carbondale) a las 6:30 p.m. el 8 de febrero. Inscripciones no son necesarias, ¡solamente participe! Reparaciones de bicicletas  La clase de tecnología de bicicletas de Bridges High School está ofreciendo clases de reparamiento y afinamiento básicos de bicicletas a […]

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Letters – May 19, 2022

Coincidence or correlation? Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas. What do these states have in common? Each of them has passed “trigger” laws, such that, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion automatically becomes illegal in that state. What else do the states have in common? Each of them was a slave state.  […]

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Trail Notes: July 22, 2021

By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) Know-how… hitchhiking seeds Many types of plants have specially adapted their seeds to more easily attach to passing animals… humans included! These sneaky hitchhikers can find their way onto your shoes, socks, pants, pets or backpacks. And then — on your next hike — they can drop down into […]

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Trail Notes – June 24, 2021

By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Trail Know-how Temperatures continue to rise, wind is persistent and precipitation is absent: Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin and Gunnison counties have instituted stage one fire restrictions for all state, federal, private, incorporated and unincorporated lands within their respective areas. Stage one fire restrictions prohibit campfires in undeveloped sites, outdoor smoking and […]

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