Youth Education
Boulder Flycasters are participating in numerous youth activities. Here is a partial list of those from Spring 2010. You may contact Larry Quilling if you would like to help out.
- Science Fair April 8th
- Louisville Clinic April 30
- Boulder Children’s Water Festival May 12th
- Broomfield Clinic May 15th
- Erie Fishing Clinic May 22nd
CTU
River Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp
The 2010 CTU River Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp takes place June 6-11 at Peace Ranch near Basalt. The camp focuses on hands-on learning with activities such as snorkeling to observe fish behavior, water quality sampling, habitat restoration and fly fishing. Academic sessions include stream ecology, entomology, and human impacts to eco-systems. Participants (age 14-18) will be selected based on an application and essay stating why they want to attend.
Boulder Flycasters will be sponsoring one deserving individual. Visit the CTU Youth Camp webpage for more information and to download a 2010 application.
Youth Photos from 2005:
- Fairview Outdoor Ed. Fall 2005. Fairview students participated in fly fishing and riparian conservation classes again this fall with casting instruction, fly tying, entomology, and field studies on South Boulder Creek.
- Fairview Poudre Fly Fishing Fall 2005. Nine students participated in a weekend camping/fishing trip the 1st weekend of November on the Pouder River.
- South Boulder Canyon Diversion Project. South Boulder Canyon Diversion Dam has been an obstacle to fish migration for nearly 100 years.
- Seven pictures from a Boy Scouts of America Learn-to-Fish day held at Lake Estes in April 2005. Over 300 Boy Scouts participated.
- Twenty pictures from the 2005 Boulder Children's Water Festival. All 5th grade students from throughout the Boulder Valley School District participate in the Festival dedicated to teaching our youth about water quality and conservation. Over 900 kids attended this year and Larry Quilling from BFC presented the students lessons in water quality and conservation as well as sharing up-close and personal encounters with fish provided by the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
- Seventeen pictures from the Fairview H.S. Spring 2005 Outdoor Education Class. Students are on South Boulder Creek collecting macroinvertebrate samples and learning about creek flows and diversions.
- The remaining pictures (32) are from the BFC Youth Restoration Day held in May 2005. The project was located on Coal Creek near Louisville and over twenty students helped replant the creek banks after Boulder Open Space had modified a creek diversion for fish passage. Afterwards, a picnic and fishing was held at Viele Lake in Table Mesa.
Youth Programs Report Updates for 2005:
- City of Boulder Children's Water Festival
- BFC Teams with local Scouts
- Riparian Resoration Day
- Youth Education Update
- Spring 2005 Fairview Outdoor Education
Fall
2003 Fairview Outdoor Education Program Photos