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Bird Sightings: Shorebird Stopover at Lake Ladora

Bird Sightings: Shorebird Stopover at Lake Ladora

Shorebirds in their spring breeding plumages from the southern and coastal United States and Central and South America stop to rest and refuel as they rush north as far as Alaska and the Arctic tundra to breed. Like clockwork, their transient appearance is predictable in land-locked Colorado.

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DPS Provides Summer Meals for Students and Community

DPS Provides Summer Meals for Students and Community

A chicken sandwich, green beans, and an apple were on the menu for the Denver Public Schools Summer Meal Program, launched to make sure food is available during the summer months, not just for students but all children ages 18 and under. 

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‘Chainsaw Mama’ Turns a Tree into Art

‘Chainsaw Mama’ Turns a Tree into Art

The roar of a chainsaw echoed through Denver’s Montclair neighborhood in early June as an artist worked on the carving of a 15-foot elm tree trunk. It’s a sound she’s grown used to—Faye Braaten, also known as “Chainsaw Mama,” has been making tree sculptures for 26 years.

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Local Nonprofits Team up to Feed People and Their Pets

Local Nonprofits Team up to Feed People and Their Pets

On the first Tuesday of each month, We Don’t Waste (based in northeast Park Hill) and the Denver- wide Colorado Pet Pantry set up a market at Bruce Randolph School at 3955 Steele St. The nonprofits offer fresh produce, dairy, meats, spices, drinks, pantry items, and pet food.

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Walking Book Club Leaves Sitting Behind

Walking Book Club Leaves Sitting Behind

A glass of wine, a comfortable chair, and a spirited conversation about a book. That image might come up when thinking about a book club, but not for a new group in Central Park that takes the story discussion on the trail.

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Green Simple Living: Seasonal Solutions

Green Simple Living: Seasonal Solutions

The weather of late has been unsettling. The Old Farmer’s Almanac had forecast “above normal” winter temperatures, with normal to near normal precipitation. Unfortunately, as Denverites know, the reality was much starker. 

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