HEAD->     Eastern Colorado Grasslands Coalition

The Eastern Colorado Grasslands Coalition provides the opportunity for landowners, communities, and other partners to voluntarily enhance outdoor rangelands and wildlife habitat, and promoting joint use including tourism opportunities. This in turn also has a focus on supporting rural communities.

They have a bike tour coming up on June 6 throughout the area to showcase local tourism, products, and grasslands.

Learn more @ eastern-grassland-coalition.org/

HEART-> Memorial Day            

This Memorial Day you can help remember service members who have given their lives for our freedom and security in the U.S. One way to honor those is to place flags on graves at your local cemetery. You can also give back by reaching out and supporting surviving family members either directly through your local community or through national organizations such as:

-Wounded Warriors Project @ woundedwarriorproject.org

-Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors @ taps.org/

HANDS->  RecordFlow

Not every farmer in Colorado has access to ditch or canal water for their farming operation. However, if they do one resource they might look at is RecordFlow. This software/app provides information regarding: real-time water flows, custom mapping of your water ways, headgates and more, record keeping of water flows and heights for current and future uses including defending water rights, collaboration abilities, and the ability to share or lock data from others.

Even if your not involved in production agriculture it’s a great opportunity to learn about different technology available and how it might be adapted elsewhere.  Learn more @

myrecordflow.com/

HEALTH-> Skin Cancer Awareness

As we finish up spring and leap into summer it’s a great time to think about skin cancer awareness. Skin cancer can occur for variety of reasons, but exposure to the sun is one major factor. If you spend a lot of time in the sun (whether young or older) consider getting a yearly check up with your dermatologist to take a look at your “spots” or any skin lesions that won’t heal. You can help reduce sun exposure by wearing long-sleeve clothing, hats, and shoes while outdoors. Don’t forget to apply sunscreen every couple of hours or more (if in the water).  Don’t forget to wear sunglasses as you can sunburn your eyes as well.

Learn more @ skincancer.org/  and cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/sun-and-uv.html