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How’s Coal Creek Faring After the Marshall Fire? Take A Look Under its Banks.

Nearly two years after the Marshall Fire raged through Boulder County, much of the visible damage to Coal Creek has faded. However, unseen impacts continue to threaten ecosystem health and resiliency.

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Backyard Biodiversity Project, Part 3: Native Lawns

Time to roll up the green carpet to make way for biodiversity.

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Backyard Biodiversity Project, Part 2: Where to Begin?

I wanted garden harmony but kept finding indecision and stress.

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Backyard Biodiversity Project, Part 1: Tearing out the Turf Grass

“So much for the promise of landscape paper.” A Lafayette homeowner ditches the turf grass to transform her backyard into habitat.

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Winners of the 2023 Louisville Library Teen Writing Contest

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Adopt a Pollinator Island

We need your help with weeding and watering at one of our Lafayette pollinator islands this summer.

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Introducing A. Manette Ansay, our first writer-in-residence

Introducing A. Manette Ansay, bestselling author of Vinegar Hill and our first Writer-in-Residence.

Casey Lyons 10/5/22 Casey Lyons 10/5/22

Donate a Pollinator Plant to the Trails at Coal Creek Project

Purchase a plant for the pollinator island!

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A Big Chance to Better Creek Habitat in Lafayette

Prairie restoration in urban areas is a patchwork enterprise. Every patch matters and this one, by virtue of its size, is key.

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Free Native Seeds!

We will be giving out free native seeds at the City of Lafayette’s Earth Day Everyday event on April 30, and at the Lafayette Public Library.

Casey Lyons 4/19/22 Casey Lyons 4/19/22

Behold a Better Burning Bush

Season for season, Western sand cherry far outshines the burning bush.

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Can Graywater Re-Wet the West?

Kiddo bathwater might be the biggest untapped resource in the West.

Casey Lyons 4/12/22 Casey Lyons 4/12/22

Garden Shade the Colorado Way

Use creeping Oregon grape in the shady parts of your Colorado garden.

Casey Lyons 4/7/22 Casey Lyons 4/7/22

Coyotes are Kings of the Coal Creek Food Chain

Stay safe while learning to love the coyotes of Coal Creek.

Casey Lyons 4/5/22 Casey Lyons 4/5/22

Wax Flower is the Native Hydrangea Substitute You’ve Been Looking For

Plant waxflower instead of hydrangea to support native pollinators.

Casey Lyons 3/30/22 Casey Lyons 3/30/22

Switch Your First Flowers from Crocus to American Pasqueflower

Use American pasqueflower instead of crocus to put out the early-season feast for native pollinators.

Casey Lyons 3/29/22 Casey Lyons 3/29/22

Celebrate the Season at our Spring Social on May 5!

Join the Friends of Coal Creek for an evening of community and acoustic folk music by Kevin Slick and Keith Murdock as we celebrate a new season on the creek.