Keith Driessen, left, and Greg Jansen built a BMX Park behind B&K Distributing near the Depot Art Center.
Published on July 22, 2006
Greg Jansen, 18, performes a no-footed can-can off one of the jumps at a small BMX park behind B& K Distributing. Jansen and friend Keith Driessen built the park, which includes several jumps and a wall.
Published on July 22, 2006
Greg Jansen has no problem handling the wall at a BMX park he and buddy Keith Driessen built in Steamboat Springs.
Published on July 22, 2006
Keith Driessen, 21, of Steamboat Springs peforms a wheel grab off of one of the jumps in a small BMX park near the Depot Art Center.
Published on July 22, 2006
Chris Otto, right, and Gina Grether work on a jump at the BMX park at Howelsen Hill. Volunteers are rebuilding the Howelsen jumps with hopes of creating a sanctioned track.
Published on July 22, 2006
Greg Jansen, 18, of Steamboat Springs launches off of one of the jumps at a BMX park. Several parks are being built or improved in Routt County for a growing numer of riders interested in the sport.
Published on July 22, 2006
Children rush onto Jefferson Avenue to gather candy during the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Hayden students play "Eye of the Tiger" in the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
A Shriner plays an organ in the back of a van during the parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Leapin' Lena returned for this year's Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Shriners ride down Jefferson Avenue during the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
The color guard leads the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Lucille Sundberg, 98, was the grand marshal for this year's Colorado Days parade. Sundberg's family moved to Hayden when she was 2 years old.
Published on July 22, 2006
Gloria Smith and her mother, Virginia Erwin, of Craig wave at a boatload of Shriners in the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Shriners drive down Jefferson Avenue on their bikes during the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Hayden resident Cydne Bell enjoys her barbeque with 20-month-old Corbin Walden and Ethan Copeland, 4.
Published on July 22, 2006
Colorado Days participants found relief from the heat in the Routt County Fairgrounds grandstands.
Published on July 22, 2006
Craig Resident Alan Bennett mans the grill at the Shriner's barbeque Saturday during Colorado Days. The top round beef was marinated with "Bobby's Swamp Water" and cooked overnight.
Published on July 22, 2006
Ellen Dattilo serves Craig resident Fred Shaffer tomatoes to go with his sandwich at the Shriner's barbeque Saturday during Colorado Days.
Published on July 22, 2006
People packed the sidewalks along Jefferson Avenue in Hayden to watch the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
The sun rises over the Yampa River on a July morning near Milner, about 10 miles west of Steamboat Springs. In the background, at right, is Saddle Mountain.
Published on July 22, 2006
Wayne Kakela is the "ditch rider" for the Soda Creek Ditch in Strawberry Park, a small rural valley just outside Steamboat Springs. Kakela's role is to ensure the many owners of surface water rights to Soda Creek get their fair share. It's a job that is made more complex by the arrival of new property owners who often don't have a background in agriculture.
Published on July 22, 2006
GIS specialist Nicolai Bencke, left, climbs a weather tower on Buffalo Pass with biological resource specialist Brian Waugh. The snowpack that settles on the pass each winter is an important indicator of the Yampa's flow each spring and summer.
Published on July 22, 2006
Just west of the small town of Maybell, sheep bend their necks for water and grass in a field irrigated by the Yampa and worked by rancher Neil Chew. The Chew family also owns a ranch in Clark, on the Elk River, and another in Jensen, Utah, on the Green River, just west of the Colorado border.
Published on July 22, 2006
Rancher Dean Rossi, shown here shoveling out an irrigation ditch on his hay fields just north of Yampa, has seen changes in the Yampa River coming for some time. One of those changes, he said, is a decreasing number of ranchers in his area who are able to make a living.
Published on July 22, 2006
Rafters float past Echo Park on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. Steamboat Rock, in the background, is the landmark that signals the confluence of the Yampa and Green rivers. Private rafters must enter a lottery and hope they are chosen for a permit to float this section of the river.
Published on July 22, 2006
A kayaker enjoys a little whitewater, fresh from mountain runoff in early June, near downtown Steamboat Springs. The manmade "C-Hole" in Steamboat is a popular spot for kayakers, professional and amateur, to "surf" and practice tricks.
Published on July 22, 2006
The headwaters of the Yampa River begin above 12,000 feet in the Flat Tops, a mountain range formed by an uplifted seabed that was covered by lava flows.
Published on July 22, 2006
Amy Tweedy opens a headgate on the upper Fetcher Ranch to flood a pasture with water from Floyd Creek. The ranch is tucked around Steamboat Lake in North Routt County and reaps the benefit of having senior water rights.
Published on July 22, 2006
A flowering prickly pear cactus has attracted a bee to its colorful petals along the Yampa River.
Published on July 22, 2006
Water from Stillwater Reservoir flows down a spillway near Bear Lake, just beneath the Flat Tops, the headwaters of the Bear River. The Bear becomes the Yampa River several miles downstream, near the town of Yampa.
Published on July 22, 2006
John Fetcher, a Harvard-trained engineer, came to the Yampa Valley almost 60 years ago to begin a new life as a rancher. His devotion to ensuring adequate water for ranchers raising beef on mountain hay meadows led him to take a lead role in the creation of four reservoirs on the Yampa River system.
Published on July 22, 2006
Shortly after merging with the Yampa River, the Green River flows into Utah, where it enters one of the driest regions of the United States. The water is on its way to drought-stricken Lake Powell. Communities on the arid Colorado Plateau have initiated conservation measures during the protracted drought.
Published on July 22, 2006
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Mike Montagne has devoted 13 years of his career to propagating the razorback. Here, he injects a 14-month-old razorback with a passive transponder that gives it an electronic signature. Within 15 minutes, the fish had been released into the Green River below its confluence with the Yampa in Utah. If it is netted by biology teams, they will scan it to learn its identity and record its movements.
Published on July 22, 2006
