Saturday, April 27, 2019 – 3rd Annual Earth Day Bear Creek Conservation Project and Fishing Contest
Join the Cutthroat Chapter Saturday April 27, 2019 on urban Bear Creek to celebrate Earth Day in cooperation with the City of Lakewood. After a lite, provided breakfast we will help restore a nearby riparian area by planting willows, cottonwoods, and other native plants. We might also get a chance to remove log jams, to clean up litter, and to perform some erosion control. After a provided lunch we will return to the stream for a low key three hour fishing contest with “awards” for angling “excellence”. Online sign up is requested for the City to plan for food and materials.

Thursday & Friday, June 6 & 7, 2019 – Gill Trail Wigwam Creek Bridge Repair Project
The task is the repair of a foot bridge located on the lower Gill Trail. This bridge is a short distance from the parking lot. It spans Wigwam Creek and is commonly used by anglers to access the South Platte River in lower Cheesman Canyon. The bridge is in very sad shape and badly needs repair. CCTU is providing the funding for this project and is also looking for 9 or 10 strong bodies to help the US Forest Service in this task. Thursday will be disassembly of the planking and rails, while Friday will be the replacement of those items with solid new lumber. The underlying structure is sound and will be reused. We would love to have crew members that can work both days, but if you can only work one day we can still use you. The lumber and hardware for this task has been donated by our Cutthroat Chapter. The US Forest Service will lead our work crew.

Thursday, September 12, 2019 - Bear Creek Electroshocking Project with CPW
The elk beat us to the Evergreen Lake House. It was Thursday September 12, and
eight members of Cutthroat Chapter TU had arrived early in the morning to meet
our Colorado Parks and Wildlife partners. Paul Winkle and his CPW crew of six
were there to electrofish Bear Creek. This is part of CPW's annual census of
fish populations. This data will help CPW in the mission it shares with
Cutthroat Chapter, namely to conserve, protect, and restore Colorado's
coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. By helping CPW in this task, our
volunteer power helps stretch their budget which helps both the fish and us
anglers. We helped CPW sample two stretches upstream of Evergreen. First a
public section about a mile up and later a private section up a bit higher. The
assemblage of captured fish was mostly browns and suckers, with a spattering of
rainbows. The upper section was a hay field with undercut banks, and several
large browns and an alarmingly large sucker were netted. All the fish were
recorded as to species, length, and weight, and then were released back into
the wild. Many thanks to all the CCTU volunteers that spent the day helping
CPW!

Saturday, September 14, 2019 – Clear Creek Clean-up
This year our multi Chapter Stream Clean Up Project will be held at the Courtney-Riley-Cooper Park in Idaho Springs (2350 Colorado Blvd, Idaho Springs, CO 80452). We will be teamed with volunteers from the West Denver and Cherry Creek Anglers Chapters. We plan to work cleaning up the stream from Highway 119 in the East to Dumont on the West.