Many thanks to all who came out on Saturday May 21st. for the Cutthroat Chapter's first willow planting event to Horse Creek. Our chapter teamed with The Coalition for the Upper South Platte and a Girl Scout Group from Colorado Springs to plant over seven thousand willows this day. Cutthroat members John Aaron, Dereck Hankins, Bill Honeyfield, Alan Whitehead,Loren and Peter Kohler, Tom Brown, Martin Prazak and his son, Darrell Sederstan, Allen Avinoff and his son, John Stadnick, and Doug Hodus. I apologize if I have missed anyone.

Horse creek is the result of the joining of West Creek (plus Trail Creek) and Trout Creek. The drainage encompasses the area North of Woodland Park, joining the the main stem of the South Platte at Deckers. The 130,000 acre Hayman fire of 2002 devastated the Horse Creek drainage and continues to deliver sediment to the South Platte River following thunderstorms. Surprisingly, there is much life in Horse Creek and the original bottom shows in many places. We found small trout and lots of bug life in Horse Creek. Also lots of trash -- a car battery? Much work needs to be done here and the Coalition for the Upper South Platte has a plan to do it. Come join us on our Hayman Fire Remediation projects. Be the first in our chapter to catch a trout out of Horse Creek or Trail Creek.