The Ridgway Ouray Community Council (ROCC) is a nonprofit community organization whose mission is to build, nourish and protect the healthy spirit of our community. ROCC is dedicated to quality of life issues that will help shape the future of Ouray County.
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The Ridgway Ouray Community Council and the Town of Ridgway are excited to announce the event - Dark Sky Jewels of Colorado, a free and family friendly event to highlight the current and up and coming Dark Sky Designated locations in Colorado - including some very close by neighbors!
Doors open at the Decker Community Room at 6pm for an opportunity to enjoy local nightscape photography by artists with the following evening program starting at 7pm.
Stars Up and Lights Down!!
Val
Valentine Szwarc
610 662-7605
vlszwarc@gmail.com
Doors open at the Decker Community Room at 6pm for an opportunity to enjoy local nightscape photography by artists with the following evening program starting at 7pm.
- Opening remarks by Val Szwarc, ROCC Dark Sky Committee Co-Chair and former board member DarkSky Colorado
- Aaron Watson, former Chair of DarkSky Colorado, will discuss 6 new Colorado "Gems” - candidates in 2024 that the State of Colorado is helping to accelerate their Dark Sky Certifications - including two close by neighbors to Ouray County!
- Erin Vogel, Senior Ranger Ridgway State Park and recipient of a State of Colorado award in 2023 to help accelerate their Dark Sky Certification, will discuss the Park’s efforts and challenges to become Dark Sky Certified - helping to protect the starry night sky natural resource in Ouray County.
- Q&A and upcoming local events
Stars Up and Lights Down!!
Val
Valentine Szwarc
610 662-7605
vlszwarc@gmail.com
ROOC Membership Meeting - May 16, 7:00PM. Place TBD.
Annual ROCC N' by the River Dinner
Beavers & Road Ecology | Shaping the Future of our Planet
Friday, June 28, 2024 | 4:00 to 8:00
Pa Co Chu Puk Ridgway State Park | Pavilion A Group Site
We hope you cWe hope you can attend! There are a limited number of tickets available and they must be purchased online. No tickets will be sold at the event. Online ticket sales close on June 23 at midnight.
The past two years tickets have sold out early .
Click here for more information and to buy tickets
Speaker: Ben Goldfarb, an independent conservation journalist from Paonia.
He’s the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet,
named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times,
and Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
Pa Co Chu Puk Ridgway State Park | Pavilion A Group Site
We hope you cWe hope you can attend! There are a limited number of tickets available and they must be purchased online. No tickets will be sold at the event. Online ticket sales close on June 23 at midnight.
The past two years tickets have sold out early .
Click here for more information and to buy tickets
Speaker: Ben Goldfarb, an independent conservation journalist from Paonia.
He’s the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet,
named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times,
and Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
2024 Conservation in the West Poll (click to see full report) - COLORADO SPRINGS—Colorado College’s 14th annual State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll shows a clear and resounding preference for conservation when voters are given a choice over how public lands are used and that those issues play a key role in who voters will support in the 2024 elections. The poll, which surveyed the views of voters in eight Mountain West states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming), found 67 percent of voters are worried about the future of land, water and wildlife. Majorities of voters view issues like loss of habitats and declining fish and wildlife populations, inadequate and polluted water supplies, microplastics, uncontrollable wildfires,air pollution, loss of pollinators, and loss of natural spaces as extremely or very serious problems in their state. 66 percent of voters think the effects of climate change in their state over the past 10 years are significant. The levels of concern about climate change, wildlife habitats, water supplies, pollution, and the loss of natural areas are at all time highs over the poll’s history. Here is a link to Colorado's poll results.
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