Wednesday night was the first time since 2019 that Moffat County’s State of the Community was held in person, and the excitement to be celebrating together was noticeable.
The Yampa Valley Community Foundation has awarded Moffat County businesses with almost $125,000 in grant money to go toward animals, arts and culture, health and human services, education, recreation and environmental organizations. In total, over…
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Jennifer Grathwohl with Routt County Humane Society holds up a sign and waves at passing motorists on Yampa Valley Gives Day. The annual effort, which is held in conjunction with Colorado Gives Day, is a way to bring awareness and funds to local nonprofits.(Photo by John F. Russell)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS For Andres Cladera, receiving 12 months of coaching on how to fundraise for his organization Opera Steamboat will forever be beneficial.
The coaching will come from a program called Jumpstart, a 12-month capacity building fundraising program that partnered with the Yampa Valley Community Foundation to help smaller nonprofits develop better fundraising tactics.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Habits of the Greater Sandhill crane will be on full display as Yampa Valley’s first live crane cam gets set up later this year.
Paid for with $4,000 in grants from the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, the Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition will install the camera this spring on a private farm in Hayden. It will live stream the nest on the group’s website and allow for anyone with internet access to watch the cranes changing places with their mate, rotating eggs and hatching their chicks. Staff also will edit and post highlights from the nest.
“It’s a really great way to learn about what cranes do on the nest,” said Erin Gelling, program director for the Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition. “One of the big reasons we wanted to be able to do this is to inform people about cranes and about animal behavior itself.”