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	Lions Club News American Horn Quartet Sat. 2/27 The Grand County Concert Series next concert is this Saturday at the Church of the Eternal Hills at 7 PM. Tickets are only $15 at the door ($14.99 for Lions Club members) or $8 for students. The concert is followed by free wine and dessert, as well as an opportunity to meet the performers. Schedule for our next Meetings Our next regular twice-monthly breakfast meetings will be held at the Crooked Creek March 4 and 18th. John Erwin will give us a review of the 9Health Fair, including a discussion of its funding. Updated Powder Partners Schedule A new Powder Partners volunteer schedule is available as of December 29. Go to the Downloads section of this web site to see the new schedule. Call Howard Venezia at 726-1174 or Gene Ackley at 726-9304 to get on the schedule. Remember, you get a free lift ticket for each day you work and the Club gets $50. This is one of our best fundraisers! Moffat Firming Project Response Discussion points and sample letters are now available from the Donwloads section of this web site. Please send your comments to: Scott Franklin, Moffat EIS Project Manager Corps Denver Regulatory Office 9307 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Littleton, Co. 80128 Or they can be faxed to: (303) 979-0602 Or they can be e-mailed to: Moffat.eis@usace.army.mil FRVLC Newsletter Now Available Our Fall 2009 Newsletter is now available online! Go to the Downloads section of this web site's Home Page to see the latest FRVLC Newsletter. Thanks to Editor-In-Chief Barbara Nissen for another great newsletter! April 24 9Health Fair This is a big one! Setup is on Thursday, 4/22; volunteer blood draw on Friday, 4/23; and the 9Health Fair itself is Saturday, 4/24. Please sign up in advance to volunteer by following this link to the 9Health Fair web site and selecting Fraser as your location: http://9healthfair.org/ Colorado Lions Club newsletter email signup Please sign up to receive your copy of the Mane Lioner, our state Lions Club newsletter, electronically to save the Club money. Email a request to stop your postal mail delivery of the Mane Lioner and only receive an electronic copy to: MD6lions@comcast.net Important Water Issues: Environmental Impact Study Comment Period Kirk Klancke gave us a brief summary of the latest information at our November 5 Breakfast Meeting. The text from a Trout Unlimited email by Kirk is included here. Please go to the Downloads section of this web site to get more information on the Moffat Firming Project. The public comment period has begun and the Colorado River Headwaters Chapter of Trout Unlimited is working with National TU to interpret the draft Environmental Impact study as quickly as we can to develop the comment points. We will also be holding a meeting in Grand County in mid November to educate our chapter members and members of the public on the public comment process. There will be public hearings in Boulder (Dec.1) SilverCreek (Dec.2) and Denver (Dec.3). We will prepare everyone to be effective at these hearings and in their written comments. The future of the Fraser River depends on the political will of the people in Colorado and it is our chapter’s mission statement to make sure that every voice possible can be heard. To see a press release by Colorado TU on this topic, http://www.wtt360.com/headwaters/Moffat%20Press%20Release.pdf Thanks for playing a key role in getting the word out. Kirk Klancke President Headwaters Trout Unlimited Colorado River 'On The Brink' Please go to the Links section below to see an article from the Aspen Times about the the Front Range plan to take even more water from the Colorado and Fraser Rivers. Join us for our regular twice-monthly breakfast meetings at the Crooked Creek Our meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of each month. Meetings begin at 7:30AM. Beetle mitigation expenses? See the Downloads section of this web site for information on new state tax credits.

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Campground Article

Campgrounds have closed for the 2009 season. The BIG news for 2010 is that the St Louis campground will have electricity and phone available. YAHOO!!

More details will follow, but much of the information below from previous years will apply.

Idlewild, St. Louis and Robber's Roost campgrounds open June 27, 2008. Campground openings were delayed by a combination of snow and hazard trees which required removal. St Louis will open (without a host on-site)and will remain open until the end of September. In 2008 we will again be taking reservations for the Midland Campground. Details will be posted here as they are made available. We promise to get the campgrounds open as soon as the Forest Service determines it is safe!

Here is our article from the spring of 2006 for general information about local Forest Service campgrounds.

Lions have Campgrounds Ready

By Jancie Hughes, as printed in the Winter Park Manifest, May 31, 2006

Five beautiful overnight campgrounds and a picnic site, operated by the Fraser River Valley Lions Club on a special use permit from the USDA Forest Service, are being readied for summer season campers to enjoy the outdoor life of the Fraser River Valley and the Continental Divide in the Arapaho National Forest

Currently open are Idlewild and St. Louis Campgrounds, with the opening of Byers Peak, Midland and Robbers Roost Campgrounds to follow on June 17. Neither electricity nor sewer hookups are available at any of the campsites.

Idlewild Campground, on the east side of Highway 40 one and a half miles south of the Town of Winter Park, offers 24 campsites, water, three toilets and bear-proof dumpsters. The Fraser River runs through it, as does the Fraser River Trail for an easy walk to town or a bicycle ride to the Winter Park Resort. Campground hosts Charles and Sandra Bartts will be on site to answer campers’ questions and direct them to available campsites. There is a $14 per site per night fee. Five dollar firewood bundles are available for purchase.

St. Louis Campground, located four miles southwest of Fraser on St. Louis Creek Road (County Road 73) along St. Louis Creek, provides 19 campsites with a hand water pump, two toilets, and bear proof dumpsters. Jerry and Katherine Childress will be hosting at this lovely site. Again, there is a $14 per site per night fee and $5 firewood bundles are available for purchase. This site is especially convenient to a number of mountain biking and hiking trails.

New this year, Midland Campground will be a reservation only area for groups not to exceed 36 campers with a maximum of 10 vehicles. The cost is $75 per group. Ideal for family parties or reunions, Midland is on the beautiful Fraser River, located on the east side of Highway 40 four and a half miles south of the Town of Winter Park. It offers five campsites, one toilet and a dumpster. Water is available from the Idlewild Campground if you do not have your own. Make reservations through the Idlewild hosts at 970-726-0889.

Robbers Roost, located on the east side of Highway 40 six and a half miles south of the Town Of Winter Park near the first switchback on the west side of Berthoud Pass, is also adjacent to the Fraser River and offers 11 campsites, a toilet and dumpster. Water is available at Idlewild Campground or make sure to take your own. There is a $14 fee per campsite per night.

Byers Peak Campground, the most remote of the five, is located seven miles southwest of Fraser on St. Louis Creek Road (County Road 73), offers six campsites with a hand water pump, one toilet and a bear-proof trash dumpster. St Louis Creek is within 200 yards of the campground. There is a $14 fee per campsite per night.

The Blue Star Memorial Picnic Area, on the west side of Highway 40 one mile south of the Town of Winter Park, is currently available at no charge with six picnic sites, one toilet and a trash dumpster. Great for picnics, there is no overnight camping allowed, and pets must be on a leash.

Idlewild, Midland, Robbers Roost and Byers Peak Campgrounds will close on September 9, 2006. St Louis Campground will remain open for campers and hunters through September 29, 2006, though there will be no hosts on site.

Call the Winter Park/Fraser Valley Chamber of Commerce at 726-4118, where a Forest Service Ranger will be available to answer questions and offer maps. Or you may direct your questions to the Forest Service office in Granby at 887-4100, or to Lions Kent Hughes at 726-1132 or Don Sawyer at 726-5778.

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