August 10 - Casting Clinic at Lazy H Ranch, Paonia

Time and place: Sunday August 10, 2014 Exact time TBD. 

A Fly Fishing Fundraising Event for BCRLT

July 12 - Wildflower Walk to Bullion King Lake, Ouray

Time and place: Saturday July 12, 2014 9:00 am

Hosted by the Colorado Native Plant Society

May 31 - Family Art & Hiking Outing, Keystone Gorge, Lawson Hill, Telluride

Time and place: Saturday May 31, 2014 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. 

Co-hosted by The Telluride Institute's Watershed Education Program

Photo by telluride.com

Come join BCRLT and the Telluride Institute's Watershed Education Program for a family fun event at the Keystone Gorge! Meet by the lower bridge for an educational presentation about the history and ecology of the Gorge. Following this presentation will be a collaborative group art project to create our very own prayer flags to hang on the bridges. We will wrap up the event by taking an optional hike up the south side of the gorge! Free and open to the public.

For questions, contact Elinore Van Sant, BCRLT volunteer - (301) 693-8351.

March 21-23 - Eckert Crane Days, Fruitgrowers Reservoir

Every spring hundreds of thousands of gracefully-curved, long-legged, red-capped sandhill cranes make their way from winter range in the southern US and Mexico to summer breeding grounds in the northern states. With decent weather and a little luck, we are able to catch up with the cranes right here in our Western Slope backyard during a few weeks in March and April. Fruitgrowers Reservoir in Eckert is a favorite stopover for the sandhills, arriving or departing in groups of several hundred or even thousand.

This year, the BCRLT Field Club will be joining local crane enthusiasts, Black Canyon Audobon Society and Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the 12th annual Crane Days in Eckert. Here's a snapshot of events happening over the weekend:

Friday March 21

• 1:00 pm - Local "craneiac" Evelyn Horn will give a presentation about sandhill cranes at the Eckert Presbyterian Church.  Alecia Phillips, BCRLT Acting Executive Director will chime in for a few minutes to discuss BCRLT's habitat conservation efforts in the area. The talk will be followed by a pie and coffee social.
• 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Join BCRLT for an afternoon picnic and crane viewing at Fruitgrowers Reservoir. Bring a dish or drink to share and binoculars if you have them.

Saturday March 22

• 9:00 am - 11:00 am - Crane viewing at Fruitgrowers Reservoir with Black Canyon Audobon, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Black Canyon Regional Land Trust

Sunday March 23

• 9:00 am - 11:00 am - Crane viewing at Fruitgrowers Reservoir with Black Canyon Audobon and Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Visit http://www.blackcanyonaudubon.org/index.php/field-trips or http://eckertcranedays.com/ for more info.

February 16 - Shoe & Brew, Paonia

Time and place: Sunday February 16, 2014 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Please meet and park at the Paonia High School. Click here for a map.

Co-hosted and sponsored by ERO Resources

BCRLT and ERO Resources are teaming up to host an afternoon snowshoe and happy hour social event on Sunday February 16th. Join us for a moderate snowshoe hike up Steven's Gulch trail, followed by happy hour at Revolution Brewing. We will meet at the Paonia High School parking lot at 1:00 pm and carpool up to Steven's Gulch. Please dress for the weather and bring your own snowshoes or skis if you'd prefer. Afterwards, we'll head over to Revolution Brewing for some happy hour brews. Join us for the whole afternoon or just part. The snowshoe is FREE and all ages welcome. Click here to contact Alecia with questions or RSVP.

Every spring hundreds of thousands of gracefully-curved, long-legged, red-capped sandhill cranes make their way from winter range in the southern US and Mexico to summer breeding grounds in the northern states. With decent weather and a little luck, we are able to catch up with the cranes right here in our Western Slope backyard during a few weeks in March and April. Fruitgrowers Reservoir in Eckert is a favorite stopover for the sandhills, arriving or departing in groups of several hundred or even thousand.

This year, the BCRLT Field Club will be joining local crane enthusiasts, Black Canyon Audobon Society and Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the 12th annual Crane Days in Eckert. Here's a snapshot of events happening over the weekend:

Friday March 21

• 1:00 pm - Local "craneiac" Evelyn Horn will give a presentation about sandhill cranes at the Eckert Presbyterian Church.  Alecia Phillips, BCRLT Acting Executive Director will chime in for a few minutes to discuss BCRLT's habitat conservation efforts in the area. The talk will be followed by a pie and coffee social.
• 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Join BCRLT for an afternoon picnic and crane viewing at Fruitgrowers Reservoir. Bring a dish or drink to share and binoculars if you have them.

• 9:00 am - 11:00 am - Crane viewing at Fruitgrowers Reservoir with Black Canyon Audobon, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Black Canyon Regional Land Trust

Sunday March 23

• 9:00 am - 11:00 am - Crane viewing at Fruitgrowers Reservoir with Black Canyon Audobon and Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Visit http://www.blackcanyonaudubon.org/index.php/field-trips or http://eckertcranedays.com/ for more info.

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More about the Black Canyon Field Club

The Black Canyon Field Club is a social outdoors activities club open to the public, coordinated by BCRLT. Outings are hosted by staff, board members and landowners, and take place primarily on private lands that have been permanently conserved in partnership with the land trust. Some events take place at public conservation areas such as state parks or wilderness areas. The Black Canyon Field Club is fun and educational in nature, intended to give participants an opportunity to learn about and enjoy private lands they wouldn't otherwise have access to. Hosts happily share their knowledge of the land through casual discussion, touching on the history and early homesteaders of the area, ecology, wildlife, unique attributes and conservation values. Check out the upcoming events listed below and join us for a great time in the great outdoors!

Thank you Telluride Foundation!

Generous funding from the Telluride Foundation helped support the Black Canyon Field Club in 2013.

Have an idea for a Field Club location or activity?

We would love your suggestions! Send us an email or give us a call at 970.626.9761.

 Past Outings

• Feb 2013: Snowshoe the Black Canyon of the Gunnison - Montrose
• Mar 2013: Ski or snowshoe Sancturay Ranch on the Black Mesa - Crawford 
  
• Apr 2013: Ela Family Farms Orchard Tour & Farm Lunch By Living Farm Cafe - Hotchkiss
• May 2013: Hike XK Bar Ranch - Crawford
• Jun 2013: Birding Hotchkiss Wetlands with Black Canyon Audubon Society - Hotchkiss
  
• Jun 2013: Exploring Potter Ranch - A West Slope Rural Philanthropy Days Special Activity
  
• Jul 2013: Hike Weehawken Trail with Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership - Ouray
• Aug 2013: Yankee Boy Basin Wildflower Hike with Colorado Native Plant Society - Ouray
• Sept 2013:  Hastings Mesa Fall Foliage Hike - Ridgway
• Oct 2013: North Fork Valley Historic Barn Tour to benefit Save The Hotchkiss Barn - Hotchkiss
•  Nov 2013: Dominguez Canyon Petroglyph Hike - Delta