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It’s the water: Fort Lupton festival highlights how much it matters Amphibians, soil and weeds among many topics tackled at historical park BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Amphibians are nature’s health indicators but they are disappearing faster than any species on the face of the earth, the Denver Zoo’s James Garcia told students in Fort Lupton May 4. Garcia was one of the featured speakers at the Children’s Water Festival on May 4 at the Fort Lupton South Platte Valley Historical Park. The student met with more than 14 water professionals from around the state to learn about the importance of water to plants, humans, and animals while meeting the science academic standards and Common Core State Standards. “We are excited to be here! During COVID we have not been on a field trip for two years, and now we have been on two field trips,” said Jennifer Engles, a teacher at Knowledge Quest Academy Charter School in Millikin. Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (CCWCD) and the South Platte Valley Historical Society joined forces to host its first annual Fort Lupton Children’s Festival. It’s modeled after the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District’s Children’s Water Festival, which started in 1991, making it the second oldest water festival in the country, according to officials. More than 700 5th- and 6th-grade students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs from Fort Lupton, Brighton, Johnstown/Milliken, Denver, Keenesburg, Hudson, and Fort Morgan attended the festival. Denver Zoo’s Laura Cooper, an educator joined outreach special-
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Bernie Kendall a volunteer with the Platte Valley Historical Society is teaching the children about the Voyageurs of the 18th and PHOTO BY BELEN WARD 19th century transporting trade in canoes.
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Tina Booton, a supervisor, and Kathy Grifee, natural resources spray technician, educated the students about noxious weeds. These are usually non-native to Colorado and possibly the United States. They can spread without human assistance and can be deadly to native vegetation. It could also be toxic to livestock and human if eaten. They can include Purple Loosestrife, knotweeds and Cypress and Myrtle Spurges. “The noxious weeds steal our water,” Booton said. “There is a state law they need to be controlled or suppressed.”
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