Fountain Creek Watershed District

10/31/2026

Halloween is full of tricks, treats, and costumes, but it doesn't have to come with a mountain of waste! Small choices can help protect our environment and the Fountain Creek Watershed. 🧡🌎

Ways to make Halloween more sustainable:

🎃 Reuse your decorations: Bring out last year's favorites or get creative with materials you already have.

👻 Get crafty with costumes: Shop your closet, swap costumes with friends, or visit a thrift store instead of buying something new.

🍬 Choose treats thoughtfully: Look for options with less packaging when possible, and recycle packaging where accepted.

🧡 Bring a reusable bag: Use a tote or pillowcase for trick-or-treating instead of buying a new plastic bucket or bag.

🌿 Keep our watershed clean: Dispose of candy wrappers and other trash properly. Even small pieces of litter can travel through storm drains into our local creeks.

Want to learn more about caring for our environment? Come say hi to the Fountain Creek Watershed District team at Ghouls and Stools this morning at Bear Creek Dog Park. Stop by our table to connect with us and learn more about protecting our home watershed. 🌱

Let's keep the spooky season fun for us and a little kinder to the planet! 🎃💧

10/28/2026

This Halloween, do you know what's really scary: an unhealthy home watershed, that's what! 👻🎃

Forget haunted houses, ghouls, and goblins - polluted waterways, trash-filled creek beds, and damaged wildlife habitats are the real spooky things we need to keep away!

Luckily, our Creek Week 2026 volunteers helped keep those haunts at bay this fall, and the results are nothing short of spook-tacular! 🧡

📅 9 days
🦇 85 cleanup crews
🎃 90 cleanup sites
👻 8 communities
🗑️ Approximately 23 TONS of trash removed!

And the Creek Week impact goes back even further: since 2014, more than 26,000 volunteers have helped remove over 211 tons of trash and litter from our watershed. Talk about a frightening amount of good being done! 🙌

A huge THANK YOU to every volunteer, crew leader, and partner who helped make Creek Week a success. Your hard work helps keep our waterways cleaner and our habitats healthier. Visit our website to read the full impact report, including a photo gallery, noxious weeding totals, a data deep-dive, and more.

👉https://www.fountain-crk.org/creek-week-2026-was-a-success-thank-you.

This spooky season, a healthy watershed is the sweetest treat of all! Make sure to save the date for Creek Week 2027, September 25th - October 3rd.

10/23/2026

Thanks People and Pollinators Action Network for the Creek Week shout out! A healthier watershed and cleaner creeks are invaluable to our pollinator friends🦋💛

More to come on full Creek Week 2026 results - stay tuned!

Huge shoutout to our partners at the Fountain Creek Watershed District for a successful 2026 Creek Week! 🌊 🚮 🐝

Healthy waterways mean healthy ecosystems, and healthy ecosystems mean healthy pollinators. Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who helped make a difference!

10/22/2026

What a lovely, cool evening at Brues Alehouse on October 20 when attendees learned about the live educational birds (Peregrine Falcon, Great Horned Owl and Redtail Hawk) from the Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center's (NWDC) raptor rehab facility in Pueblo. 🍻

Many thanks to Raptor Center Director Diana Miller and Docent Teresa for an excellent 'Liquid Lecture' on the patio! 🌊🦉

Guests enjoyed drinks, food and free giveaways, plus up-close photo sessions with the birds. FCWD appreciates the continued support of Puebloans for our shared watershed and the Brewshed Alliance, and we are glad to support partners like the NWDC. 🎉

Please consider attending a community meeting on Thursday October 22 hosted by the City of Pueblo to discuss the path forward regarding the Pueblo Mountain Park (and NWDC programs) that was greatly damaged or destroyed by the 2026 Aspen Acres fire.

10/21/2026

🌊💚 This , we’re shining a spotlight on our valued Creek Champion sponsor: the El Pomar Foundation! 🎉

Protecting our home watershed takes a community effort, and support from partners like the El Pomar Foundation helps advance our mission to protect and improve the health of the Fountain Creek Watershed.

From restoration projects and volunteer cleanups to environmental education and community engagement, watershed stewardship takes collaboration and a shared commitment to protecting the natural resources that make our region special.

💧 Why does this matter? A healthy watershed supports clean water, thriving ecosystems, and vibrant communities. We’re grateful for partners who invest in our region and help make this work possible!

Please join us in thanking the El Pomar Foundation for being a Creek Champion and supporting our watershed stewardship efforts. 💚

Want to learn more about the El Pomar Foundation and their work? Visit www.elpomar.org.
Curious about sponsorship? Find more information at https://www.fountain-crk.org/sponsorship.

10/20/2026

TONIGHT: October Liquid Lecture in Pueblo! 🦉🍻

Ever wondered how birds of prey hunt and what role they play in our watershed? Join us tonight at Brues Alehouse Brewing Company in Pueblo for Fast Flying Hunters, featuring staff from the Raptor Center of Pueblo!

Get an up-close look at live birds, including owls and hawks, and learn about their natural history, behavior, and vital roles in our watershed and riparian ecosystems. Attendees may even get a personal photo with one of these magnificent species! 🦅

📅 Tuesday, October 20
�⏰ 6:00 p.m.
�📍 Brues Alehouse Brewing Company, 120 E. Riverwalk, Pueblo
�🍺 Attendees receive $1 off draft beers!
�🎁 Stick around for prize giveaways at the end of the night!

The event is FREE, and drop-ins are welcome, but RSVPs are encouraged at [email protected].
Come learn about the incredible birds of prey that help make our watershed ecosystem thrive! 🌊🦉

10/19/2026

Thanks to the help of our Creek Week Steering Committee, we’re excited to announce the winners of our very first Creek Week Photo Contest! A huge congratulations and a big thank-you to everyone who submitted photos and helped truly capture the spirit of Creek Week. 🎉📸🌊 There were SO many amazing photos - it was hard to choose!

Winners:
1. Best Before and After - Cleanup Crew off Platte
2. Best Group Photo - Colorado Parks and Wildlife Cleanup Crew along Monument Creek to Pikeview Reservoir
3. Strangest Thing - Stuffed Denim found by the Colorado Springs Utilities Crew along the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail

From dedicated volunteers in action to the beautiful places we’re working to protect, your photos showcase what makes our watershed and our community so special. We loved seeing Creek Week through your eyes!👏 Join us in celebrating our winners, and thank you again to everyone who helped make our inaugural photo contest a success. Here’s to capturing even more moments of stewardship at future cleanups!

10/16/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our October Liquid Lecture at Mash Mechanix Brewing Co.! 🍻

We had a fantastic evening learning about Security Water District: Pioneering PFAS Mitigation and the work being done to address PFAS contamination in groundwater. Thank you to Brandon Bernard for sharing his experience and helping our community better understand the challenges and innovations involved in protecting our water resources.

We’re grateful to Mash Mechanix Brewing Co. for hosting us and supporting the Fountain Creek Brewshed® Alliance, and to everyone who came out to learn, ask questions, and connect over a shared passion for clean water. 💙

Events like Liquid Lectures bring our community together to explore important watershed topics, strengthen partnerships, and learn how we can protect the water resources we all depend on.

Missed this month's Liquid Lecture? Don't worry—more are on the way! Follow us for updates on future events, educational opportunities, and ways to get involved in caring for our watershed.

Thank you for being part of our watershed community. We'll see you at the next Liquid Lecture! 🌊

10/15/2026

TONIGHT: October Liquid Lecture in Colorado Springs! 💧🍻

Ever wonder how water districts are tackling PFAS contamination in groundwater? Join us tonight at Mash Mechanix Brewing Co. to learn how Security Water District is pioneering PFAS mitigation and developing innovative approaches to removing these chemicals from groundwater!

📅 Thursday, October 15
�⏰ 6:00 p.m.
�📍 Mash Mechanix Brewing Co., 429 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
�🍺 Attendees receive $1 off draft beers
�🎁 Stick around for prize giveaways at the end of the night!

The event is FREE, and drop-ins are welcome, but RSVPs are encouraged at [email protected].

Come learn how Security Water District is working to address PFAS contamination and protect our water resources! 💧🌊

10/14/2026