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Your online resource for environmental information about the Boulder area. Find out more about the BASIN Library
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Local authors and publications on local themes - contributions from local authors available on BASIN.
Learning activities and online tutorials - tutorial material available thoughout BASIN.
Photo Gallery - Historic and modern photos from around the watershed:
- Headwaters
- Near Nederland
- South Boulder Creek
- Eldorado Springs & Canyon
- Boulder Canyon & Creek
- Boulder Views- Flood of 1894
- Large panoramic image (175K) from the mouth of Boulder Canyon
Photo comparison of 1937 and 1987 South Boulder Creek floodplain
Index of photos from COB data collection procedures.
Contributions by Local Authors
Natural History of a House and Yard
on Marine Street by John McClellan
Fifth Grade Curriculum designed by Kenneth Nova specifically for 5th grade students.
BASIN Kid's Network
Links to water-related sites for kids on the WWW compiled by Toni.
Waterwise Quizzes:
Test Your H2O IQ...but you'd better know the Boulder area to get
the right answers!
Other BASIN Resources
Don't forget these other resources within BASIN as tools to learn
more about the region.
- Searchable Bibliography
- Environmental Events Calendar
- BASIN News
- Household Hazards & Alternatives
- Is My Water Safe to Drink? Consumer Confidence Report
Vision for the Environment: excerpted from the Boulder County Healthy Communities Initiative 1998 Report
Aerial photos from a 1930's Forest service study of the Boulder area
Local Artists & Photographers: Peter Steele
Excerpts from Joanna Sampson's new book on South Boulder Creek: High, Wild and Handsome.
Water Watch Network
Several schools in the Boulder area are part of the Division of
Wildlife's Water Watch program.
Sojourner School and BASIN
produced a television program about Boulder Creek Find out more about
the project and when it will air.
Mine and Mill Site Maps from Boulder County Health Department provide an overview of where these sites are within the watershed and background on their history. Also use the BASIN Bibliography to locate additional mine and mill reports.
Storm Water Demonstration Project: The Environmental Center of the Rockies building at Broadway and Baseline in Boulder is attempting to minimize the impact from polluted storm runoff by capturing the water on site with a miniature wetland.
The
Boulder area, specifically the Boulder Creek Watershed formed by Boulder
Creek and its tributaries, is a spectaular region of rugged mountains,
deep canyons and sweeping plains. Some 150,000 people now live in this
region, and thousands more work and visit here.
The
BASIN Library offers a variety of images, ideas, information that can
inspire us to take a fresh look at where and how we live. These various
perspectives on where we live and who we are can enrich our own direct
experience and sense of this magnificent place, offering a deeper level
of appreciation and undersanding.
We gratefully acknowledge the Denver Public Library's Western History Department for allowing us to share photographs of the Boulder area to you through BASIN. For more on the copyright restrictions of these photographs, click here.