Larimer County CSU Extension

Here’s what’s happening this October. Check out the upcoming events and mark your calendars for these free and low-cost classes!

Join 20+ local organizations and community partners at the Healthy by Nature Community FairTHIS SATURDAY!

🌱 Explore local resources
🤝 Meet community organizations
🦋 Learn about nature & wildlife
🎟️ Giveaways + food tickets from cNISP

Sept. 19 | 12–3 PM
Lee Martinez Community Park, Fort Collins
FREE • All Ages

Bring a friend and come connect with your community!

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¡Únete a más de 20 organizaciones locales y aliados comunitarios en la Feria Comunitaria Saludable por Naturaleza ESTE SÁBADO!

🌱 Explora recursos locales
🤝 Conoce organizaciones comunitarias
🦋 Aprende sobre la naturaleza y la vida silvestre
🎟️ ¡Sorteos y boletos para comida de cNISP!

19 de septiembre | 12–3 PM
Lee Martinez Community Park, Fort Collins
GRATIS • Para todas las edades

¡Trae a un amigo y ven a conectar con tu comunidad!

It’s a tough year to be a bear in Colorado. With drought limiting natural food sources like berries and acorns, bears are taking greater risks to find food just as they enter hyperphagia, when they must consume 20,000 calories a day to prepare for winter hibernation.

The result? A dramatic increase in human-bear interactions which can lead to conflicts. has reported 294 bears euthanized through August 31 this year, compared with 83 at the same time last year.

What can you do?
Be BearWise*! As we head into fall, securing trash, bird feeders, fruit, compost, and other attractants is more important than ever.

🐻 Use bear-resistant trash and recycling containers.
🐻 Use electric fencing around chickens, beehives, gardens, orchards, and compost.
🐻 Put bird feeders away at night.
🐻 Pick up fallen fruit from the ground.

Keeping bears from finding an easy meal near your home can help prevent them from becoming food-conditioned and ultimately protect both bears and people.

*BearWise is a program of the that supports people and communities in implementing solutions that work for human-bear coexistence. Our team is also working to respond to those situations.

The Healthy by Naure Community Fair is just around the corner! Come hang out in the sunshine and discover fun, easy ways to boost your health by getting outside.

Activities
🌞 Snacks from
🌞 Health + wellness resources
🌞 Ways to move, play & explore
🌞 A little something for everyone

Grab your tribe and come spend an afternoon outside with your community.

📍 Lee Martinez Community Park
📅 Saturday, Sept. 19
⏰ 12–3 PM

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¡La Feria Comunitaria Healthy by Nature está a la vuelta de la esquina! Ven a disfrutar del sol y descubre maneras divertidas y sencillas de mejorar tu salud mientras pasas tiempo al aire libre.

Actividades

🌞 Botanas de
🌞 Recursos de salud y bienestar
🌞 Formas de moverte, jugar y explorar
🌞 ¡Un poquito de todo para todos!

Reúne a tu gente y ven a pasar una tarde al aire libre con tu comunidad.

📍 Lee Martinez Community Park
📅 Sábado 19 de septiembre
⏰ 12–3 pm

In observance of Labor Day, the Larimer County CSU Extension Office will be closed on Monday, September 7. We will return to normal business hours on Tuesday, September 8.

Wishing everyone a safe holiday!

We’re feeling that end-of-summer momentum! As routines kick back into full gear, there are plenty of ways to learn, connect, and grow with us. 🌱

Join free and low-cost classes and events, from a health fair at Martinez Park, to nutrition and food preservation classes, to learning how to master your garden like a local.

There’s something for everyone, so come make the most of the season! Check out the full calendar: larimer.gov/extension/events

Register now for CSU’s online Colorado gardening courses! 🌱

Learn everything from plant care to pest management, tree care, and more. Courses are self-paced and offered once a year. Limited spots available!

Early bird discount: August 17th - September 30th. Registration closes October 23rd.

Find more info and register at CSUGreenSchool.org.

Ladies, are you new to backpacking and looking for a supported way to get started?

Join us to get trail ready alongside a group of like-minded women with similar experience, led by Larimer County Natural Resources and CSU Extension. No backpacking experience required! Participants should be comfortable hiking 6–8 miles on unpaved trails with up to a 40-lb backpack.

📅 3 Classes
Sept. 9, 16 & 23 | 5:30–7:30 PM
Longview Behavioral Health Facility, Fort Collins

⛰️ Overnight Backpacking Sept. 26 at 9 AM–Sept. 27 at noon
Horsetooth Mountain Open Space

Applications due August 16: https://buff.ly/b1CXpQZ

It's the dog days of summer, and we know the desire to leave the house can come and go. This August, we have a slew of local and online events for whatever moves you. See them all at our Event Calendar 👉️ https://buff.ly/RQixStK

Stay hydrated, friends!