Tag: Cherry Creek Reservoir
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Child drowns in Cherry Creek Reservoir Saturday
A child was pulled from Cherry Creek Reservoir on Saturday night after going under the water several hours earlier, parks and wildlife officials say. Witnesses said that the victim was initially with another child on a float near the Cherry Creek State Park swim beach around 4 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from…
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Cherry Creek Reservoir officials warn of toxic algae; visitors say warning was delayed
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cherry Creek State Park officials announced the presence of toxic blue green algae on Cherry Creek Reservoir Saturday, warning people to be careful about contact with the water, but some people on social media said the warning should have been posted earlier and some reported…
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Man’s body found frozen to cooler in Cherry Creek Reservoir
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Two men out for a day of fishing on Cherry Creek Reservoir didn’t bargain for what they would find when they spotted an ice cooler floating on the water. When they waded out to retrieve the cooler, a man’s body “rose to the surface,” according to a spokesperson with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. The…
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Denver Center will make history by staging Jake Brasch’s ‘The Reservoir’
Jake Brasch has a message for the military: “Colorado artists are on the verge of taking over the world!” (If only that were not hyperbole.) Brasch is a Denver-born playwright and floating on Cloud 99 this week with the announcement that the homegrown Denver Center Theatre Company will produce his play “The Reservoir” as part…
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Leinenkugel’s Canoebicle coming to Cherry Creek Reservoir
When most people hear the name Leinenkugel’s, they think of the Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin brewery’s Summer Shandy. The brewery is ratcheting its game up another level by celebrating its 16th summer of the Summer Shandy in a different way. The Canoebicle — a ‘canoe meets cubicle’ — will be available for rental for two days at…
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Popular Colorado swim beaches closed due to dangerous E. coli levels
According to a press release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Cherry Creek and Chatfield State Parks’ popular natural swim areas have been temporarily closed due to unsafe levels of E. coli that have been detected in the water. The dangerous level of Cherry Creek Reservoir E. Coli was discovered during a routine test on Thursday…
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Cherry Creek Reservoir area damaged by “historic” 10-foot water level increase
Cherry Creek Reservoir rose ten feet after last week’s heavy rainfall, leaving boat ramps, trails, roads and the swim beach washed out and damaged.
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Body of missing tuber recovered from Cherry Creek Reservoir
The body of a missing tuber was recovered from Cherry Creek Reservoir on Saturday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. CPW officials tweeted that their Marine Evidence Recovery Team (MERT) and South Metro Fire Rescue recovered the 29-year-old man’s body. The victim has yet to be identified, but officials said he became separated from a tube…
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Colorado to host free fishing this weekend
No fishing license? For two upcoming days only, no problem. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will host its annual free weekend June 5 and 6. On that Saturday and Sunday, all Coloradans and nonresidents can cast a line in any of the state’s lakes, ponds and streams. Parks and Wildlife maintains a webpage dedicated to tips…
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Body of missing kayaker recovered from Cherry Creek Reservoir
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The body of a missing kayaker was recovered from Cherry Creek Reservoir on Sunday night, South Metro Fire Rescue said. South Metro Fire Rescue announced they had recovered the body just before 5 p.m. after…