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Youth River Voices

Water, river, and climate change student leaders give voice to the most important issues of today

Seeking Microplastics in Mid-Elevation Highly Used Reservoirs

3/8/2021

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PictureAuthor, Tristan Maker at Ivanhoe Lake near the continental divide in Colorado
By Tristan Maker, Roaring Fork High School, Carbondale, Colorado

Hello everyone, my name is Tristan Maker. For those of you who don’t know me, I am currently a senior at Roaring Fork High School located in Carbondale, Colorado, currently living out my senior year of high school through this exceedingly unique and unprecedented time in our lives. 
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As a result of the pandemic going on, my primary plans for my year academically, athletically, and socially have dramatically changed to where I can’t accurately predict and plan out obligations a week out. However, this has provided, not only myself but all of us a true chance to appreciate life and the fruits of life in the present tense rather than troubling over the harvests and hurricanes to come in later years. Gaining the intellect and the concepts of harsh realities, such as appreciating the time stamp we currently sit in has taught me lessons about how to live my life and how actions should be made. As Marty Rubin says, “water flows because it’s willing.” You have to be willing to make things happen, willing to create change for a better future!


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Plastics Everywhere! Public Health Department, Please Pay Attention

12/18/2019

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Plastics in the water. photo from Edinburgh Greens
PicturePracticing our call-to-action presentation before presenting at the 2019 Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit. photo by Sarah R. Johnson
by Stella Halferty, Aspen High School student
My name is Stella Halferty and I am a sophomore at Aspen High School. This year in Chemistry, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to research and talk to experts from all around the Roaring Fork Valley about different topics and concerns about the Colorado River Basin and more specifically our local watershed. 


​After doing some background research and learning more about the Colorado River Basin and our watershed in general, we then split into small groups based on our interests and personal concerns. From there, we got to meet with experts and do all sorts of research specific to our topic with the help of the Youth Water Leadership Program director Sarah Johnson and our teacher, Scott Zevin.


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