WSP11775

• File Number: 8446
• Description: Cache La Poudre Platte Project
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/1/1975
• Title: Cache La poudre Trail Interpretive Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Of those who took a vacation, 48 percent spend no

time in Ft. Collins, 22 percent spend all their time in

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Ft. Collins, and 30 percent spend 1/4 to 3/4 of their

vacation in the city. Also, 81 percent indicated that they

used the city recreation facilities more during vacation

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time (42: 27 -30) .

This information reveals something about the recreation

desires of Ft. Collins' residents. The interest in trails

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and open space is evident.

It is necessary to make further suppositions about

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visitors. Recreationists will probably be varied

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in type and in their reason for visiting. Some probable

users of the Cache La Poudre Trail follow:

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School Groups. The trail will offer an excellent chance

for educating school children about local history, wildlife,

vegetation, irrigation, industrial development, and many other

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aspects of the relation of the river to the area. All ages

of students should enjoy using the trail to see examples

of sUbjects taught in the class rooms.

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Summer programs could be developed by s.chools, service

organizations, or local recreation departments, on the

river aimed at various ability levels taught by amateurs or

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professionals. A wide range of subjects would be adaptable

to such an area.

In developing interpretive programs care should be

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taken to avoid over explanation of subjects. Students should

be stimulated to discover information on their own.

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