Little Thompson Resource Project Final Report

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. . . .. LITTJE THOMPSON WATER DISTRICT 1 ~ i Telephone (970) 532-2096 835 E. Highway 56 Drawer G Berthoud, Colorado 80513 , I DIRECTORS: Tom RaynoJds PresIdent Leo Bakel Keith Croonquisl Glenn W. Gibson Dean Anderson Carey J. Salomonson Jamesw. Stroh MANAGER: Richard H. H. Whinet i F or immediate release I May 5,1997 ; Tho Littl, ThoL" w"" D;,,"c< """" ",,;wd . $5,000 'CO" to ,,"blt,1t . w"" conservation resource!library for children and adults. The Colorado }vater Conservation Board awarded the money to purchase books, CD- Roms and video tapesfabout home water conservation and Xeriscape gardening. The District is rOrking on the resource library with the Berthoud Public Library. The Berthoud Library will ~evote a grouping of shelves to the materials, says director Roberta Depp, Several hundred book~ will be ordered. "It's kind oftotgh to find Xeriscape materials," said Depp. "Boulder and Denver ;1 (libraries) have some, rut no one has a really large collection." Next year, De~p homes to list Berthoud's collection on ACLIN, a state wide library data base, library users frol~1 all over the state then would be able to borrow materials through the , Interlibrary Loan syste . The 5,500-squ re- foot Berthoud Public Library is located at 236 Welch Ave., beside the Berthoud Community. nd Senior Center. An opening reception for people to check out the resource area is plann~d in July. The public will be invited. In the meantime, the library and the District are promoting1the addition to their users. . The Little Tho~pson Water District serves users in Larimer, Weld and Boulder counties, including Berthoud, L~ngmont, Johnstown, Mead, Milliken and Loveland. Its boundaries stretch from just north ofLonkmont to Loveland and from Carter Lake to the South Platte River. II II II I , I