Spotlight on The Rocky Mountain Land Library: Kids and Educators Library

With the common goal of connecting kids to nature, a powerful partnership came together in the spring of 2009. Working with Denver Water and the Thorne Ecological Institute, the Rocky Mountain Land Library established a 3,000 volume Kids & Educators Library at Denver Water’s Kassler Center, southwest of metro Denver. With ample books to enliven any young naturalist’s field discoveries, this new branch location will provide insights and inspiration for the Thorne Natural Science School’s students and staff, among many other groups.

Amazingly enough, the Kassler Center is located along the banks of the South Platte River, as is Buffalo Peaks Ranch, the Land Library’s future home in South Park. Both locations will tell a rich South Platte watershed story, from the South Park headwaters to the metro Denver plains.

Spotlighting: Volunteer Days at the Rocky Mountain Land Library

Scrape, Paint, Read
We are loving these early days of the Land Library’s development — full of satisfying work and plenty of opportunites to bring people together. The only downside of this past summer has been a flood of necessary tasks that made ranch work an impossibility. But the good news is that this summer’s necessary groundwork sets the stage for a vigorous return to Buffalo Peaks Ranch next season.

Among other priorities, there’s two wonderful old bunkhouses in a sad state of repair. Think scraping, think painting, think good food and even better company. All under the glorious South Park skies!

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This Week's Spotlight: The Rocky Mountain Land Library

The Rocky Mountain Land Library’s simple mission is to encourage a greater awareness of the land. Its 20,000 + volume natural history library is especially focused on the land and communities of the Rocky Mountains. They are very involved in several outreach programs: a Kids & Educators Library in south metro Denver (established in partnership with Denver Water and the Thorne Ecological Institute), and the Rocky Mountain Land Series (in partnership with the Tattered Cover Book Store), an author series established in 2001.

And right now they are very excited about finding and fixing up a beautiful, historic ranch in order to give a permanent home to their books and educational programs.
Read their joyful blog about moving the first books into the ranch just last week!