Jan 25, 2026
FRIENDS OF BROWNS CANYON 2025 RECAP A NOTE FROM THE BOARD We probably don’t need to tell you that it’s been a challenging year for public lands. National Monuments have been in the crosshairs for months. Our beloved Browns Canyon National Monument has been cited as a...
Jan 2, 2025
Browns Canyon National Monument has garnered widespread attention following DarkSky International’s designation of the Monument as a Dark Sky Park. Regional radio – Heart of the Rockies Radio stations The Peak, Hippie Radio, The Valley and Eagle Country – were...
Dec 18, 2024
Browns Canyon National Monument has been certified as a Dark Sky Park by DarkSky International, following more than two years of citizen science and advocacy work led by Friends of Browns Canyon to demonstrate that the Monument meets the stringent requirements...
Jun 10, 2023
Please consider joining Friends of Browns Canyon for an evening of Dark Sky viewing and education in support of our work to achieve an International Dark Sky Park certification for Browns Canyon National Monument. We will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 18, at Hecla...
May 21, 2022
Join us June 25 at the Salida SteamPlant as Clay Jenkinson portrays John Wesley Powell, the American explorer and geologist whose expeditions included boating western U.S. rivers. Proceeds will go to the Central Colorado Humanists Scholarship...
