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cache la poudre

5 Porch Notes tagged “cache la poudre,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Weld County

Weld agriculture is a water story first

Weld farming rose from irrigation, including the No. 3 ditch off the Cache la Poudre, called the first US ditch built to grow food.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County

The Cache la Poudre is a federally designated Wild and Scenic River

The Cache la Poudre River, which runs out of the mountains through Larimer County and Fort Collins, carries a national Wild and Scenic River designation that shapes how the canyon is managed.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County

The Poudre is a National Heritage Area you can raft through

The Cache la Poudre corridor above Fort Collins is a 45-mile national heritage area honoring Western water law, and summer snowmelt turns the same canyon into the Front Range's go-to whitewater run.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County

Poudre fishing rules change by stretch of river

The Cache la Poudre and its North Fork hold strong trout fishing, but the rules differ by segment, with some reaches set aside for artificial flies and lures only and catch-and-release.

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Cars and driving - Jackson County

Highway 14 through North Park is a named scenic byway

The drive over Cameron Pass and across North Park is the Cache la Poudre - North Park Scenic Byway, a route CDOT recognizes for its river, pass, and wildlife country.

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