Gary Wockner's Writing and Advocacy
"When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law, argue the law.
When you have neither, holler." -- Al Gore


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Poudre River in the News

Gary is the Director, Spokesperson, and "Poudre Waterkeeper" for the Save The Poudre Coalition. Read Save The Poudre news here.


Recent Events


Sierra Club National Executive Director, Carl Pope, visits Fort Collins to rally the Save The Poudre Coalition!


Pulse of the River nominated for the Colorado Book Award!

Watch Gary in the Channel 9 News Debate.

Listen to the Colorado Public Radio Interview about the Poudre MER.

Watch Gary and the Save The Poudre Team in the Great Poudre Debate!

The John Fielder event to Save The Poudre was an ENORMOUS SUCCESS!


I-25 Intersection Redevelopment: Watch the Cross Currents video debate where Gary makes the case for conservation and good land use planning.



Recent Publications
Understand True Cost of Coal, Coloradoan, 12/8/2009
Environmental Leaders Honored in Fort Collins, Coloradoan, 8/16/2009
NISP Harms Area Agriculture Greeley Tribune, 6/30/2009
Colorado Must Plan for A "New Water Economy" Denver Post, 2/8/2009
SARS Virus Strikes Poudre School District!
Coloradoan, 12/22/2008
Please Attend Public Hearings! Coloradoan, 6/15/2008
Polaris Students Feel "Invicible" After Desert Trip, Coloradoan, 2/24/08
NISP Bad For Fort Morgan, Fort Morgan Times, 2/20/08
Climate Changing on I-25 Development, Coloradoan, 12/27/2007
Vote Against Uranium Mine a State First, RMNews, 12/19/07
How to Save The Poudre River in Greeley, Greeley Trib. 10/17/07
Celebrate Conservation Leaders in Larimer County! Coloradoan, 8/18/07
Hope for the Poudre River, FC Weekly, June 6, 2007
Applegate Deceives Taxpayers, FC Weekly, Feb. 20, 2007
Choice Brings Choice Schools, Coloradoan, Jan. 2007
Dear Santa: The Environment Tops My List, RMNews, Dec. 2006
Stories Run Through River's Past and Future, Coloradoan, Nov. 2006
Cruel Irony In Highway Name, Denver Post, Oct. 2006
Coyote War Reminds Me of War in Iraq, WOTR, July 2006
Fencing Off Mexico is an Ecological Blunder, WOTR, June 2006
A River Runs Through it, Denver Post, April 9, 2006.

Books
Pulse of the River, 2007 Radio Interview and Publicity

Comeback Wolves
(2005).
BicycleCowboy.com: An Eco-novel (2003).
Natl. Park Conundrums: The Wolves of Isle Royale (1997).
Sex With A Mountain Bike, and other stories
(1993).
Gold Hill and Back: A Mountain Bike Escapade (
1991).
Matter, (contributing editor)
(2004/5/6)

Creative Non-fiction/stories
Poison, Orion, May/June 2006
Granny Hootenany and the Great Boulder Mall Crawl, Matter VII
Soccer Dads for Gray Wolves, Comeback Wolves
Show Yourself, and Others Will, Fall 2005, divide.
Nature on Wheels, Orion July/Aug 2005
"Wolf Whisperer," Orion Jan/Feb 2005
Hideaway, Matter no. V
Get On The Bus Orion Jan/Feb 2004 (read press release)
Leopold's Bench, Mountain Gazette #90
On Jumbled Rocks, Matter, no. IV

Environmental Journalism
Solar Power, Lakota Empowerment, WorldWatch, July 2005
Buffalo Dreams at Pine Ridge NIFC, July 2004
Duped by Drought? Fort Collins Weekly,  V1 I40
Lock and Load? Fort Collins Weekly, V1 I33

Editorials/Columns
Jackhammering for Water Conservation FC Coloradoan, Dec '05
Elvis, Wolves and the Death of Environmentalism, Tidepool
Rooting for the Underdog
(HCN/WOTR)
Children Need Fix From Nature, (FC Coloradoan)
Why Wolves in Colorado? (Denver Post)
Can Billionaires Save The Earth? HCN/WOTR, June 2005
Endangered Species Need Roadless Habitat
RM News

Aerial Gunner Man, HCN-WOTR March. 2005
Writing for the Poudre, FC Coloradoan May, 2005
Drive-Up Nature, HCN-WOTR Feb. 2005
Values of Another Kind, Denver Post Dec. 2005
River Values, FC Coloradoan, Jan. 2005
Seeing a River Through Children's Eyes, HCN, Dec. 2004
Wolves are not Terrorists,
Denver Post, Oct. 2004
A Tale of Two Yellowstones, HCN, August 2004
Ignite Passion in Education (FC Coloradoan May 11,2004)
Mountain Lyin'  (RMNews, April 2004)  
IRS Hot on the Heels of Grandmas(Denver Post, 2/19/04)

Book Reviews
Bush Versus the Environment, by Robert S. Devine, Bloomsbury, May 2004.
Caribou Rising,by Rick Bass, HCN, March 2005.
Scorched Earth, by Rocky Barker, HCN, Nov. 2005
Cities in the Wilderness, by Bruce Babbitt, HCN, Feb. 2006


A Good Little Ditty:
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
in any direction you choose.

                         -- Dr. Seuss


Gary in the Denver Post and LA Times

Email Gary:

About Gary:

Six Good Places to Visit:
www.SaveThePoudre.org
www.RockyWolf.org
www.WolverineFarmPublishing.org
www.ColoradoConservationVoters.org
www.CleanWater.org

www.Waterkeeper.org


Two Cool Schools in Fort Collins:

Lab School for Creative Learning
Polaris School for Expeditionary Learning


Looking for the real story?
Colorado Independent
High Country News
Coloradopols.com
Grist



Some Other Stuff:

The SAVE THE POUDRE PARTY photos!

Comeback Wolves Wins Colorado Book Award!

Listen to the KRFC interviews about the Poudre River: Segment 1 (click to listen), Segment 2 (click to listen)

Want to know why we should save the Poudre River? Click here to watch the video of the presentation to the Fort Collins City Council (The presentation starts at 2 hours 14 minutes into the meeting: 2:14:00).

Gary twice wins "Friend of the Poudre" award in 2007 and 2008.


Gary awarded "Volunteer of the Month" by PSD Board of Education


Fun Little Things:
Rock Climbing Video in Poudre Canyon
RMNP Fieldtrip with Lab School
Video of the North Park wolf
The Eagles of Kachemak Bay