Platte River Parkway Trust

The Platte River Trails Trust along with partner Keep Casper Beautiful will be holding their annual trail clean-up on Saturday, May 18th and are looking for volunteers.  Everyone is encouraged to attend and pitch in to get the riverfront trail, and other community trails, spruced up and ready for the active summer season.

Construction on a bypass trail through Morad Park should start this spring. The Platte River Parkway Trust recently selected a contractor, Knife River Inc. to construct the pathway. Parkway Trust Executive Director, Angela Emery, says the completed project should alleviate pathway congestion...

A Wyoming Department of Transportation grant will help extend the connectivity of the Platte River Parkway in Casper with dollars toward an underpass at Wyoming Boulevard and West 13th street near Fort Caspar. Parkway Trust Executive Director, Angela Emery says the intersection has been a safety concern for years...

The 2012 Riverfest is scheduled for Saturday, August 25th,  Casper’s own river festival, will offer fantastic food, live music, micro-brew tasting, family fun including the 2nd annual “Dunk Tank” AND Casper Rotary’s Great Duck Derby at Crossroads Park along the scenic Platte River Parkway trail and the North Platte River.  T...

Help tidy up the Platte River Parkway system this Saturday. The annual volunteer cleanup is 9 a.m. to noon with everybody meeting in the west parking lot of the Tate Pump House by 8:50. Platte River Parkway Trust Executive Director, Angela Emery says there's a small chance of rain so come appropriately dressed...

Morad Park users in Casper may be noticing the first signs of a new trail to be built through that section of the Platte River Parkway Trail System. Parkway Trust Executive Director, Angela Emery, says a recent walk through by engineers left markers along the proposed route...

Greening of the area surrounding the Tate Pump House along the North Platte River Parkway can move forward now that the Parkway Trust has met an important fundraising goal. Executive Director, Angela Emery says the work has already begun with healthy topsoil in place for trees, shrubs, flowers and grass...

Those who know Morad park on a busy day know that pedestrian traffic slows when dog and people jams, mix with cross town bike traffic. Adding a second bypass trail through the dog park is paid for and slated for later this year. Platte River Parkway Executive Director, Angela Emery says they're currently selecting a designer...

The Platte River in Casper has seen a lot of change since a master plan for its cleanup began 30 years ago. The Platte River Parkway Trust this week met and talked accomplishment...

The Platte River Parkway through Casper continues to grow in popularity and in amenities. Next Monday the Parkway Trust Board holds its annual meeting and open house and the public is encouraged to attend. The setting gives folks a chance to meet with parkway board members, mingle, enjoy a bite to eat from Gigis and hear about parkway projects completed, and those on the drawing board...