“Cars came down the river with their lights on ... holds a weathered teddy bear that someone placed on the 1976 Big Thompson Flood Memorial in Drake as she and neighbor Peggy Lafferty talk ...

Early, rough estimates of the flood indicated it was a 1-in-500 event, meaning the chances of such a deluge in any one year are 1 in 500. But recently completed studies of the Big Thompson River ...

The Big Thompson River Restoration Coalition’s multimillion ... compared to zero right after the flood and 2,495 in 2012. Near Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park, counts showed 3,021 fish per mile ...

it was inundated by the Big Thompson River flood, which realigned the river channel and left several inches of fine silt behind. In the years since, several stewardship and cleanup projects have ...