Tag: forest service
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Management proposed for recreational shooters across Pike National Forest
Debate continues over the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to control recreational shooting across public lands close to Front Range populations. It’s been an ongoing debate for about three years now, ever since officials launched a project called “Integrated Management of Target Shooting on the Pike National Forest.” The project has garnered standing-room-only meetings and hundreds…
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Capturing lesser-viewed beauty en route to Colorado’s Conundrum Hot Springs
Almost 20 years ago, back in what she calls her “nomad, ski bum, vagabond, climbing days,” Katy Nelson heard someone speak of a magical place in Colorado’s Rockies. “I remember someone telling me there’s this hot spring called Conundrum way up in the mountains,” she said. “Then I remember reading a description of it and…
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Capturing lesser-viewed beauty en route to Colorado’s Conundrum Hot Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Almost 20 years ago, back in what she calls her “nomad, ski bum, vagabond, climbing days,” Katy Nelson heard someone speak of a magical place in Colorado’s Rockies. “I remember someone telling me there’s this hot spring called Conundrum way up in the mountains,” she…
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Mixed reactions to plan for Colorado’s Sweetwater Lake
As a public comment period draws to a close regarding a plan for a scenic lake in western Colorado, land managers continue to face strong opposition. That opposition — largely from people living nearby — quickly followed Gov. Jared Polis announcing Sweetwater Lake as Colorado’s next state park in 2021. The announcement came after the lake and…
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Fire mitigation starting soon at popular open space in Colorado Springs
Fire mitigation is coming to a popular open space in Colorado Springs. Starting next month in Stratton Open Space, crews will be cutting timber across 260-plus acres well known to hikers and mountain bikers. While those enthusiasts can continue to access the open space during the project, a recent news release indicated “intermittent closures of…
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Jones Park plan closer to approval; Colorado Springs trail enthusiasts push back
A long-awaited master plan for a long-debated park in Colorado Springs’ southwest mountains has gained initial approval. That’s against continued pushback. Ahead of considerations by Palmer Land Conservancy and El Paso County commissioners, the county’s parks board has unanimously approved a master plan for Jones Park. That’s the nearly 1,200 acres in the Bear Creek…
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National parks are fantasy worlds in the maps of a Colorado artist
Not long ago in his parents’ Colorado Springs home, a young man came by his boyhood pen. This was the Lamy Safari Fountain pen Alex Burden had used some 20 years ago during elementary school in Germany. “The last time I used one was in third grade,” he recalled. Now he got an idea. With…
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Fifth-year Pikes Peak Apex maintains mission to be ‘world-class’ mountain bike race
A mountain bike race unlike any before in Colorado Springs heads into its fifth year with an eye, as ever, toward the future. Starting June 7, the three-day Pikes Peak APEX aims to draw closer to 200 riders, up from last year’s 162, said organizer Micah Rice. For the event boasting big mileage and elevation…
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Once-proclaimed Colorado state park might not gain lofty status
One of Colorado’s most scenic lakes might not be a state park after all. In 2021, Sweetwater Lake was proclaimed to be the next state park in an announcement by Gov. Jared Polis that surprised and angered locals living around the historic property. They saw a “state park” title as threatening the place they’ve known.…
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Long-awaited plan taking shape for Colorado Springs’ Jones Park
A long-awaited master plan for a highly debated place of recreation and conservation in Colorado Springs’ mountains is closer to a finish line. El Paso County parks officials recently fielded questions from mountain bikers and motorcyclists about a proposed guiding document for the next decade of management at Jones Park, the nearly 1,200 acres in…