Tag: open space
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Tips and tricks for navigating rattlesnake season in Colorado Springs
With spring in full swing, it is not just people who are coming out and enjoying the nice weather after a long winter; it is rattlesnake season in Colorado Springs. Spring and fall are primetime for rattlesnakes as the weather is conducive for them, not too hot or cold. In the summertime, people do not…
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Happy Trails: Santa Fe Open Space a quaint escape north of Colorado Springs
There was some back-and-forth over the name of a newer El Paso County open space. For a while, Elephant Rock Open Space was the thought, for the shape of that rock seen from afar and now up close in the woods by Palmer Lake. But the name could be deceiving as the trail does not…
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Santa Fe Open Space a quaint escape north of Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There was some back-and-forth over the name of a newer El Paso County open space. For a while, Elephant Rock Open Space was the thought, for the shape of that rock seen from afar and…
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Santa Fe Open Space a quaint escape north of Colorado Springs
There was some back-and-forth over the name of a newer El Paso County open space. For a while, Elephant Rock Open Space was the thought, for the shape of that rock seen from afar and now up close in the woods by Palmer Lake. But the name could be deceiving as the trail does not…
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HAPPY TRAILS | Kane Ranch Open Space
Sights and sounds from Kane Ranch Open Space, El Paso County’s newest open space. (Video by Seth Boster)
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Colorado Springs City Council splits on allowing homebuilders to dedicate less parkland to the city
A few Colorado Springs City Council members during a work session Monday strongly opposed and questioned lowering how much parkland developers must dedicate to the city when they build new homes. “Once this is lost, it can never be recovered,” Councilman Bill Murray said of land dedication requirements. The proposed parkland dedication rules would lower…