Russ Wolfe dancing. Photo courtesy of Leigh Ann Wolfe.
Russ Wolfe, co-founder of Colorado Springs’ iconic Flying W Ranch, died Friday, March 29, 2019. Wolfe, 94, preserved the western way of life at the ranch, which saw more than 6 million visitors before it burned in the Waldo Canyon fire, his family reports. Read more here.
Russ Wolfe dancing. Photo courtesy of Leigh Ann Wolfe.Russ Wolfe was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in the 1940s. Photo courtesy off Leigh Ann Wolfe.Russ Wolfe, owner and founder of the Flying W Ranch, introduces the Flying W Wranglers. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)Aaron Winter, executive director of the Flying W Ranch, walks around the ranch April 19, 2013, nearly a year after the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed it. Christian Murdock, The Gazette (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK)Greg Langer, left, and Phyllis Ann Philipps look over one of the catchment basins on the Flying W Ranch on April 4, 2013. Langer is district conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Phillipps is the organization’s state conservationist. Mark Reis, The Gazette (MARK REIS, THE GAZETTE)Americorps workers create a log erosion barrier from a downed tree April 4, 2013, on the Flying W Ranch. The logs are placed across slopes of burned hillsides to intercept water running down a slope and trap sediment. Mark Reis, The Gazette (MARK REIS, THE GAZETTE)Russ Wolfe assesses damage to the Flying W Ranch on July 9, 2012, as a result of the Waldo Canyon fire. Gazette file photo (SUSANNAH KAY)Russ Wolfe assesses damage wrought by the Waldo Canyon fire on the Flying W Ranch. Gazette file photo from July 9, 2012.
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A smoke-filtered sun sets over the scar of the Waldo Canyon fire on the Flying W Ranch on June 20, 2013. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK)An old coffeepot survived the Waldo Canyon fire and lies on the grounds of the Flying W Ranch on April 19, 2013. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK)Brian Picklesimer, second from right, gets help from volunteers Karan Randall, left, Mike Scott and Justin Smith to install log erosion barriers March 27, 2015, at the Flying W Ranch, which was destroyed by the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE)
