Tag: black canyon
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Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park wildfires grow to 1,600-plus acres overnight
Reaching 1,640 acres in size, the wildfires in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park continue to burn with no signs of containment after two lightning strikes sparked the blazes Thursday. Evacuations for the park remain Friday, and there is no estimated time for reopening, according to fire and incident information agency InciWeb. The agency…
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‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain
In the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs, along the Pikeview Quarry scar seen from afar over the past century, two men knelt down to plant a young pine. They were David Isbell and Gary Bradley, two among a small crowd that gathered Thursday morning to celebrate what the quarry’s owning company called a “new phase”…
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Colorado Springs parks leaders zero in on projects for 2024
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs parks board this month heard plans and goals for new trails and open space projects for 2024. David Deitemeyer, the parks department’s senior landscape architect, started his presentation with Austin Bluffs Open Space. That’s the mosaic of meadows and woods surrounding Pulpit…
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Colorado Springs parks leaders zero in on projects for 2024
The Colorado Springs parks board this month heard plans and goals for new trails and open space projects for 2024. David Deitemeyer, the parks department’s senior landscape architect, started his presentation with Austin Bluffs Open Space. That’s the mosaic of meadows and woods surrounding Pulpit Rock, given that open space name in a 2020 master…