Tag: Black Forest
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Pikes Pick: Farmers markets ring in summer in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing says summer in Colorado Springs quite like farmers markets. Many will be returning next month. A couple of favorites: the Old Colorado City market at Bancroft Park and the Backyard Market in Black Forest,…
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‘Tis the season: 5 holiday markets happening in Colorado this weekend and beyond
As the chill of winter arrives, so do the warmth of hot cocoa and the scent of pine. The holidays are on the horizon, and local artisans are ready to help with gift giving. This weekend, the Front Range will host plenty of holiday markets, including some with long histories and others that intend to…
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Adjustments made to controversial nature center envisioned for El Paso County
Officials planning a nature center in the northern, forested boundaries of El Paso County recently presented adjusted concepts amid opposition. “We’re definitely listening and responding,” the county’s parks director, Todd Marts, said during an open house at Bear Creek Nature Center. Envisioned to be built among the pines of Fox Run Regional Park, Fox Run…
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Scenic ‘canopy walk’ envisioned for nature center near Colorado Springs
“Pretty unique” might be an understatement in describing one of the first design elements proposed for a nature center to be built in the woods north of Colorado Springs. That’s how Todd Marts, El Paso County’s parks director, described the dramatic feature envisioned for the long-sought Fox Run Nature Center. Renderings show walking paths wrapping…
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The forever tree: In woods north of Colorado Springs, beloved pets gone but never forgotten
Along a snowy trail in a pine forest north of Colorado Springs, Istvan and Marietta Arany stop at a tree. It is a tree adorned with ornaments and portraits of pets, precious lives lost over the years. The Aranys stop to add a picture: Gyuri the cockatoo and Larry the chinchilla — gone all too…
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Beloved pets gone but never forgotten in woods north of Colorado Springs
The Pet Memorial Tree at Fox Run Regional Park features ornaments dedicated to memorializing pets lost over the years. Originating from one man hanging a Christmas stocking in memory of his late golden retriever, the tradition has grown into a community practice where locals contribute their own mementos each holiday season. Community members visit the…
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Funnel cloud or tornado near Colorado Springs? National Weather Service weighs in
A prominent funnel cloud, spotted over north El Paso County Saturday, has been determined to have not touched the ground, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, meaning it never became a tornado. Multiple local spotters reported the funnel at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, 10 miles north of Black Forest, the weather agency said.…
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Colorado boosts funding to bolster fire investigation, identify cause of more fires across the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Investigators have never found the causes of some of the largest and most destructive fires in Colorado history, including the Black Forest fire, a trend state officials hope to change with more staff. Finding the cigarettes, shell casings or other telltale signs of a fire’s…
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A decade later, mitigation against new Black Forest inferno remains incomplete
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As fire erupted in a densely wooded bedroom community northeast of Colorado Springs on June 11, 2013, Laura Lollar was driving home from a working lunch where the lead communications officer for the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire talked about handling unexpected challenges. The coincidence for…