Tag: Eleven Mile Reservoir
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Paddleboarder, dog die in apparent drowning at Eleven Mile State Park
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities recovered the bodies of a paddleboarder and a dog at Eleven Mile State Park in Park County late Friday evening after they were reported missing earlier in the day, according to park officials. Three…
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Forest Service adds nearly 130 acres of public land in Pikes Peak region
Public land is expanding in the foothills west of Colorado Springs. The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday announced acquiring nearly 130 acres of previously private property — a swath of stream-fed pine and aspen with wildlife-frequented meadows and mountain views. The acreage is being referred to as the Wagon Tongue Co. property, just south of Lake…
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At her post in the Colorado mountains, this ice skating ranger patrols in style
PARK COUNTY • They call it singing. They being the people who spend their days around one of the biggest sheets of ice found in the mountains between Colorado Springs and Denver. The groaning, creaking, booming — that’s the ice singing, they say. “A lot of people find if very creepy, but it’s actually the…
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At Colorado’s geographic heart, destination waters connected by the Dream Stream
PARK COUNTY • Atop Wilkerson Pass, across the flats stretching out to the snowy Collegiate Peaks, there’s something in view like a mirage: shimmering blue on the desolate plateau. That’s Spinney Mountain Reservoir, reached on a dirt road past prairie dogs and pronghorn and idyllic ranches where buffalo roam. As first light spills over the…
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Colorado to host free fishing this weekend
No fishing license? For two upcoming days only, no problem. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will host its annual free weekend June 5 and 6. On that Saturday and Sunday, all Coloradans and nonresidents can cast a line in any of the state’s lakes, ponds and streams. Parks and Wildlife maintains a webpage dedicated to tips…