Tag: fox run regional park
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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…