Tag: Susan Davies
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Trail Talk: Be grateful for the foresight that creates so many Colorado parks and open spaces
Perhaps you’ve heard, but Denver is preparing to create its fourth largest park in the city’s history. Plans for the former 155-acre golf course have generated plenty of controversy. Some neighbors would prefer the land to be turned into shops or housing. A pesky conservation easement limits options, however. I say “pesky” with my tongue…
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Call for Pikes Peak to be renamed to its Ute name gains steam
Austin Box, a Southern Ute tribal elder, knows the story well. “When they were camped here, rather than the sun coming down on the lower area, it went up to Pikes Peak first and showed the sunlight there,” he says in a slow, easy cadence. “When the tribe looked up, they saw the sunlight. The…