El Paso County’s Fountain Creek Nature Center and Bear Creek Nature Center announce the events and activities for April 2018 which includes: The Great American Clean Up, Girl Scout Day, flowers, birds and rabbits. Fountain Creek Nature Center 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain, CO 80817 719-520-6745, www.ElPasoCountyNatureCenters.com Nature Adventures: Rascally Rabbits April 5,…
We’re taking a tour of the Paint Mines Interpretive Park. The park sits right outside of Calhan and is one of only three Hoodoos in the country. This place is beautiful and you should definitely go check it out.
On Wednesday, the El Paso County Parks Advisory Board honored five community donors as 2017 Partners in the Park with commemorative awards of appreciation. The Partners in the Park Program has brought in more than $140,000 to County Parks since it was started in 2009. 2017 Partners in the Park include: • Robert & Ellen Hostetler…
1/8/18 Major construction is about to get started near the New Santa Fe Regional Trail, and it will bring a few changes for trail users. The United States Air Force Academy will begin a large scale construction project at the South Gate Bridge between January 2018 and June 2019. This construction activity will impact the…
Marc Schendzielos has been named the 2017 Parks Volunteer of the Year. The El Paso County Parks Advisory Board gave him the great honor last week. “Marc is an extremely dedicated volunteer for the Bear Creek Dog Park and is heavily involved with the Friends of Bear Creek Dog Park group. He removes excess dog…
The herd of weed-eating cashmere goats are back at Bear Creek Regional Park and they’ll be chowing down for about 10 days. Approximately 500 goats will eat brush and weeds to perform organic weed control in 20 acres of the park surrounding the Charmaine Nymann Community Garden. The gardeners have raised funds for grazing each…
