Chaffee County Commissioners have called a special meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 31st, beginning at noon. Several items are on the agenda including filling vacancies on the Planning Commission and Visitor’s Bureau, ratifying two letters of support for the Chaffee Housing trust and will consider a request to dedicate the lodging tax to the Chaffee Housing…
Today, the Colorado Tourism Office announced the four awarded recipients of the Colorado Dark Sky Certification Mentor Program. This brand new program is being administered by the Colorado Tourism Office (CTO) and the International Dark-sky Association Colorado Chapter (IDA-Colorado) and seeks to advance strategies that help tourism partners across the state achieve International Dark Sky…
The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns in nine locations this winter. During the summer months, forest-thinning treatments often leave behind branches and other flammable biomass that is then organized into piles. In the winter, when conditions are safest for removal, the piles are burned. This process is critical to maintaining…
Governor Jared Polis has declared this Colorado Recycles Week. It’s a time to promote recycling, zero-waste programs and keeping the planet green. Despite its beauty, Colorado isn’t very good at recycling and composting. The most recent report found Coloradans buried about 5.9 million tons of materials into landfills in 2020. The same report found Colorado’s…
The Central Colorado Conservancy has purchased 110 acres along the Arkansas River as a third phase of the establishment of the Arkansas River Community Preserve. The new acquisition has grown the preserve to a total of 271 acres with over two miles of Arkansas River frontage. A conservation easement has been placed on the Preserve…