Scoop the Poop event being held at parks across Colorado Springs this weekend
Scoop the poop at 6 Colorado Springs parks this Saturday.
and last updated 2021-05-04 21:51:19-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â The Scoop the Poop event is on for this coming Saturday after getting snowed out last month.
The Trails and Open Space Coalition is hosting the event at six local parks, including Ute Valley and Red Rock Canyon Open Space.
For every bag of dog waste that is returned to staff, the trail user will be entered into a chance to win 1 of 40 gift certificates for $50 to a local business.
Scooped poop in Colorado Springs parks could earn you $50
Lisa Parker
Photo: Lisa Parker / CC BY-SA 2.0
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) How does getting $50 for a bag of dog poop sound to you?
That s a reward being offered for people who help pick up the poop at several local parks here in Colorado Springs this Saturday. From 9 a.m. to noon, the Trails and Open Space Coalition is hosting a dog waste clean-up challenge, and trail users who return a bag of dog waste to TOSC staff will be entered to win one of 40 gift certificates worth $50 to a local business.
E-bikes soon allowed on almost all local trails and parks
Erin Chapman
and last updated 2021-04-08 00:38:24-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â More bike traffic may soon be coming to trails in Colorado Springs.
A new year-long pilot program will allow e-bikes on almost all of the trails and parks in the city.
Right now urban trails such as Pikes Peak Greenway, Cottonwood Creek Trail, Homestead Trail, or Midland Trail are the only trails Class 1 e-bikes can ride on. I have no problem with that on urban trails. I think that is more what e-bikes are suited for, said Chuck Thompson, avid biker.
Mike League, as one of five new board members of the Palmer Land Conservancy (formerly Palmer Land Trust), will contribute finance and agricultural knowledge to the work that PLC does to protect Southern Colorado land for present and future recreation use, food sources and wildlife.
League is chairman, chief executive officer and president of 5Star Bank, whom for years has been known for his constructive involvement in the Colorado Springs community.
Farming and ranching in League’s family history make him especially keen to preserve and appreciate the vistas and peace that come from the beauty in nature. His great-grandparents were orchard growers on Colorado’s Western Slope. He has spent most of his life in the Pikes Peak region.
Diver Rich Rotte cleans the corral at the About 600 tropical fish were released into their new home, a 16,000 gallon aquarium at the Scheel’s All Sports under construction in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. The sporting goods superstar is set to open in late March. Divers will go into the tank four times a week to clean the aquarium. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE
Courtesy of The Broadmoor Stacy and Witbeck crews work on completing one of three passing siding tracks for the new Pikes Peak Cog Railway near the top of Pikes Peak. The $100 million project is scheduled to reopen this spring, marking a milestone in the return of one of the region’s most popular tourist attractions. undefined