By Seth Boster
seth.boster@gazette.com
Susan Davies, the executive director for the Trails and Open Space Coalition, said the landowner was in negotiations with the forest service for months in a land dispute before the landowner erected a sign that notified hikers that the strip of trail would close starting July 15. It’s unfortunate and these things happen from time to time, Davies said.
Davies organization is invested in creating Ring the Peak Trail, a pathway of trails that would circumnavigate Pikes Peak. The 50-mile trail is almost complete except for a small section that needs renovation near Horsethief Park Trail.
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Local non-profits join forces in land conservation effort
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Palmer Land Conservancy, a regional land conservation champion, along with ten other outdoor recreation and land conservation nonprofits announced the launch of Elevate the Peak. The initiative is focused on the development of a 10-year implementation plan of current and future land conservation and recreation efforts in the Pikes Peak region.
Elevate the Peak is led by an 11-person Leadership Council and will bring together the conservation, outdoor recreation, and the public, private, and philanthropic sectors through an engagement initiative, including web-based community engagement.
Organizers say it s an effort to better understand how Coloradans use outdoor spaces in the Pikes Peak Region, and how to best protect it.