Craig Robelen, president of the Blue River Horse Center, assesses the stables at the center s new home at the former 80-acre Hillyard Ranch property at 35405 Colorado Highway 9, 15 minutes north of Silverthorne, on Friday, April 9, 2021. The horse center is able to use the property this summer for equestrian-based emotional awareness and leadership training programs through a lease from Kilgore Cos., owner of Peak Materials.
Photo by Joel Wexler
The Blue River Horse Center has found a new home after all thanks to a generous lease agreement from Peak Materials and Kilgore Cos.
Horse center president Craig Robelen described the Hillyard property as sensational.
Trapper Mine, Colowyo Mine, and Twentymile Mine each received statewide accolades at the annual Colorado Mining Association and the Department of Reclamation, Mining and Safety conference for their hard work over the last few years.
Trapper Mine was awarded an Excellence in Reclamation award during the annual conference, while Colowyo, Trapper, and Twentymile earned awards for Outstanding Safety Performance.
Individually, Forrest Luke, who recently retired as Environmental Manager of Trapper Mine, was awarded the Dr. James A. Pendleton Award, which is a lifetime achievement award. Marvin Reynolds of Colowyo Mine also received an Excellence in Individual Safety award.
Individual Honors
Photo from Peak Materials
Arguments about the allotment of time for each party to present at the board hearing for the Peak Ranch Resource Project drove the conversation at the pre-hearing conference Wednesday.
The project proposed by Peak Materials is a gravel mine north of Silverthorne. The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board will consider the application for the Peak Ranch Resource Project at the upcoming hearing April 21-22 and will decide whether it will approve, approve with conditions or deny the application before it would move on to Summit County officials.
The project has been adamantly opposed by residents in the area, and 58 participants attended the virtual pre-hearing conference.
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