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Rocky Mountain National Park Fire managers are conducting pile burns on the north aspect of Deer Mountain. Ignition of the piles began on Monday March 8th and burning will continue as weather and smoke dispersal conditions permit. The ignition of piles in the area will continue through the week of March 8th through [...]

The handicapped fishing area in the Big Thompson Canyon, at mile marker 72, is in need of some serious help. Ever since the area was built, after the 1976 flood, not much has been done to maintain it. Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), over the years, has pushed de-icing sand over the edge of the road [...]

Last week, members of the Rotary Club Duck Race Committee gathered participating organizations at the Estes Valley Library and passed out their adoption forms. Now, it’s time to adopt a duck, there will be hundreds of great prizes to be won in this year’s Duck Race. Major prizes this year are valued at over $5,000 [...]

Rocky Mountain National Park fire managers are planning to conduct a prescribed fire (pile burn) to achieve resource management and hazard fuel reduction objectives. The burn began on March 1, 2010. Ignition of piles may continue throughout the month of March and will take place during normal business days. Residual smoke may be observed through [...]

The state of Colorado’s budget shortfall has hit home. Park School District R-3 Superintendent Linda Chapman will describe the crisis in school funding at the next League of Women Voters meeting on Wednesday, March 10th at 9 a.m. in the newly refurbished Hondius Room of the library. All interested members of the community are welcome to attend. [...]

To The Editor: No finer person have I known than Kurt Oliver. He was a kind, gentle, generous, and wonderful man. As a seasonal ranger in RMNP, I knew Kurt for many years. He always had a bright smile and warm greeting. Never did I hear Kurt speak an ill word of anyone. Kurt was a mentor and [...]

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a special historical reenactment at the Estes Park Museum on Saturday, March 6th at 2:00 p.m. Linda Batlin will appear as Isabella Bird, a Victorian traveler widely acclaimed for her letters and sketches published during 1879 in A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. This book is considered to be [...]

Thrilling mountain rescues, dangerous skirmishes with poachers, ski patrols high above treeline, looking death squarely in the eyes. It’s just another day at the office for Bob Flame, Rocky Mountain National Park ranger. The Rocky Mountain Nature Association, in cooperation with the Estes Park Museum Friends and Foundation, has republished Bob Flame: Rocky Mountain Ranger. This [...]

The Estes Park Salvation Army Board of Directors was delighted to receive a rare gold coin in one of its red kettles during the 2009 Christmas fund raising effort. The coin is a ten dollar U.S. issued Liberty/Eagle gold coin dated 1851. Appraisers estimated the value of the coin to be about $550. The EP Salvation [...]