Quotes
"We need to grow. We either change with the times or we die."
Phil Rico, Trinidad, Colorado Mayor
"People here think of Fisher's Peak as part of their property. This is our welcome doorway to Colorado."
Crystal Dreiling, Park Manager of Trinidad Lake State Park.
"Everybody needs to see the top of the peak at least once. People are chomping at the bit to use the trails."
Troy Velarde, Ranch Manager, Fishers Peak Property
Colorado's Newest State Park
Trinidad, Colorado is located in the extreme southern part of the state, close to the New Mexico border line. The defining feature of the park is the mesa that towers 3,500 feet above the town. The mountain is situated where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains. It is an attractive location for wildlife and humans. The property was a private ranch, Crazy French Ranch, a 30-square-mile home for about 300 cattle.
In February 2018, The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land with help from Great Outdoors Colorado (trust fund for part of the Colorado Lottery) combined to buy the ranch. Trinidad was known largely as a coal mining town. The mining has gone bust, and 10% of the population has left the community.
Planners are insuring that hiking trails in the new park avoid wildlife sensitive habitat. Below Fishers Peak there are are pinyon-pine forests and stands of Gambel Oak that have lived for 300 years. A wide assortment of animals and birds can be found in the mixed environment...sage brush to pine trees....deer to jumping mice. The diversity seems endless.
The Trinidad Lake State Park is scheduled to open in 2021. Officials and local town people are determined to keep the land and Fishers Peak as undisturbed as possible.
"We need to grow. We either change with the times or we die."
Phil Rico, Trinidad, Colorado Mayor
"People here think of Fisher's Peak as part of their property. This is our welcome doorway to Colorado."
Crystal Dreiling, Park Manager of Trinidad Lake State Park.
"Everybody needs to see the top of the peak at least once. People are chomping at the bit to use the trails."
Troy Velarde, Ranch Manager, Fishers Peak Property
Colorado's Newest State Park
Trinidad, Colorado is located in the extreme southern part of the state, close to the New Mexico border line. The defining feature of the park is the mesa that towers 3,500 feet above the town. The mountain is situated where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains. It is an attractive location for wildlife and humans. The property was a private ranch, Crazy French Ranch, a 30-square-mile home for about 300 cattle.
In February 2018, The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land with help from Great Outdoors Colorado (trust fund for part of the Colorado Lottery) combined to buy the ranch. Trinidad was known largely as a coal mining town. The mining has gone bust, and 10% of the population has left the community.
Planners are insuring that hiking trails in the new park avoid wildlife sensitive habitat. Below Fishers Peak there are are pinyon-pine forests and stands of Gambel Oak that have lived for 300 years. A wide assortment of animals and birds can be found in the mixed environment...sage brush to pine trees....deer to jumping mice. The diversity seems endless.
The Trinidad Lake State Park is scheduled to open in 2021. Officials and local town people are determined to keep the land and Fishers Peak as undisturbed as possible.
Government vs. Environmentalist
An executive order instructs agencies to waive required environmental reviews of infrastructure projects which will encourage contractors to speed up building and ignore the environment. Infrastructure projects includes pipelines and highways among other things.
A EPA proposal would change the mathematical formula for analysis of cost-benefits thus changing Clean Air Act regulations and limiting future air pollution controls.
The Federal government rolled back protections at a marine conversion area called Northeast Canyons of the New England coast. Opening the water to commercial fishermen will endanger a species of whales that number less than 400.
Sierra Club and many other environmentalists organizations oppose these changes in policy.
Fishing For A Joke
What kind of fish will help you hear better?
A herring aid
What is the difference between a fisherman and a lazy student?
One baits his hook, the other hates his book.
Boy Scout: I just swallowed a fish bone!
Camp Counselor: Are you choking?
Boy Scout: No, I’m serious!
Two Miles High and Six Feet Under, a historical mystery, and a look at the famous Leadville Ice Palace of 1896 Available: Amazon, Kindle, Denver Bookbar, Tattered Cover (3 locations)
An executive order instructs agencies to waive required environmental reviews of infrastructure projects which will encourage contractors to speed up building and ignore the environment. Infrastructure projects includes pipelines and highways among other things.
A EPA proposal would change the mathematical formula for analysis of cost-benefits thus changing Clean Air Act regulations and limiting future air pollution controls.
The Federal government rolled back protections at a marine conversion area called Northeast Canyons of the New England coast. Opening the water to commercial fishermen will endanger a species of whales that number less than 400.
Sierra Club and many other environmentalists organizations oppose these changes in policy.
Fishing For A Joke
What kind of fish will help you hear better?
A herring aid
What is the difference between a fisherman and a lazy student?
One baits his hook, the other hates his book.
Boy Scout: I just swallowed a fish bone!
Camp Counselor: Are you choking?
Boy Scout: No, I’m serious!
Two Miles High and Six Feet Under, a historical mystery, and a look at the famous Leadville Ice Palace of 1896 Available: Amazon, Kindle, Denver Bookbar, Tattered Cover (3 locations)