Pikes Peak is getting 'trashed' by overuse and blatant disregard for the environment – Greeley Tribune
"People drive up and dump a refrigerator. People drive up and dump a stolen car. People are shooting up trees."
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"People drive up and dump a refrigerator. People drive up and dump a stolen car. People are shooting up trees."
The famed Pikes Peak in Colorado is getting trashed and is under assault by reckless users, causing resource damage and environmental impacts, so the agencies that manage it are looking for a solution from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The lyrics to “America the Beautiful” were inspired by a trek to the summit of Pikes Peak via prairie wagon in 1893. But when Katharine Lee Bates penned a poem called “Pikes Peak,” which became an American anthem after it was set to music in 1910, she could scarcely have
A new way of managing conservation and recreation on the vast expanse of Pikes Peak is in the works.“We have many, many different landowners and land managers... it does get complex,”
Amid a growing regional population and surging tourist traffic on Pikes Peak, land managers around the iconic massif are looking for a better way to manage heightened visitation on America’s mountain.