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Parks and Historic Sites

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Civic Center in the running to become a national historic landmark

    Within the next three to nine months, Denver's Civic Center could become the city's first national historic landmark. Earlier this week, Mayor Michael Hancock testified at a National Park System advisory board meeting in favor of the area's qualification of the honor, which will move to the National ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    B-cycle stations in parks will be commercial-free

    Within the next three to nine months, Denver's Civic Center could become the city's first national historic landmark. Earlier this week, Mayor Michael Hancock testified at a National Park System advisory board meeting in favor of the area's qualification of the honor, which will move to the National ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Ken Salazar's plans for tourism in San Luis Valley generates protests

    Ken Salazar.​Two weeks ago, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar surfaced in Alamosa, surrounded by state leaders, to present the results of a federal study aimed at promoting tourism and conservation in the San Luis Valley. The National Park Service's study pushes for conservation easements, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Latest Word is off for Martin Luther King Day...but the news marches on

    Latest Word is off to mark Martin Luther King Day, but will be back on duty early tomorrow morning. The Martin Luther King Marade (that's march/parade) gets under way this morning at 9 a.m. The Colorado Progressive Coalition will be holding its own rally before the marade, asking for police accounta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    City Park considers selling naming rights -- sort of -- for new regional playground

    Denver Parks and Recreation has unveiled the beginning stages of a plan to overhaul City Park's Dustin Redd playground and replace it with a newer, larger model. The project comes with an end date of 2013 and the goal of creating a regional playground to attract visitors from across the metro area. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Reader: National Park passes don't cover fee areas popping up at Colorado National Forests

    ​Plenty of readers were surprised to learn (from Patricia Calhoun's recent post) that merely stopping to take a photo at Mount Evans scenic byway will cost a visitor $10. But one commenter was well aware of the situation -- and notes that it's not an isolated incident.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Summer's Ending: 8 Great Weekend Roadtrips You Need to Take Now

    National Park Service​It's the first week of August, so it's likely that many of you are experiencing Endofsummeritis. You may think there's nothing you can do but watch the slow creep to winter, and before you know it, you will be shoveling your car out of six feet of snow while icicle tears form ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    O'er the Land of the Free

    National Park Service​It's the first week of August, so it's likely that many of you are experiencing Endofsummeritis. You may think there's nothing you can do but watch the slow creep to winter, and before you know it, you will be shoveling your car out of six feet of snow while icicle tears form ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Today in Stoke: Photographer Ian Shive's The National Parks: Our American Landscape

    ​Photographer Ian Shives has added more than 40 stunning new images for the paperback edition of his hit 2009 coffee table tome The National Parks: Our American Landscape, many of them shot while on assignment for National Parks Magazine. Tough gig, right? Actually... Ask him about the extreme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Denver parks soon to host admission-based events -- but bigger isn't necessarily better

    A Flickr photo.​ Admission-based events are more than likely coming soon to a city park near you! Last Thursday night, the Denver Parks and Recreation Advisory Board approved in a ten-to-seven vote a controversial policy allowing ticketed events in select city parks, including Civic Center, C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    John Salazar: Land swap aids big donor

    John Salazar.​While Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has been enduring a summer of media broiling over everything from the BP oil spill to federal wild-horse roundups, his brother John has been coolly and quietly toodling toward re-election and a fourth term in Congress. But now, the Oth ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    The dog days of summer have arrived for the vacant Church in the City

    John Salazar.​While Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has been enduring a summer of media broiling over everything from the BP oil spill to federal wild-horse roundups, his brother John has been coolly and quietly toodling toward re-election and a fourth term in Congress. But now, the Oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Steven Clay Romero pleads guilty to dragging Buddy the dog to death

    Steven Clay Romero: Should he be sentenced to serve time in a kennel?​Some of those designated Westword's Shmuck of the Week earn this honor for kinda silly reasons -- like, for instance, the condom website that implied Coloradans have small dicks. Not so Steven Clay Romero, named after he wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Steven Clay Romero indicted for dragging Buddy the Dog to death

    Steven Clay Romero won't be getting his own show on Animal Planet.​Some individuals accused of crimes wind up generating a significant amount of sympathy -- but that's unlikely to happen for Steven Clay Romero -- because of what he's accused of doing to a dog named Buddy. Late yesterday, a gr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    Nature Calls

    Steven Clay Romero won't be getting his own show on Animal Planet.​Some individuals accused of crimes wind up generating a significant amount of sympathy -- but that's unlikely to happen for Steven Clay Romero -- because of what he's accused of doing to a dog named Buddy. Late yesterday, a gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Today's featured event: Celebrate summer! Cruise where no bike has gone before

    Get a head start on the solstice tonight when cruiser bikers from all over the city converge for the Park to Park Summer Solstice Cruiser Ride, a leisurely social ride linking three major -- and lovely -- Denver landmarks: City Park, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Washington Park. Celebrate summer ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    Pretty in pink turns coyote ugly in Greenwood Village

    Get a head start on the solstice tonight when cruiser bikers from all over the city converge for the Park to Park Summer Solstice Cruiser Ride, a leisurely social ride linking three major -- and lovely -- Denver landmarks: City Park, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Washington Park. Celebrate summer ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he'll have to save the Interior Department

    Get a head start on the solstice tonight when cruiser bikers from all over the city converge for the Park to Park Summer Solstice Cruiser Ride, a leisurely social ride linking three major -- and lovely -- Denver landmarks: City Park, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Washington Park. Celebrate summer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Ken Salazar extinguishes a Bush fire sale

    Ken Salazar, the new Secretary of the Interior, who spent much of last week traipsing around the Denver area declaring that there's a new sheriff in town, has taken what he calls "an important first step" in restoring balance to federal public lands policy -- pulling the plug on a controversial sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Chatfield Denver Botanic Gardens’ website is like hedge maze to nowhere

    Ken Salazar, the new Secretary of the Interior, who spent much of last week traipsing around the Denver area declaring that there's a new sheriff in town, has taken what he calls "an important first step" in restoring balance to federal public lands policy -- pulling the plug on a controversial sa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 31, 2008

    Theater on the Rocks

    Betsy Tobin’s canyon-inspired multimedia work returns.

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Moon Time

    Hike beneath the full moon at Barr Lake State Park.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2007

    Go for the Gold

    Hike beneath the full moon at Barr Lake State Park.

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2006

    City Sounds

    Hike beneath the full moon at Barr Lake State Park.

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Fowl Bawl

    Is avian flu on the fly?

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2006

    Culture Stock

    Go native in Mesa Verde.

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    A House Divided

    Black Hawk plays the Lace card.

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Digging Deep

    On Mesa Verde's hundredth birthday, there's still a lot of dirt behind the "Mystery of the Anasazi."

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Rough Ride

    Mountain bikers and hikers face off over wilderness.

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2005

    Wild World

    A park ranger gives the skinny on forest follies.

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 24, 2005

    Best Way to Visit the Dunes Without Actually Going

    Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light and Shadow
    John B. Weller

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2004

    Wilderness Witness

    Photographer shares his affection for the Great Sand Dunes

  • News

    October 23, 2003

    At Close Range

    The Cherry Creek Shooting Center finds itself under the gun.

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2003

    On the Road Again

    This state was designed for explorers -- and a 1986 Jeep Wagoneer.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Mountain Perks

    Mountain parks grew as a Denver marketing tool.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Park Place

    An ambitious plan to expand Denver's parks may take root if the political climate is fertile.

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    The Plot Thickens

    A fear of development is growing in community gardens around Denver.

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001

    Best Online Campsite Reservations

    ReserveAmerica

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001

    Best Ecosystem Trail

    M. Walter Presman Trail

  • People & Places

    March 29, 2001

    Best Bathroom Campaigner

    Dennis Gallagher

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best winter camping trips

    Colorado State Parks yurts

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Black to Nature

    Bill Gwaltney wants to see more people like him at Rocky Mountain National Park.

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    He Walks With the Animals

    Maybe Jasper Carlton is a radical -- or maybe he's ahead of his time.

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    A Bird in the Hand

    The fate of the northern goshawk--and the timber industry--could rest with Richard Reynolds. He's not out of the woods yet.

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Artsbeat

    The fate of the northern goshawk--and the timber industry--could rest with Richard Reynolds. He's not out of the woods yet.

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    The Height of Insult

    Best-selling author John Krakauer gets caught in the dispute between "Mr. Longs Peak" and the Park Service.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Letters

    Best-selling author John Krakauer gets caught in the dispute between "Mr. Longs Peak" and the Park Service.

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    A Rocky Road

    The ranger known as Mr. Longs Peak has to climb down. His friends wonder why.

  • News

    October 18, 1995

    A RIVER OF ASPHALT RUNS THROUGH IT

    DENVER MEEKLY YIELDS TO DENSE DEVELOPMENT AT THE CHATFIELD ARBORETUM.

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    GET OFF MY CLOUD

    PLANS TO PUT A "LEARNING CENTER" ON MT. EVANS LEAVE SOME FUMING.

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