NEWS FROM: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Please report bear sightings and problems as soon as possible MONTE VISTA, Colo. – Bears are out of their winter dens in Southwest Colorado and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking residents to help in making sure bears live as...
The Crestone Eagle • May, 2020 Local fire ban now in force: No fires, no smoking outdoors by Carolina Brown Both Saguache County and the U.S. Forest Service have declared strict fire bans, based on weather conditions and the coronavirus. The declarations prohibit...
Good News! It is time to Celebrate! CPCH purchases land The Crestone Peak Community Housing Board has completed the purchase of land for the creation of affordable elder housing in Saguache County. Purchasing the land is the first step in bringing us closer to the...
Nat’l forest increases fire restrictions USDA Forest Service officials are providing recreation opportunities where possible, while keeping employees, the public, and our communities safe from the virus. We are also working to protect communities, as well as both...
During July, it was reported that bears have entered four houses in the Crestone/Baca Grande area and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is warning residents to take precautions to keep the animals away from their homes.
by Sandia Belgrade, with Peter Peterson, County Assessor JoAnn Groff, Property Tax Administrator for the state of Colorado, has announced that this county and many others will see an 18% budgetary reduction in funding. What’s happened to cause such a severe...
The Crestone/Baca Indivisible group held its first organizational meeting at the home of Chalet II resident Sarah Hoenninger in mid-January with about 20 local residents gathering. According to organizer Susannah Ortego, the purpose was “to offer regular people a way...
by Rosemary Dempsey, Dir. Communications, GOCO The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million to projects across the San Luis Valley. San Luis Valley Inspire, a valley-wide coalition breaking down barriers for kids to get...
The Crestone Eagle • May, 2018 Fires in Crestone history by Mary Lowers As summer approaches, we are living with a stage two fire alert in Saguache County. Crestone and the Baca Grande are drier than even the “old timers” have seen them. Even the spring pool behind...
The Crestone Eagle • May, 2020 Community solar microgrids explained by Paul Shippee Going green with community solar microgrids is an increasingly popular strategy at the local level for solving, or at least mitigating, many of our electrical energy supply,...
The Stations of the Cross in the San Luis Valley The Crestone Eagle • April, 2020 by Anoushka Perkert The Stations of the Cross are located in San Luis, in the southern part of the San Luis Valley. I had seen pictures of the impressive life-size sculptures, and...
