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Dept of Parks and Wildlife Opens North Gateway Park to Fishing Fun

Dept of Parks and Wildlife Opens North Gateway Park to Fishing Fun

Close to 300 people and of those around 140 youngsters under 16 years came out to North Gateway Park this past Saturday, May 10, for a free kid’s fishing day, sponsored by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.  Youngsters under the 16 year old age limit didn’t need a fishing permit this past weekend to try their skill or […]

Earth Moves - Waters Flow at North Gateway Park

Earth Moves – Waters Flow at North Gateway Park

  Lamar officials will learn later this month, in the North Gateway Park has been approved to receive a $70,000 grant from the state’s ‘Fishing for Funds’ project for initial park improvements.  State Department of Parks and Wildlife Technician, Dave Miller, said recently, he and one or two local officials will make the presentation May […]

A Forest for the Future at North Gateway Park

A Forest for the Future at North Gateway Park

The Lamar Tree Board, along with students from Parkview School’s fifth grade class, planted 190 trees around North Gateway Park, Thursday, April 17, as part of the city’s observance of Arbor Week. Tree Board members flagged spots earlier for the planting with the help of Kyle Kurtz from the City of Lamar. City Crews, according […]

New Water for Baca County at Two Buttes Dam

New Water for Baca County at Two Buttes Dam

Volunteers in Baca County are providing traffic control while some road work and grading is being done at the Two Buttes Dam.  The Dam has had an unprecedented amount of water this past summer, due to several monsoonal rains which swept through sections of southeast Colorado.  A town hall meeting was called in August due […]