If the USFS goes with option two, approximately 787,680 acres across the Pike National Forest roughly 72% of the forest would be closed to dispersed shooting. You can see the proposed closures below.

Dispersed target shooting — where forest visitors set up targets and practice shooting in an undesignated, undeveloped location — is a legal use of National Forest System lands that increased in ...

Pike National Forest. Rural fire districts helped by additional funds in 2024. Douglas County / February 19, 2024. ... The Littleton Police Department is looking for a vehicle described as a 2012 to ...

(MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo.) — The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced on Thursday, Oct. 17 all recreational shooting is banned at Pike National Forest due to high fire danger. Recreational shooting is ...

Two men in a snow-stranded vehicle in Pike National Forest were rescued Friday by an Air National Guard helicopter crew, about 21 hours after first calling 911 for help.

Last Fall, the United States Forest Service commenced with a mitigation project to Pike National Forest around Lake George and Wilkerson Pass of cutting down certain trees, to break up the crown ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)- The U.S. Forest Service is holding a public open house Tuesday for a new project that would change recreational target shooting on Pike National Forest land.

Pike National Forest’s restrictions also went into effect on Friday. The Restrictions extend all the way from Colorado Springs almost to Leadville.

A popular Christmas tree permit program inside the Pike and San Isabel National Forests has become a family tradition for many over the past 30 years. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

Volunteers gather in Manitou Springs to clean up illegal dumping sites in Pike National forest. By Barbara Fox. Published March 4, 2023 8:24 PM ...

The Forest Service has a new 14er in Colorado. The Conservation Fund has moved Mount Democrat over to the Pike National Forest, ending a thorny access issue that has haunted the popular Mosquito Range ...

(MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo.) — The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced on Thursday, Oct. 17 all recreational shooting is banned at Pike National Forest due to high fire danger. Recreational ...