SALIDA — The Salida Ranger District on the Pike-San Isabel National Forest & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands will start dredging two ponds at the Monarch Park Campground from Aug. 14th to Sept. 1st.
This project is being done to provide the fish there a better habitat and thus improve fishing opportunities in partnership with the following agencies:
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Trout Unlimited
- United States Lime & Minerals, Inc - Colorado Lime Division
Through these partnerships, costs to improve the campground were minimized.
Both Forest Service Road 231 and the Monarch Park Campground will remain open for the duration of this project. Visitors are encouraged to use extra caution around the large trucks and heavy equipment that will be used.
For more details, contact the Salida Ranger District at (719)539-3591 or email janelle.valladares@usda.gov.
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