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6 Porch Notes tagged “comanche national grassland,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Baca County

The Comanche National Grassland is public land you can walk in Baca County

A large share of Baca County's open country is federal grassland managed by the Forest Service, with its own access rules and a ranger office in Springfield.

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History and culture - Baca County

You can still find Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts in southern Baca County

The Cimarron Route of the Santa Fe Trail crossed about 14 miles of southern Baca County, and on the Carrizo Unit grassland you can still walk out to faint wagon ruts and old markers.

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History and culture - Baca County

Picture Canyon holds rock art worth treating with care

Picture Canyon in Baca County's Comanche National Grassland holds ancient rock art on its walls, and visiting it respectfully helps protect it.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Baca County

Carrizo Canyon is a creek-fed canyon with old rock carvings

Carrizo Canyon in the Comanche National Grassland follows a fork of Carrizo Creek through juniper and cottonwood, and its walls hold American Indian petroglyphs.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Baca County

Hunting the Comanche Grassland means knowing two sets of rules

Hunting on the Comanche National Grassland in Baca County follows Colorado Parks and Wildlife license rules plus Forest Service land rules, and nearby private land needs permission.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Las Animas County

Las Animas County's plains edge holds part of the Comanche National Grassland

The eastern side of the county includes a piece of the Comanche National Grassland, open prairie and canyon country the Forest Service manages where public access takes some planning.

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