WEDNESDAY APRIL 19, 2017 Steamboat Springs, Colorado Vol. 29, No. 92
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Wildlife officials are urging residents to take precautions as black bear activity increases in the Steamboat Springs area. On Friday night, a homeowner in the 1800 block of Clubhouse thought he had been robbed. Police found paw prints, and neighbors saw the bear jump out a window. Area Wildlife ManLike us on ager Kris Middledorf Facebook said wildlife officials and follow do not believe the bear Steamboatpilot broke into the house, on Twitter. but it passively entered through an unsecured door. A trap was set for two days, but it did not catch any bears. Middledorf said if a bear had been caught, it would have been relocated, because the bear passively entered the house. If the bear had broken into the house, the bear would have been killed. There have been reports of bears knocking over trash cans as they come out of hibernation, and the severity of bear incidents is increasing. On Tuesday morning, it was discovered a bear got into a car in the 2700 block of Burgess Creek Road and caused damage. Last summer, bears broke into dozens of cars, totaling several. In 2016, wildlife officers euthanized five bears. “Which is absolutely the hardest thing a wildlife officer has to do,” Middledorf said. He is hopeful no bears will be killed this year, but that is dependent on the public doing its part. “The issues that are created by See Bears, page 2
■ RIVER REPORT Yampa River flow Tuesday Noon 9 p.m. Average for this date Highest for this date Lowest for this date
433 cfs 480 cfs 762 cfs 2980 cfs, 1962 195 cfs, 1922
Reported in cubic feet per second at the Fifth Street Bridge as provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Steamboat Springs Jon Kowalsky powers up a hill along Routt County Road 33 near Steamboat Springs on Tuesday.
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Avoid game of ‘Frogger’ West End developers could help build trail connections Scott Franz
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New neighborhoods being planned in west Steamboat Springs could include a meadow for dogs, a cycling skills park and even a bouldering wall. But it’s trail connections and a pedestrian underpass on U.S. Highway 40 that some Steamboat Springs City Council members are hoping for the most.
City Council President Walter Magill said Tuesday some west Steamboat residents currently have to play a game of Frogger with children to cross the busy highway and reach the city’s paved riverside trail system. Magill thinks Brynn Grey, the developers trying to build 450 new housing units on the former Steamboat 700 site, could be a potential financial partner in creating new trail connections and a highway underpass that would better connect the west end of Steamboat to the
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Core Trail. “It just seems like we’re really underserving those residents of Routt County” by not having more trail connections, Magill said Tuesday. Magill added he considers the outlying neighborhoods, such as Steamboat II, Silver Spur and Heritage Park, to be a part of the community, and he’d like for those residents to be able to walk and cycle safely into town. See Trails, page 2