Tending Garden of the Gods ; Nonprofit Group Plans to Raise, Donate Money

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › June 21, 2005

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Expecting that Colorado Springs will not fund needed work at the Garden of the Gods, a nonprofit group has vowed to raise $500,000 in the next three years for improvements.

Mark Hesse, director of the Rocky Mountain Field Institute, hopes to use the money to hire a full-time employee to head up projects. Those would include revegetation and stabilization of the most eroded gullies in the 1,367-acre landmark, Hesse said.

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Tending Garden of the Gods ; Nonprofit Group Plans to Raise, Donate Money

Although it's not uncommon for people to contribute to parks, Hesse's would be the first effort that involves hiring someone ...

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