The official ribbon cutting for the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center and The Broadmoor, Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway was held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. “HUGE thank you goes out to Vice-Chairman Valdez for taking the time to make this event so special,” said Susan Johnson, Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager, Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region. “I look forward to collaborating with the Southern Ute Tribe on future engagements. It was a lovely and important day that celebrated the power of collaboration. Finally, I would like to recognize Oscar [Martinez] and Jeff [Hovermale] for their commitment to ensure tribal engagement was part of the project from the beginning.”
The official ribbon cutting for the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center and The Broadmoor, Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway was held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
Pike Peak Summit Marker (pictured) Diana Trujillo, Forest Supervisor, Pike-San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands; Susan Johnson, Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager, Rocky Mountain Region; Jeffrey Hovermale, Lands/Mineral/Special Uses Program Manager, Pikes Peak RD; Vice-Chairman Bruce Valdez, Southern Ute Tribe; Frank Beum, Rocky Mountain Regional Forester: US Forest Service; Oscar Martinez, Ranger, Pikes Peak RD.
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: photos courtesy Rocky Mountain Region Forest Service/USDA
Photo Credit: photos courtesy Rocky Mountain Region Forest Service/USDA
