Santa Fe Trail Ranch - Articles

Welcome to our Articles page. On this page you will find a total of 177 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

66 articles from 2024

SFTR Exit 2 Lawsuit Settlement

· News & Notifications · Admin

Good news! As you may have heard, the parties to the Exit 2 Road lawsuit have reached a settlement as explained in the attached Settlement Agreement. Additio...

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Lawsuit Settlement Documents

· Legal · John Gerald

Lawsuit Settlement Documents 2024-10-30 - ORDER GRANTING ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 2024-10-25 -- Settlement Agreement and General Release of Claims -- FINAL

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POA Annual Meeting 2024

· Property Owners Association (POA) · Admin

POA Annual Meeting 2024 - Video POA Annual Meeting 2024 - Video Recording October 5 2024...

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Annual Board Meeting 2024

· Property Owners Association (POA) · Admin

Annual Board Meeting 2024 - Video Annual Board Meeting 2024 - Video Recording October 5 2024...

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SFTR Fall Dinner Luau

· News & Notifications · John Gerald

SFTR Fall Dinner Luau Saturday, November 2, 2024 SFTR Fall Dinner Luau Saturday, November 2, 2024 SFTR Fall Dinner Luau Saturday, November 2, 2024 Social Time Begins At 5:00pm Di...

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High Altitude Gardening

· Blog · Tom & Lori Clark

I’ve been a gardener and plant lover since I was about 19. I discovered by accident that I had the green thumb and learned how to use it. I read everything...

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Owner By-Laws Education

· Property Owners · John Gerald

Owner’s Education Presentation Documents On September 14th and 21st the Governance Document Review Committee (GDRC) presented Owner’s Education sessions on the proposed By-Laws and its accompanying B...

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Proposed By-Laws Changes 2024

· News & Notifications · Admin

Proposed By-Laws Changes 2024 Proposed By-Laws Changes 2024 Santa Fe Trail Ranch Proposed By-Laws Changes 2024 Below is a lin...

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SFTR Facebook Rules - Revisted

· Blog · Admin

When we first established the SFTR Private and Hidden Facebook Group we did our very best to establish some rules and responsibilities for posting. We wanted...

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POA Board Nominations 2026

· News & Notifications · Admin

The forms contain basic information of the nominee, as well as a Nominee Bio, Nominee Statement, Nominators Statement (note they have character limits).

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POA Board Nominations 2024

· News & Notifications · Admin

The forms contain basic information of the nominee, as well as a Nominee Bio and Nominee Statement (note that both of these areas have a 500 character limit...

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Scrub Oak and Locust - My Weed Formula

· Blog · Carol Rawle

Near the turn of this current century, we on the Santa Fe Trail Ranch discovered the joy and ease of machine mitigation of Gamble oak and New Mexico locust....

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SFTR Annual Picnic Well Attended

· Blog · Chris Cross

SFTR celebrated another Annual Picnic event at the MOC (Metro Operation Center) located on north Mountain View Road on June 29th. It was well attended by alm...

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Feeding Wildlife. Don't !

· Blog · Carol Rawle

It was August, 1995. I had just moved into my newly built home on the Santa Fe Trail Ranch the week before. I had just finished a bracing breakfast of butter...

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Wood Chipping Program Ended May 31st 2024

· News & Notifications · Admin

We would like to remind you that the Slash Chipping and Removal Program has been officially terminated as of May 31st, 2024. As part of this program, propert...

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Reverse - 911

· Forest Health · Admin

Las Animas County operates a Reverse-911 emergency notification system. In the event of an emergency, a recorded message or text is sent to all registered ph...

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CWPP - SFTR

· Forest Health · Michael Hughes

The Santa Fe Trail Ranch (SFTR) Community Wildfire Protection Plan was originally prepared by Land Stewardship Associates, LLC at the request of the Santa Fe...

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SFTR Metro District

· About · Admin

The Santa Fe Trail Ranch Metro District (Metro) is a quasi-governmental tax district that was originally formed by a vote of the SFTR property owners to prov...

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SFTR Maps

· Maps · Admin

You can click on the map links above to jump to their position on this page.

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POA Financial Reports

· Financial · Admin

The following list shows minutes from the POA Financial Reports: (Financial Reports after 2022 are attached to the minutes of the regular recurring Board mee...

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Growing Plants On The Ranch

· Plants & Gardening · Admin

Santa Fe Trail Ranch has a legacy of aggressively controlling noxious weeds that can invade ranch property and rob the land of precious moisture. The POA pro...

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Firewise Info

· Forest Health · Admin

Santa Fe Trail Ranch became a FIREWISE-certified community in 2006, and has renewed our certification every year since.

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A Thisle Wildfire

· Plants & Gardening · Carol Rawle

Words of wisdom from SFTR's own Carol Rawle - created 12 September 2021.       

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POA Info

· Property Owners Association (POA) · Admin

The following information is correct for the current Property Owners Association board term: October 2025 through October 2026.

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POA Address Assignments

· Property Owners · Admin

The purpose of the Address Committee is to ensure that all addresses conform to the consistent numbering system that was developed and approved by the POA in...

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Current Weather

· Weather · Admin

Weather Station Located: Santa Fe Trail Ranch - Mountain View 7500ft. powered by Ambient Weather...

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All Things Weather

· About · Admin

Did you know that the weather at SFTR has been monitored for over 20 years?  And that the data has been recorded all that time?  It was first provided by W...

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Alerts & Updates

· Alerts & Updates · Admin

SFTR Annual POA Owners Meeting:      - Sat Oct 5th 9:00am

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Road Alerts

· Alerts & Updates · Admin

Santa Fe Trail Ranch, Trinidad, CO winter weather map | Microsoft Weather

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Nearby Attractions

· About · Sharon Sorenson

There are many interesting places to visit in and around Trinidad. The following list can be used to locate an area of interest. Clicking on the underlined n...

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Preparedness Feature - Fire Blanket

· Blog

For Christmas we received a wonderful gift of safety. I wanted to pass the idea onto all our neighbors. Our usual preparedness focus has been related to fire...

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STAGE 1 FIRE BAN IN EFFECT

· Alerts · Admin

UPDATED 8/2/2023 - In addition to the on-going ban of open fires on SFTR, Las Animas County has issued a Stage 1 fire ban with additional restrictions. Click...

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Fire Danger: Recent

· Alerts · Admin

Recent Fire Danger County Stage One Fire Ban No Open Fires ! No Embers ! No Fireworks of Any Kind ! Enforced by County Sheriff ! Local Fire Alerts and Inform...

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SFTR On Facebook

· Community · Admin

Announcing a new way of communication between fellow Santa Fe Trail Ranch property owners - a private, and “hidden”, FaceBook group!

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Pros and Cons: NextDoor vs Facebook

· News & Notifications · Admin

Did you know that both companies are listed with the NYSE and have a multibillion dollar value? They both were created to provide a social discourse among ne...

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Preparedness Feature - Fire Blanket

· Safety

For Christmas we received a wonderful gift of safety. I wanted to pass the idea onto all our neighbors. Our usual preparedness focus has been related to fire...

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