A site for property owners and friends of Santa Fe Trail Ranch
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Added 3/20 Women's Group Minutes for the March meeting are available. The next meeting will be held in May.
Added 2/28 Cottonwood Canyon Fire Mitigation Project Portions of Cottonwood Canyon have become so overgrown we have been forewarned by the fire department that the department will not drive their equipment up the canyon for fear of it getting trapped in the event of a fire. This presents a risk to ALL residents of the ranch as Cottonwood is a primary evacuation route. We are looking for volunteers to help with the mitigation efforts. Click on the binoculars to read more.
Added 2/14 Minutes from the February SFTR Board meeting are available.
Updated 12/2 Financial Reports are posted as they become available. Data for November is now available. Click on the binoculars to see the Financial Reports menu.
Updated 8/15 SFTR Logo Wear Shannon Youngquist is taking over responsbility for logo wear ordering and the updated catalog has Shannon's contact info. Thanks to Dena Wagner & Shannon for maintaining the catalog and handling orders!
Added 8/7 SFTR Discussion Forum The discussion forum posting limit on the SFTR website has now been reduced from 4 to 2 postings per month. Important notifications (road closings, water outages, safety-related announcements) will continue to be posted by board members and authorized volunteers on both the SFTR website and Nextdoor.com, however all social content is being moved to Nextdoor as these features will not be available on the new SFTR website.
We invite you to visit Nextdoor.com to review it's features, terms and guidelines and sign up if you wish. You must own property or lease a residence to join the SFTR neighborhood on Nextdoor. During the signup process you will be asked for your email address and street address, and maybe additional information to verify that you are eligible to join. You may also be asked to share information that is not required to create an account. Look for the SKIP or NEXT button and use it when you don't want to give Nextdoor info about your interests, access to your friends email addresses, etc. Also, review your Nextdoor account settings after creating your account to adjust your Privacy and Notification settings to your liking - you can hide your house number, and limit your postings to just the SFTR neighborhood. Finally, please read the Nextdoor User Guidelines and follow them, as they will be enforced to help ensure a positive neighborhood experience for everyone. Any users that have trouble signing up for Nextdoor (especially those without current mailing addresses on SFTR) should contact DeWayne Harris or John Sanders for assistance.
Thanks,SFTR POA Communications Committee
Added 6/11 Nextdoor Migration Announcement Recently, the Communications Committee invited SFTR property owners to help us test a new neighborhood website - Nextdoor.com. Our trial run with Nextdoor has exceeded our expectations. There are already 166 user accounts representing 130 lots in the SFTR neighborhood. Now it's ready for all SFTR property owners to use if they wish. Please be aware that the SFTR neighborhood on Nextdoor will soon replace many of the features of the SFTR website. It should also be noted that the discussion forum posting limit on the SFTR website has now been reduced from 8 to 4 postings per month with further restrictions planned in the future as the migration to Nextdoor.com continues. Important notifications (road closings, water outages, safety-related announcements) will continue to be posted by board members and authorized volunteers on both the SFTR website and Nextdoor, however all social content is being moved to Nextdoor as these features will not be available on the new SFTR website. This includes the discussion forum, the event calendar. some of the What's New! (binocular) items, items for sale, the photo gallery, the pet registry, and more. Many thanks to Michelle Blake who has offered to poll Nextdoor users to see if the pet registry features in Nextdoor are adequate or if they would like her to continue to maintain her independent SFTR pet registry website, so watch for this poll to appear on Nextdoor in the future.
In addition, ranch-owned businesses may want to register their companies at no cost on Nextdoor so that property owners can recommend them on Nextdoor. An added benefit is that Nextdoor recommendations may be seen by other users beyond SFTR. There are already five other Nextdoor neighborhoods in Trinidad and one other rural neighborhood in our local area.
We invite you to visit Nextdoor.com to review its features, terms and guidelines and sign up if you wish. You must own property or lease a residence to join the SFTR neighborhood on Nextdoor. During the signup process you will be asked for your email address and street address, and maybe additional information to verify that you are eligible to join. You may also be asked to share information that is not required to create an account. Look for the SKIP or NEXT button and use it when you don't want to give Nextdoor info about your interests, access to your friends email addresses, etc. Also, review your Nextdoor account settings after creating your account to adjust your Privacy and Notification settings to your liking - you can hide your house number, and limit your postings to just the SFTR neighborhood. Finally, please read the Nextdoor User Guidelines and follow them, as they will be enforced to help ensure a positive neighborhood experience for everyone. Any users that have trouble signing up for Nextdoor (especially those without current mailing addresses on SFTR) should contact DeWayne Harris or John Sanders for assistance.
Added 6/5 Korean Peace Medal Presentation Korean Ambassador Peace Medal recognizes veterans. Click on the binoculars to read more.
Added 5/7 Railroad Tunnet at Exit 2 The POA Board has been made aware that a small group of residents at the South end of the ranch intends to take it upon themselves to improve the emergency exit road at the railroad tunnel. Click on the binoculars to read more.
Added 8/8 Exit 2 Status Click on the binoculars for details (signon required)
Updated 7/9 Adopt-a-Road The Adopt-a-Road listing has been updated.
Added 6/28 Water Restrictions Please read this important information from the City of Trinidad, which supplies the tap water enjoyed on the Ranch
Added 6/13 Fire on SFTR RC Ghormley chronicles an averted disaster when lightning ignited a fire on the Ranch
Added 6/4 Wildflowers and Plants Carol Rawle has compiled a list of wildflowers and plants found on Ranch.
Added 5/18 Ranch Milestones A new article has been added to the "History Page" - A brief history of milestones of our Ranch. If you have ideas for additional artciles, please send to the webmaster.
Added 3/16 Ranch Weather Statistics are back! Ernie Parker has taken up the task of collecting and posting Ranch weather information, and it's available now!
Added 6/4 Consumer Confidence Report The state-required Consumer Confidence Report is out and can be picked up from Abby at the Metro office.
Added 4/24 Reverse911 Enrollment Form Las Animas County 911 recommends that every county resident should enroll every phone that could notify them. Note that you can request text messages also.
Updated 3/16 Protect Your Ash "Home owners need to protect their ash" says Derek Sokoloski, District Forester of the Colorado State Forest Service. To do this, the Fisher's Peak Fire Protection District has a drive to get landowners educated and to make available containers designed to protect the ash.
Added 1/23 Pet Registry Good news - the SFTR Pet Registry is up and running again! Michelle Blake has combined pet information from the old registry with new information to create a very nice separate web site. Check out the new pet registry web site and make sure your pet's description and your contact information are current. Please send any additions, corrections or suggestions directly to Michelle at michelle1colorado@gmail.com.
Added 8/20/2016 Property Tax Homestead Exemption for Seniors A property tax exemption is available to qualifying senior citizens.
Added 8/19/2016 A Conversation with the County Assessor Curious about cattle grazing's effect on our taxes?
Added 7/28/2016 Wildfire Activity Highlights Need for Mitigation to Protect Homes With large fires causing evacuations and structure losses over the past few weeks in Colorado, the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) wants to remind homeowners living in the wildland-urban interface to prepare for wildfires.
Added 4/29/2015 Mapping Protocol This is the Fire Control Features and Structure Triage mapping that will be completed for the Santa Fe Trail Ranch. Click on the binoculars for details (login required).
SFTR Photo Gallery The Photo Gallery is back and it's better. The page loads faster and you now have options for arranging and selecting which photos to see. The Photo Gallery is a collection of photos submitted by property owners for the enjoyment of all. If you have some material that you would like to share, please use the "Upload Photo" button on page 1 of the Photo Gallery. Photos from the Gallery are used on the front page photo rotation. As always, suggestions for improvement are welcome.
Welcome. The Santa Fe Trail Ranch (SFTR) web site is dedicated to providing past, present, and future documentation and information to both resident and non-resident owners. The beautiful Santa Fe Trail Ranch is nestled in the immediate northwest quadrant of the Raton Pass in southern Colorado. It is commonly called the southeastern gateway to the Rockies, and is bordered on the east by Fisher's Peak and the Raton Mesa. To the north are the Towering Huajatolla, more commonly known as the Spanish Peaks. To the west is the majestic Sangre de Cristo mountain range. The small town of Trinidad lies at the northern border of the SFTR, and Raton, NM, is located just past the southern border of the SFTR. The Vermejo Park Ranch and the Crazy French Ranch are our nearest neighbors to the immediate west and east, respectively.
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