City of DurangoOpen Space Ranger
Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2024Durango, COI manage, maintain, patrol and protect miles of open space trails for the City of Durango. While patrolling our trails, I educate and inform trail users about open space rules and regulations, assist in wayfinding, install various signage, clean up trailheads, close illegal (social) trails, assist in new trail construction, remove hazards such as fallen trees/limbs, prune/trim/lop vegetation and overgrowth, build and maintain waterbars, repair/install/service dog bag dispensers and trash cans, monitor trail counters, make contact with and remove illegal campers, bridge inspections and repairs and assist our Natural Resources Manager in gathering specific data through a shared GIS database with La Plata County, BLM and CDOW. In addition to this work, I also assist the parks maintenance department with ice and snow removal, graffiti removal, building and facility maintenance and repairs, installation of various parks benches and picnic tables, hazardous tree removals, invasive species removals, clean ups for specific events in our city parks as well as various other tasks as needed.