Plants & Gardening

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 provides herbicide that effectively controls various types of thistle, Mexican locust, Houndstongue, and Mullen when properly applied. The herbicide is provided to property owners in early spring and it can be applied throughout the growing season.

SFTR resident Carol Rawle just published a very informative article "A Thistle Wildfire" in Articles->Plants &  Gardening.

Colorado noxious weed listings maybe be found by drilling down at this website: https://ag.colorado.gov/conservation/noxious-weeds

Many property owners graciously volunteer to patrol assigned ranch road segments and apply herbicide as needed to control noxious weeks along roads/ditches and in the conservancy. As with all chemicals, personal protective equipment such as gloves and masks are recommended when applying this material.

The following map divides the ranch roads into numbered segments, and the volunteers who are currently signed up for the segments are shown in the table below the map.

Contact Bill Latham at 619-884-7682 or orangelatham@gmail.com for info on the POA-provided herbicide. 

Contact Bill Nielsen at 360-977-8766 or wpnielsen@msn.com to sign up for road segments.

Noxious Weed Control Adopt-A-Road Map.pdf

The following list was updated per Bill Nielsen on April 23rd, 2023.

Noxious Weed Control Adopt-A-Road Map.pdf

POA WEED CONTROL Santa Fe Trail Ranch POA WEED CONTROL Weed Control Santa Fe Trail Ranch has a legacy of aggressively controlling noxious weeks that can invade ranch property and rob the land of precious moisture. The POA provides herbicide that effectively controls various types of thistle, Mexican locust, Houndstongue, and Mullen when properly applied. The herbicide is provided to property owners in early spring and it can be applied throughout the growing season. SFTR resident Carol Rawle just published a very informative article " A Thistle Wildfire" in Articles->Plants &  Gardening. Colorado noxious weed listings maybe be found by drilling down at this website: https://ag.colorado.gov/conservation/noxious-weeds Many property owners graciously volunteer to patrol assigned ranch road segments and apply herbicide as needed to control noxious weeks along roads/ditches and in the conservancy. As with all chemicals, personal protective equipment such as gloves and masks are recommended when applying this material. The following map divides the ranch roads into numbered segments, and the volunteers who are currently signed up for the segments are shown in the table below the map. Contact Bill Latham at 619-884-7682 or orangelatham@gmail.com for info on the POA-provided herbicide.  Contact Bill Nielsen at 360-977-8766 or wpnielsen@msn.com to sign up for road segments.   Noxious Weed Control Adopt-A-Road Map.pdf The following list was updated per Bill Nielsen on June 11, 2024. Segment Roadway From To Miles Adopted By 28 Westwood Drive     0.75 AVAILABLE 34 Deer Trail Lane     0.25 AVAILABLE 59 Porcupine Circle     0.35 AVAILABLE 69 Tall Timber Trace     0.98 AVAILABLE 72 Bobcat Court     0.35 AVAILABLE 73 Wild Wood Lane     0.34 AVAILABLE 74 Meadow Court     0.27 AVAILABLE 77 Gallinas Parkway Tall Oaks Drive Engleman Court 1.28 AVAILABLE 78 Engleman Court     0.78 AVAILABLE 80 Mountain Meadow OL     2.08 AVAILABLE 81 Gallinas Parkway Mountain Meadow OL Fisher Peak Parkway 1.01 AVAILABLE 85 Old Mission Ridge Timber Park Drive Timber Wolf Run 0.69 AVAILABLE 86 Old Mission Ridge Timber Wolf Run End 0.27 AVAILABLE 87 Timber Wolf Run Old Mission Ridge End 0.34 AVAILABLE 89 Fox Trail Timber Park Drive Hidden Meadow Lane 0.76 AVAILABLE 94 Timber Park Drive Fox Trail Fisher Peck Pkwy 0.31 AVAILABLE 99 Alpine Meadows Drive Fisher Peak Parkway Yucca Court 3.86 AVAILABLE 100 Yucca Court     0.2 AVAILABLE 101 Alpine Meadows Drive Yucca Court Lodgepole Trace 0.53 AVAILABLE 103 Alpine Meadows Drive Lodgepole Trace Juniper Overlook 0.34 AVAILABLE 104 Juniper Overlook     0.18 AVAILABLE 105 Alpine Meadows Drive Juniper Overlook Aspen Trail 0.39 AVAILABLE 106 Alpine Meadows Drive Aspen Trail Timber Park Drive 0.07 AVAILABLE 110 Timber Park Drive Locust Court Alpine Meadows Drive 0.63 AVAILABLE 111 Timber Park Drive Alpine Meadows Dr. Gallinas Parkway 0.39 AVAILABLE 123 Gallinas Parkway Squirrel Lane Trail Ridge 0.89 AVAILABLE 124 Trail Ridge Gallinas Parkway Fawn Court 0.08 AVAILABLE 125 Fawn Court     0.3 AVAILABLE 127 Gallinas Parkway Trail Ridge Tall Oaks Drive 1.4 AVAILABLE 1 Fisher Peak Parkway Cottonwood Canyon Little Bear Drive 0.79 Kinder, R 2 Little Bear Drive Fisher Peak Parkway Raton Overlook 0.62 Kinder 3 Raton Overlook     0.34 Kinder 4 Little Bear Drive Raton Overlook Oak Park Drive 0.85 Kinder 5 Oak Park Drive Little Bear Drive North End 1.29 Latham, B 6 Pinon Court     0.47 Klebba 7 Pass Creek Court     0.08 Scott, R. L. 8 Little Bear Drive Oak Park Dr Vista West Drive 1.39 Latham, B 9 Vista West Drive Little Bear Drive North End 0.94 Wichterman 10 Vista West Drive Little Bear Drive Vista West Court 0.56 J&C Smith 11 Vista West Court     0.06 J&C Smith 12 Vista West Drive Vista West Court Wildlife Run 0.53 Tollefson 13 Wildlife Run Vista West Dr End 0.72 Tollefson 14 Pine Nut Dr     0.37 Scott, R. L. 15 Vista West Drive Spruce Lane Cedar Way 0.44 Parker, John 16 Cedar Way     0.3 Scott, R. L. 17 Vista West Drive Cedar Way Elk Park Road 0.48 Parker, John 18 Vista West Drive Elk Park Road End 0.51 Parker, John 19 Elk Park Road Vista West Dr Mountain View 0.96 Latham 20 Elk Park Road Mountain View Oak Way 0.26 Dixon. Ken 21 Oak Way     0.34 Dixon, Ken 22 Elk Park Road Oak Way Oak Park Drive 1.26 Klebba 23 Oak Park Drive Elk Park Road Little Bear Drive 0.96 Clarke 24 Elk Park Road Oak Park Dr Ponderosa Ridge Dr 0.53 Klebba 25 Ponderosa Ridge Dr     0.99 Klebba 26 Elk Park Road Ponderosa Ridge Dr Cottonwood Canyon 0.98 Klebba 27 Mountain View Elk Park Road Westwood Drive 0.49 Wichterman 29 Mountain View Westwood Drive Cottonwood Canyon 0.13 Wichterman 30 Mora Lane     0.33 Henning / Peters 31 Cottonwood Canyon Mountain View W End 0.27 Scoones 32 Mountain View Cottonwood Canyon Meadow Ridge Lane 0.03 Wichterman 33 Meadow Ridge Lane     1.1 Beaver 35 Squaw Creek Lane     0.33 Oetter 36 Fisher Peak Parkway Turkey Creek Lane Cottonwood Canyon 0.95 McBride 37 Cottonwood Canyon Fisher Peak Parkway Elk Park Road 1.01 Bob Dye 38 Cottonwood Canyon Elk Park Road Elk Ridge Trail 0.22 Bob Dye 39 Elk Ridge Trail     1.16 Bob Dye 40 Eagle's Nest Overlook     0.38 Bob Dye 41 Cottonwood Canyon Elk Ridge Trail Turkey Creek Lane 0.7 Beaver 42 Turkey Creek Lane Cottonwood Canyon Antelope Run 1.45 Beaver 43 Antelope Run     0.4 Beaver 44 Turkey Creek Lane Antelope Run Fisher Peak Parkway 2.45 Beaver 45 Cottonwood Canyon Turkey Creek Lane Hiddenwood Lane 0.18 Beaver 46 Hiddenwood Lane     0.44 Beaver 47 Cottonwood Canyon Hiddenwood Lane Mountain View 0.63 Beaver 48 Mountain View Cottonwood Canyon Bear Paw Lane 0.71 Wichterman 49 Bear Paw Lane     0.18 Edholm 50 Mountain View Bear Paw Lane Timber Ridge Lane 0.54 Forch 51 Timber Ridge Lane     1.04 Eisley 52 Mountain View Timber Ridge Lane Cedar Ridge Lane 0.29 Forch 53 Cedar Ridge Lane     0.25 Kirkwood 54 Mountain View Cedar Ridge Lane Chipmunk Drive 0.15 Forch 55 Chipmunk Drive     0.5 Edholm 56 Mountain View Chipmunk Drive Conifer Drive 0.02 Craig 57 Conifer Drive     0.52 Kirkwood 58 Mountain View Conifer Drive Porcupine Circle 0.59 Sharp 60 Mountain View Porcupine Circle Sunset Drive 0.07 Sharp 61 Sunset Drive     0.72 Forch 62 Mountain View Sunset Drive Currant Court 0.49 Nash 63 Currant Court     0.24 Alexandrowicz 64 Mountain View Currant Court Ptarmigan Court 0.52 Nash 65 Ptarmigan Court     0.24 Nash 66 Mountain View Ptarmigan Court Wild Plum Lane 0.45 Nash 67 Wild Plum Lane     0.36 Thomas 68 Mountain View Wild Plum Lane Tall Timber Trace 0.11 Nash 70 Mountain View Tall Timber Trace Tall Oaks Drive 0.49 Kirkwood, J 71 Mountain View Tall Oaks Drive Bobcat Court 0.38 Chatelain/Kirkwood 75 Mountain View Bobcat Court Tank 2 1.75 Kirkwood 76 Tall Oaks Drive Mountain View Gallinas Parkway 1.21 Kirkwood 79 Gallinas Parkway Engleman Circle Mountain Meadow OL 0.85 Cantin 82 Fisher Peak Parkway Gallinas Parkway Turkey Creek Lane 0.59 McBride 83 Fisher Peak Parkway Gallinas Parkway Old Mission Ridge 1.62 McBride 84 Old Mission Ridge Fisher Peak Parkway Timber Park Drive 0.96 Smith, Steve 88 Timber Park Drive Old Mission Ridge Fox Trail 1.69 Smith, Steve 90 Hidden Meadow Lane     0.97 Hughes 91 Fox Trail Hidden Meadow Lane Gallinas Parkway 2.21 Smith, Steve 92 Big Springs Overlook     0.47 Smith, Steve 93 Lariat Court     0.17 Smith, Steve 95 Fisher Peak Parkway Timber Park Drive End 0.67 McBride 96 Fisher Peak Parkway Timber Park Drive Alpine Meadows Drive 1.27 McBride 97 Fisher Peak Parkway Alpine Meadows Dr. Morley 1.41 McBride 98 Fisher Peak Parkway Old Mission Ridge Morley Meadows/R.R. 0.4 McBride 102 Lodgepole Trace     0.89 Romero 107 Aspen Trail     0.51 Kreiman 108 Timber Park Drive Alpine Meadows Drive Locust Court 0.05 Roundy/Smith, Steve 109 Locust Court     0.31 Roundy/Smith, Steve 112 Gallinas Parkway Timber Park Drive End 0.21 Roundy 113 Gallinas Parkway Timber Park Drive Squirrel Lane 0.21 Roundy 114 Squirrel Lane Gallinas Parkway Grey Fox Court 1.08 Roundy 115 Grey Fox Court     0.31 Roundy 116 Squirrel Lane Grey Fox Court Coyote Track Trail 0.43 Roundy 117 Coyote Track Trail Squirrel Lane Big Bear Dr 0.58 Roundy 118 Big Bear Coyote Track Trail End 0.12 Roundy 119 Coyote Track Trail   End 0.28 Roundy 120 Squirrel Lane Coyote Track Trail Puma Court 0.92 Roundy 121 Puma Court     0.08 Roundy 122 Squirrel Lane Puma Court End 0.22 Roundy 126 Trail Ridge Fawn Court End 0.78 Vaugeois 128 Fisher Peak Parkway Little Bear Drive N to End 0.75 Kinder, R