Kricket Olin is pictured here on patrol with her U.S. Forest Service certified mule, Timber, above Ouray last summer. Olin was a high alpine ranger for the Ouray Ranger District, helping to ensure safety, monitor public lands and provide education to those using the forests. She was supposed to help implement the program to require permits for hiking to Blue Lakes this year, but was fired in mass layoffs directed by the Trump administration.
Photo courtesy Kricket Olin
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County to hire own alpine rangers to patrol backcountry
In light of Forest Service firings, commissioners tell staff to find funding
Ouray County plans to fill gaps left by U.S. Forest Service firings earlier this year by creating its own alpine ranger program.
