Ouray County Sheriff’s Office Alpine Ranger Kricket Olin contacts off-highway vehicle users in the San Juan Mountains, checking vehicle registration, providing education and offering requested information. Olin is one of four ranger positions the sheriff’s office has created, in the wake of losing these positions that used to be part of the U.S. Forest Service. Photo courtesy Ouray County Sheriff's Office
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Kricket Olin pulled the side-by-side ATV over to a cluster of off-highway vehicles and leaned over the door, sticking her head in the neon helmet out the window.
