The battle over the identity and future of Sweetwater Lake wages on as federal workforce turnovers temporarily stall the project’s National Environmental Policy Act process and Colorado works to ...

Friendly Forest- Jackson Township Fire Department will host a Halloween Friendly Forest Trail from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free ...

GARFIELD COUNTY — When a visitor pulls up to idyllic Sweetwater Lake, a remote gem on Colorado’s Western Slope that harkens back to a bygone era, its rustic charms are immediately apparent. The lake ...

Residents aren’t fans of a proposed plan to turn Sweetwater Lake, and the once-private property around it, into a state park. The purchase of the lake and the land around it for public use was at ...

COLORADO, USA — The U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife want to make Sweetwater Lake Colorado's 43rd state park, but there's no contract yet. Sweetwater is about three hours west of ...

Four years ago Sweetwater Lake went up for sale after development plans failed to materialize once again. It had been on the verge of private development for decades. The most recent proposal? Private ...

Residents aren’t fans of a proposed plan to turn Sweetwater Lake — and the once-private property around it — into a state park. The purchase of the lake and the land around it for public use was at ...