Photo-Credit:Chaffee County Search and Rescue
Cutline:Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Jeff Hammond, a river ranger with the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, made three trips across the Arkansas River at midnight on July 6, 2023, to rescue three people who were tossed into the water in a rapid in Browns Canyon. Members of Chaffee County Search and Rescue held spotlights from the east bank as Hammond paddled his kayak to the west side to reach the victims.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife BUENA VISTA — It was nearly bedtime, after 10 p.m., when Jeff Hammond, a river ranger with Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s…
