Former Women’s Resource Center Executive Director and longtime Durango resident Tammy Tyner was found dead early Wednesday, according to the La Plata County Coroner’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office was notified about 6:40 a.m., said sheriff’s spokesman Chris Burke. Tyner’s body was found at the Vallecito Creek Trailhead in the 2700 block of County Road 500, he said.
No foul play is suspected. No further details, including cause of death, were made public Thursday.
“We are all heartbroken and we offer our deepest condolences to Tammy's family,” the Women’s Resource Center board of directors told The Durango Herald on Thursday.
Tyner’s departure as executive director was announced last week in an email to donors and sponsors.
“We are writing to inform you that Tammy Tyner is no longer employed with the WRC as the Executive Director effective of 11/5/2025,” the email said. It was sent the same day and signed by Board President Ashley Truitt.
Tyner worked with the center for nine years.
In interviews earlier this week, the board and Tyner declined to provide a reason for her departure.
Tyner was a longtime Durango resident, with both sides of her family having local roots stretching back five generations, according to Tyner’s WRC biography.
She attended Durango High School and the Colorado School of Mines, and was a former merchant marine, the biography said. She was also a certified equine specialist, and was formerly a survey technician at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Tyner owned wildfire mitigation company Wildfire Solutions, LLC, and equine assisted therapy business T-S Ranch.
Community service was a “responsibility and privilege that (fed) her soul,” her biography said.
Tyner’s family was not immediately available for comment Thursday.
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