SLASH – Sustainable Lands And Safer Homes — is back for 2024, and the full schedule, with all relevant information (where, when, cost, what constitutes a truckload, etc) is available at https://www.jeffco.us/2493/Slash-Collection The Short List of Locations & Dates Blue Mountain Open Space, 23401 Coal Creek Canyon Rd, Arvada CO 80007 Th 5/23 – Su […]
What’s New in the Blogosphere? Earth Day 2024 Fun at Crown Hill SLASH 2024 is on its way! Bird Family with an Attitude: The Corvids Download your copy of the April 2024 PLAN Jeffco Monthly newsletter here The post The PLAN Jeffco Monthly – April 2024 appeared first on PLANJeffco.
Your PLAN Jeffco Board members (left to right) Cathi Schramm, Michelle Poolet, and Courtney App, get ready to head out into Crown Hill Park to plant trees and shrubs. What were you doing on the Saturday before Earth Day, 2024? Three of your PLAN Jeffco Board members joined 124 other Jeffco Open Space volunteers to […]
SLASH – Sustainable Lands And Safer Homes — is back for 2024! The anticipated start date for the opening of the first SLASH site is May 23rd, and the program is scheduled to continue through the end of October. At the time of this writing, the location schedule has not been published, but we will […]
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of the original article published by Ann Bonnell, June 1st, 2011. Rest in peace, Ann, we will never forget you or the expertise in bird life that you were so fond of sharing. — Steller’s Jay, photo by Matthew Olson The Corvids are probably the most notable family of […]
What’s New in the Blogosphere? Ann Bonnell Lived a Life of Service Pioneer PLAN Jeffco Board Member John Litz ENOR Turns 50! 2024 Conservation Awards Ceremony Pays Tribute to John Litz Video of the Month: Clear Creek Canyon Park – Huntsman Segment – Construction Update 2.1.2024 Download your copy of the March 2024 PLAN Jeffco […]
Ann Bonnell’s death on December 26th, 2023, at the age of 85, left a gaping hole in the heart of the Jefferson County birding community and in the hearts of her fellow PLAN Jeffco Board members. Ann’s life was focused on family and service. As a high school biology teacher and volunteer Water Safety Instructor […]
Pioneer PLAN Jeffco Board Member John Litz Served 51 years By Vicky Gits John Litz’s death on Dec. 29 at 87 marked the end of an epic career in the service of PLAN Jeffco and the cause of preserving natural lands in general. A metallurgical engineer by profession, John was a remarkably prolific volunteer who […]
EAGLE’S NEST OWL’S ROOST (ENOR) Environmental Discovery Camp of Colorado State University Extension in Jefferson County celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024. The camp began in the 1970’s and has pioneered education for over 20,000 children in 4th through 8th grade, in outdoor skills and stewardship of the local open spaces and trails. Stories abound […]
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