John Litz at the PLAN Jeffco 40th Anniversary celebration, 2012 It is with heavy hearts that we come to you with news of the passing of one of our own, John Litz. There are some people for whom words are just not enough. John was an original founder of PLAN Jeffco, the keeper of Open […]
Fred Naess, 30-year Volunteer Park Patroller & PLAN Jeffco Board Member What’s it like to be a Volunteer Park Patroller with Jeffco Open Space? With over two dozen parks, more than 270 miles of trails and nearly 60,000 acres in the system, a Volunteer Park Patroller has many options. Once you’ve been vetted and trained […]
It is with heavy hearts that we come to you with the news of the passing of one of our own, Ann Bonnell. Ann was a cherished PLAN Jeffco Board Member, joining in 1997. She had been an active participant until recently, when her health took a serious downturn. She passed on Tuesday, December 26, […]
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By Vicky Gits and Bette Seeland, Nov 26, 2023 Early this year Jefferson County Open Space quietly removed without replacing an interpretive sign that had stood for about 20 years as a tribute to the visionaries whose genius and hard work launched PLAN Jeffco and created the Open Space Park system. Now that the sign […]
One of the many components of Jeffco Open Space is the Trails Partnership Program. The TPP is a grant program that provides supplemental funding to assist partners in implementing their priority trail projects within Jefferson County. These grants are awarded on an annual basis, provided that funding is available. At the November 2nd (2023) Open […]
(Apologies to the Five Man Electrical Band and their recording of “Signs”, circa 1970). Signs guide us as we travel through life. Signs are part of our everyday life; they’re everywhere we look… There are signs happy signs, announcing fun events that we may want to take part in: There are signs that remind […]
What we know today as Crown Hill Open Space Park wasn’t always a public venue. One year before the end of the American Civil War, in 1864, a young man named Henry Lee sojourned west from Iowa to join his brother, William, who had a farm east of Golden, on the south side of Clear […]
Jeffco Open Space 2022 Preservation Progress Annual Report We have a new addition to our Library, the Open Space 2022 Preservation Progress. It’s an update updates on how Open Space is doing with the Conservation Greenprint 2020-2025. Apologies for not getting this added before now, it’s been available on the Jeffco Open Space website since […]
Twenty-five years ago, a group of volunteers formed an organization called the Jeffco Open Space Foundation, whose purpose was (and is) to raise funds for programs and initiatives that align with its vision, mission, beliefs and its focus areas. From the beginning, the Foundation has been busy. They have provided partial funding for acquisition of […]