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 […]
If you’ve recently been out to Alderfer/Three Sisters Park recently, you’ll notice that there’s a lot of forestry activity happening, especially in the eastern one-third of the park. Managing and maintaining forest health is incredibly important to the safety of everyone and everything, and so, after 100+ years of the forest overgrowth, JCOS is able […]
It’s the merry month of August and President’s Report time, time to catch up with what’s happening in the local land conservation community and spot-checks from around the world. New this month is a section on Signs of Hope. We hope you enjoy the read, and in so doing, we hope this may broaden perspectives […]
Leave No Trace — do you really understand what it means? LNT is introducing a free course on the principles of Leave No Trace. Training for All calls upon people of all different backgrounds and outdoor experiences to take action by participating in Leave No Trace’s free 45-minute virtual outdoor education course. The course will […]