Wild about Nature: Celebrating 42 years of Open Space PLAN Jeffco Annual Dinner with the Commissioners The Vista at Applewood Golf Course, 14001 West 32nd Ave., Golden 80401 Thursday, May 8, 5:30 p.m. to Midnight Speaker Ian Billick, PhD, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte and Gothic: “Science and Land […]
…for you to read at http://jeffco.us/parks/about/open-space-master-plan/. Following the February 11th Board of County Commissioners public hearing, the BCC considered approval of the Master Plan. At that time, members of the development community requested more time to review maps and make comments before approval. They were granted a 30-day extension. The Open Space Advisory Committee will […]
MALT introduces the Pennsylvania Mountain Natural Area. This amazingly beautiful area near Fairplay (Colorado) is located near existing residential development is on MALT’s list of highly-desirable conservation projects. For nearly 40 years, this area has been the location for high-altitude graduate and scientific research on a plethora of topics, from fragile tundra plants to pollination […]
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MALT — the Mountain Area Land Trust — does great things, and in this case it’s an 80-acre parcel which abuts U.S. Forest Service land. While the Conservation Easement contains an option for an environmental education center and potential eventual acquisition by the city of Woodland Park, it’s wonderful to have this area protected. For […]
Sometimes land preservation is done on a big scale. Last week, The Nature Conservancy closed on a 515-acre conservation easement, to bring the total of Montana land which is now preserved and protected from development to just over 1 million acres. One million acres of Montana protected in the 35 years that TNC has been […]
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Great news from Joe Tempel (joe_tempel@dinoridge.org) of Dinosaur Ridge (www.dinoridge.org): The Friends of Dinosaur Ridge has purchased a building that will be renovated to become a visitor center at the north entrance of Red Rocks Park. The 4,000 sf building, dubbed the Discovery Center, will complement the existing Visitor Center on the east side of […]
From: apexpark [mailto:apexpark@co.jefferson.co.us] Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 4:08 PM Subject: Work scheduled to begin on Apex Trailhead I’m pleased to say that we are going to start work on the Apex Trailhead project on Monday, August 12. In review, this project will establish formal trailhead amenities and improve grading at Apex Park. This work […]
Looks like we’ve got a David and Goliath scenario brewing up at the Rocky Flats/Candelas area in north Jeffco…read more about it here: “Protester defies lawsuit threat from development near Rocky Flats” http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2013/08/rocky_flats_protester_lawsuit_threat_candelas.php