Isn’t this a gorgeous sight? This is the Welch Ditch Trail, the third and western-most of the three bridges that cross Clear Creek between the Gateway Segment Trailhead and the Tunnel One Trailhead. Recently, Miss Mountain Manners was walking the Clear Creek Gateway Segment Trail, and what a beautiful experience that was. She was just […]
September, glorious September! September is Miss Mountain Manners’ favorite month, a time when the flaming hot of summer is on retreat while the Northern Hemisphere prepares itself for the long, quiet days and nights of the season of rest. This transition hasn’t slowed down the Jeffco Open Space crews, however… look at what they’ve been […]
PLAN Jeffco started with an idea that open spaces are vitally important to the health and welfare of all, and since 1972 has been building on that idea. Time brings change, and so PLAN Jeffco has had to consistently adjust as change occurs. PLAN Jeffco tries to keep its thumb on the pulse of the […]
Inside this issue: Clear Creek, Goltra Acquisition, Stewardship Academy, OSAC Notes Download your copy of the August 2021 newsletter here.
Sylvia Brockner, author, long-time nature columnist for the Canyon Courier, co-founder of the Mountain Area Land Trust and the Evergreen Audubon Society, passed away on September 3rd, 2021, just shy of her 102nd birthday. An Evergreen resident since 1965, she and her husband Bill, who pre-deceased her in 2008, founded the Evergreen Naturalists, which eventually […]
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new trail in town! Here’s the full story, plus an amazing list of other projects which are on-going or have been completed…what a busy summer! Clear Creek Canyon Park- Gateway Segment Open Finally! The Gateway Segment of the Clear Creek Canyon Trail, that you’ve been reading about and […]
PLAN Jeffco started with an idea that open spaces are vitally important to the health and welfare of all, and since 1972 has been building on that idea. Time brings change, and so PLAN Jeffco has had to consistently adjust as change occurs. PLAN Jeffco tries to keep its thumb on the pulse of the […]
By now, nearly every follower of PLAN Jeffco knows about the Peaks to Plains Trail and how it winds through the Clear Creek Canyon Open Space Park. The most-recent under-development section has been dubbed “the Gateway Segment”, since it gives visitors a way to walk (or bike) from the middle of Golden, up through the […]
In the early summer of 2021 a tiny, 10-month-old cockapoo disappeared while hiking with her family in the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness Area near Aspen. “Bella” was not on lead; she was walking with her human and canine family when something caught her attention and she wandered off-trail. By the time anyone noticed that she was […]
So much has happened during this very busy month of July! Let’s dig in and see what Open Space has been up to! 1,192-ACRE GOLTRA ACQUISITION Win-win is an understatement with this land conservation effort. After numerous discussions with the Goltra family, JCOS plans to permanently preserve 1,192 of the 4,800 acres they own just […]