PLAN Jeffco 2015 Annual Dinner
PLAN Jeffco 2015 Annual Dinner with the County Commissioners to Celebrate 43 years of Conserving Jeffco’s Open Spaces “Celebrating Jeffco Land Trusts” Date: September 21, 2015 Location: The Vista at Applewood Golf […]
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Birds of Mount Falcon
On September 29, seventeen members of the “Tuesday Birders” spent four and one-half hours looking for and counting birds at the West (upper) end of Mount Falcon Open Space Park. […]
Meadow to Mountain: Mountain Area Land Trust
by Vicky Gits Mountain Area Land Trust’s first success was helping to preserve Elk Meadow Open Space Park near Evergreen, one of the most visible and most loved scenic parks […]
Keeping the Canyon Beautiful: Clear Creek Land Conservancy
by Vicky Gits Clear Creek Land Conservancy works in the Clear Creek drainage basin from the Continental Divide to Golden, covering parts of Clear Creek, Gilpin and Jefferson counties. Its […]
Citizens Saving Vanishing Vistas: Colorado Open Lands
by Vicky Gits “Colorado Open Lands was an experiment. It was the incorporation of a citizens effort to save what Coloradans love about Colorado,” wrote former Gov. Richard Lamm (1975 […]
SB-206 Signed Into Law: Greater Incentives for Conservation in Colorado
This morning, Governor Hickenlooper signed Colorado Senate Bill 15-206 into law, providing greater financial return to landowners who wish to protect their land and water with a conservation easement. Effective […]
Trails Talk (May 2015)
Open Space held their Second Trails Talk program at the Mountaineering Center April 29. Trails Talks are planned for the spring and fall of each year to make the public […]
Birds of Chatfield
Image: Great-horned owlets in the nest, sighted at Chatfield State Park. Photo by Rob Raker. Hiking, biking and horse-back riding are not the only things that you can do in […]
Tuesday Birder Group Visits Bear Creek Lake Park
Tuesday Birders, led by Ann Bonnell, Dave Hill, and Phil Gerkin, visited Bear Creek Lake Park, a City of Lakewood Park, on March 31st for a four-hour walk amidst 58° […]
Leaving Only Footsteps? Think Again!
by Michelle Poolet So you think you’re only leaving footsteps when you’re out in the wild? Think again after reading this opinion article in the February 13, 2015 New York […]
