Douglas Mountain Acquisitions
by John Litz By the end of 2015, Jefferson County Open Space will have closed on three parcels of land totaling 1,036 acres that include the summit of Douglas Mountain. […]
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Trails Talk (December 2015)
by John Litz The Fall Trails Talk was held November 10 at the Buchanan Recreation Center in Bergen Park. Unfortunately the attendance was poor with more staff there than public. […]
Be Wild
by John Litz In the summer of 2015, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), solicited proposals for a grant program designed to get low-income children and families more involved in the outdoors. […]
Land and Water Conservation Fund Expires
by John Litz Congress allowed the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to expire Oct. 1. With it could go thousands of projects nurtured along by people who had hoped […]
Invitation to In Plein Sight 2016
Dear Open Space and Art Lovers, For more than 40 years PLAN Jeffco has worked for the protection and conservation of our open spaces. Because of our initiatives, Jefferson County […]
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 […]
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 […]
