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Local rules - Adams County
Adams park objects stay where they are
In Adams County parks and open space, leaving plants, rocks, signs, and fixtures untouched is a rule, not just trail manners.
Read note ->Local rules - Adams County
Adams park trash rules include what you bring from home
Adams County park trash cans are for park use; hauling household or business garbage in to dump is off limits.
Read note ->Money and taxes - Arapahoe County
Arapahoe building permits can include open-space use tax
When you pull an Arapahoe County building permit, Public Works collects an open-space use tax based on the project's valuation.
Read note ->Money and taxes - Arapahoe County
Arapahoe has its own open-space sales and use tax layer
A voter-approved open-space tax is one of the sales-tax layers in Arapahoe County, and it is remitted to the state.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Jefferson County
Centennial Cone gives Jefferson County a near-backcountry foothills park
Centennial Cone Park northwest of Golden trades city-edge convenience for long trails, open slopes, and a near-backcountry feel.
Read note ->Local rules - Jefferson County
Jeffco open space camping and after-hours use need a check
Jeffco Open Space closes outside park hours and allows camping only by advance permit in designated spots, so a trailhead is not a campsite.
Read note ->Local rules - Jefferson County
Jeffco open space wildlife is not for feeding
Feeding wildlife and releasing animals are both off-limits on Jeffco open space, because fed animals turn into problem animals.
Read note ->Local rules - Adams County
Adams park research needs county approval
Any study in an Adams County park or open space needs the Parks director's approval before fieldwork begins.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Boulder County
Betasso Preserve is where Boulder County open space got its start
Betasso Preserve, west of Boulder, began as the county's first open-space purchase: ranch land bought from Ernie Betasso in 1976.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Boulder County
Hall Ranch is Boulder County's sandstone-and-grassland classroom
Near Lyons, Hall Ranch trades dark high forest for rolling grassland, sandstone buttes, wildflowers, and wide foothill views.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Boulder County
Heil Valley Ranch layers foothills, ranch history, and recovery
Heil Valley Ranch holds prehistoric sites, old ranch buildings, a meadow silo, and the scars of the 2020 Cal-Wood Fire in one place.
Read note ->History and culture - Adams County
Historic Splendid Valley keeps Brighton's farm edge visible
Historic Splendid Valley is a Brighton and Adams County effort to keep working farmland south of Brighton, with its history intact.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Denver County
O'Fallon Park helps stitch together the Bear Creek corridor
O'Fallon Park's 860 acres link Corwina and Pence parks into one protected Bear Creek corridor of trails, habitat, and foothills shade.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Arapahoe County
Tsistsistas-Hinono'ei Park has a council ring and shaded paths
Tsistsistas-Hinono'ei Park, also called Cheyenne-Arapaho Park, pairs a quiet neighborhood green with a tribute sculpture and council ring.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Broomfield County
Broomfield County Commons is the city's central prairie open space
Broomfield County Commons Open Space is a flat prairie loop in the middle of the city with reservoir overlooks and Front Range views.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Arapahoe County
Mule Gulch is part of Arapahoe County's West Bijou conservation story
Mule Gulch Open Space is a 929-acre conserved property near Byers tying dryland wheat, shortgrass prairie, and cottonwoods to the West Bijou drainage.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County
Hermit Park is the quiet open-space edge of Estes Park
Hermit Park Open Space is county-owned forest and wet meadow southeast of Estes Park with camping, cabins, and trails, and its own permits and rules.
Read note ->Water and land - Boulder County
Walker Ranch sits on billion-year-old rock above a fishing creek
Walker Ranch open space southwest of Boulder is built on ancient Boulder Creek granodiorite and offers fly fishing along South Boulder Creek.
Read note ->Water and land - Larimer County
River Bluffs is a small Poudre River window near I-25
River Bluffs Open Space is a small Poudre River stop in southeast Fort Collins, tied into the longer regional trail.
Read note ->History and culture - Larimer County
Ramsay-Shockey protects a quiet buffer above Pinewood Reservoir
A 177-acre Larimer preserve above Pinewood Reservoir, bought in 1997 for habitat, a water buffer, and a quiet four-mile trail.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County
The Devil's Backbone is a tilted rock fin west of Loveland
Devil's Backbone Open Space protects a hogback, a wall of sedimentary rock that the same forces that built the Rockies tipped on edge, and it is a popular trail area close to town.
Read note ->Water and land - Adams County
Riverdale Regional Park ties the fairgrounds to the South Platte River Trail
Riverdale Regional Park near Brighton is the county's main fairgrounds and open-space hub, with golf, disc golf, and a link to the South Platte River Trail.
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