Friends of Boulder Open Space
Friends of Boulder Open Space was founded in 2006 to bring together
community members interested in protecting the ecological health and
diversity of Boulder's extraordinary open space and mountain park
lands. Our mission is to promote smart, sensible, conservation-first
management of our public lands.
community members interested in protecting the ecological health and
diversity of Boulder's extraordinary open space and mountain park
lands. Our mission is to promote smart, sensible, conservation-first
management of our public lands.
Boulder is an outdoor community, and we love to visit and use our open
space lands. But as user demand has grown, so too have concerns
about human impacts on these lands. Eight years ago the City’s Open
Space and Mountain Parks Department created a “visitor use” process
designed to draft user plans for city open space lands. That process
produced a “Visitor Master Plan,” approved by City Council in 2005. The
department now is proceeding with the development of a series of area-
specific plans called “trail study area” plans.
Friends of Boulder Open Space is concerned that the public passion to
use Boulder's open space lands for recreational enjoyment is overriding
our responsibility to thoughtfully manage and preserve these priceless
lands. Perhaps because trail study plans focus primarily on recreational
uses, there are many more user-oriented participants than
conservationists at public meetings. User groups are well organized and
often work together to exert increased influence on the process.
Conservation-minded participants have, until now, not been equally well
organized.
Friends of Boulder Open Space is dedicated to filling that gap. Our goal
is to ensure that the primary mission of our open space agencies-- to
preserve and protect Boulder's open space lands and the creatures that
inhabit them-- remains the primary organizing principle behind all preserve
management and trail study area plans.
For more information contact 303-494-1580 or email info@friendsofopenspace.org .
space lands. But as user demand has grown, so too have concerns
about human impacts on these lands. Eight years ago the City’s Open
Space and Mountain Parks Department created a “visitor use” process
designed to draft user plans for city open space lands. That process
produced a “Visitor Master Plan,” approved by City Council in 2005. The
department now is proceeding with the development of a series of area-
specific plans called “trail study area” plans.
Friends of Boulder Open Space is concerned that the public passion to
use Boulder's open space lands for recreational enjoyment is overriding
our responsibility to thoughtfully manage and preserve these priceless
lands. Perhaps because trail study plans focus primarily on recreational
uses, there are many more user-oriented participants than
conservationists at public meetings. User groups are well organized and
often work together to exert increased influence on the process.
Conservation-minded participants have, until now, not been equally well
organized.
Friends of Boulder Open Space is dedicated to filling that gap. Our goal
is to ensure that the primary mission of our open space agencies-- to
preserve and protect Boulder's open space lands and the creatures that
inhabit them-- remains the primary organizing principle behind all preserve
management and trail study area plans.
For more information contact 303-494-1580 or email info@friendsofopenspace.org .
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