Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’
Are Conservation Easements Valuable? Yes, Very
I learned last Thursday that conservation easements in Boulder County are incredibly valuable—if you’re a real estate speculator. Here’s what you do: Find a nice piece of land that’s under conservation easement. Buy it (relatively) cheap [...]
A Call for the Coyotes
At least three times a week during the summer, I find myself ripped from sleep, wide awake listening to the local coyotes report in. At times the calls are song like and dreamy and other times they sound downright creepy and alien. While they [...]
WATCH: Hogan/Pancost Neighbors’ Presentation on Wetlands
This is the first in a series of presentations discussing issues surrounding the Hogan/Pancost development in South Boulder. Versions of these presentations were given at the January 19th, 2012 Concept Plan Review at the City of Boulder Planning [...]
In Your Back Yard
The Hogan/Pancost concept plan will be presented to the City of Boulder Planning Board this Thursday, January 19th, at 6pm at the Municipal Building (Broadway and Canyon). The current concept plan calls for 122 homes on 20 acres of wetland meadow [...]
Are Conservation Easements Meaningful in Boulder County?
This year, Boulder County spent almost $600,000 purchasing conservation easements. The county has spent more than $23 million over the past decade and around $66 million since the conservation easement program began. Meanwhile, county commissioners [...]
Mountain Lions in the City: What Can We Do?
While we listened to residents voice their thoughts on the Bear and Lion Component of the Urban Wildlife Management Plan (UWMP) at the City Council meeting on the evening of April 5th, a female lion was likely looking for her next meal. Where she [...]
Mountain Lions in Our Neighborhoods
A 2-year-old female lion was in my back yard yesterday morning, in the heart of north Boulder. I called animal control around 10:20 a.m. and then sent a neighborhood alert. The dispatcher asked me where she was and in what direction was she [...]
Section 16: Not an Opportunity to Miss
Soon after I was elected to the Boulder City Council in 1995, I was dismayed and very concerned when a citizen involved with the Rocky Flats Local Impacts Initiative (RFLII), a congressionally supported group tasked with determining future uses on [...]
Boulder’s Elected Leaders: Stuck between a Rock and Hard Place
The prospect of the City of Boulder and Boulder County making a deal with Jefferson County regarding the proposed Jefferson Parkway has alarmed some Jeffco activists who've been fighting the proposed toll road for several years. The Jefferson [...]
Difficult Decisions: Managing Wildlife on the Urban Fringe
Working with wildlife in urban settings is always a challenge. Unlike television depictions of resource management, real world wildlife management involves on the spot decision-making, influenced by variables and exigencies provided by location, [...]
