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YouTube: 35th Anniversary Roadshow - Barn Preservation and Restoration
| YouTube: 35th Anniversary Roadshow Growing the Stewardship Ethic: 35 Years of Boulder County Open Space Boulder County is a very special place with abundant natural beauty and biodiversity. This year Boulder County Parks and Open Space is celebrating its 35th Anniversary. We're grateful to those who initiated this effort to preserve and protect important lands and to the many who have supported our program over these years. We are dedicated to working with the community to solidify a stewardship ethic for the lands that have been preserved. Boulder County started preserving land in the 1970s. Big ranches were purchased beginning in 1976, including the 775-acre Betasso Preserve west of Boulder and the 2566-acre Walker Ranch on Flagstaff Road. The first purchase on the plains occurred in 1979 with the Rock Creek Farm purchase between Lafayette, Louisville and Broomfield. Since then the County has preserved about 1000 properties that range in size from less than an acre to the 4923-acre Heil Valley Ranch. When we add up the numbers, the program has preserved approximately 94000 acres of land, owning 59000 acres outright and another 35000 acres that are protected from development by conservation easements. About 40500 acres of preserved land is located in the foothills and mountains and about 53500 acres on the plains. We're committed to continuing stewardship of the land and to continuing engagement of the people who live here in maintaining this wonderful preserved land. We invite you to join us in building <b>...</b> |
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