{"id":11024,"date":"2025-04-29T22:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=11024"},"modified":"2025-04-29T22:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:28:31","slug":"july-2026-parks-open-space-acquires-340-acre-conservation-easement-near-lyons-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=11024","title":{"rendered":"July 2026: Parks &#038; Open Space Acquires 340-Acre Conservation Easement Near Lyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>July 2026: Parks &#038; Open Space Acquires 340-Acre Conservation Easement Near Lyons<\/h2>\n<p>Boulder County Parks &#038; Open Space has acquired a 340-acre conservation easement on a working ranch near the town of Lyons. The easement permanently protects critical wildlife habitat along the St. Vrain Creek corridor and preserves agricultural land from future development while keeping the property in private ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The project includes improvements along Arapahoe Road between Nederland and the intersection with Baseline Road. Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2026 with completion expected within 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible participants include Boulder County residents with household incomes at or below 70% of Area Median Income (AMI). For a family of four, this is approximately $76,000 per year. Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p>Data from the 2025 Boulder County Community Survey shows that 64% of respondents rated this service as &#8220;important&#8221; or &#8220;very important.&#8221; The survey, conducted every two years, received 7,225 responses from residents across the county.<\/p>\n<p>A community information session will be held at the Nederland library on Wednesday, April 29 at 5:00 PM. Translation services in Spanish and Nepali will be available. The session will also be livestreamed on the Boulder County YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder County Parks &#038; Open Space has acquired a 340-acre conservation easement on a working ranch near the town of Lyons. The easement permanently protects critical wildlife habitat along the St. Vrain Creek corridor and preserves agricultural land from future development while keeping the property in private ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-11024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-space-recreation","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}