{"id":11344,"date":"2025-12-25T22:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T22:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=11344"},"modified":"2025-12-25T22:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T22:29:29","slug":"parks-open-space-acquires-340-acre-conservation-easement-near-lyons-follow-up-report-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=11344","title":{"rendered":"Parks &#038; Open Space Acquires 340-Acre Conservation Easement Near Lyons \u2014 Follow-Up Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parks &#038; Open Space Acquires 340-Acre Conservation Easement Near Lyons \u2014 Follow-Up Report<\/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>Climate considerations are central to this effort. Boulder County&#8217;s 2025 Climate Action Plan sets targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 19% below 2005 levels by 2030. This project contributes to those goals through energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy integration, and reduced vehicle miles traveled.<\/p>\n<p>A community information session will be held at the Niwot library on Friday, May 29 at 6:00 PM. Translation services in Spanish and Nepali will be available. The session will also be livestreamed on the Boulder County YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>According to Jennifer Walsh, director of Human Services, this program served 19% more residents in 2024 compared to the previous year. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing unprecedented demand from communities across Boulder County, particularly in Niwot and the surrounding area,&#8221; Jennifer Walsh said.<\/p>\n<p>For questions about this program, contact Jennifer Walsh at Human Services: (303) 441-6757 or email Human Services@bouldercounty.gov. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Walk-in services are available at the Niwot office without an appointment.<\/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-11344","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\/11344","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=11344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}