{"id":23118,"date":"2025-06-11T21:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=23118"},"modified":"2025-06-11T21:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:40:22","slug":"parks-open-space-welcomes-new-director-near-louisville-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=23118","title":{"rendered":"Parks &#038; Open Space Welcomes New Director Near Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parks &#038; Open Space Welcomes New Director Near Louisville<\/h2>\n<p>Boulder County is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Parks &#038; Open Space Director. The incoming director brings over 20 years of experience in public land management and conservation. They will oversee the department&#8217;s 100,000+ acres of protected land and 150 miles of multi-use trails.<\/p>\n<p>The Caribou Ranch open space property encompasses 139 acres and features 9 miles of multi-use trails. Seasonal wildlife closures may apply from December 15 through July 15 to protect nesting raptors and elk calving areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kevin Larsen, director of Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience, this program served 90% more residents in 2025 compared to the previous year. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing unprecedented demand from communities across Boulder County, particularly in Gunbarrel and the surrounding area,&#8221; Kevin Larsen said.<\/p>\n<h3>Timeline<\/h3>\n<p>Residents in the Gunbarrel area should note that service boundaries may differ from city limits. For properties in unincorporated Boulder County, contact Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience at (303) 441-9998 to verify eligibility and requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers contributed over 4,785 hours to this program last year. The Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience coordinates with 13 nonprofit partner organizations throughout Boulder County to deliver services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder County is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Parks &#038; Open Space Director. The incoming director brings over 20 years of experience in public land management and conservation. They will oversee the department&#8217;s 100,000+ acres of protected land and 150 miles of multi-use trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-23118","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\/23118","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}