Boulder County has nearly 64,000 acres of Open Space of which 61 percent is open to the public, 30 percent is preserved for agriculture and 9 percent is closed for various reasons. Nearly 40,000 acres of privately owned land are protected by conservation easements.
Much of the land west of the Peak to Peak Highway to the Continental Divide is owned by the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service. Parts of the Roosevelt National Forest, Indian Peaks Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park are in Boulder County.
by Cindy Sutter
