Animals & Environment

09.25.19

This land is your land, this land is my land?

About two-thirds of Boulder County’s 740 square miles are publicly owned or protected. Yet, there can be a clash of cultures on how to use it.

What makes Boulder County special? There are many possible answers to that question. One of the most apparent would be the pioneering actions by the city of Boulder and Boulder County in preserving Open Space for future generations.

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09.25.19

Longmont farmer works to revive soil

Marcus McCauley is working with the city of Boulder to restore the soil on a neighboring Open Space parcel degraded by overgrazing and an exploding prairie dog population.

Marcus McCauley is working on a soil improvement project on Open Space land adjoining his McCauley Family Farm near Longmont.

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09.25.19

Boulder seeks to restore and preserve trees, bees and soil

This garden at Chautauqua, designed to attract pollinators, is part of a city of Boulder effort to provide food and habitat to pollinating insects. / Photo by Julia Vandenoever

Boulder’s commitment to ecological preservation by using local taxes to purchase and set aside public land has frequently been characterized as groundbreaking.

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09.25.19

If we build it, will they come? More mass transit, affordable housing, electric vehicles seen as best commuter solutions

Steve Clouthier gets in his car for a 30-minute drive home from Boulder to Arvada.

Steve Clouthier lives in Arvada and drives to work in  downtown Boulder.

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