The City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department invites community members to view a project web map to learn about a range of trail, ecological and agricultural projects the department is planning to conduct in 2022.
The 2022 project web map features many upcoming projects, including work to:
- Thin trees west of Boulder to address wildfire risks on open space, which helps to provide habitat for a wide variety of wildlife and support more diverse vegetation communities.
- Use cattle to conduct targeted grazing of tall oatgrass, an invasive grass that spreads rapidly, threatens unique plant communities and can fuel wildfires.
- Regenerate degraded irrigated agricultural fields, suppress noxious weeds and restore native wetland plant communities in wetland areas.
- Improve stream and wetland areas – which provide critical habitat for various wildlife species – by removing invasive weeds and non-native trees.
- Restore habitats for native amphibians – including the Northern Leopard frog, a species Colorado Parks and Wildlife has designated a “species of greatest conservation need.”
- Leverage the generosity of volunteers to collect native plant seeds, which play a critical role in supporting ongoing OSMP ecological restoration projects.
OSMP’s Master Plan has identified trail maintenance as a key departmental priority. The 2022 project web map features many upcoming trail projects – with several focusing on older “legacy” mountain trails, which are often steep, prone to erosion and require ongoing maintenance:
Learn more about OSMP’s trail program. Visitors can also review significant 2022 trail closures online.
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