OPEN SPACE BOARD ADOPTS MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Board voted unanimously April 5 to adopt a management plan for Deer Creek Open Space.. The plan for the property (see the link above) was open to public comment for a one-month period that ended March 7. Public feedback was considered in the final plan. Pitkin County Open Space and Trails acquired the 38-acre open space in Snowmass Canyon in July 2015. The property, located at 2553 Lower River Road, was closed to public access when it was purchased. An interim plan to guide its use was adopted a year later. The interim plan (available below) allowed public access to the Roaring Fork River from the Rio Grande Trail as it crosses the open space and accommodated an intergovernmental agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). The agreement allowed a CPW wildlife officer to reside in an existing house on the parcel. |
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