The North Star fen is the dark, pond-like area.

What does it take to enhance a wetland at North Star Nature Preserve? Sometimes not too much! Open Space and Trails will soon begin a wetland restoration project at the Preserve.

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Altai cottongrass (left) and hanging garden sullivantia.

“Everyone likes to root for an underdog. Even if it’s a plant.”

So says the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, which has tallied about 25 extraordinary plant species in Pitkin County that are underdogs these days. They are plants, according to CNHP, that need everyone’s help.

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Before (left) and after the stabilization project.

Pitkin County’s Open Space and Trails program is wrapping up a significant riparian restoration project on the Crystal River just above the Thomas Road Bridge.

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