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New growth comes quickly on open spaces
New growth takes hold at Sky Mountain Park.
Last year, Pitkin County Open Space and Trails thinned vegetation at Sky Mountain Park, Filoha Meadows Nature Preserve and Red Butte Ranch Open Space in order to spur new vegetative growth. It did not take long for nature to fill in the openings created by man and machine.
Keeping tabs on North Star’s wildlife
An elk and her calf make their way across the river at North Star Nature Preserve.
Recreational use of North Star Nature Preserve often captures the spotlight, but its habitat and wildlife are a continuing focus for Pitkin County Open Space and Trails, which manages the 245-acre preserve with the goal of protecting and enhancing the property’s ecological functions.
Rolling out a new approach to wetland restoration
Laying wetland sod around an irrigation pond in the Brush Creek Valley.
Restoring a landscape tends to be a long process, but Open Space and Trails rolled out a new technique last month that may speed up the success rate.
