Do you have an adventurous spirit? Do you enjoy long hikes in nature but yearn to learn more about what you see? Join Naturalist Rob Pickett for a wild wander through Larimer County Open Spaces. These 4–5-mile hikes will reveal fascinating aspects of the local flora, fauna, geology, and landscapes, making it not just a physical journey but an educational one too! Learn insights that you can carry forward into your future outdoor explorations and deepen your connection with nature while expanding your understanding of the environment around you.
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Humans have been managing the resources of Devil's Backbone Open Space for generations, but what does management look like today, and why is it even necessary? Attend this hike to learn more about how Larimer County Department of Natural Resources manages this property and why. How do we deal with weeds, wildlife, and humans? Find out!
This is the fourth and final program in a series of hikes at Devil's Backbone Open Space centered on getting to know this wonderful place better.
Enjoy an evening with members of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society (NCAS) for an up-close look at the night sky over the Rockies. Telescopes will be available for viewing stars, galaxies, planets and more! Bring the whole group to connect with the wonders of the night sky.
This open house-style program is located at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space (entrance on County Road 38E). Telescopes will be set up in the paved parking lot. Program is free but a parking pass is required. Registration is encouraged.
LOVELAND – Larimer County Department of Natural Resources (LCDNR) is seeking public input for proposed management plan recommendations of Chimney Hollow Open Space (CHOS). Public input will be collected beginning Oct. 22 through Nov. 15 via an online survey as well as at a virtual public open house on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.
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DENVER, Colo. – NoCo Places, a collaborative of eight federal, state, and county land management agencies in the northern Colorado Front Range, has released a Conservation and Recreation Vision for the region, an effort two years in the making. The Vision describes current conditions, shared values, desired future conditions, a shared management philosophy, and management strategies and activities to achieve conservation and recreation goals. The visioning process also informed the development of an action plan to guide key projects for the next several years.
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Carter Lake re-opens to all recreation
Recreators are welcome to return to Carter Lake for all standard recreation as of Friday, 9/20. This includes paddlecraft and motorized boating in all zones. We thank our community members for their patience while we partially restricted access to make way for fire scooper planes fighting the #PearlFire earlier in the week. Please be aware that fire suppression efforts are still ongoing and the status of Carter Lake recreation is subject to change.
LOVELAND: Larimer County Department of Natural Resources (LCDNR) invites the community to join us as we celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 28 and throughout the preceding week.
Community members can choose between a litter clean up in the Carter Lake area or a trail construction project of the Bay to Bay Trail at Horsetooth Reservoir. The trail project is for ages 16 and above, while the litter clean up is open to all ages.
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As part of National Public Lands Day week (Sept. 24-28), Larimer County Department of Natural Resources is launching public tours of its newest open space at the former Heaven’s Door Ranch. LCDNR is pleased to announce that the open space will be called Canyon Edge Open Space, following the recent completion of a public naming process.
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2024 Public Tour Schedule
- Sept. 26: 5:30-7 p.m.
- Oct. 12: 10-11:30 a.m.
- Nov. 9: 10-11:30 a.m.
This 1,547-acre property of dramatic hogbacks and canyons, ponderosa pine woodlands and mahogany and mixed shrublands near the foot of the Big Thompson Canyon is currently being developed with limited public access.
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