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Description: Created by voters in 1992, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) is a statewide trust fund that helps support conservation, recreation, and stewardship needs. This organization is supported by a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds, and exists to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces. GOCO provides grant funding to local governments, nonprofits, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and over nearly thirty years has committed more than $1.3 billion to more than 5,300 conservation and recreation projects in every corner of the state.
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Subject: Conservation of natural resources, Science & Health, Environmental protection, Land use, Parks -- Colorado, Outdoor recreation -- Colorado., Public lands -- Colorado, Recreation areas -- Colorado, Outdoor recreation -- Economic aspects -- Colorado., Wildlife conservation -- Economic aspects -- Colorado., Grants-in-aid -- Colorado., Colorado. State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund., Tourism
Description: As metropolitan areas along Colorado’s Front Range continue to gain in population and city development, water scarcity is forcing some towns to enact new water preservation measures. This article looks at Castle Rock’s “turf bans” limiting private landscaping, and Arvada’s increased water hook-up fees for new construction. The article also references measures Aurora has taken towards incentivizing water conservation.
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Subject: Regional planning -- Colorado., Landscape architecture in water conservation., Water conservation -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area., Aurora (Colo.), Castle Rock (Colo.), Arvada (Colo.), Science & Health, Society & Culture
Description: In 2023, Denverites voted on referendum 2O, intended to lift the city’s conservation easement on land in Northeast Park Hill that was formerly known as the Park Hill Golf Course. Westside Investment Partners had purchased the land between 35th and 40th, and Colorado and Dahlia, in 2019. Their development plan included lifting the conservation easement that restricts the property to serving as a golf course, and then constructing housing, retail spaces, and a park. The 2O referred measure was Westside’s third attempt to lift the easement, with each effort being voted down by Denver’s voters. This article examines the history of the 155-acre plot, from 1859 to 2023.
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Subject: Urban planning, Regional planning – Colorado, Parks – Colorado, Land use, Housing, Conservation of natural resources, City planning, Ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Golf courses
Description: In 2023, Denverites voted on Referendum 2O, intended to lift the city’s conservation easement on land in Northeast Park Hill that was formerly known as the Park Hill Golf Course. Westside Investment Partners had purchased the land between 35th and 40th, and Colorado and Dahlia, in 2019. Their development plan included lifting the conservation easement that restricts the property to use as a golf course, and then constructing housing, retail spaces, and a park. The 2O referred measure was Westside’s third attempt to lift the easement, against a community group that ran an opposition campaign. The opposition group, “Yes for Parks and Open Space,” hoped to protect the citizen-funded easement, and had hopes that the city would buy the property and build a large park. Ultimately, each of Westside’s three easement removal efforts were voted down by Denver’s voters. This article reports the final referendum results.
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Subject: Golf courses, Housing, Urban planning, Regional planning – Colorado, Parks – Colorado, Land use, Conservation of natural resources, City planning, Ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Denverite.com, Kyle Harris, Nathaniel Minor
Type: Online news article
Date: 2023
Description: Denver Urban Gardens is a non-profit organization, founded in 1985, that strives to support sustainable, food-producing community gardening in Denver, Colorado. The organization has over 170 gardens across six counties in the Denver Metro Area, and works with community members to “cultivate gardeners, grow food, and nourish community.” The organization offers technical expertise, gardening education programs, and seed and seedling distributions.
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Subject: Community gardens -- Colorado -- Denver, Urban agriculture -- Colorado -- Denver, Agriculture, Community Gardens, Sustainable agriculture, Vegetable Gardening, Science & Health, Outdoor recreation -- Colorado
Description: A 2017 water and soil science study on the East River tributary of the Colorado River took a different turn than expected when beavers dammed the river section being studied. This event allowed for evaluation of the effect beavers have on water quality and ecosystem health. Beavers’ work was found to be more significant in reducing excess nitrogen than either rain or snowmelt. Ecologists believe the increasing warmth and dryness of the western U.S. will allow beavers to extend their range, potentially improving water quality of existing rivers.
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Subject: Crested Butte (Colo.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditions., Beavers – Ecology, Animal ecology, Wildlife conservation, Watersheds, Natural resources--Management, Environmental protection, Science & Health
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Description: The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge was established in 2007, and is home to 239 migratory and resident wildlife species, including prairie falcons, deer, elk, coyotes, songbirds, the threatened Preble’s meadow jumping mouse, and rare xeric tallgrass prairie. This 5,237-acre refuge, located 16 miles northwest of Denver, has remained relatively undisturbed for the last 30- 50 years, following the closure of the Rocky Flats nuclear plant. Previously managed by the U.S. Department of Energy, the plant manufactured nuclear and non-nuclear weapons from 1952 to 1994, after which it was added to the EPA’s National Priorities List (Superfund List) in 1989. Today, the refuge is one of over 560 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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Subject: Conservation of natural resources, Environmental protection, Land use, Recreation areas -- Colorado, Science & Health, Outdoor recreation -- Colorado., Public lands -- Colorado, Wildlife conservation, Tourism, Endangered species, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Energy, Resource Management, Natural resources--Management
Description: GreenLatinos is an active grassroots community of Latino/a/x leaders, headquartered in Colorado, who educate on, advocate for, and craft environmental justice policy with a focus on communities of color. Their primary policy priorities are climate justice and clean air, protection of public lands and the ocean, creating sustainable communities, and protecting water equity.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Environmental justice, Environmental policy, Politics, Social Justice
Description: The Izaak Walton League, founded in 1922, is an environmental advocacy group championing the protection of clean air and water, healthy fish and wildlife habitat, and conserving outdoor America for future generations. The organization is one of the earliest conservation organizations to set an aggressive course to defend wild America by changing public policy. The League supports citizens locally and works to shape conservation policy nationally.
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Subject: Conservation of natural resources, Environmental protection, Land use, Science & Health, Outdoor recreation, Wildlife conservation, Endangered species, Resource Management, Natural resources--Management, Fishes--Conservation--United States, Recreation areas--Colorado
Creator: Izaak Walton League of America
Type: Website
Date: 2018
title: Izaak Walton League - national conservation organization
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Description: Static snapshot of the watershed basins in Colorado. Site purports to present graphs of Colorado snowpack by region and year, but this functionality did not archive successfully.
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Subject: Snow--analysis, Science & Health, Watersheds
Description: This New York Times opinion piece examines the challenges facing the western U.S. as population growth, combined with historically significant drought conditions, quickly deplete the Colorado River. The article argues that the seven states that depend on the river will need to drastically reduce water use to stave off social, political and environmental crisis
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Subject: Science & Health, Environmental protection, Natural resources--Management, Water conservation -- United States., Environmental policy, Watersheds, Drought management -- United States., Water-power -- United States.
Description: In 2023, Denverites voted on Referendum 2O, intended to lift the city’s conservation easement on land in Northeast Park Hill that was formerly known as the Park Hill Golf Course. Westside Investment Partners had purchased the land between 35th and 40th, and Colorado and Dahlia, in 2019. Their development plan included lifting the conservation easement that restricts the property to serving as a golf course, and then constructing housing, retail spaces, and a park. The 2O referred measure was Westside’s third attempt to lift the easement, with each effort being voted down by Denver’s voters. Prior to the 2O measure in 2023, a group of community members and politicians created an opposition campaign: “Yes for Parks and Open Space.” Through op-eds, yard signs, leafleting, community meetings, and this website, the Yes for Parks and Open Space group argued against lifting the easement, and for protecting the large open space in an undeveloped state.
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Subject: Urban planning, Regional planning – Colorado, Parks – Colorado, Land use, Conservation of natural resources, City planning, Ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Yes for Parks and Open Space, Harry Doby
Type: Website
Date: 2023
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