Jeffco Open Space details Beaver Ranch improvements and the science behind forest treatments
Jefferson County Open Space presented design milestones and schedules for the Beaver Ranch Park Trailhead project (60% design reached; construction planned for summer 2025), a roughly 446-acre park with about 100 parking spaces at the main trailhead. Open Space also explained ecological reasons for thinning and treatments to reduce wildfire risk and to sustain wildlife habitat.
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Jefferson County Open Space project manager Carly said the Beaver Ranch Park Trailhead Improvement Project reached 60% design and aims to finalize design in spring 2025 and begin construction in summer 2025 under a design-build contract. Carly described the project area (about 446 acres) and the main trailhead plan: a kiosk, restrooms, picnic shelter, a separately funded universal-access playground, an operations hub and maintenance building, an off-leash dog loop, formalized parking at the disc-golf/event center, stream restoration and a few new bridges. "It's about a hundred parking spots," Carly said when describing the main trailhead parking.
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