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Commissioners approve Stillwater Bend conservation easement to protect St. Vrain backwater and habitat
Summary
The board approved purchase of a 140-acre conservation easement at Stillwater Bend for $1.7 million to protect wetlands, 1,700 feet of St. Vrain Creek and habitat for sensitive species, while allowing continued agricultural use of hay fields.
The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners voted Dec. 9 to acquire a conservation-easement interest in the Stillwater Bend property, a 140-acre parcel near Hygiene that includes wetlands and an off-channel backwater area of St. Vrain Creek.
Melissa Arnold, a land officer in the county's real estate division, said the acquisition would reconfigure three existing parcels into four: an 88-acre preserve with a conservation easement, two house lots subject to conservation easements or restrictive covenants and one smaller lot; the purchase price is $1,700,000.…
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