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Arapahoe County reviews Bijou Basin master plan, signals funding support of about $4.35 million
Summary
Open Spaces staff asked commissioners to adopt the Bijou Basin Open Space Master Plan and to allocate roughly $4.35 million from the Open Spaces Acquisition and Development Fund for site improvements; staff recommended hikers and equestrian use initially (no dogs or bikes) to protect grazing and conservation easements, and commissioners offered informal approval.
Open Spaces staff presented the Bijou Basin Open Space Master Plan to the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners and asked the board to adopt the master plan and approve funding to build the site improvements.
Josh Garcia of Arapahoe County Open Spaces described Bijou Basin as a contiguous property of just over 3,100 acres in central Arapahoe County (about six miles south of Byers), originally purchased in 2010 (2,854 acres) and supplemented earlier this year with an additional 362 acres from the Colorado State University Research Foundation. Garcia said the county purchased the land with open-space sales and use tax and that existing conservation easements along West Bijou Creek are held by the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust.
Staff recommended a "light touch" recreation…
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