Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation

“The full board reviewed the 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“Governing and financial documents are available upon request.”

“The parks & open space foundation strengthens the connections between the public and the boulder county parks & open space department by raising private funds, supporting innovative projects, fostering partnerships and increasing community involvement.”

“The parks and open space foundation supported the following valuable projects on and in conjunction with parks and open space staff and interested partners: 1)competed a wetland survey covering 30 properties and over 5600 acres of wetlands. The assessment includes wetland ecological scores, wetland acres by various metrics, wetlands of significant value per function or vegetative diversity, most commonly noted plant species and noxious weeds, any rare and tracked plant species, as well an analysis of changes in wetland acreage from previous mapping. Threats and management recommendations are discussed. Finally, floristic quality assessment indices for individual wetlands are ranked and listed. 2)purchased a portable sawmill that allows pos staff to use wood from trees cut for forest health and fire mitigation on county open space to be used for pos amenities and buildings, like fencing, kiosks, and historic structures. 3)funded bus transportation for school groups to visit various open space properties to have educational field trips covering the ecology of boulder county and the history of early settlement. 4)supported for a broad scale citizen science project on soil health that includes farmers that lease county open space agricultural properties. This information is helping farmers better manage their soil for water retention, crop productivity and nutrient management, and carbon sequestration in soils. 5)partnered with ocean's first, the st. Vrain valley school district and innovation center, colorado parks and wildlife, and others, to raise and then reintroduce the state threatened red belly dace fish to its natural habitat in ponds along the st. Vrain river and on county open space. This project recently won several awards including a blue gramma award from the colorado open space alliance, and the st. Vrain valley school district's superintendent's award.”