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FINAL Natural Resource Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain FINAL Natural Resource Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks’ Properties in Jefferson County, Colorado February 4, 2016 Prepared for: Denver Mountain Parks City and County of Denver Natural Areas Program 201 W Colfax, Department 605 Denver, CO 80202 Prepared by: Studio CPG with: Natural Resources Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks This page left blank intentionally. Natural Resources Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 METHODS ........................................................................................................................... 1 Desktop Assessment ...............................................................................................................................1 Field Assessment ....................................................................................................................................5 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................. 5 Genesee Park ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 O’Fallon Park ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Red Rocks Park ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Elephant Butte Tract ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Bergen Peak Tract ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Cub Creek Park ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Berrian Mountain Tract .................................................................................................................................... 15 Bell Park .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Newton Park .................................................................................................................................................... 15 Dedisse Park .................................................................................................................................................... 15 Little Park ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Pence Park ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 Corwina Park ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Birch Hill Tract ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Legault Mountain Tracts .................................................................................................................................. 16 Bear Creek Canyon Tract ................................................................................................................................. 16 Fillius Park ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Deer Creek Tract .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Mount Falcon Tract .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Flying J. Ranch Tracts ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Mount Lindo Tract ........................................................................................................................................... 17 West Jefferson School Tract ............................................................................................................................ 17 Lookout Mountain Park ................................................................................................................................... 18 Stanley Park Tract ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Turkey Creek Park ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Katherine Craig Park ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Double Header Mountain Tract ....................................................................................................................... 18 Yeagge Peak Tract ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Fenders Tract ................................................................................................................................................... 18 North Turkey Creek Tract ................................................................................................................................ 18 Hobbs Peak Tract ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Strain Gulch Tract ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Bergen Park...................................................................................................................................................... 19 Starbuck Park ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Parmalee Gulch ................................................................................................................................................ 19 Colorow Point Park .......................................................................................................................................... 19 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 20 i Natural Resources Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks Tables TABLE 1. EVALUATION CRITERIA AND CATEGORIES FOR PROPERTY RANKINGS, DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS 4 TABLE 2. SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT RANKINGS FOR DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS PROPERTIES, LISTED BY SIZE. ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 TABLE 3. SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT RANKINGS FOR DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS PROPERTIES, LISTED BY RANK. ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figures FIGURE 1. DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS PROPERTIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO ............................. 13 Attachment ATTACHMENT A: SIGNIFICANT BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES LISTED FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY (FROM CNHP 2012) AND POTENTIALLY OCCURRING ON DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS PROPERTIES. ............................ 21 ii Natural Resources Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks Acronyms BLM Bureau of Land Management CLO Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology CNHP Colorado Natural Heritage Program CPW Colorado Parks and Wildlife DMP Denver Mountain Parks E & E Ecology and Environment GPS Global Positioning System NAIP National Agriculture Imagery Program NDIS Natural Diversity Information System SBR Significant Biological Resource JCOS Jefferson County Open Space PCA Potential Conservation Area SWReGap Southwestern Regional Gap Analysis Project USFS U.S. Forest Service USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service USGS U.S. Geological Survey Walsh Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers, LLC iii Natural Resources Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks This page left intentionally blank. iv Natural Resources Survey and Assessment, Denver Mountain Parks Introduction Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers, LLC (Walsh) conducted a natural resources survey and assessment of 36 Denver Mountain Parks (DMP) properties in Jefferson County for the City and County of Denver Natural Areas Program. The first phase in 2014 comprised a desktop assessment of numerous geospatial datasets pertaining to each property. Based on analysis routines of the assembled database, property evaluation criteria and rankings developed from this analysis are intend to be the foundation for management decisions, grant applications, and other ongoing property evaluation needs. The second phase of this project
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