Master Plan Our Lands

MASTER PLAN OUR LANDS. THIRD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OUR LEGACY. WINDOW SUMMARY OUR FUTURE.

February 2019 GET INVOLVED AT OSMPMasterPlan.org Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks System Overview 2/14/2019

Contents Executive Summary ...... 2 How We Listened ...... 5 Goals of Engagement ...... 5 Community Workshops ...... 6 Online Questionnaires ...... 6 Micro-engagements ...... 7 Engagement Evaluations ...... 9 OSMP Staff Engagement ...... 9 What We Heard ...... 10 Ecosystem Health and Resilience ...... 10 Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment ...... 11 Community Connection, Education and Inclusion & Agriculture: Today and Tomorrow ...... 13 Micro-Engagements ...... 15 How Feedback Was Used ...... 16 Draft Outcomes and Strategies ...... 17 Draft Guiding Principles for Implementation ...... 27 Next Steps ...... 28 Appendix A………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..……..30 Appendix B…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………..60 Appendix C……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….……..340 Appendix D……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….……..362 Appendix E……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………….406

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Executive Summary In July 2018, Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT) recommended and City Council approved five focus areas that emerged from the first two windows of community engagement for the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Master Plan. These focus areas are meant to guide OSMP policy and direction over the next five to ten years while keeping an eye on the next fifty. The focus areas approved by City Council are:

• Ecosystem Health and Resilience (EHR) • Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment (RRSE) • Community Connection, Education and Inclusion (CCEI) • Agriculture – Today and Tomorrow (ATT) • Financial Sustainability

OSMP staff then generated preliminary outcomes and strategies to support four of the focus areas based on previous community and staff feedback, existing OSMP policies, and best practices in open space land management. The fifth focus area covers financial scenarios related to the first four and will be covered in the Fourth Engagement Window. The purpose of the most recent engagement window, (the third in the series from September 19, 2018 through January 16, 2019) was to gather feedback on these preliminary outcomes and strategies for the following four focus areas:

To develop and evaluate the approach to engagement, city staff worked with the OSMP Master Plan Process Committee. The Process Committee is made of two members of City Council; Councilor Aaron Brockett and Councilor Mary Young, as well as two members of the Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT); Curt Brown and Tom Isaacson. What emerged from conversations with the Process Committee were three broad goals to inform engagement:

1. Work directly with the public to ensure concerns and aspirations are reflected in preliminary strategies and share feedback on how public input influenced the strategy development. 2. Consult and involve the OSBT at study sessions. 3. Identify options as described by Boulder’s Engagement Strategic Framework.

To achieve those goals, city staff engaged more than 2,500 people through an innovative mix of community workshops, online questionnaires and outreach efforts called “micro- engagements” around the city including a total of 2,655 written responses. At each engagement opportunity, the community was asked to share their feedback on outcomes and strategies that OSMP could use to support the Master Plan focus areas. Using the

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micro-engagement approach, staff and partners reached more than 550 people from a diverse cross-section of the community via focus groups, online questionnaires, and paper questionnaires.

Third window engagement efforts included:

• Three Master Plan Community Workshops including: o Ecosystem Health and Resilience Workshop on October 1, 2018 o Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment Workshop on November 5, 2018 o Community Connection, Education and Inclusion and Agriculture – Today and Tomorrow Workshop on December 3, 2018 • Three focus area specific questionnaires (in both English and Spanish) available online for two weeks following each community workshop • One general online questionnaire open throughout the entire third engagement window • Social media engagement • Opportunities for public comments at Process Committee meetings, OSBT meetings and via email • Micro-engagements including: o Youth outreach by the city’s Youth Opportunities Advisory Board with support from Growing Up Boulder. o Outreach to the Latino community by El Centro AMISTAD Promotoras via focus groups o Outreach to people experiencing disabilities at locations such as the Center for People with Disabilities and Ramble.

Community members submitted approximately 2,655 written responses through online and print questionnaires, social media and emails, and on sticky notes at community workshops. All comments are provided in Appendices A through E. The following themes emerged from public feedback according to each of the four focus areas:

Focus Area Themes

Ecosystem - Conservation of open space and wildlife Health and - Wildlife and species introduction Resilience - Fire - Education - Volunteers - Impacts to the natural environment from visitor use

Responsible - Variety of visitor experiences, including bike connections and Recreation, dog-walking opportunities Stewardship - Sustainable trails and facilities

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and - Trail maintenance Enjoyment - Increasing visitation - Connections with nature - Inclusion

Community - Skill-building Connection, - Education Education - Volunteers and - Inclusion Inclusion - Partnerships - Youth - Indigenous populations - Historic preservation

Agriculture - Local food systems Today and - Habitat preservation and ecological integration Tomorrow - Water rights, in-stream flows, and irrigation - Partnerships - Resilient future - Education

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How We Listened Goals of Engagement The OSMP Master Plan is a pilot project for the implementation of the City of Boulder’s recently adopted Engagement Strategic Framework. As such, staff established clear windows, specific time periods, of public engagement opportunities to clarify when and why staff would seek community input and how that input would be used. This third engagement window was designed with the Process Committee to inform the development and refinement of preliminary outcomes and strategies within each of the four Master Plan focus areas. As introduced above, three primary goals informed engagement: 1) Broad Goal: INVOLVE the Public- Work directly with the public to ensure concerns and aspirations are reflected in preliminary strategies and share feedback on how public input influenced the strategy development. For each focus area: • Share information from the System Overview Report and additional information including updates on existing OSMP policies and strategies and local/regional/national best practices research; • Facilitate opportunities for participation for both target audiences and broad public; • Hold community workshops on specific focus areas; and • Follow-up this engagement window with financial scenario prioritization and statistically-valid survey with public (Engagement Window 4).

2) Broad Goal: CONSULT/INVOLVE Open Space Board of Trustees at study sessions • Reflect on trending topics and initial findings from community workshops; and • Discuss strategy recommendations for trending topics.

3) Broad Goal: Identify options in accordance with the Engagement Strategic Framework • Draft strategies to advance each focus area/theme.

The third engagement window was open from September 19, 2018 through January 16, 2019. It included three staff workshops that each had more than 70 attendees, three community workshops each followed by a focus area specific questionnaire available online, three OSBT study sessions, a variety of micro-engagements to engage members of the community that are often underrepresented in public processes, a general online questionnaire and the opportunity to provide feedback via social media and email.

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Community Workshops A total of three community workshops were held. The goal of these workshops was to provide a setting where the community could interact with staff and Open Space Board Trustees while evaluating preliminary outcomes and strategies for each of the four focus areas. The workshops allowed opportunities for community members to:

• Visit outcome stations and engage with staff on key topics and put comments on sticky notes at each station; • Fill out online questionnaires; • Provide feedback on the initial strategies for each outcome; and • Listen to a short presentation about the process. Below are the details for each of the community workshops.

Focus Area Workshop Date Attendees Written Comments Received Ecosystem Health and Resilience Oct 1, 2018 Approx. 40 >100 Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Nov 5, 2018 Approx. 150 >650 Enjoyment Community Connection, Education and Dec 3, 2018 Approx. 60 >150 Inclusion + Agriculture Today and Tomorrow

Both YOAB and El Centro AMISTAD Promotoras had stations at the CCEI/ATT Community Workshop to share their findings from their micro-engagement work with the broader community. Online Questionnaires For two weeks after each of the focus area workshops, a questionnaire designed to gather feedback on the same focus area(s) was made available online. A general questionnaire was also available throughout the entire engagement window. The general questionnaire was

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designed to hear public input on general approaches OSMP could use to support all of the focus areas. These responses can be seen in Appendix B. The goal of each focus area questionnaires was to provide a platform for the community to share their feedback on the outcomes and strategies that were developed to support each of the focus areas. The EHR questionnaire asked people for their opinions on things such as how to restore degraded lands or approaches OSMP can take to maintain and improve forest health while also lowering the risk of catastrophic fires. There were 450 responses to this questionnaire. The RRSE questionnaire asked for input on a range of questions from how to foster high-quality visitor experience while also maintaining the integrity of sensitive natural areas to visitor use management options. A total of 1,238 responses were received, five of which were in Spanish. The CCEI/ATT questionnaire was designed to gather feedback on a range of questions from how to get youth involved outdoors to how efforts should be focused for agriculture and water programs. A total of 284 responses were received for this questionnaire. The focus area questionnaires each included optional demographic questions to help staff understand who we heard from. The following findings highlight some of these demographics:

• Most respondents live in North or South Boulder; • The majority of respondents are 45+; and • Respondents are overwhelmingly homeowners. Micro-engagements OSMP staff sought to engage members of the community that are often underrepresented in public processes. The department refers to these engagements as micro-engagements. Micro- engagements allow the department to think more critically about how to be inclusive and successful at reaching a broader cross-section of our community with greater success. With guidance from the Process Committee, OSMP sought to facilitate an inclusive process and invite all voices to the table by:

• Engaging members of the public where they typically go, in addition to inviting them to traditional community workshops; • Fostering relationships with underrepresented groups like the Latino population; • Partnering with Growing Up Boulder (GUB) and the Youth Opportunities Advisory Board (YOAB) to engage with youth; • Using digital engagement platforms to reach targeted audiences; and • Making translation services and assistive devices available at workshops as needed.

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Building on work done in the first window of engagement and continuing to work with the Process Committee, staff explored additional ways to remove barriers to engagement and listen to the voices of underrepresented groups. Staff continued to leverage our relationship with GUB and YOAB and began building new relationships with partner organizations and groups. Staff contracted with El Centro AMISTAD to learn from and leverage their expertise and connections within the Spanish-speaking Latino community. Staff continued to coordinate with local organizations that support people experiencing disabilities in order to hear those voices.

Specific outreach measures taken to engage the three target audiences are indicated in the following table.

Target Nature of Outreach Participant Information Audience Youth YOAB students used social media like More than 500 responses. 84 Snapchat and Instagram as well as in-person percent of respondents were opportunities including classes, local sporting between 15-18. events and National Honor Society meetings to promote an online questionnaire about all of the focus areas that they developed in coordination with GUB and OSMP staff. Spanish- Two Focus Groups with El Centro AMISTAD A total of 23 women and four speaking Promotoras men participated in two focus community groups. The demographics covered a range of nationalities, occupations, and ages. People Targeted outreach at Ramble and the Center OSMP engaged with experiencing for People with Disabilities included a approximately 30 people and disabilities questionnaire developed by staff who received 15 questionnaire frequently work with people experiencing responses. disabilities. Participants were also invited to attend the CCEI/ATT community workshop.

Youth Opportunities Advisory Board (YOAB) Partnership Growing Up Boulder staff worked with OSMP staff to develop an approach for working with YOAB members to gather youth feedback on draft Master Plan outcomes and strategies. In coordination with OSMP staff, YOAB students developed an online questionnaire about four of the Master Plan focus areas and how they could be best supported by draft outcomes and strategies. YOAB students used social media like Snapchat and Instagram as well as in person opportunities such as classes, local sporting events and National Honor Society meetings to

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promote this questionnaire. More than 500 responses from youth were received on this questionnaire. YOAB students attended the CCEI/ATT Community Workshop to share their findings from their engagement efforts with the broader community. These students also presented their findings directly to the OSBT at a study session focused on CCEI/ATT. El Centro AMISTAD Promotoras Partnership OSMP contracted with El Centro AMISTAD Promotoras to engage with Spanish-speaking, Latino community members. The Promotoras held two focus groups to inform Spanish-speakers about OSMP, the Master Plan process and to understand their interests in open space. In preparation for these focus group, the Promotoras coordinated with OSMP staff to develop informational materials and develop exercises to facilitate conversations to better understand the strategies that would support this community’s interests. A total of 27 people of diverse backgrounds, ages and occupations attended the focus groups. More details about the Promotoras’ engagement approach and findings can be seen in Appendix D.

The Promotoras shared the findings from their focus groups with the broader community at the CCEI/ATT Community Workshop. They also presented their findings to the OSBT at a study session focused on CCEI/ATT in Spanish, with an interpreter translating for the board and other non-Spanish speaking audience members. Engagement with People Experiencing Disabilities Staff who frequently work with people experiencing disabilities developed a questionnaire to gather feedback primarily on the RRSE and CCEI focus areas. Targeted engagement was conducted at the Center for People with Disabilities and Ramble. Participants were invited to attend the CCEI/ATT community workshop. OSMP staff engaged with approximately 30 people and received 15 responses to the questionnaire. Engagement Evaluations To understand community perceptions about the process, staff provided feedback forms to participants at Community Workshops. Community members often expressed gratitude for these opportunities to participate. The community members that attended workshops evaluated the approach and process as a 4.2 out of 5 or “very good” rating throughout the third engagement window. OSMP Staff Engagement With guidance from the Process Committee, the OSMP Master Plan team engaged the broader OSMP department regularly throughout this engagement window. Since OSMP staff members are the individuals in charge of implementation, it is critical that their professional expertise helps guide the development of outcomes and strategies. Three staff workshops – open to the entire department – were held throughout the fall. About 70-85 OSMP staff members attended each workshop, providing valuable feedback on preliminary outcomes and strategies. In

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addition, about 15-25 staff attended each of the community workshops to answer questions from the public and help facilitate opportunities for community members to provide feedback.

What We Heard This section provides a summary of what was heard during the third engagement window. The subsequent section How Feedback Was Used, provides more detailed information on how input was incorporated into outcomes and strategies for the four focus areas that were the focus of the third window of engagement. Ecosystem Health and Resilience The community workshop took place on October 1, 2018, at which participants generally affirmed the preliminary outcomes and strategies. Themes from their feedback included:

• The importance of conservation • Interest in how OSMP manages fire regimes • Concern about recreation impacts to ecosystems • Concern about impact of dogs on the environment • Interest in more education and information sharing • Interest in citizen science and more volunteer opportunities • Concern about protecting OSMP lands from oil and gas extraction • Curiosity about species reintroduction • Detailed land management questions, such as minimizing soil erosion by preventing overgrazing by cattle, planting more trees to sequester carbon, and encouraging the genetic mixing of populations.

The corresponding questionnaire opened on the evening of the workshop for a duration of two weeks. The top three themes in the questionnaire were similar to the themes from the public workshop. Here they are:

• 20 percent of open-ended responses addressed visitation; evenly divided between requests for more access and less access/impacts; • 10 percent of open-ended responses addressed dog management; evenly divided between requests for more dog access and less access/impacts; and • 5 percent of open-ended responses addressed promoting wildlife.

Below are the responses to question #1, “In light of inevitable environmental change, please tell us which of the following actions you think Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) should focus on to maintain ecosystem health and resilience on Boulder's open space? Please rank all of the conservation efforts listed below.” Two actions that focus on maintaining ecosystem health and resilience scored nearly identically for the highest ranked action. These were “Purchase additional properties to create larger, more diverse habitats for animals, plants and other natural resources” and “Restore more of our lands and waterways that are heavily degraded by removing non-native, invasive weed species and restoring low-functioning

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wetlands, etc.” This shows the importance of animal and plant diversity, and both pertain to ensuring these species have high quality, diverse ecosystems to thrive in.

Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment The community workshop took place on November 5, 2018, and similarly, comments generally affirmed the preliminary outcomes and strategies for RRSE with less than 10 percent suggesting the need for further refinements. Themes from this feedback included: The main themes of the input were about:

• Understanding that fun is at the core of why people recreate • Local and regional trail connections for mountain biking • Connecting with nature

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• Managing conflicting uses and desires through temporal separation and permitting • Focusing trail and facility maintenance on existing OSMP assets (rather than building new) • The need for better signage • Crowding and parking • Dog management • Diversity and inclusion • Creating more opportunities for education • Ensuring the Master Plan respects prior obligations Some participants offered more detailed, open-ended suggestions, such as:

• Use a standard shape for OSMP signs and blazes; • Provide workshops to educate community about new policies; • Consider the role of planning (public transit, zoning, regional, etc.) in strategies; and • Think about using the word “fun” without devaluing the experience. Of the three major themes/outcomes, community questionnaire respondents affirmed the themes and ranked them in the following way:

The questionnaire also confirmed that in the future, respondents would like to see well- connected areas that support a variety of recreation opportunities (biking, hiking, bird watching, etc.). The graphic below shows a word web of most common words used in response to question #1.

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Respondents also thought trail design should be sustainable to encourage a deeper connection with nature while managing conflicting uses. This was echoed by the Spanish-speaking community questionnaire respondents. Community Connection, Education and Inclusion & Agriculture: Today and Tomorrow The community workshop took place on December 3, 2018, and similarly, comments generally affirmed the preliminary outcomes and strategies for RRSE with less than 8 percent suggesting the need for further refinements. Most comments for both focus areas were about education. This included new programming suggestions, such as primitive skills, archeology or partnerships with schools in the area. Comments also emphasized volunteerism (expanding programs, including more of the community, etc.), focusing on youth, consulting and including indigenous peoples, and expanding the historic preservation program through education and interpretive signage. Most other comments regarding the ATT focus area involved partnerships and volunteers, using OSMP land to enhance the local food system, OSMP policy regarding pesticides, and ensuring that OSMP operates their agricultural land with climate change and a resilient future in mind. Other comments offered suggestions, such as:

• Exploring dual-use & regenerative farming; • Organizing annual forums for farmers to share challenges and successes; • Offering stewardship internships in cooperation with schools; and • Engaging and consulting with indigenous peoples. The corresponding questionnaire opened on the evening of the workshop for a duration of two weeks. Many similar themes arose in responses to the questionnaire. For CCEI, responses focused on skill-building through programming and free play, volunteerism, and including more underserved populations in decision-making. 42 percent of respondents

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said they would volunteer more with OSMP if they knew more about opportunities. 78 percent of respondents thought the desired outcomes were consistent with their hopes for how OSMP will continue to build an inclusive community of stewards. Seen below is question #2 from the questionnaire. The responses indicated that respondents felt OSMP should focus on “engaging underserved communities to understand their needs and barriers and to develop facilities that support those needs.” This public input was woven into the CCEI outcomes by addressing underserved communities and ensuring access to OSMP and the RRSE outcomes by addressing facilities that support access for all.

For ATT, the top three responses for how OSMP should focus agriculture and water program efforts were habitat preservation and ecological integration (through the introduction of more native species and other techniques), water access (including water rights, stream flows, and irrigation), and local food systems (connecting the community to local foods by informing them of where the food can be bought). This is illustrated in the graphic below that is question #7 from the questionnaire.

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Micro-Engagements Micro-engagements allow the department to think more critically about how to be inclusive and successful at reaching a broader cross-section of our community with greater success. Staff partnered with El Centro AMISTAD Promotoras to engage the Latino community, the city’s Youth Opportunities Advisory Board with support from Growing Up Boulder (GUB) to reach 13- 18-year-olds; and worked closely with staff that have provided programming for people experiencing disabilities.

Youth responded to a questionnaire about all the focus areas. The responses to this questionnaire indicated that urban sprawl, trail degradation, and mistreatment of land are the biggest concerns regarding the use of OSMP land. Many respondents thought OSMP should be adapting the land with resiliency and climate change in mind while focusing on restoration. Also, youth believed that all underrepresented groups needed more support to recreate on OSMP land and did not single out a specific demographic. They also thought there was a need for more signage and education in different languages. Youth felt that passive recreation could be supported by improving facilities and expanding educational opportunities. A presentation summarizing these findings is included in Appendix D. Latinos were engaged through focus groups. Key themes discovered through these focus groups centered around barriers, services and facilities. Focus group participants mentioned

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barriers such as the fear of being alone in the mountains and their enjoyment of gathering in large groups in the outdoors, which most OSMP facilities can’t accommodate. Some services and facilities on OSMP that the focus group participants would like to see are:

1) More signs and posters in Spanish; 2) Larger picnic tables; 3) More trash cans; 4) Changing tables in both men’s and women’s restrooms; 5) Expanded connection to transportation; 6) More culturally relevant events; 7) Information about OSMP and its programs on Facebook in English/Spanish; and 8) Programming and information on how to be safe in open space. The Promotoras focus group facilitators recommended that implementation of master plan strategies occur within 3-5 years. They recommended that all signs be in Spanish and/or include universally understood graphics (prioritizing sign updates in areas that Spanish-speakers tend to visit such as Chautauqua and Sanitas). They also recommend providing open space programming in Spanish on Saturdays and including education about stewardship in more program offerings. The focus group participants expressed interest in wanting to increase understanding of all community members’ ownership of public lands and empowerment/responsibility for their open space. A full report submitted by the Promotoras is available in Appendix D. OSMP staff provided people experiencing disabilities with the opportunity to talk or fill out a questionnaire at the Center for People with Disabilities and Ramble. Key themes from this micro-engagement were focused on how to continue engagement in the future and other ways that OSMP can be more inclusive. Some key takeaways were: 1) Continue doing targeted outreach; 2) Don’t just advertise online, but also in the newspaper and in-person; 3) Be sure to advertise if events are accessible; 4) Provide more benches on OSMP land; 5) Provide more shuttle services; and 6) Design more accessible trails by providing wider paths, flat trails, and accessible facilities.

How Feedback Was Used Community feedback from this Engagement Window was used to inform and update initial preliminary outcomes and strategies developed by staff for each of the four focus areas. After the initial input from staff and community members, OSBT members also provide input to refine the draft outcomes and strategies to date. The diagram below illustrates how they will continue to evolve throughout the remainder of the master plan process, which will include

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Drafts for the Community

Drafts for OSBT Study Sessions

Revised drafts for February OSBT Study Session

Engagement Window 4 (Integration & Prioritization)

Joint Study Session with OSBT and Council

Engagement Window 5 (Draft and Final Plan)

Draft Outcomes and Strategies The tables below illustrate how input to date has influenced the latest versions of draft outcomes and strategies. Input in the righthand column has come from members of the public, OSMP staff and OSBT in study sessions throughout Engagement Window Three. As described above, the draft outcomes and strategies will continue to evolve throughout the remainder of the Master Plan process.

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Ecosystem Health and Resilience

DRAFT OUTCOMES INPUT OSMP lands represent a high diversity of native Promoting wildlife and species introduction were plants and animals, expansive natural areas and main themes from the sticky note comments. The some of the most critical wildlife habitat along context was added per a suggestion from staff the Front Range. and OSBT. Degraded habitat with high potential to support Invasive species, promoting wildlife and species native species and/or extirpated native species is introduction were main themes from the sticky restored and made more resilient to major note comments. stressors like invasive species and direct human impacts. OSMP lands withstand and slow the effects of Climate change and resiliency were mentioned climate change and other stressors to ecosystem throughout the engagement process. Specifics health like air, noise and light pollution. regarding air, noise and light were added based on technical comments from staff. YOAB also expressed that OSMP should be adapting the land with resiliency and climate change in mind while focusing on restoration. OSMP and the community have a greater Land management, education and volunteers understanding of the land and work side-by-side were key themes from the sticky notes. The to safeguard our natural heritage. wording was rearranged to be more aspirational and integrate the concept of heritage. DRAFT STRATEGIES INPUT CONSERVE AND RESTORE BOULDER’S NATURAL This strategy weaves in both acquisitions and HERITAGE: Expand, enhance, connect and conservation practices per OSBT discussion. It also restore habitat blocks with high ecological value was reworded based on staff comment to better and potential through targeted acquisitions and understand what fragments or stresses conservation practices. habitat/species. The concepts of acquisition and conservation were addressed in the questionnaire and sticky notes. ADDRESS SOCIAL TRAILS AND OFF-TRAIL USE This strategy was revised based on OSBT THROUGH IMPORTANT HABITAT: Minimize comment to describe human disturbances in human disturbances to plants, wildlife and soils more detail. This strategy relates to strategies by requiring more on-trail use and closing or under RRSE regarding visitor use management formalizing key social trails, especially where tools. Visitor impact was a key theme in the sticky plant and wildlife communities are diverse, notes and questionnaire. unique or made up of rare and/or native species in decline.

MANAGE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS: Use This strategy was reworded based on OSBT management approaches that consider all comments. Both the sticky notes and elements and processes of natural systems questionnaire addressed management rather than focusing on one species at a time. approaches which are included here.

CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES: Prioritize This strategy was reworded based on OSBT management and control of non-native species comments. Both the sticky notes and

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that have severe and/or widespread impacts, questionnaire addressed management particularly those most likely to be controlled. approaches and native species which are included here. PLAN FOR A CHANGING ECOSYSTEM: Increase This strategy was reworded based on OSBT the capacity of ecosystems to buffer the impacts comments. Fire and flood were two key themes of extreme events like fires and floods by from the sticky notes and questionnaire. Area integrating and coordinating consideration of planning and decision-making were refinements climate change into future area plans and on- from staff knowledge. YOAB expressed that OSMP the-ground decision-making. should be adapting the land with resiliency and climate change in mind while focusing on restoration. DEVELOP A LEARNING LABORATORY APPROACH This strategy was reworked to improve the quality TO CONSERVATION: Conduct applied, scientific of direction about how best to make research and research and innovative data analysis and monitoring more effective. It was also revised to synthesis to inspire citizen science, community be more explicit about the need to determine understanding, practical initiatives, pilots and relative value/potential of lands to help prioritize catalyst projects to improve the city’s ability to management. Stewardship and research were respond to environmental trends. concepts heard throughout the engagement process. REDUCE AND OFFSET GREENHOUSE GAS This strategy was added after OSBT discussion on EMISSIONS: Support the citywide climate OSMP’s role in the citywide climate commitment. commitment by reducing and offsetting The Process Committee also emphasized the greenhouse gas emissions related to importance of addressing carbon emissions. This departmental operations and visitor travel. was also a common theme in the sticky notes.

Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment DRAFT OUTCOMES INPUT A fun and diverse range of recreational In the sticky notes, fun was mentioned many opportunities honors visitor preferences and times. In general, the community felt that fun is abilities and contributes to physical and mental at the core of why people recreate. In both the online questionnaire and sticky notes, a variety of wellbeing. recreation opportunities are mentioned (biking, hiking, bird watching, etc.). Supporting enjoyable recreation had overwhelming support as a theme for this focus area, which is reflected in this outcome. Based off conversations with the OSBT and staff, wording was changed to include a range of opportunities and “physical and mental wellbeing.” Visitors respect and care for each other so all can Education was a recurring theme with enjoy themselves and build connections with one overwhelming support in both engagement another across charter purposes for open space. methods. The conservation versus recreation debate was evident in both the questionnaire and sticky note comments. Despite the debate, almost all respondents overwhelmingly agree

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there is a balance between the two that OSMP should strive for. This outcome was changed slightly through conversations with staff and the OSBT to be more aspirational, simple, and less controversial. Amid changing visitor use levels and patterns, Maintaining trails was overwhelmingly supported visitors take care of the land and minimize their as a theme for RRSE. Volunteers and their value impacts to the surrounding environment. to OSMP was mentioned heavily in the sticky notes. The need for added context for this outcome was brought up by members of the public and OSBT, and so the clause referencing changing visitor use levels and patterns was added. YOAB expressed that mistreatment of land and trail degradation are the biggest concerns regarding the use of OSMP land. Visitors can reach a range of recreational Increasing local and regional connections was destinations through a well-maintained, brought up in the questionnaire and the sticky connected network of local and regional trails notes. Maintenance was brought up throughout that is welcoming and accessible to all. the process and during the iterative process was brought forward as crucial to the understanding of this outcome. This outcome also addresses input given by the Promotoras to ensure the Latino community feels welcome. Welcoming trailheads and supporting Both sticky note and questionnaire input recreational amenities provide access to and methods showed input that supported the idea highlight Boulder’s scenic, natural and cultural that trail design should be sustainable and help to landscape. encourage a deeper connection with nature while managing conflicting desires. Maintaining trails was overwhelmingly supported as a theme for RRSE. Based off OSBT conversations, it was deemed more aspirational to bring forward the scenic landscape. Recreational amenities was chosen as the preferred wording as it encompasses a wider range of items than visitor facilities does. DRAFT STRATEGIES INPUT HONOR BOULDER’S RECREATIONAL HERITAGE: The questionnaire said that in the future the Continue to encourage a diverse range of passive community would like to see well-connected recreation opportunities that highlight and areas that support a variety of recreation respect the unique character of the Boulder opportunities (biking, hiking, bird watching, etc.). community and its surrounding open space lands, Email comments and micro-engagements also providing fun and memorable experiences. addressed the theme of passive recreation. ENCOURAGE MULTIMODAL ACCESS TO The questionnaire said that the biggest barriers TRAILHEADS: Explore and develop a range of to enjoyment were crowding, other (write in), coordinated transportation and design solutions and lack of parking. Other staff comments and to reduce parking congestion and promote active micro-engagement findings were used to refine this strategy.

2/14/2019 living, ecosystem health and public transportation. PROVIDE WELCOMING AND INSPIRING VISITOR Both community engagement techniques AMENITIES: Provide welcoming, sustainable and supported the idea that trail design should be accessible trailheads and other amenities, such as sustainable and help to encourage a deeper nature centers, viewpoints, picnic areas and connection with nature while managing wayfinding, to support a quality visitor conflicting desires. These concepts were experience and inspire understanding and mentioned in the micro-engagement process, enjoyment of the surrounding landscape for a especially by people experiencing disabilities and range of visitor demographics. the Latino community, and echoed by staff.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT QUALITY TRAILS: Maintaining trails and facilities was Develop design guidelines and construction overwhelming supported as a theme for RRSE. In standards to elevate the quality and sustainability the questionnaire, there was 74 percent of trails, encourage the use of native materials agreement on acquiring lands of lesser value to that blend with natural surroundings, and focus higher recreation use. This was echoed by facilitate a range of experiences through a variety the Spanish-speaking community where there of landscape types. was 100 percent agreement, and by the staff where there was 54 percent agreement. MAINTAIN TRAILS AS A LIVING SYSTEM: Use Trail maintenance was a key theme in the write- technology to anticipate and address long-term in section of both the questionnaire and the maintenance needs and changing conditions sticky notes. This was mainly focusing on OSMP through a prioritized, life-cycle approach to assets and what OSMP already has. Staff improving the condition of OSMP’s diverse comments and email comments also helped to portfolio of historic and modern trails. further refine the intent of the outcome.

IMPROVE TRAIL CONNECTIONS: Leverage Maintaining trails and facilities was a theme citywide and regional partnerships to connect supported by public input. Connections was also and improve the trail network through existing a common theme in sticky notes and the properties and strategic acquisitions where lands questionnaire. Acquisitions were also addressed offer high recreational potential. in email comments and the questionnaire.

MANAGE INCREASED VISITATION: Partner with The questionnaire said that the biggest barriers land managers throughout the Front Range to to enjoyment were crowding, other (write in), develop an adaptive visitor use management and lack of parking. Visitation management was toolkit that explores the expanded use and also mentioned in sticky notes and via email. coordination of management tools that address Respondents want more signage on OSMP. The visitation growth and support positive visitor community members mentioned that signage experiences. Tools may include demand should provide more information like trail reduction, temporary trail closures, exploring closure, mile markings, trail difficulties, appropriate areas for off-trail use, separating connections to other trails, and educational tips. uses by time, place and direction of travel, Spanish-speakers would like to be more signs in permitting and establishing site-specific visitor Spanish. Many respondents thought accessibility capacity where needed. needs to be at the front of design and signage/facilities should encourage users to want to recreate.

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IMPROVE RECREATION PROGRAM Dog management and permitting were key MANAGEMENT: Periodically evaluate, monitor themes in both the sticky notes and and refine existing recreation-based programs, questionnaire. such as the dog management program and commercial use permitting, to reduce conflicts and impacts and make them easy to understand and manage.

DEVELOP A LEARNING LABORATORY APPROACH Email comments and sticky notes revealed that TO RECREATION: Combine community values partnerships, research, and trends were with scientific research and comprehensive data important to the community. analysis to develop and assess practical initiatives and design approaches that seek to improve community wellbeing, enjoyment and stewardship.

Community Connection, Education and Inclusion DRAFT OUTCOMES INPUT Visitors participate in education Education was also a key theme of the sticky notes, and programs that deepen their sense of most of those commenting mentioned how education place and appreciation for Boulder’s and programming can help to increase the natural, cultural and scenic heritage and gratitude/appreciation/connection for and with nature. broaden their understanding of OSMP land. Community volunteerism and Volunteerism was mentioned heavily on the sticky involvement serves an increasingly vital notes. Multiple people even emphasized how role in OSMP’s fulfillment of the Charter volunteering can help create commitment of an ongoing Purposes for open space. nature. In the questionnaire, 42 percent of respondents said they would volunteer more with OSMP if they knew more about opportunities which highlights the importance of volunteering to the community. Through conversations with the OSBT and staff, the word “involvement” was added to encompass a wider variety of community participation. Long-term connections with OSMP lands Partnerships, especially with youth organizations, are strengthened through partnerships citywide entities, and schools were mentioned on the with neighborhoods and community- sticky notes. The idea of connection was mentioned based organizations. through public engagement and added into this outcome. Based off conversations with staff and the OSBT the idea of management of the land was added into this outcome. Increase awareness of the benefits of Connections to nature and benefits of nature were nature to reduce stress and increase brought up throughout the EHR, RRSE and CCEI public physical and mental well-being. engagement. Physical and mental well-being were also brought out throughout the process and woven into this outcome.

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Boulder is an emerging leader in Youth was heavily mentioned on the sticky notes. The increasing the time that youth spend comments regarding youth ranged from providing more outdoors and caring for their open space opportunities to education to free play. In the system. questionnaire, volunteer experiences and internships ranked #2 for how OSMP should ensure youth are involved with the outdoors. Wording was changed based on conversations with staff and the OSBT to be more aspirational and simpler. We are all part of an inclusive Inclusivity and welcome were mentioned in the sticky community, where all people feel notes. Comments ranged from including and engaging welcome, safe and able to enjoy the with Spanish speakers to indigenous peoples to youth. benefits of open space. The theme of inclusivity was echoed by all types of engagement input: community workshops comments, questionnaire responses and micro-engagement themes from youth, Latino and people experiencing disabilities. Cultural landscapes and historic Historic preservation was mentioned several times, resources on OSMP lands are preserved especially in the context of education and storytelling. so that people can enjoy and understand Based on conversations with staff the word interpreted the places and stories of Boulder’s past. was changed to be more descriptive and include both enjoy and understand. DRAFT STRATEGIES INPUT INSPIRE AND DEVELOP NEW The multitude of sticky notes related to youth included INVOLVEMENT IN OSMP: Foster interest, education, skill building, and providing a range of competence and confidence in enjoying opportunities. These individual comments relate to the OSMP through a continuum of continuum of experiences mentioned here. Eventually, educational and service-learning based on OSBT comments and further analysis of public experiences for people of all ages. input, this was split into two separate stragies to address new involvement and programs to connect youth. CULTIVATE LEADERS IN STEWARDSHIP: Skill building and volunteerism were two main Advance skill-building and training for takeaways from the community meeting sticky notes. volunteers and stewards through On the questionnaire, 42 percent of respondents said expanded mentorship and leadership they would volunteer more with OSMP if they knew opportunities to increase staff capacity more about opportunities, so this emphasizes the and support career development in open importance of volunteerism to the community. Also on space management. the questionnaire, 40 percent would volunteer more if they had opportunities to build skills around land management and conservation which ties into the career development in open space management.

INSPIRE WELLNESS THROUGH Although not highlighted in the questionnaire, the sticky IMMERSION IN THE OUTDOORS: Raise notes captured comments relating to partnerships, awareness of how open space improves programming, and skill building. Confidence and awareness were mentioned as being important on a physical and mental wellbeing, leveraging couple sticky notes, and schools were highlighted as an partnerships with schools and important partnership to explore. organizations.

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ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THE Education and outreach were mentioned in the sticky LONG TERM: Heighten community and note comments. Even though “neighborhood” was not neighborhood understanding and brought up specifically, the idea of community was. involvement in OSMP management and Technical input from staff was also paramount in the planning efforts through targeted development of this strategy. education, outreach and visitor contacts in support of on-the-ground action.

ENHANCE SIGNS AND Signs were brought up in the sticky notes and micro- COMMUNICATIONS: Foster discovery, engagements, which parallels the RRSE strategy about enjoyment and stewardship through a inspiring understanding of the surrounding landscape for coordinated effort to enhance signs, a range of audiences, including signs in Spanish. communications and media that incorporate effective design, messaging and languages for a range of audiences.

WELCOME DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND Inclusion was brought up multiple times which parallels ABILITIES: Improve understanding, the micro-engagements and emphasis that engagement services and amenities for underserved saw on signs and programming. The questionnaire communities through outreach, listening shows almost half of people think OSMP should focus on sessions, culturally-relevant engaging underserved communities to understand their programming, language translations, needs and barriers and to develop facilities that support visual signs and materials, staffing and those needs in order to achieve inclusive programming. other creative means of empowering and engaging an inclusive community.

PROGRAMS TO CONNECT YOUTH TO The multitude of sticky notes related to youth included NATURE: Foster youth interest, education, skill building, and providing a range of competence and confidence in nature for opportunities. These individual comments relate to the youth through a continuum of continuum of experiences mentioned here. Eventually, educational and service-learning based on OSBT comments and further analysis of public experiences. input, this was split into two separate strategies to address new involvement and programs to connect youth. CONSULT AND COLLABORATE WITH Indigenous people and engaging them in the process INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: Work in was found throughout the sticky notes. The majority of partnership to understand, honor and those comments focused on engaging with indigenous promote knowledge of the presence, rich people more and honoring their traditions and history. traditions and ancestral homelands of Indigenous People associated with Boulder, including formal consultations.

PRESERVE AND INTERPRET BOULDER’S A range of ideas and solutions related to historic CULTURAL HERITAGE: Complete an preservation were mentioned in the sticky notes. This inventory and resource management strategy encapsulates that range of ideas and solutions. approach for OSMP-managed cultural Staff input was also used to further refine the strategy landscapes and historic resources to post-OSBT.

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Agriculture Today and Tomorrow DRAFT OUTCOMES INPUT The city’s ranchers and farmers are Support for agriculture was woven throughout many of valued and supported in their the comments. Partnerships were emphasized as one contributions to the stewardship of way to support the city’s ranchers and farmers. Boulder’s agricultural heritage. OSMP’s agricultural lands and The additional outcome was added based on staff and infrastructure remain productive and OSBT comments about needing to address the infrastructure and sustainability. sustainable long into the future. A greater diversity of food and Increasing understanding and appreciation of local agricultural products is grown on suitable agriculture by providing information about locally grown open space properties to better meet the products was ranked highly in the questionnaire for how changing demands of the local OSMP should focus on agriculture in the next 10 years. agricultural economy and the needs of Food systems and local food were mentioned in the ranchers, farmers and city residents. sticky notes from the community meeting. The word suitable was added based on staff conversations to ensure agriculture was not going to occur on all open space. City agricultural lands provide high-value OSMP can preserve the local agricultural heritage by habitat for rare and native species, maintaining working agricultural lands that support integrating both agricultural and native plants and wildlife was ranked #1 in the ecosystem objectives. questionnaire for how to focus in the next 10 years. This concept was also mentioned on a few sticky notes and has great ties to the EHR focus area. Appropriate agricultural practices protect Climate change was heavily mentioned on the sticky high-quality soils from erosion, improve notes, almost always mentioned in conjunction with agricultural productivity, and increase regenerative land use practices. Regenerative practices resilience in a changing climate. were mentioned in many conversations at the open house too. However, this word was replaced by appropriate to encompass more practices than just that. OSMP emerges as a leader in the Water assets and rights ranked #2 in the questionnaire acquisition and preservation of water for how OSMP should focus in the next 10 years. Water assets and the application of innovative was also a main theme of the questionnaire by both irrigation practices that anticipate staff and the community. This was refined based on environmental change. technical knowledge provided by staff. Community members experience and Historic preservation was mentioned on quite a few of better understand working landscapes, the ATT sticky notes. These mostly covered preserving views and understanding the agricultural past of the

2/14/2019 contributing to the preservation of area. This was refined based on technical knowledge Boulder’s agricultural lands and heritage. provided by staff. DRAFT STRATEGIES INPUT TAKE CARE OF AGRICULTURAL Infrastructure was mentioned a few times in the sticky INFRASTRUCTURE: Focus investments on notes, as was educating the community on agricultural maintaining and improving existing assets of OSMP. Both of these relate to existing and new agricultural infrastructure to standards – agricultural infrastructure initiatives. This strategy pulls both water-related and structural. directly from the Agricultural Resources Management Plan (Ag Plan). INTEGRATE NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS AND OSMP can preserve the local agricultural heritage by AGRICULTURE: While maintaining the maintaining working agricultural lands that support viability of agricultural operations, native plants and wildlife was ranked as the number one evaluate and increase the potential for strategy for preserving agricultural heritage in the improving the quality of habitat on questionnaire. These ideas were reiterated on a couple agricultural lands through staff programs of sticky notes and this dovetails well with EHR. This and partnerships with ranchers and strategy pulls directly from the Ag Plan. farmers.

SUPPORT RANCHERS AND FARMERS: Partnerships were mentioned in the comments. Many of Where appropriate, evaluate and pilot those were comments on how to partner with ranchers cost-sharing, partnerships and other and farmers. This strategy pulls directly from the Ag mechanisms to encourage both Plan. responsible land stewardship and economic viability for a diverse range of current and future farmers and ranchers on OSMP lands.

INCREASE AGRICULTURAL VARIETY: Partnerships and food systems were two main themes in Partner with open space ranchers and the sticky notes. Increasing understanding and farmers to analyze and where appreciation of local agriculture by providing appropriate expand the variety of information about locally grown products was ranked agricultural operations on OSMP lands, highly in the questionnaire for how OSMP should focus focusing on the infrastructure and on agriculture in the next 10 years. Although this technical assistance needed to support questionnaire result isn’t directly related to agricultural diversified vegetable farming, pastured variety, it does show the importance of local food livestock, micro dairies, and taking systems. This strategy pulls directly from the Ag Plan. products to market.

ENHANCE ENJOYMENT AND Historic preservation was mentioned on quite a few of PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL the ATT sticky notes, as were partnerships. The historical LANDSCAPES AND VIEWS: Partner with preservation comments mostly covered preserving community members, farmers and views and understanding the agricultural past of the ranchers to maintain and enhance the area. This strategy pulls directly from the Ag Plan. It also condition and experience of working considers the results of the 2016 Resident Survey. landscapes, viewsheds and historic structures.

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REDUCE OR ELIMINATE PESTICIDE USE: Pesticide use was mentioned on a few passionate Reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides comments from the community meeting, and staff wherever possible. When reduction or echoed similar sentiments. elimination of pesticides is not possible, use the least toxic and least persistent pesticide that is effective.

REDUCE LOCAL IMPACTS FROM PRAIRIE The need to protect irrigated land from prairie dogs was DOGS: Increase the viability of mentioned a couple of times in the sticky notes. The agricultural operations to the extent more general theme of reducing impacts on agricultural possible by using a suite of non-lethal lands was a more common comment. This strategy pulls methods to reduce impacts from prairie directly from the Ag Plan. dogs on agricultural lands, especially in designated irrigated fields, while maintaining ecologically sustainable prairie dog populations across the landscape.

MANAGE THE FUTURE OF WATER: A variety of suggestions and ideas relating to water and Develop a water management approach irrigation were provided in the sticky notes. This that balances sustainable agricultural strategy pulls directly from the Ag Plan. operations, ecosystem stewardship, protection of OSMP water rights, efficiency of water use and resilience in a more variable climate.

ENHANCE SOIL HEALTH: Manage A variety of suggestions and ideas relating to soil health agricultural activities in tilled lands and and erosion were provided in the sticky notes. This native grasslands to prevent soil erosion, strategy pulls directly from the Ag Plan. maintain and build soil organic matter, and protect ecosystem function.

ACQUIRE AND CONSERVE AGRICULTURE Acquisition was mentioned only a few times, but was a AND WATER: Systematically evaluate and theme mentioned in the EHR and RRSE focus areas as prioritize the acquisition of agricultural well. This strategy pulls directly from the Ag Plan. As properties that best promote agriculture outcomes and strategies emerge for the Financial and protect Boulder Valley’s agricultural Sustainability focus area, acquisitions will be addressed heritage and water resources, while more holistically under that focus area. In addition, the considering the city’s long-term cost of next engagement window will help prioritize criteria for ownership. acquisitions and inform further refinements to acquisition-related strategies.

Draft Guiding Principles for Implementation It is also important to note that at the November study session with OSBT, board members discussed several overarching concepts or principles that could guide implementation of all focus areas – such as operational efficiency, research and monitoring, and how we engage the

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public and share information. Staff then reviewed public comments, staff comments, and feedback from OSBT to develop a set of draft guiding principles for OSBT to consider at a study session on February 20, 2019 (see Appendix E). These emerging concepts will also be made available to the public during the next engagement window in March.

Next Steps Staff is continuing to revise outcomes and strategies, which will be considered by OSBT on February 20, 2019. The community will then be asked to help OSMP prioritize these strategies during Engagement Window 4.

The Fourth Engagement Window will focus on engaging the community in deeper conversations about specific topics and exploring synergies between strategies. This will help prioritize the strategies and relate them to three funding scenarios that the Master Plan will describe. Funding scenarios are required to be included in master plans by Boulder’s City Plans and Projects Handbook and describe high level priorities for spending in three scenarios: fiscally constrained plan, action plan, and vision plan. For the OSMP Master Plan these scenarios will correspond to a 30 percent sales tax reduction, adding the removed 30 percent sales tax back, and having more than 30 percent sales tax to increase funding.

Upcoming Opportunities to Participate:

• There will be a community workshop on March 18, 2019 to consider prioritization of the strategies for the master plan; • Staff will continue micro-engagement activities to typically under-represented groups in the planning process. These groups include youth, the Latino community, people experiencing disabilities and will also include continued dialogue with the agricultural community; • These events will be supported by a statistically-valid survey that will also be available online for the public and staff (the on-line version will not be statistically valid but will be used as input to also inform decision making). This statistically-valid survey will help refine and prioritize future actions through trade-off and emphasis questions on potential strategies to understand the full spectrum of values from the Boulder community; and • OSMP will then use community feedback as well as input from staff and the Open Space Board of Trustees to develop revised Master Plan content. The Fifth Engagement Window, in late Summer 2019, will be a two-week phase where the Draft Plan is shared for public comment to see all the text components in order to confirm we have heard all the community voices, there is alignment, and the plan reflects the input from the previous four engagement windows. This version of the draft and the one that goes to OSBT for their recommendation and City Council for approval will be a text version (like the process

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for approving the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan). An illustratively improved version of the plan will be completed after City Council approval with no changes to content. During the fifth window of engagement community members will have opportunities to review and comment on the draft plan as it gets reviewed by the Planning Board, the Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT) and City Council. The final version of the Master Plan will integrate feedback gathered throughout the entire process, while honoring components like the focus areas that were supported by the public, with a recommendation to City Council for approval by OSBT and and approved by City Council in summer 2018.The current goal is to take the Draft Master Plan for an OSBT recommendation in August and to City Council for acceptance in September.

APPENDIX A COMPENDIUM OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AT PUBLIC WORKSHOPS Focus Area Related Topic Poster Section Comment Figure - Grassland Bird Protecting Biodiversity Community Quality is Use this blank space to present graphic on plant / animal which is insensitive to block Map: Habitat Block Size Maps and Large Habitat Blocks Highest in Large Grassland size. (more balanced + nuanced presentation) EHR Habitat Blocks

No - it's a sentence, like the others (+ as it should be). [Referring to a grammar change; Climate Change Background and Desired Outcomes Draft Design Outcomes A. "that" added to: Diverse ecosystems that modulate temperatures..] EHR

Climate Change Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything 1st: Outcome A sounds like it's the job of OSMP to save the planet from climate change. EHR 2nd: Translation of sticky below - Simplify A to be only "maint. diverse ecosy". The rest Climate Change Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything EHR go to strategies - Andrea As City Council makes decisions to increase Boulder's density, things will change. Do you Climate Change Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything feel that City Council will make decisions that aligh w/ the OSMP Master Plan? How EHR would this work best? I am curious about GHG's and their more rampant growth if urban mobility is not in Climate Change Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything EHR check...

Climate Change Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything (C) I don't get it - why is it part of this climate change construct? How would it help? EHR

Climate Change Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Plant trees which are a carbon sink EHR

How far advanced is cloud seeding technology? The summers is (are) becoming ripe for Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies conditions to start wild fires. Can we somehow create rain artificially? EHR EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Protecting cave refuges as a priority. Aware of micro climates How will you manage livestock such that it degrades soil less. Soil sequesters carbon Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies and should be managed as an important carbon sink. Can more trees be planted as well EHR to sequester carbon? Have we considered reintroducing or introducing species that may be more tolerant to Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies EHR climate change? Staff given authority to close, restrict public access for specific and urgent climate Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies EHR change - related catastrophes EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Increase community understanding of fragmentation EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Welcome change in your text for beneficial outcomes EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Focus on plant species that don't cause monocultures

Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Have we researched what species we can expect in a hotter and arier Boulder? EHR EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Don't let mineral development (fracking) happen EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Restructure OSMP website EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 2. Strategies Triage/ prioritize what species can be realistically protected and saved. EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments This is going to be so severe EHR Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Can we help birds adapt to changing insect populations and timing? Factory farming has an enorous impact on climate change. Please consider this when Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR providing refreshments for meetings.

Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Leave corridors and spaces for habitats to move into as they adapt to global warming. EHR Seems like the history on all OSMP lands is ignored or hidden, eg Marshall Mesa. Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR Sampson book is good, but its frequently not available to visitors. Close off micro climate areas that are less impacted to all recreation to help save Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR speces. When does climate change with drought become artification here and is that change Climate Change Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR part of monitoring/ master plan?

1. There are many volunteer hours invested already - (as well as professionals) make Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything them visible, valued, and public, tell us how you apply findings. EHR

Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Better communication and use of data that extensive volunteer efforts already gather! EHR

Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything 3. What have we learned from these efforts? Trends and implications?? EHR Choice A needs some nuance. Science is an input, but management is based on other Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything EHR judgements, too.

Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Transparency of information; making it publicly available EHR Outcome A is not a goal in itself - science should be one piece of info in the decision Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything EHR making process and we need to acknowledge that Nature is not "property". Iit is no different than slaves or women. It doesn't belong to Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything EHR anyone. But should have rights of its own.

Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 2. Strategies Is OSMP utilizing volunteers for these monitorin projects? EHR See the BCPOS site that lists the projects that happen on their land. Reports are Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 2. Strategies EHR available - going back in time to fairly recent - for those interested.

Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 2. Strategies Integrated citizen science into academic and government research EHR Summarize key results - findings and mgmt. actions - in the annual volunteer report. Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 2. Strategies EHR Share with volunteers! Increase "citizen science" volunteer opportunities, beyond monitoring social media and Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 2. Strategies natural history apps. See the "Front Range Pika Projects" processes and procedures as EHR an example Statistics: of keystone prairie dog colonies remain in peril. They need to co-exist, Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 2. Strategies support 140 other species. We must move them to areas that support wildlife and our EHR natural ecosystems

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" 1. How are the projects that are monitored selected? Don't we have an extensive data Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR base

Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments 2. Are we using that database as a foundation and adding to it? EHR Citizen sci/ crowdsourcing iNaturalist or for streetmap/ mapillary (like Google street Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR view) "Science" based decisions are made often based onpicking the science that agrees with the point of view of the reader. For example, reports on impacts of dogs used by OSMP Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments are not really scientifically relevant, to Boulder, with the exception of Bekoff [Mark EHR Bekoff].

A comment for all fire focus areas - Are you partnering with other OSMP programs Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments within share boundaries? Like in the places where Jeffco is adjacent to BoCo land, are you sharing your MP strategies and outcomes to work regionally in a collaborating way? EHR Karen H. would like OSMP active monitoring projects list. Trends - K.H. wants up, down Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR and side-to-side[shown in arrows], too soon to tell Soren Scot [email protected] - Add to list for research symposium - [pointing to it Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR with arrow] Ann Science is great; andshould be a unifying principal. However, OSMP sometimes seems Research and Monitoring Community Feedback 3. Other Comments EHR more driven by politics than science.

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything More highlight of benefits of disturbance, not just avoidance. Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Please consider changing "disturbance" to processes to demonstrate that these are Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Fire, Flood and Drought neutral functions not negative EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Leave snags and dead trees for bird holes, bee holes, nurse logs, and new growth, and Community Feedback 2. Strategies Fire, Flood and Drought fungi EHR You monitor Ag use to mitigate weeds - however Ag use often increases reduction of Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 2. Strategies native species, and use of poisons, which kill all species that come in contact with it Fire, Flood and Drought EHR except livestock.

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments (A) How is "significantly reduced" to be measured? Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Grazing is not the best option. Grazing is so disruptive to riparian/ wetland Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Fire, Flood and Drought environments. The biodiversity decreases in these areas, sediment erosion increases. EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments How are these thinning programs funded? Are there volunteer opportunities? Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments How do harmful/helpful insects impact these conditions? Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Sudy the management of Boulder County's forest thining on Betasso Preserve. Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments What can be done to improve fire resilience in "untreatable" forest? Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Update Forest Ecosystem Mgmt Plan Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recommending "The Human Element" by local filmmaker New film! Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Is there anything (other strategy) else besides thinning forests that is a best practice for Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Fire, Flood and Drought mitigating fire? EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Leave connected old growth for Albert's squirrels, martens, trashers and other old Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Fire, Flood and Drought growth dependent species EHR

Ecological Disturbance: Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Educate citizens that these disturbances are necessary! Fire, Flood and Drought EHR

Protecting Biodiversity In addition to large habitat blocks being maintained, connecting blocks that are Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Large Habitat Blocks currently fragmented. EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Pollinatior focus and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything What about extirpated species? and Large Habitat Blocks EHR Open public open space land to wildlife ecosystem and re-establish origional shortgrass Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything prairie species to preserve and conserve for future generations including ceasing and Large Habitat Blocks EHR poisoning and offering land for relocation

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Prioritize keystone species ind prarie dogs and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

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Protecting Biodiversity Too many dogs off leash - this is a big stress on wildlife. Too confusing to have varying Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Large Habitat Blocks rules re off-leash non-leash areas, and result is most dogs are off-leash EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Update species of concern and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything It is not possible to BALANCE healthy species and ecosystems with RECREATION and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Minimize fragmentation caused by recreational users to preserve large blocks while Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Large Habitat Blocks allowing rec. uses EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies Fully close areas to all recreation and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies More areas with dogs on leash and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies All dogs allowed in open space should be on leash and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recognize the right of our ecosystems to thrive and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies Honor HCAS and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Open more public open space to keystone species prairie dogs, offer opportunities for Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Large Habitat Blocks advocates over Ag bidding and use of lands EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies Create prarie dog zones incl. spaces for new colonies and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies Study polinators. Mitigate if needed toward native biodiversity goals and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Support continued purchase of open space to provide connecting corridors [affirmed by Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Large Habitat Blocks another community member with arrow and "This"] EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Keep large habitat blocks unfragmented. We should have a policy of "no net loss" of Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Large Habitat Blocks large blocks. EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 2. Strategies More non-dogs areas? and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Trails and roads thru habitat conservation areas or large blocks should not be allowed. Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Large Habitat Blocks More weeds spread. Species diversity decreases when you fragment the habitat EHR

Protecting Biodiversity How do these outcomes address proposed trails that would puncture existing, high- Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Large Habitat Blocks quality blocks? EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Explicitly reaffirm HCA policies from VMP and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Some conclusions are assumptions and not sub-stantiated by data. and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Need sideboards stating which existing plans are taken as given. and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Keep migration corridors for genetic mixing of populations. and Large Habitat Blocks EHR

Protecting Biodiversity Does incompat. dog management include coyotes? And how does their mgmt work along Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Large Habitat Blocks OSMP borders (people conflicts)? EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance General This is highly related to #1, habitat blocks. Fragmentation reduces quality. and Restoration EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance General Why is there no plan for restoration of species of concern or extripated species? and Restoration EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance Why is C limited to plan to? Can we not address the impact of non-native animals on our General and Restoration lands? EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance The county (Heil, Hall) have boot brushes to reduce spread of invasives. Can OSMP get General and Restoration these out at trails/ trailheads? EHR

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Ecosystem Maintenance These are worded more vaguely - "good" condition, or "improved". Outcomes should be General and Restoration more measurable. EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance General Don't be afraid to be bold, try new things and Restoration EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance Educate public on trail conservation. City to practice state of the art on trail General and Restoration maintenance EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance General Be liberal with trail closures and Restoration EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance General More info on grazing strategies would be good to see and Restoration EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance Open Space needs to educate its visitors on their impacts and how to avoid impacts to General and Restoration the natural resources. EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance Open Space needs to improve trail maintenance and management to keep visitors on General and Restoration trails and trails robust and attractive. EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance General Introduce extirpated species and Restoration EHR

Restoration is used frequently in any discussion around disturbance, flooding for Ecosystem Maintenance example. People have the idea that restoration just happens. I feel that more citizen General and Restoration participation and education is required for a better understanding of the cost, effort, monitoring and up kept required. Idea: Meeting at Frazier Meadows EHR

Ecosystem Maintenance How could volunteers help with (for example) the Talloak grass issue, with restoration General and Restoration treatments monitoring? EHR

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Focus Area Related Topic Poster Section Comment Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE Where do people park? How about having a regular frequent bus route to Chautauqua Park? Recreation When Managing the Effects of Background and Desired What is visitor use Partially limit some use by charging those who live outside Boulder City Limits. Or RRSE Recreation Outcomes management? make them pay to park outside Boulder and shuttle in. Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE What can we do? expand and promote access points to distribute use as practical. Recreation Outcomes Some trailheads can be full, but it's folks not using them as access pts to the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments OS—maybe for road cycling or work phone calls. In small lots it's an issue? (maybe?) Maintaining and Improving Trails Please look at creative shuttle schedules to get people to remote properties (a RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities circle like Rocky Mtn Park ) Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Preserve nighttime access to open space throughout the system. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments And emphasis on closing social trails. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE Where do people go? Trails for locals only i.e. Goshawk Recreation When Warmer summers and winters will mean more demand for recreation at night. To Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General escape the heat and because winter days are short. Please continue to allow Recreation When nighttime recreation. Boulder county does not, and that is frustrating. Maintaining and Improving Trails Too many muddy trail closures. Figure out how to make trails more sustainable RRSE Recreation Map Coal Creek and Facilities and keep them open Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Oppose limiting access, including by time of day. This is a bad idea Recreation Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome D [Arrow pointing to yellow text] ← To your le! Outcomes Managing the Effects of Most users will be forced out by time specific permitting. Th‐‐‐ will be specific RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation groups rather than dampening uses across the board Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Do not close trails at night Recreation Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Recent literature reviews Some people have jobs and can only access park at 6AM. Keep trails open Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Closed trails between dawn and dusk makes weekday winter use difficutl for RRSE Recent literature reviews Recreation nature people with traditional schedules Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Close trails at night. However make a dark sky area on the west side of Flagstaff or RRSE Recent literature reviews Recreation nature other dark area that can be accessed once a week Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Night‐time closures would be extremely repressive, a working person would be RRSE Example Indicators Recreation nature banned from using public land weekdays in winter. Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on No evidence that 6 am use has a significant impact . I work for a living. This is my RRSE Example Indicators Recreation nature only time to run! We need to limit OS access to daytime hours, with a permit required for nightime Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT use, just like we require a permit for access to HCAs. And keep OS dog‐free in Recreation nature nightime hours. Or at least require on leash Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT No! Don't limit OS access to daytime hours‐ some of us work! Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Use only real science to justify closures. Default should be open space NOT closed RRSE LNT Recreation nature space Managing the Effects of If after dark wildlife impacts are a concern, consider limiting the lumens of RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Recreation headlamps. Do not ban after dark access! Some of us have jobs and children. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Ref A Being excluded from most of OSMP land is a bad experience. Recreation Managing the Effects of Trails need to be open at night and early morning. I work 8 am‐ 6 pm and use the RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation trails in the dark during the week. Managing the Effects of Off‐trail access needs to be preserved in order to access all the historical rock RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation climbs There is no mention about considering: Fees, parking fees, limiting access‐ Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments example: no more folks on this trail. How can we pay for the staff required to Recreation manage and supervise otherwise. More taxes. Maintaining and Improving Trails Cottonwood Trail as transportation route? Today it is natural surface and slow. RRSE Regional Trails Map: LoBo Trail and Facilities Need additional [emphasis] trail to connect Bldr + Gunbarrel Maintaining and Improving Trails I ride (patrol) this trail often. If you go with options A, B or C please consider RRSE Regional Trails Map: LoBo Trail and Facilities crosswalk across Jay Rd. Thanks Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails Need more ways to access eastern trails from town by bike. and Facilities Range Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails Regional trails also mean less driving to trailheads and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails Love alternate days idea—if one day is no hikers and Facilities Two days per week (Wed. & Sat.) are "no bike" days at Betasso. How about one RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies "bike only day" too? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Coal Creek Maintain access to climbing formations in the Flatirons and Facilities Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Increase trails to diffuse traffic and reduce conflict. Do not take away trails from RRSE LNT Recreation nature any user group. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: LoBo Trail Use LoBo trail to Longmont then Lyons for front range trail and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: LoBo Trail Re: LoBo Trail, please complete missing segment along Jay Rd ASAP and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails Connecft to green ways trail through Longmont into Weld County and Facilities Range Trail

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, No night time use. Close trails down as dusk. No trails in HCAs. Monitor dogs more RRSE General Recreation When closely‐ must be tagged and in compliance all dogs / Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Recent literature reviews Close trails between dawn and dusk to allow wildlife to recover Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Example Indicators Closures are important but should be minimized as wildlife nesting ends. Recreation nature Preserving access and expanding reach to underserved communities will be put at Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments serious risk by limits on acces by time of day. Many people's work schedules Recreation require them to recreate when its dark out. Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on It will not work to completely close undesignated trails‐ you would need way too RRSE Example Indicators Recreation nature many rangers to enforce it where are you going to get the $$

Minimizing impacts to nature‐ how can that be accomplished by creating more Managing the Effects of trails? Which creates more access? Which creates more impacts. Therefore, we RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Recreation have to acknowledge that there needs to be limits established on our OSMP system. Explained to the public, so that everyone supports why the limits exist. Managing the Effects of Given increasing use (which will continue to increase) we probably need to focus a RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation lot more time and resource in maintenance. Accessible location, public transportation, sufficient parking, interactive Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies programming, education for all ages and backgrounds, support for existing and Facilities education staff, support for volunteers. Managing the Effects of Love the use of directional travel at Betasso and Overland. More use of alternate RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation days would help as well (e.g. Centennial Cone) Managing the Effects of Manage trail from Coot to Boulder Res expands with every rain/snow. Also needs RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation elveling on the descent as it "leans" Maintaining and Improving Trails Maintain a diversity of trail types. Accessibility does not need to mean wide, semi‐ RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities paved trails. Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Please close OS lands at night and require on trail corridor use Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, Please keep trails open at night. I work all day! I have never had a probelm with RRSE General Recreation When people or animals Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Keep trail open at night. That would be terrible if we closed trails at night. Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Preserve night time access to trails for commuting and recreation Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, Full time day/night access for busy people trying to fit exercise. Night RRSE General Recreation When exercise/experiencing important. The kind, intelligent, and wonderful Ranger making this comment board is a true RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything gentleman. I think his name was Kent? What a guy! Please do not restrict all access to only on trail. Allow off trail access away from RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies trailheads in reasonable areas. Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Alternating directions too (by alternating days for cyclist and hikders on a trail) Recreation Managing the Effects of Closes access to people who work (sticky note pointing to specify time of day for RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation cyclist and hikers on trail) Managing the Effects of Background and Desired It would be helpful for users to know when cows will be grazed so that those trails RRSE Outcome A Recreation Outcomes can ve avoided if co/ kids, dogs, or adults who don't mix well w/ cows. Maintaining and Improving Trails East Boulder Trail at White Open to visitors more of the old agricultural properties that are already in the RRSE Recreation Map and Facilities Rocks OSMP portfolio. Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table More trash cans! I agree! Recreation Landscapes that Inspire RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Annotated Map More bike trails connecting Boulder and Eldo Canyon. 11 years old. Recreation Please consider link trails from the area around Fairview directly to Doudy Draw Landscapes that Inspire RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Annotated Map and Eldo. Riding the roads is intimidating so many kids and adults [additional Recreation writing] I agree! Landscapes that Inspire For only 10% at total, Marshall Mesa seems "overrun by mtbs because it's the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Section: Activity Popularity Recreation only area open to bikes. Landscapes that Inspire Nice that you call out Springbrook for mountain biking. One trail in the trees for RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Annotated Map Recreation bikes? REALLY? Landscapes that Inspire RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Lots of down hill and jumps. Recreation Landscapes that Inspire Mountain biking is allowed under the charter only where designated. It creates RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Recreation too much conflict now. Mountain biking is a great sport, but if only 10% of users selected mountain biking Landscapes that Inspire RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General as their primary activity, why are over 1/3 of our city OS trails open to mountain Recreation biking, and why are we considering even more? Would love to have a stronger trail system for Boulder's huge mountain biking RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies community. More bike‐friendly trails please! RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Encourage more [emphasis] mountain biking—kids & families. To respond to current and changing demographics and interests, it seems RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies imperative to be more mountain bike‐friendly More mountain bike trails. Kids need places to ride and enjoy for mental / RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies physical well being Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Please open more trails that are challenging/narrow/ have climbs to mountain RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes bikes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? More family friendly biking please Recreation Outcomes Bikes are not passive when you are walking. Keep them out of West of Broadway, RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments north of Eldora Open Space please!

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" All bikes shouldn't be in all areas / trails, e bikes = loud. Have speed limits and RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments some trails off limits in sensitive areas. Can we rein in the bike‐related fearmongering? Most bikers I encounter are very RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments courteous Create a bike trail all along the eastern edge of the open space. Would help RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments reduce parking needs + help commuting and give bikers a place too.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Bike ‐Friendly & safe connector from Cottonwood to LoBo. Maintaining and Improving Trails Agree with C. Must work with the county and others to get more access via bike RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities to connected properties. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Rock drops for bikes. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything #bikesbelong Please provide FAIR and EQUITABLE access for bikes. and Facilities Please more MTB oriented trail construction and maintenance. Not every old trail Maintaining and Improving Trails in riparian areas needs to be relocated. Thanks for working to connect Eldo Park RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities to Walker and MM. MTB in Boulder has really improved and should continue to be a focus. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Mountain bike connectivity. Biking from my house to north or south Boulder. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Make more trails for mt bikes to spread users out. This works very well in a lot of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities places. Maintaining and Improving Trails We need many more bike racks at trailheads to encourage folks to bike to trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities and not drive! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Please also create MTB trails for technical riding. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Build bike only trails. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Mountain bike ride from town to trails Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Have enough mt bike areas so use spreads out Recreation When Build more trails designed for mountain biking, with optional skill challenges. [Diagram included on additional sticky note, a trail marked "main trail" forks—a RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything hazard sign marks the fork—and the form leads to a log, which then terminates into a continuation of the fork, later merging with the main trail. A person on a bicycle is atop the log, annotated as "obstacle (log ride)".]

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Bike‐only trails! A lot of people (bikers) would be fine w/no new trails if the existing trails were RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments more fun to ride Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map North Foothills Plan for e‐bike trails and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails We need many more bike racks at trail heads! This is getting critical as more folks RRSE Recreation Map Teller Farm ‐ South and Facilities are biking to trails. Maintaining and Improving Trails We don't need more bike racks at trailheads... we don't need more bikers on RRSE Recreation Map Teller Farm ‐ South and Facilities trails. Maintaining and Improving Trails Please give Sawhill Ponds trails to bikes. [Other handwriting] That would be a RRSE Recreation Map Cherryvale and Facilities travesty! Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Crowding and Displacement bikes; a reason to no longer visit the trails Recreation Managing the Effects of Bikes! A reason to visit trails and enjoy nature and support conservation of public RRSE Respect Each Other Crowding and Displacement Recreation lands Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Bikes tagged after OS info course like dogs Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Voice and Sight Program Bike license plate so they can be reported Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Built trail features Narrow trails should not be open to bikes. Bikes only on wide trails and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Built trail features Build more directional bike trails and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Please build fun bike only trails and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE What can we do? Really? Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Mt bike access not great here Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants Bikers appetite for trails can never be satisfied. Enough already! 10% of users and Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies 1/3 of trails?! Stop new MB trails‐ enhance the ones that exist if bikers need more Recreation fun per mile. Managing the Effects of Need more mountain bike trail access. Spreads riders out and will lessen trail RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation impact and user conflict. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Allow bikes on Boulder Creek trail at 61st, 1/4 mile North of Valmont Recreation Managing the Effects of Biker specific trails. Directional trails for bikes. Challenging terrain for mountain RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation bikes. Managing the Effects of More trails for mtn bikes. How about more "bike only" days, "hikers‐ runners only RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation days" "dog days" Managing the Effects of Please don't optimize everything for the most aggressive use (mtn biking). It's not RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation fun, not good for understanding the nature around you and frankly sexist. Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Section: "Did You Know?" Sigh. "All" includes bikes? and Facilities Outcomes

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Open more trails to Mtn bikes! and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome B MTB trails require "flow" to be great! Please keep it up. and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Bikes on hiking trails are dangerous! We've been almost run over while hiking RRSE Outcome B and Facilities Outcomes several times. Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Please enhance MTB and hybrid bike paths in east bldr similar to 'Dirty bismarck' RRSE Outcome C and Facilities Outcomes More connectivity is necessary Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Bikes do not yield to walkers. It is very dangerous for walking + older people to RRSE Outcome C and Facilities Outcomes keep stepping off the trail. We do not want injuries. Maintaining and Improving Trails I would love to be able to ride my buke from Boulder to the Continental Divide RRSE Regional Trails General and Facilities solely on trails. [Other handwriting] ! Me too ! Maintaining and Improving Trails Boulder Valley Ranch does not need more bike trails. We hikers + birdwatchers RRSE Regional Trails Map: LoBo Trail and Facilities need a stress‐free experience. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front I'd give up some of the trails for all [emphasis] bikes, if they would give some RRSE Regional Trails and Facilities Range Trail exclusivity for hikers. Multi‐use doesn't work for hikers. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails We want more bike loops and Facilities Range Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Do not exclude bikes from trails on Sat/Sun‐ that really limits access to anyone RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities who observes a sabbath (on either day) Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments More bike racks at trailheads. More bike access on maybe just a few days a week. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Don't like having to look over my shoulder to dodge the bikes. How about RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation designating bike and no bike days? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails General Please consider a bike czar who's job it is to advocate for bike access and Facilities Stepping off trail constantly for bikes is not relaxing. The loop hike trail w/ RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments numerous bikes. Have been hiking these trail almost daily since 1961

Gonzo MTB riding and hiking don't mix. Segregate by location and/or time. Inform Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments MTB riders where intensive riding is and isn't appropriate. Enforce this. and Facilities Create/assig MTB trails for non‐technical riding.

After being previously injured by a mountain biker (partially torn meniscus) I will RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies not / cannot hike on trails with bikes—save some trails for me / Please! Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's Boulder Valley Ranch does not need more bike trails. We hikers and bird watchers RRSE and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail need a stress free experience. I would really like to see more mountain bike‐friendly trails in Boulder in general, but especially South Boulder. It would be great if more trails could connect, Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies especially bike‐friendly trails. So many of us (bikers) end up driving to better trails and Facilities outside of Boulder. It would be great to build a better mtn bike trail network here in Boulder. Well connected trails. Bike trails are needed to link South Boulder to Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Marshall/Doudy/Springbrook Trail system! Safer for kids and adults to ride to and Facilities these trails. Maintaining and Improving Trails Safe & bike‐ridable connector from town to Betasso, Chapman, and Dots/West‐ RRSE Recreation Map Chapman Drive and Facilities Mag trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Provide a direct South Boulder → MM → Eldo → Walker connecon for RRSE Recreation Map South Mesa / Doudy Draw and Facilities bikes—regional connectivity would be HUGE!! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Buckingham Park Add regional trails open to MTB and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails I would love to be able to ride between multiple trail systems (e.g. Walker Ranch, RRSE Regional Trails General and Facilities Heil Valley Ranch, Boulder Valley Ranch) without riding on paved roads. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front A bike‐access trail from Eldo to Walker is crucial to regional connectivity. Provide RRSE Regional Trails and Facilities Range Trail equitable trail access to bikes. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails Connect trails to bike regionally! and Facilities Range Trail We should have more mountain bike friendly trails. We should crack down on dog Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies waste. DNA test! Stop closing trails like Bear Canyon. People can cooperate with and Facilities earth moving operations. Managing the Effects of It would be great if bikes and dogs could have more trail access since most RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation Boulder residents have both. Maintaining and Improving Trails Why don't we need more bikes on trails → [Arrow poinng to comment #338] If it RRSE Recreation Map Teller Farm ‐ South and Facilities is because of bike/biker interactions, then ore education is necessary. Maintaining and Improving Trails More bike‐friendly and fun trails‐ it's weird that Boulder's open space is not RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities already that way given our national reputation. Maintaining and Improving Trails Consider allowing e‐bikes to provide opportunities for people with limited abilities RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities (not necessarily official disabilities) Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Have ‐‐‐‐‐ to ebikes for aging user base Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Get feedback from JeffCO on full use of e‐bikes on their trails Recreation When Consider allowing e‐bikes. Less work = more fun (sometimes). Faster acceleration RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies makes it easier to stop and yeild to other users. Managing the Effects of Bikers approach hikers from behind w/o warning. Dangerous at times, especially RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Recreation for older hikers with disabilities. Remember the mountain biker that rammed the grizzly‐ biker was speeding! Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Protect our wildlife from human impact. OSMP lands should not be a 24‐7 rec Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants playground. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails Allow ebikes on trails! [Other handwriting] Please! and Facilities Range Trail

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Maintaining and Improving Trails e‐bikes are only acceptable if allowed for people with disabilities through special RRSE Recreation Map Buckingham Park and Facilities permits or exceptions. Managing the Effects of recognizing that MTB community has been good stewards and increase access. RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation Thank you for opening new trails to explore. Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Trails designed for mountain biking are not enjoyable for the 90% of non‐bike trail RRSE Did you know and Facilities sustainable trails users and impact more land RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments No new bike trails, it is not compatible with hiking or those of us seeking solitude.

Managing the Effects of There are hundreds of miles of hiking trails but only a few places where biking is RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation allowed. Please build more bike trails that are actually singletrack. Bike trails should be designed to be fun to ride, not just to get from one place to RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies another. I think that more trails should be opened to bikes, not only for commutes but also Recreation is Good for the for recreation with connections from west Boulder to Eldorado, not only do great RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Body & Soul trails bring massive benefits to residents of Boulder, it brings people from surrounding towns and states if done right boosting economy

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Bikes on trails displace all other users.

Maintaining and Improving Trails Yes! Big missing piece‐ access to historic climbing areas must be maintained. This RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities language from the VMP must appear in the new Master Plan. Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, Off trail use critical for climbers or people who want actual solitude. Reduces RRSE General Recreation When person to person conflict too. Maintaining and Improving Trails Need to maintain access to historic climbing crags using undesignated trails. Need RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities formal solution. Cannot leave to the whims of staff how manage Alternating days usually means loss of access. Should be net‐zero. Open a RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything currently closed trail to bikes to x days / week. Recreation is Good for the Diagram: Number of Visits RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Recreation can't trump conservation values + impact on wildlife. Body & Soul per Month Recreation is GREAT but not at the expense of negatively impacting wildlife. Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome C Please have more on‐trail, on‐leash areas. And we have enough mtn buke Outcomes trails—over 1/3 of all trails in OSMP! Background and Desired Anti‐recreation people never see or acknowledge the huge importance of political RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome C Outcomes constituency for nature protection. Rec creates constituency Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Dirt it don't hurt and Facilities Recreation is Good for the Recreation is good and essential, but not at the expense of protecting and RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Body & Soul providing habitat for wildlife. Recreation is Good for the Diagram: Number of Visits RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Recreation and conservation and compatible! Body & Soul per Month In my hundreds of encounters with hikers (and horses) while on my mountain RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback Outcome B bike, I have *never* had an adverse encounter! Every one was greeted with a smile and received a "have a great day". Bikers and hikers can peacefully coexist. If we restrict bikes x days / wk on trail now 7/week, then open closed trail x days RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything per week. Please reserve trails where no bikes or dogs are allowed. We hikers and bird RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything watchers need places where nature is undisturbed. Encourage new & public guidelines of Trail Etiquette [emphasis] to promote more RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies harmony [emphasis] among users. Glad to see a copy of the 2016 resident survey out. Pay more attention to it, RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments particularly those conflicts that make visits less pleasant. Leadshership. OSMP should not set the example that all current forms of RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments recreation / use are valid + work to manage balance between user groups instead of conflict. Managing the Effects of If riding is only 2% of conflict, why aren't they allowed on as many trails as other RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Recreation conflict folks Managing the Effects of It's not possible to reduce conflict to 0% in any environment with humans RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Recreation interacting with humans. I'm sure the 6% prefer to be alone on the trail. have some sort of facilitator checklist for the BOARD to remind of Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything hikers/runners/horses when considering safety on multi‐use trails‐ if board is all Recreation mtn bikers, we all lose. Seriously. Managing the Effects of We should be aware of more runners on the trail and teach runners and hikers RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation how to get along. Managing the Effects of On visitor conflict you cit the 2017 visitor survey, but ignore the 2016 resident RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation survey which has valuable information. Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Bikes and hikers do not belong on the same trails. Bikes are so fast Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table More bike only trails would help avoid these conflicts Recreation Hikers should realize that a percentage of mountain bikers volunteer for trail RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback Outcome C maintenance. We love the trails just as much as hikers. Does OSMP have any stats on what type of users to trail maintenance? Landscapes that Inspire Isn't tit true that off‐leash dogs impact trails / ecosystems more [emphasis] than RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Recreation bikers? Would love [emphasis] research on this. "What's the impact?" Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome A Fun is good but not at the expense of others (critters and people) Outcomes Recreation is Good for the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Section: SCORP Deaths in relation to what? Body & Soul

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Is the order a, then B, then C, then D significant? Does the order show RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback Outcome B importance? Subtle messaging? Maintaining and Improving Trails Watch out for possibly unintended messages. Is A the most important and B next RRSE Community Feedback Outcome A and Facilities in importance, etc.? Maintaining and Improving Trails Synthesizing of earlier feedback seems skewed against recreation access e.g. RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities "responsible" recreation Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Can the community offer more programming to inspire and create more stewards RRSE Outcome B Recreation Outcomes of our public lands? Are there stewardship opportunities for the public? Help CU students and Boulder visitors connect with our open space so they can Recreation is Good for the Diagram: Number of Visits RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation take these values and experiences with them when they leave. Our country and Body & Soul per Month world need this. Recreation is Good for the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Section: Primary Motivation Time in nature is good for body + soul Body & Soul RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback Outcome A People who recreate outdoors enjoy immeasurable health benefits.

Desired outcome: People aware of & understanding our natural world. Our best RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything protection against Trumpian sabotage of environmental policies.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Exercise in nature is the healthiest thing any human can do. Encourage it! Recreation is what connects people to open space. I like the new recreation RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies position and more positive attitude toward it. Don't sacrifice nature, or those who come here primarily to be immersed in RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments nature seeking connection for the sake of recreation and adventure thrill seekers! Maintaining and Improving Trails More flow, through trees, more undulation, easier to connect with nature! More RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities natural . I don't see anything about stewardship [emphasis] If people in the future are to RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments still have opportunities to observe nature, we need to preserve habitat. For C: Some of us are looking for safety, but not [emphasis] challenge. Just RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback Outcome C solitude + enjoyment of nature—safely. Be welcoming! OSMP seems [unreadable] toward restrictions, negatives, be RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments positive. Being in nature is great! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything More connectivity between trails. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies More regional connector trails! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Connect to Rocky Flats and Heil Ranch and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies I would love to see the Trail Around Boulder (TAB) complete! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Trail Around Boulder! Continuous loop! Would be easy as most is already there. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Buckingham Park * Need trail connections from town and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails As Boulder grows toward Gunbarrel, we need safer bicycle access back‐and‐forth RRSE Recreation Map Cottonwood and Facilities too many deaths on Jay Rd. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails General Connect with Rocky Flats trail system. and Facilities A connector trail accessible to mountain bikes through Eldo to Walker Ranch is critical to opening access all the way to Winter Park. At this time, riders are forced Maintaining and Improving Trails to drive up Boulder Canyon to ride Walker and Magnolia trails. By opening a MTB RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails and Facilities accessible trail through Eldo, I could ride from Louisville to Winter Park on only 1/2 mile of paved road, all without driving a single mile in my noisy, gass‐guzzling, polluting car. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails [Sticky note above comment #402] Yes please! Support this Walker connection! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails [Sticky note above comment #402] Heck yeah! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails More connector trails to town and Facilities Monitoring Map Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails Improve connectivity from city to Gunbarrel and East Boulder and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Buckingham Park Additional MTB trail connections to Tower and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Building trails through sensitive high value habitat in the name of "connectivity" is RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities not justified. Maintaining and Improving Trails Please make a trail that parallels 36 between Boulder & Lefthand Canyon so I can RRSE Recreation Map Buckingham Park and Facilities ride my bike or run safely. Thanks ‐ [Redacted] Background and Desired Please offer more dog‐free and/or off‐leash trails, so we can see wildlife again, RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome A Outcomes and please enforce the Voice & Sight regs. I have great concerns that CU South campus defacto off leash dog area Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome C development will reduce SBCT visitor experience. Have seen off leash dog from Outcomes CU run to SBCT. Recreation is Good for the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Walking dogs on OS is my number 1 source of exercise. Body & Soul Dogs are OK on trails, especially well‐managed dogs. What needs to be enforced is RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything the abandoning of dog‐poop bags. Fines should be levied for these.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Please consider leashing all dogs. Thank you!

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RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Off Leash is awesome. Thanks for supporting this program. More Voice+Sight trails to disperse visitors with dogs rather than concentrating RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies them. Managing the Effects of Background and Desired If you are going to continue voice/sight for dogs, ENFORCE it. There are too many RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes lax owners out there Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A DNA test dog poo Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Leave no poo bag behind Recreation Outcomes Please limit voice and sight privelidges to from one hour before sunrise to one Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A hour after sunset, with leashes (or no dogs) during the nighttime hours. No V&S in Recreation Outcomes the dark! Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Voice and Sight is working! Don't punish the majority for the bad behavior of few Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Voice and Sight is not working. True Recreation Outcomes Too many people + too many dogs for "off‐leash" policies. All dogs should be on RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments leash. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Voice and Sight is working well. Dogs don't need to be leashed everywhere. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails I second "Voice and Sight is working well. Dogs don't need to be leashed RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities everywhere." Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Voice and sight is working. The majority of people have well trained dogs. Don't RRSE Outcome B Recreation Outcomes punish all of us because some people cant obey rules‐ nothing in life is 100% Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome B Please enforce the voice control of off leash dogs Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome B Voice and Sight is awesome Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? Dog owners should be expected to manage their dogs better Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, Louisville has put up signs on Davidson Mesa that say "There is no Poop Fairy!" RRSE Where do people park? Recreation When Has OSMP discussed the effectiveness of the signs with Louisville?

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Increase off‐leash trails Managing the Effects of Dogs off leash often run up to people and jump on them despite owners cries of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Recreation dismay and assurances that he's friendly with you. Managing the Effects of Thank you for providing dog poot bags and composting it. It makes the dog RRSE Respect Each Other Voice and Sight Program Recreation registration fee feel more worth it Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Voice and Sight Program Increase punishment for left poo bags Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Voice and Sight Program DNA test dog poop Recreation Managing the Effects of I agree that voice and sight is an education tool. Please do no close more trails to RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation dogs. Or make more off leash‐ more education‐ increase ranger presence

Managing the Effects of Less dog on leash more dogs off leash stop punishing all dog owners for the RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation behavior of a few dogs (another sticky note stating I second this, I third this) The new V&S tag system is working as designed. The number of visitors walking Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table their dogs on‐leash on V&S trail has grown significantly as guardians better assess Recreation their dogs Walking with dogs off leash is for many of us the primary way we experience OS Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Recreation impact findings and support its funding and expansion again and again (another sicky note Recreation nature pointing to this one says "YES!") Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments What else? and Facilities Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Recreation impact findings Too many dogs running wild off leash in the doods. Too many poop bags on trail Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on No actual evidence just intolerance( point to this comment "Too many dogs RRSE Recreation impact findings Recreation nature running wild off leash in the doods. Too many poop bags on trail") Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Recreation impact findings It is utterly absurd to blame all impacts on dogs Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Example Indicators Dogs off leash cause more problems than are considered Recreation nature Is there data on dog/ p dog harrassment between neighborhood trail users and Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Example Indicators anyone else (like local dog walking and its an excursion)‐ would there be different Recreation nature outreach efforts (BVR on a Sunday can be bad)

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on if more people understood the effect of people/dogs on wildland, probably they RRSE Example Indicators Recreation nature may undersand the value of keeping some lands WILD WILD.

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE More off‐leash trails Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Yes= more off‐leash trails Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Yes! = more off‐leash trails. Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

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Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Leash dogs Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE If dog owners actually healed their dogs‐ off leash would be ok. Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Poop bags on the trail are awful Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome B LEFT Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to I've been hiking on open space for 47 years, 30 of those years with a dog= I have RRSE Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants rarely had a problem. Dogs are no thte problem. Poorly trained owners are.

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to Most dogs are not the problem. I have never had a bad experience in the 33 years RRSE Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants I have ran these trails. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything more on leash Recreation Managing the Effects of off‐leash dogs and or irresponsible dog owners must be addressed from an RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Recreation impact/ecosystem destruction/LNT analysis Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Just do Voice and Sight everyplace on all trails. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Consistency of dog rules is needed Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything We need more dog‐friendly off‐leash trails Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything We need more off leash dog trails. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Consider additional environmental research on pets and waste on open space. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything We need more no‐dog trails Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything More research on dogs impact to water and wildlife Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies We should do a better job at enforcing clean up of dog waste. Recreation Think ahead about how to provide a place for off‐leash dog walking once the CU Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments south campus is developed. Pressure will increase on limited areas for this close Recreation to town. Managing the Effects of Some dogs and dog breeds are not for voice and site, but that's for the owner to RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation know and manage Managing the Effects of More trash can sat Coot/Boulder Res for dog poop. Especially the NE corner of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation Coot and the Coot‐Boulder Res bridge There are two many dogs off leash on trails that specifically indicate that a leash is Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments required. I do not feel the current tag system works. I have attended and folks Recreation abuse the system. Managing the Effects of Also cleaning up after their dogs is not done. More enforcement with fines I feel RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation need to be considered. Managing the Effects of How can we enforce the leash on the areas it is indicated so people that are not RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation comfortable with dogs can freely enjoy OSMP Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Compostable dog bags Recreation Managing the Effects of Sacks of dog poop are ruining the experience. The Dog Poop Fairy never seems to RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation pick up. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Love the dogs, not the poop Recreation Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, Some parking and congestion could be eased by allowing dogs on buses that have RRSE General Recreation When routes that go next to trailheads (SKIP) Meld city transportation goals with open space trailheads access by allowing dogs Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome B on bus routes that go right by trailheads—such as the SKIP. THe only reason for and Facilities Outcomes DASH & drive is to get dog to trailhead Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Enough signs about dogs‐ start adding signs about trail etiquette. and Facilities Too many dog vs prairie dog problems (100% on owners). I guess if there's no RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments fence they think it's okay? But not voice controlled or leashed.

Maintaining and Improving Trails More rangers on trails. Help educate people on dog rules. Help educate people on RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities not widening trails. Answer random fun questions that people have. Better education about aesthetic impact of temporarily placing bag of dog poop Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A on the trail. It is not different from leaving a soda can empty potato chip bag. Recreation Outcomes Nobody wants to see it. We need more rangers on the trail or ther qualified personnel to enforce voice Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? and sight and other OS protective regulations. And we need to permanantly post Recreation Outcomes a phone number to call on violations‐ and someone to answer the phone! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Rangers should give less tickets and collect more poop bags. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Example Indicators Self restraint is an important guiding principle. Some places /no people and dogs Recreation nature

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What's the point of habitat conservation if no one is there to see it? We should Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails prioritize trails. Regional trails in particular will get much less use than crowded and Facilities areas like Chautaqua, so the impact to babitats wll be low. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 HCAs good with permits but off‐trail restrictions could be tough for climbers. Recreation When considering any expansion of kinds of recreation on OSMP, only allow ones Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments which are dependent upon the natural spaces for the enjoyment of folks. For Recreation instance, drones should not be allowed‐ put them on city parks. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails New connectors should defer to conservation of habitat blocks [emphasis] and Facilities Range Trail Managing the Effects of Outcome A: integrity of natural, cultural and scenic resources is #1 priority in any RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation recreation planning Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE Recreation impact findings Some places where no dogs like riparian areas and ground‐nesting bird areas Recreation nature Please require visitors and dogs to stay on trail or at least a 10‐foot trail corridor. Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT This would really help wildlife recover from human and canine impact so we can Recreation nature have the pleasure of seeing our wildlife neighbors from the trails again. Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on This concern indicates we should take care not to add to the density of trails. Give RRSE Recreation impact findings Recreation nature animals and birds space. Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to Why is it ok to bisect an HCA with the Sky Trail? When there is a trail across the RRSE Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants street? Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Dividing the HCAs with a new trail is NOT low impact. The Sky Trail is big loss for RRSE Recent literature reviews Recreation nature little gain. A recent tourist publication touted hiking in Chautauqua and having a picnic, muh RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments of the terrain cannot sustain "standing/sitting" around, building chains etc. what to do to protect!! Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Too much conservation‐ you run the risk of losing support and funding. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Too much focus on conservation, not enough on recreation‐ it's a balance. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Too much focus on recreation, not enough on conservation. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Good point! (Too much focus on recreation, not enough on conservation) Recreation In British Columbia there are road signs telling visitors "This forest was logged in Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments 1980, then burned in ABC fire in 1999" and it really helped me understand post‐ and Facilities fire growth.

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Strategies in experiencing the rejuvenating and soul filling benefits of nature (so, please keep conversation volume low.) Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map General "Visitor Facility" can [emphasis] be "education facility!" and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map General All large national forests + NPS facilities have education [emphasis] centers! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails With 45,000 acres and 6.25 visitors annually we [emphasis] need an education RRSE Recreation Map General and Facilities center too. Focus on education! High quality educational programming is the way to reach Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and teach visitors/users of all ages, backgrounds, etc. Teach us all how to be Recreation better users, better stewards. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Expand OSMP education by supporting and growing this division! Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies More access and education on the Agriculture OSMP lands. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Increase in poor and unsafe trail etiquette from mtn bikers over last few years Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Focus on education including educating tolerance to reduce conflict. Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Educate people about connectivity between trails and create more connectors and Facilities Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Can OSMP host free, 2 hour LNT courses? Many trail users seem unaware. Recreation I never had heard of legacy trails before. I always thought Sanitas was poorly Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Legacy Trails managed by OSMP. Now that I know that it's history it all makes sense. I and Facilities sustainable trails recommend emphasizing what legacy trails are to the public. Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Education and outread is best done by boots on the ground = ranger patrol Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails Accessible and Welcoming RRSE Section: Sign Types A welcome leaflet to new visitors re: bike/hike/horse etiquet and Facilities Trails & Facilities Managing the Effects of Proxemics/personal space. Some people are courteous, thoughtful, make way for RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Recreation runners‐ other give no space. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Educate visitors trail etiquette Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Build a top‐notch education/welcome facility! and Facilities Managing the Effects of Engage with "Leave No Trace" org to provide even more education and make it RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation visible (signs, volunteers engaging public at trailheads, etc.) Landscapes that Inspire RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Annotated Map Please Make Trails Fun! Recreation RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Prioritize FUN on all trails. Jumps, bumps, rollers on old and new trails! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything FUN. More fun trails. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Please bring the concept of "fun" into consideration when designing trail systems. and Facilities RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Up the trail experience [emphasis]. More fun trails. Bikes =/= evil; bikes; horses =/= evil;equestrians; hikers =/= evil; birdwatchers =/= RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments evil; let's dial it down, folks Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Boulder Reservoir More interesting trails at Bldr Valley Ranch and Facilities When does someone else's choice of activity for "well‐being" infringe on mine? RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies It's a value but it's not so obvious how to achieve it. What I see here → [comment continues on back] is "more trails more fun". Maintaining and Improving Trails Experience being on the trail. Alternate lines of varying difficulty. Fun features. RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities Challenges. Berms. Maintaining and Improving Trails Left Hand Trail ‐ make more fun and interesting! It's boring. Blue Sky Trail has lots RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities of potential! More trails in the southern system! Build more trails for more fun and less impact. Demand is increasing wih the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies growing population. More trails in popular areas will spread out impact and allow more people to enjoy the open space. Managing the Effects of B is more important than A. And if we emphasize B, the stewardship, we will have RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation a higher‐quality visitor experience. When talking about trails, use the word FUN! Trails are not just dirt connectors between point A and B. Good trail systems have variety for different user groups RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback Outcome D and abilities. Good trails have interesting features and flow and are built t resist erosion. Fun trails go to interesting destinations. Fun trails are not old farm roads or 6' wide crushed gravel paths. Managing the Effects of Horses have few conflicts in nature, since they are part of it and add to most RRSE Respect Each Other Noise Recreation peoples experience of trail nature!

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Not sure most folks know what to do on trail around horses esp. mtn bikers but RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments basically everone. Keeping horses on trails that minimize bike traffic. The two different speeds are RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies often difficult. Allowing horses access to fire roads where bikes don't go. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Horse trailer parking is an accessibility problem for equestrian use. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails ← [Arrow poinng to legend label "Hiking/ Equestrian"] Update all materials to RRSE Recreation Map Legend and Facilities show trails open to equestrians :) Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Built trail features Build as many trails as possible to equestrian standards and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Trail Innovation Horse trails of dirt along side heavy used trails that get packed so hard and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Continue to allow off‐trail access for equestrians and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Ensure trailheads have horse trailer parking and enforce it! and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Please see the needs for local horse owners needs for trail are in "THEIR RRSE Outcome A and Facilities Outcomes BACKYARD" Landscapes that Inspire I don't understand why horse riders do not need to contain their horse droppings. RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Photograph: Horses Recreation Seems impact is similar to dog poop. Why are the equestrian parking spots, which take up 50% of the lot real estate RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies always empty, and the car parking spots always packed to the gills? Please proportion spots based on user needs and not political clout. Thanks Landscapes that Inspire Horse riders need good parking to access horse trail access that have longer TRAIL RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Photograph: Horses Recreation MILAGE TO TRAVEL Yes, but how do we invite marginalized communities into OSMP? Who at times Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome B and really benefit from destressing and building practices of physical + mental Outcomes well‐being Maybe an outreach related to making open space more inviting and accessible to RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything a more diverse group of users? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Involve more young families. Hard for them to attend Monday night events! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments How are you getting low‐income communities to enjoy and access OSMP? and Facilities From a quick glance, there are <5 people of color in the room right now—how can RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments we broaden input? Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Is there a "whole" group? How about real compromise? Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Underrepresented users whose 1st culture may not have exposure to recreation. Recreation Managing the Effects of Ensure OSMP staff have real understaning and experience in managing recreation‐ RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation especially in diverse communities and growing communities. More programs to introduce people of color to OSMP + nature, and encourage RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments bisitation, esp. kids but also adults Maybe an outcome is that people feel their investment in open space (i.e. taxes) RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything is actually resulting in fun recreational opportunities. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything We need a zoning system to create different user experience. and Facilities RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Visits are at 6 million annually. Is there a limit to visits to protect the land?

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Management principles for Master Plan Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? close trails from dawn to dusk to give animals a chance to recover Recreation Outcomes Please do not close trails when it is dark (sun down to sun up) Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? Running/hiking/stargazing being outside on open space should be available to Recreation Outcomes anyone willing to go to the trouble of being out there RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies More receptacles for trash / compost on ~ 1/2 mile ‐ 3/4 mile on trail

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies More trash cans at trailheads or a little into a trail for dog waste. Education about how exercise on open space is not the same as exercise in the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Safety and Adventure Section: Rules & Regulations gym (i.e., blasting music is not okay) Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Solitude Please. and Facilities RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Stop buying property. Put $$ into management, maintenance & education Instead of purchasing more land, use the funds for ongoing [emphasis] RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies maintenance of trails. Don't [emphasis] wait until trails degrade and then make major fixes + re‐pours. Re Erie railroad: Please accelerate this project, i.e., culvert to trail. This will get RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies cars off the road. East Boulder White Rocks bridge repair or replacement, when? How to be notified RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments of status? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything No new trails until the 61% "out of compliance" trails are sustainably maintained. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Fix mistakes. Revisit "Blue Sky Trail" placement. Better to preserve habitat that's RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities west of Bdwy/US 36. Put path on east side. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies More funds need to be allocated towards trail maintenance. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? Build outhouses on NCAR trails that can be accessed by maintenance vehicles Recreation When

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Maintenance of trails is terrible. Must take care of what we have. Boots + RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies shovvels on the ground. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Joder Ranch Buy the [unreadable] & build the North Sky Trail and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails OSMP abandons trails—no maintenance at all—then the public gets blamed. All RRSE Recreation Map Coal Creek and Facilities man‐made objects require annual care‐taking. Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Hire more rangers to enforce rules Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Fewer rangers Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict More rangers Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Infinite rangers Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Fix bridge over Boulder Creek on White Rocks trail Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Legacy Trails More trails to decrease conflict and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Trail Innovation Signs to explain StaLok potholes for a year and Facilities sustainable trails Sometimes you take away all the rocks which are necessary in winter‐ and Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Trail Innovation sometimes you add way too many rocks covering the whole trail with ankle and Facilities sustainable trails turning stones Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT Why do rangers have guns? Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT Permitting system is terrible idea. Makes OS exclusive. Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT Ditto= Permitting system is terrible idea. Makes OS exclusive. Recreation nature Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Don't relitigate the North Sky Trail, please Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants The proposed North Sky Trail would have exactly the opposite effect from Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE "Minimizing Our Impact on Nature" It would degrade riparian habitat and Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants adversely effect species of critical concern. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Consider sunscreen dispensers like BCPOS Coalton, et al Recreation Use "the authority of the resource" to explain the regs and closures (on signs, Managing the Effects of notices, etc.) ‐ why we're closing it, what benefits to the natural resource ensure. RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation See opening keynote from 2018 BCNA ecosystem symposium on visitor impact. Positive reasons rather than "banned" Suggestion: cell text‐based issue‐reporting date/time stamp geolocation via Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies google maps "share my location" or what 3 words easily/quickly populate issue Recreation database Managing the Effects of Laminated 6"X6"? Cards with a pin to stick in the ground where people have RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation created new trails (or expanded) to avoid mud. Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Must prioritize maintenance, shift funds. Don't need to buy more super‐expensive RRSE Outcome A and Facilities Outcomes small parcels. Take care of what we have. Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Trail maintenance is horrible, a disgrace. We need F/T trail crew to do simple work RRSE Outcome A and Facilities Outcomes instead of once / 10 years. Huge re‐building proposed. Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome C Sanitas in horrible condition [Different handwriting] —True. and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Regional Trails General Consistent surfaces, rules / regs, signs / branding / messaging and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails Esisting trails get damaged more because so few trails open. More trails! and Facilities Monitoring Map Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Taking Care of our trails Picture of Major Repair Totally happy to pay to get direct increase in maintenance and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Taking Care of our trails Undesignated Trails If you build it and manage it properly, users will stay on the trail and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Taking Care of our trails Undesignated Trails Or adding important trails to the system! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Alternating use days on multi‐use trails, like Betasso and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Agreed= Alternating use days on multi‐use trails, like Betasso and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Also directional days on loop trails. and Facilities Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Absolutely keep trails open all night (someone else wrote on the sticky note "NO!" Recreation Keep all existing large tracts and corridors that have not been fragmented by Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies trails. Avoid any further fragmentation so that wildlife species have refuge from Recreation human activity. Managing the Effects of Expanding access within the existing system of OS parcels would reduce user RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Recreation conflict Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Legacy Trails Sustainable trails that go where people want to go prevent additional impacts and Facilities sustainable trails Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT This "minimize" needs to happen now. There won't be any left if we wait. Recreation nature Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired More data needed on system AND non‐system social trails. Please communicate RRSE Section: "Did You Know?" and Facilities Outcomes the trail inventory info! Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Increased ticketing in the Chautauqua area (poo bags, off trail, drones, etc.). Will RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes help OSMP increase revenue and help crowding

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Maintaining and Improving Trails Accessible and Welcoming RRSE Section: Signs Difficulty rating system for trails for visitors and Facilities Trails & Facilities

Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE More compost bins farther up the trail 1/2 mile‐3/4 mile Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

Managing the Effects of RRSE Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to More compost bins farther up the trail 1/2 mile-3/4 mile Recreation Does your website include all programming? How current is the material? Are RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments events reaching all residents? Maintaining and Improving Trails More outreach from OSMP to brands and running groups for stewardship, group RRSE Taking Care of our trails Trail Volunteers and Facilities projects, sponsorship part of commercial permit? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies OSMP sponsored map app and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Bring back the systemwide plasticized map! Circa 2002 Go Tyvek! and Facilities Managing the Effects of As per Betasso Hike only days on varied trails. Plasticized map as per 2002 (last RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Recreation done) Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Listen to the people as a whole‐ not just the complainers. Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments I second this! "Listen to the people as a whole‐ not just the complainers." Recreation In addition to survey results people vote with their feet. Several popular hiking Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments trails at the south end of the system have been abandoned by hikers due to bikes Recreation being allowed. Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: "Smaller regional RRSE Regional Trails Support and promote the trail around Boulder! and Facilities trail project" Representation / Outreach: What is the outreach + resulting feedback from the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments 99.9% of trail users that can atend a 3 hour meeting on a Tues night? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Teller Farm ‐ South Plasticize this MAD as per 2002. Rate trail difficulty and Facilities Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to Parking at south mesa has become difficult/impossible in the past 2 years, RRSE Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants especially weekends. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Lots and lots of shuttle trails Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments What about a bus/shuttle system like Chautauqua/Bear Lake? Recreation Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Consider the farmer way of letting land recover every other year and rotate & RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes create more or less parking therefore accordingly Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front I like this concept and support continued cooperation of other communities to RRSE Regional Trails and Facilities Range Trail develop trails. Engage major outdoor brands and retailers in stewardship (e.g. support for Maintaining and Improving Trails volunteer days). Many of these (e.g. Salomon and adidas) are already hosting RRSE Taking Care of our trails Trail Volunteers and Facilities "community" or "club" events but not necessarily supporting the trails that are their lifeblood. Managing the Effects of Use the opportunity to connect with CU students and get them attached to RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation nature‐ share it Is there a more compelling term tan "passive recreation"? It's not a very inspiring RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything phrase as your #1 outcome RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything What is passive recreation?

Passive [emphasis] is key. Also RESPONSIBLE [emphasis]. Accomadating for the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments [unreadable], biking is not passive recreation, though ok in some areas. Passive recreation on OSMP has far less impact on wildlife and habitat than other Managing the Effects of human development. Open space plus trails is for better than having developed RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation space and recreation is important so humans have access to natural habitat areas too. "Passive Rec" This [emphasis] is why people, at least my community of hikers / Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired trail runners pay to live + love [emphasis] Boulder. It requires so little from OSMP, RRSE Outcome C and Facilities Outcomes so maintaining the bathrooms + such is a priority—trash + trail maintenance, too. Thank you! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Boulder open space passive recreation and preservation and Facilities Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome B I think Outcome B should be goal #1. Visitor experience is less important. Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? How will you incorporate old commitments into the new plan? Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Accountability and transparency around any of the old commitments and taking RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes anything off the table Maintaining and Improving Trails HOW: Focus groups, case studies, include local professional RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities trailbuilders/designers Maintaining and Improving Trails Be careful of squeaky wheels. Thinking the loudest voices (bike coalition) RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities represent the greatest number of people.

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Maintaining and Improving Trails Do you plan (and how) to integrate your OSMP Master Plan with city depts and RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities council decisions and priorities? Where is the intersectionality? Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments What happens to the Visitor Plan once Master Plan is implemented? and Facilities Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? Honor committments that were made Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? Master Plan should stay at 30,000 feet Recreation When Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Wonderland Lake Complete promises made during all earlier TSAs, AMPs, VMP etc. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Networks are fine but must preserve habitat blocks. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Recreation should never trump preservation and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Re "Blue Sky Trail' ‐ revisit western placement from point of view of habitat RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities preservation and nonfragmentation. See OSMP underlying documents. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Stop the Sky Trail from cutting up an HCA and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments No new trails in HCAs. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? Preservation o natural features Mammal Impacts Recreation When Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General Limit use to 10ft on each side of trail to protect plants and animals Recreation When Don't sacrifice nature, habitat and wilderness qualities for the sake of recreation. RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Leave places set aside for the animals! Maintaining and Improving Trails Why is the Sky Trail cutting up an HCA when a trail already exists across the RRSE Recreation Map Buckingham Park and Facilities street? Maintaining and Improving Trails [Sticky note referring to comment #340] Please don't (v. close to some RRSE Recreation Map Cherryvale and Facilities ponds—why scare the birds there) Maintaining and Improving Trails [Sticky note referring to comment #340] Please don't. Birders haven now, because RRSE Recreation Map Cherryvale and Facilities no bikes RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Preservation is primary. Not to subordinated to recreation. Keep in mind that OSMP is not a parks & recreation dept. All recreation must be RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments accommadated without damaging ecosystems, geologic characteristics, & histroic resources Maintaining and Improving Trails We need indicators and standards to measure visitor social, biophysical and RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything and Facilities administrative impacts and take corrective actions. So many reroutes needed to make OSMP trails sustainable. It seems OSMP mgt is Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments adverse to reroutes because they involve cutting tread into natural plant habitat. and Facilities True. But impacts of not rerouting can be significant. Why is the Sky Trail still planned when there is a trail on the other side of the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies street that is NOT in an HCA? Text: "fixed‐heel skiing & RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Safety and Adventure [Text is underlined and comment is written in pencil] ←NOT ALLOWED snowboarding" My experience we need to know how to report to the 1) rangers when we see a violation i.e., camping; 2) Staff when trails need repair or folks violating trails; 3) RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Clear understanding of what is and is not allowed and how to report violations or address them with the follow visitors Managing the Effects of And silence is golden (sticky note placed by the designate more pedestrian only RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation trails management action in table) Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to How many visitors this it's effective? And is it? That matters more. We need RRSE Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants simple regs that work on behavior that matters. Need to differentiate between out of town visitors vs.residents when we discuss Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies adherence to rules. Residents are much more likely to obey rules and encourage Recreation respect fo the trails than weekenders. Managing the Effects of Enforce and ticket (not just warnings) those breaking rules. Off‐trail in HCA, dog RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation non‐compliance, etc. Managing the Effects of More ranger patrols in general but especially on less popular trails. I see maybe RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation one ranger in 50‐100 hikes today‐ more presence is needed! Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments No recreational drones on OSMP Recreation Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Require headphones for music lovers. Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired What about working with police or offering some random surveillance of parking RRSE Outcome A and Facilities Outcomes areas so less or no break‐ins happen? Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition If there is a problem with people walking off trail, it may be because a trail needs RRSE Taking Care of our trails and Facilities Monitoring Map to be made, no shut people out of areas

Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails Hire more rangers to enforce rules and Facilities Monitoring Map Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT Keep "open" in open space Recreation nature Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Avoid restrictionist strategies, keep access. Access=key Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails Consider commuting options and E‐Bikes to cut down on traffic / better RRSE Regional Trails Map: Colorado Trails and Facilities commutes

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Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails Agressively close trails when muddy. (others wrote: I agree, yep, yes! Yes! Yes! and Facilities Monitoring Map Managing the Effects of Consider signage for trail etiquette such as yielding to reduce conflict between RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation different user groups. Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome A No e‐bikes on trails = great@ Outcomes RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Safety and Adventure E‐Bikes [Arrow pointing to section on eBikes] good! Regulations, guidance, or education about how music w/out earbuds impacts RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Safety and Adventure Section: Rules & Regulations enjoyment of other users—decibel limit. RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies More signs indicating trails best practices (no radios, etc.) yielding to runners

Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails Where are the stolen artifacts? and Facilities Monitoring Map

Maintaining and Improving Trails Accessible and Welcoming Illustration: Welcome to Need for signs with main trail & ND smaller post signs at these stations. The post RRSE and Facilities Trails & Facilities Chautauqua signs should be put on trailhead & be official & avoid renegade signs!

Maintaining and Improving Trails Accessible and Welcoming Illustration: Welcome to RRSE Signs are good, but there are few trail markers once out on the trail and Facilities Trails & Facilities Chautauqua Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything User experience is part of trail design and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Establish better trail design (urban, woods, etc) with forest‐system type strategies RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities to improve experience and sustainability Add seasonal refreshment facilities to trailheads to make them more of a Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies destination similar to huts in the French and German alps. Food trucks convert and Facilities buildings to cafes, etc. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Build better drainage in historically muddy areas. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Better trail experiences, flowing, not roads. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Close and designate /redesign more aggressively (social trails) and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments More trails. and Facilities Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? Build more trails so people can dispurse Recreation When Maintaining and Improving Trails Please enact an on‐trail corridor requirement. The width of the corridor can vary RRSE Recreation Map Coal Creek and Facilities based on the sensitivity of the area. Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Beautiful work on the new steps build this summer on Mt Sanitas. Thanks for your RRSE Legacy Trails and Facilities sustainable trails hard work! Any plans for more new sections in the future The new trails you have build in the recent years have been done so beautifully Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE with such sensitivity to the landscape‐ minimal foot print ‐ lovely placement ‐ just and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail keep doing what you have been doing Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Quality trail building is greatly appreciated and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's Many of these social trails hold some of the most beautiful rock formations. Skunk RRSE and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Canyon, for example Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Design bike trails that are fun w/ interesting and sustainable features! and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE YAY! (pointing to before and after pictures) and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Rocks on trails are good when they are there naturally and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's This is just a terrible trail. Very hard‐ no rocks so very very very KY (sticky note by RRSE and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail the picture of the Chautauqua meadow trail and the new StaLok surface) Managing the Effects of Benjamin Loop at Betasso is my favorite trail in the County. Please build more RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Recreation trails like Benjamin Loop. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Prioritize FUN on every trail. Jumps, bumps on existing and future trails Recreation

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" There's a need to have "social trails" ie the groups with speakers, etc and quieter Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies trail for nature viewing, etc‐ not sure how you raise young stewards if the Recreation birds/etc avoid the noise of the crowds (but ppl like that crowdfeel it seems) Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Section: "Did You Know?" And 150+ miles of social trails and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Section: "Why Do They RRSE Reroute trails to be sustainable & fun [emphasis] and Facilities Outcomes Matter?" Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired Always feel like the foothills trails lackc the smaller views not signed overlooks but RRSE Outcome A and Facilities Outcomes more missing from their design. They can make or break trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Background and Desired RRSE Outcome C Longer loops & connections make great stories and Facilities Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front The longer the visit the less the ware wen walking or horse riding can keepe the RRSE Regional Trails and Facilities Range Trail pace on a loop! Maintaining and Improving Trails Accessible and Welcoming These new sitting stones are really ugly—they look like grave stones. Please RRSE Illustration: Bottom‐left and Facilities Trails & Facilities install benches that fit with landscape.

Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails Lots of opportunity better trail design Northern Foothills and Facilities Monitoring Map

Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails Trash cans (Ditto) and Facilities Monitoring Map

Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails No trash cans, leave no track, take what you can and Facilities Monitoring Map Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Taking Care of our trails Picture of Major Repair Let's reroute in fun, interesting and sustainable ways! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails More regional multi‐use trails—connect to BCPOS, USFS, JeffCo, etc. and Facilities Range Trail Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 More trails. Yay (mtb) bikes Recreation [Drawing of an Indian Peaks traverse to Winter Park splontering from the west Maintaining and Improving Trails Section: Colorado Front RRSE Regional Trails edge of Boulder County, such that the sticky note expands the scope of the and Facilities Range Trail conceptual allignment. More trails emulating CU South. Relaxed rules for dog‐training purposes. Easily Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything accessible. Water options. 2 mile loop for daily walks. Prevent many people from Recreation going deeper in system. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Complete the Blue Sky Trail! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Did you know Good idea (to provide trail character and difficulty information) and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE Did you know That would be cool (to provide trail character and difficulty information) and Facilities sustainable trails Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Recent trail maintenance has been much appreciated. Do more‐ second this! Recreation It seems like all open space areas are talked about in the same way in terms of Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything nature/conservation goals when in reality some are much more "natural/pristine" Recreation than others. Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies More trails is a good thing. Put trails on Jewell Mt Recreation Maintaining and Improving Trails New trails and more trails. This will spread out the people and keep trails lasting RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities longers. Maintaining and Improving Trails More trail building/improve volunteer days and options. Clearing house for RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities schedule and days (one source). Better signage at THs and esp. on trails. Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on RRSE LNT Need many more accepted portable barriers to eliminate social trails. Recreation nature Maintaining and Improving Trails Create a contest for people to do all the trails. We need to divert from RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities Chautauqua and Sanitas. Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE General No "carrying capacity" Value‐ instead "limits of acceptable change" Recreation When Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? Use a lottery to give a week's access once a month Recreation Outcomes Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Trail rating system needed (ex. Black diamond) especially for tourists and Facilities RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Create a high quality TRAIL EXPERIENCE

Maintaining and Improving Trails Can you encourage the permitted guide companies to go to other properties RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities besides Chautauqua? balance trail usage. Also, advertise other trails more.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Because city council already decided Blue Sky Trail should be built.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything More hiking trails fewer biking trails, please Thanks for increasing MTB access and making trails more MTB friendly. It is RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything working. At overpopulated areas like Chautauqua, change out of area users like for RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies Flagstaff area. More shorter loop [emphasis] trails to attract less athletic people to get out in the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies open space Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Did you know? Good strategy for overcrowding= more trails going more places Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Spread people out on trails‐ currently we are funneling folks onto few trails and RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes it's getting less enjoyable

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Why is opening more existing open space properties to visitation never the RRSE Did you know? Recreation Outcomes answer to reducing user conflict and dispersing users? Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE What can we do? Build world class trails that last decades Recreation Outcomes Managing the Effects of Background and Desired End the Sky Trail and cutting up of HCAs. There is a parallel trail the the other side RRSE What can we do? Recreation Outcomes of Hishuaz(sp??) Managing the Effects of Background and Desired RRSE Outcome A Directional days! Dedicated days! Recreation Outcomes RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Open more trails to spread out the people.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Have trail manner at trailheads. Ie ‐ single file hiking / running / riding

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Make the North Sky Trail happen, please! Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything More trails! and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Simple trail "grades"/"ratings" could be helpful and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Trail system needs to offer a ranger of user experiences and be built for those RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities user experiences. Busy days at Chautauqua = 5 cruise ships a day. Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Not sure the visitation report noted the closure on Mesa or White Rocks RRSE Outcome B Recreation Outcomes (through 2018) as possible reason for #s Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, Have signs at Chautauqua suggesting NCAR area for alternate hiking areas (= helps RRSE General Recreation When decrease parking too!) The more trails that become unavailable to hikers and dogs due to bike use or RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments new regulations, the more congested the remaining trails become. Maintaining and Improving Trails Eldorado Mountain / Doudy Consider coloroed trail blazes to prevent people walking all over (EG. Mallory RRSE Recreation Map and Facilities Draw Cave) Maintaining and Improving Trails Eldorado Mountain / Doudy RRSE Recreation Map More blazes in general regardless of color would be nice and Facilities Draw Managing the Effects of And require hikers to go in opposite direction of cyclist (with arrow pointing to RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation Requiring one way travel for cyclist on trails) Banning of off trail travel is only sensible if there are trail in that area. The Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table purpose of this question is misleading for the respondent. If there are no trails in Recreation an area, banning off trail travel closes the area. Ask that Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Build beautiful and RRSE Add the word "fun" to the title of this poster (fun trails) and Facilities sustainable trails sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE General Please consider connection trails of same usage as a way of sustainability and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE General Make official some voluntary social trails? and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and RRSE General Limit use to 10 ft on either side of trail to protect plants and animals and Facilities sustainable trails Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Also great for beginner trail runners and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Managing the Effects of RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything should consider requiring on‐trail use in natural areas Recreation Managing the Effects of More trails where these days can be utilized thus decreasing altercations amongst RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Recreation user groups RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Lots of shuttle trails Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Expand number of trails subject to muddy trail closures. and Facilities Consider more details on trail conditions. For example, right now muddy trail Maintaining and Improving Trails closures are very broad, covering an entire area for several days. But not all trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities might be muddy during that time. And some trails remain muddy after they re‐ open. Maintaining and Improving Trails Please do not restrict night‐time usage of trails! Some of us can only get out late RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments and Facilities or very early. Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Specific time of day= bad idea (others wrote on sticky note "agree, 2nd agree" Recreation Managing the Effects of Definitely not this (pointing to specify specific times of day for cyclist and hikers RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation on trails) Managing the Effects of Remember that off‐trail travel bans could impact important "social" trails that RRSE Community Feedback Question 1 Recreation access key recreation centers, especially climbing areas, including bouldering. Managing the Effects of If this will open more trails to cyclist (pointing to alternating days for cyclists and RRSE Respect Each Other Management Actions Table Recreation hikers on trail) Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Build features on some trails that are fun for mountain bikders‐ berm jumps. RRSE Built trail features and Facilities sustainable trails Alternative lines The Sky Trail is a huge [emphasis] mistake! Disturbing natural habitats for the RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments pleasure of bicyclists is not right. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything We need different types of trails for different types of user experiences. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails More separation of activities by time and location. Each trail can't be for everyone RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies and Facilities and all to access. Limit/discourage Chautauqua and Sanitas Trail over‐use.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Cottonwood Trail: 2 days week hikers only, no bikes.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Marshall Mesa Tr. 2 days/wk hiking only; no bikes

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Having just completed the Colorado Trail, I can tell you that the shape of the trail Maintaining and Improving Trails Eldorado Mountain / Doudy marker is much more important than the color or words. I could spot a CT marker RRSE Recreation Map and Facilities Draw from 100 feet away, no matter how faded it was. [Sketch of 2 mountain peaks] In other words, design a standard shape for OSMP signs & blazes. Much more emphasis needs to be placed on maintenance of existing trails and RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments closure of social trails. It is a fragile landscape and there are 1 million += visitors wil get more Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Alternate use days as at Centennial Cone in Golden. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Love new trail descriptions for individual trails and would ask to add also what RRSE General and Facilities sustainable trails good connector trail to keep Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and "Legacy" trails are a lost cause for conservation‐ let them be foc‐‐ efforts RRSE Legacy Trails and Facilities sustainable trails elsewhere (like the introduction of Lions lair taking traffic from South Ridge)

Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition Some undesignated trails are created and used to access desirable places. These RRSE Taking Care of our trails and Facilities Monitoring Map should be recognized and added to the system Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Need for a link of use of trail and # of parking spaces. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments Many of us work so 6 am access in dark is necessary and Facilities Managing the Effects of Educate trail ettiquitte ‐ single file when people passing you ‐ thanking people RRSE Respect Each Other Voice and Sight Program Recreation who step aside Please allow for trails that are suited to a variety of skill levels. It's important to Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and me to have trails available ‐‐‐‐where. I can challenge myself in terms of fitness and RRSE General and Facilities sustainable trails skill, and I also recognize that we need trails that are suitable for beginners. Thing about stacked loops and A‐lines and B‐lines Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Lion's Lair trail is great‐ I love it! (especially the lack of high rocks steps) Thank you and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Culture is "not nice People" on trails. Mt bikes are getting pushed causing toxic RRSE Outcome A Recreation Outcomes culture No more trails just to chop up habitat, close loops or connect parallel existing Managing the Effects of Background and Desired roads, or seperate hikers and bikers. Timed use? The appetite is insatiable but the RRSE What can we do? Recreation Outcomes resource is finite and fragile; already under stress. It's "open space", not just "parks". Managing the Effects of Background and Desired We are experiencing overtourism; large groups over 15; dog bagg‐‐‐ greater than RRSE What can we do? Recreation Outcomes 5 / hike; carems (rockpiles); bouldering Landscapes that Inspire Does OSMP have an App for trail use? If so, how do you get that info out to RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Annotated Map Recreation youth? Boulder Open Space needs to consider changing demands among its user population. Mountain bikers are the majority and growing user group. Our youth RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies (my kids) don't want to hike. They want to hike. They want to mountain bike. Please consider changing demands. Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? We have ‐‐‐‐‐ trails and ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐ on trails. (couldn't read writing) Recreation When Managing the Effects of Background and Desired Establish OSMP Docent volunteer program to help educate and patrol and RRSE Outcome A Recreation Outcomes advocate no additional $$$ needed Publicize volunteer opps. for hikers/other that aren't necessarily through an RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything established group—No opps, no volunteers. Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Incorporate local volunteers to do muddy trail closures. and Facilities Managing the Effects of More volunteer involvement to help existing staff with on trail presence. RRSE Respect Each Other Visitor Conflict Recreation (separate sticky‐ Ditto!) Managing the Effects of Increase trail guides/park patroller volunteer program: add more volunteers, and RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation volunteer ranger uniforms that look "official" and are more visible. Managing the Effects of Encouraging more people to volunteer with open space and trail RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation building/maintenance to build more personal stewardship Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Taking Care of our trails Picture of Major Repair Use volunteers more to build and maintain trails. Agreed. and Facilities Maintaining and Improving Trails Appreciated this statistic. Volunteer contribution is usually a fluffy topic with little RRSE Taking Care of our trails Trail Volunteers and Facilities or no data Maintaining and Improving Trails Volunteer stewardship/ trail maintainence hours as a condition to commercial use RRSE Taking Care of our trails Trail Volunteers and Facilities permits Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Community Feedback 3. Other Comments More volunteer opportunities for teens. and Facilities Outcome D: "aware is a pretty low bar. How about "value" + u behave in ways RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything that protect? Managing the Effects of RRSE Respect Each Other Crowding and Displacement "but" or "because" (suggesting correction to poster language) Recreation Managing the Effects of Minimizing our impact on Potential Mgmt Actions to RRSE Does ISP stand for Ignore Scientific Principles? Recreation nature Protect Wildlife & Plants

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Maintaining and Improving Trails Designated Trail Condition RRSE Taking Care of our trails "Industrty leading" emphasize this! and Facilities Monitoring Map Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Taking Care of our trails Trail Volunteers Aslo Wildland Restoration BCNA and Facilities Managing the Effects of Outcome B Visitors have increased understanding of what "protecting" plants and RRSE Community Feedback 2. Strategies Recreation animals really means Managing the Effects of Differentiate between "stay on trail" and "don't cut switchbacks" which are great, RRSE Community Feedback Outcome A Recreation from "no off‐trail access" which closes huge areas that have no trails.

RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 1. Missed Anything Check out: ECHO program re: earl childhood nature play Recreation is Good for the Create some spaces where children can interact with nature "the old‐fashioned" RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation General Body & Soul way—with loose parts, free use of space & getting dirty Managing the Effects of Visitors: Who, Where, RRSE When do people visit? More nature play and kids connections Recreation When How connected is OSMP w/ BSVD? Can we get more school‐aged kids into open RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 2. Strategies space? RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Community Feedback 3. Other Comments More educational programming. More youth employment opportunities. Maintaining and Improving Trails Build beautiful and Sustainable Design of Lion's RRSE Offer junior ranger program beyond the summer and Facilities sustainable trails Lair Trail Maintaining and Improving Trails RRSE Recreation Map Boulder Reservoir More kid friendly biking trails at Boulder Valley Ranch and Facilities Background and Desired Use data from hiking project & MTB project to identify fun trails [new sticky note] RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Section: "Did You Know?" Outcomes and replicate that experience Background and Desired Desirable outcome: More people support nature preservation because recreation RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome A Outcomes taught them to love nature. Background and Desired This is so true. How can we get more teenagers engaged in these activities so RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome B Outcomes drugs, suicides, and other ailments are minimized? Background and Desired RRSE Supporting Enjoyable Recreation Outcome B Yay! Outcomes

Rich Andrews. Require a soil health and carbon farming ranching plan for all open Ecological Integration/ space ag lands. Consider supporting [illegible] agriculture and their programs Feedback Question 2 Agroecosystems developing C-farm plans for [illegible] farms and ranches. Follow thru w/establishing an ag center to demonstrate and research healthy ag practices. ATT Ecological Integration/ Allow more latitude in PD management an irrigated ag parcels. Prohibit the use of Feedback Question 2 ATT Agroecosystems pesticides. Ecosystems are being heavily impacted by industrial ag and particularly pesticides. Ecological Integration/ Feedback Question 2 Total move to organic restorative/regenerative ag on all open space lands. Rich Agroecosystems ATT Andrews. Ecological Integration/ Feedback Question 2 Allow leasee to manage prairie dogs on irr ag land. ATT Agroecosystems Regarding B: Allow more latitude in PD management on irrigated ag parcels. Need Ecological Integration/ more options to remove PDs from irrigated ag parcels. How else can you attempt to Feedback Question 2 Agroecosystems achieve the OSMP ag plan goal of zero acres of ag land degraded by PDs? Land should ATT be valued, especially irrigated ag land. Educate the public about the food system and their role in climate change mitigation. Ecological Integration/ Feedback Question 2 Hold forums for OSMP and regional farmers to share difficult moments and share Agroecosystems ATT successful strategies to encourage aollaboration. Ecological Integration/ Feedback Question 3 What is OSMP doing to integrate ag ecology principles into urba areas/ society? ATT Agroecosystems Ecological Integration/ Is there any outreach/ed/research on feral cats/ outdoor cats around the ground Feedback Question 3 ATT Agroecosystems nesting brid protecting areas? Ecological Integration/ Localization! Sell the beet locally. Cerify it organiz. Grazing for biodiversity is not Feedback Question 3 ATT Agroecosystems enough.

Ecological Integration/ What role can OSMP play in promoting urban agriculture? Encourage diverse ag oon Feedback Question 3 Agroecosystems lands bordering OSMP by partnering w/ BOCO on zoning to encourage any production. ATT Ecological Background and Desired Outcomes Outcome A OSMP should be certified organic only. Then sell it locally with its own label. ATT Integration/Agroecosystems Ecological Integration/ Feedback Question 3 Yes! Encouragement of agriculture that supports increased biodiversity. ATT Agroecosystems Supporting Agricultural Use and I onder how wer are/ if we are engaging indigenous cultures and native natives of Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 1 these lands? Indigenous farming practices and understanding enriches the relationship ATT Agricultural Heritage we have to the land. What about urban agricultural goals, programs, partnerships, etc...? I live in a trailer Supporting Agricultural Use and park in Boulder and many of my neighbors live off a relatively small garden. Their Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 1 gardens are not only affordable food on fixed incomes, nutritious, and Agricultural Heritage ATT environmentally beneficial- they are beautiful. Supporting Agricultural Use and Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 1 Ag [illegible] heritage designation. ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use and Education of public and city council on why most OSMP ag. properties are suitable for Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 1 grazing or hay- not for organic vegetable truck crops. ATT Agricultural Heritage

Dual-Use Farming- Have you considered supporting and encouraging "dual-use" Supporting Agricultural Use and agriculture. Integrating solar canopie or maybe wind with crop can enable some crops Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 1 full sunlight. 5% to 19% reduction in crop productivity can be offset by electricity Agricultural Heritage productionand enable Boulder to reduce carbon emmis. [email protected]. ATT Rich Andrews. Work to stop allowing our species of all kinds from extermination by Supporting Agricultural Use and pesticided on public lands. The city is pre-empted from general regulations of Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 pesticides- but not on city owned properties. Ban pesticides on open space and parks. Agricultural Heritage ATT incl. by lessees. Supporting Agricultural Use and Youth discovery and appreciation of nature. Need liason w/ agricultural use (next Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 gen). ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use and Encourage diverse agriculture on lands boardering OSMP. Seek zoning buffers for Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 agriculture before cutting residential and commercial. ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use and Emphasis should be on treating lesses as partners, not as another interest group. Our Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 lessees know the properties,wofer systems, etc. We need them. Making future ATT Agricultural Heritage generations want to continue operations is very important. Rich Andrews. Allow only certified organic ag on open space lands. Develop a special Supporting Agricultural Use and organic certification for cannabis growers (since USDA cannot); current cannabis Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 growers only have the Colo Dept Ag rules which have no basis in science or medicine Agricultural Heritage ATT and allow ~250 pesticided with cannabis.

Move marinuana cultivating outdoors- even allow on appropriate open space ag lands. Supporting Agricultural Use and Indoor cannabis is a massive green house gas emmission source due to intense fossil Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 fuel based energy. Indoor cnnabis also necessitates large use of pesticides- which Agricultural Heritage would be unnecessary in out outdoor environment. R Andrews. ATT Supporting Agricultural Use and Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 Partner w/ schools... Develope test plots on land (aquired) near/adjacent to schools. ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use and Strategy. Market how local products from agriculture can be used localy. What they Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 might replace well. (eg: local straw for strawbale construction). ATT Agricultural Heritage

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Supporting Agricultural Use and How can OSMP partner w/ county in directing zoning to encourage agricultural use of Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 land? ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use and Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 Partner w/ schools? Vocational schools? ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use and Encourage new farmers to employ regenerative agriculture practices on their land to Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 2 aid in carbon sequestration. Provide incentives/ assistance for old farmers willing to ATT Agricultural Heritage make the switch to regenerative agriculture. Supporting Agricultural Use and Thank you for seeking to preserve traditions and methods for agriculture and land Connecting Communities to Feedback- Supporting Agriculture Question 3 management. ATT Agricultural Heritage Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 1 Research rain water harvesting to [arrow pointing to "rain water"] ag water. ATT Soil Health

Dual-use farming. Have you considered how "dual-use farming" solar canopys or wind Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 1 may be use to held with water goal and/or helping with Bould carbon while more Soil Health economica enabling agriculturally and water on OSMP? [email protected] ATT Agricultural Water Delivery and Include climate change mitigation as a benefit of improving soil health, especially in Feedback Question 1 ATT Soil Health grasslands, by using regenerative agricultural practices. Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 2 Promoting the use of drought resistant varieties of crops ATT Soil Health Rich Andrews. Require all ag land lessees to have or develope/use carbon Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 2 sequestration plans for the lands they lease. Conduct soil C and soil health monitoring Soil Health ATT to document status of SoilC, SOM, soil bio health, etc. Agricultural Water Delivery and Monitor for warning signs that A, B are threatened. "What lead to Dust bowl Feedback Question 2 ATT Soil Health conditions?" "What steps would have reduced the damage". Agricultural Water Delivery and Hold forums for OSMP and regional farmers to share "difficult moments" and Feedback Question 2 ATT Soil Health "successful strategies" on an annual basis. Encourage collaboration. Agricultural Water Delivery and Encourage community engagement and enjoyment at "practicle" "helpful" agricultural Feedback Question 2 ATT Soil Health practices. Haying, cover crops, irrigation canals, grazing. Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 2 Develop water resources mgmt plan. ATT Soil Health Agricultural Water Delivery and Teach farmers to grow drought resistant crops, as water resources in the future are Feedback Question 2 ATT Soil Health uncertain due to climate changes. Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 2 Work with the Savory Institutes to improve grazing practices. ATT Soil Health Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 2 Prioritize mitigation of praire dogs. Convert to grasslands. ATT Soil Health Agricultural Water Delivery and Re: A: Share history of use with couty/state & encourage best practices for county Feedback Question 3 ATT Soil Health agriculture land. Agricultural Water Delivery and Prairie dog colonies also create conflicts with adjoining property owners. These Feedback Question 3 ATT Soil Health require management and possible expenses. Agricultural Water Delivery and She wants educational programs about agricultu re so kids grow up lelarning how to Feedback Question 3 ATT Soil Health plant. Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 3 Farms where they can go and help plant or harvest. ATT Soil Health Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 3 Dont loose the water rights. ATT Soil Health Agricultural Water Delivery and Feedback Question 3 Make wetr lands if excess water. ATT Soil Health Supporting Agricultural Use & Feedback- Connecting Communities to Encourage Agri that maintains traditional scenic landscape on OSMP. I love scenic Connecting Communities to Question 1 Agricultural Heritage agri! ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use & Educate the public about the role of food systems in the creation and/or Feedback- Connecting Communities to Connecting Communities to Question 1 sequestration of carbon, and relationship to climate change mitigation and Agricultural Heritage ATT Agricultural Heritage adaptation. Supporting Agricultural Use & Encourage more education on agricultural lands. Not just gardening but also soil Feedback- Connecting Communities to Connecting Communities to Question 1 science, ecological monitoring, permaculture, composting, tree planting, and larger Agricultural Heritage ATT Agricultural Heritage food system concepts. Supporting Agricultural Use & Feedback- Connecting Communities to Connecting Communities to Question 1 Yes! [to Comments #20 & 21] Agricultural Heritage ATT Agricultural Heritage Supporting Agricultural Use & Feedback- Connecting Communities to Teach moreabt how lands are shaped over time and human involvement in those Connecting Communities to Question 1 Agricultural Heritage proceses - pre-historic and historic. ATT Agricultural Heritage Rich Andrews. Move rapidly to produce only pesticide free foods, feeds, animals, on Supporting Agricultural Use & Feedback- Connecting Communities to open space lands. Show the path, be the light. Stop poisoning our lands, soils, our Connecting Communities to Question 2 Agricultural Heritage foods and ourselves. We become what we do and consume! Let it be nutritous and Agricultural Heritage ATT poison free! Supporting Agricultural Use & Odd that agriculture is treated completely separate from visitor experience. In many Feedback- Connecting Communities to Connecting Communities to Question 3 European communities visitors and farming have a close bond. With visitors providing Agricultural Heritage ATT Agricultural Heritage additional income to farmers.

Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land Encourage community engagement/ participation in group activities. Fall harvests CCEI Feedback Question 1 and Give Back to the Community proessing seeds, panting, activities to connect participants more than do work.

Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land The work will get done. And if it takes long and moreand more volunteers all the CCEI Feedback Question 1 and Give Back to the Community better! Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 1 Earth Day clean up, pick up garbage, pull invasive plants. and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 1 Outcome. Recognize and find the rogue trail keepers and fold into organization. and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 1 Community squad patrols [illegible] eyes and ears of rangers like [illegible] patrol. and Give Back to the Community B. Strat: Establish "experienced" regular work parties for groups of regulars to work Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 2 on projects/ do maintnence. WTA in WA has a group in SW section that has 4/5 and Give Back to the Community retirees that [illegible] down work parties. Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 2 Agreed! and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 2 Stewardship internships...? (I guess americorps does this/similar). and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 2 Advertise volunteer opportunities to youth. and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land I would like to find an outdoor activity to do with certain periodicity with family. CCEI Feedback Question 2 and Give Back to the Community Some exercises for adults and kids 3 years old. Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 3 To teach the comunity how to volunteer. Showing them throw different events. and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land Engaging youth in volunteering will commit them to volunteer the rest of their CCEI Feedback Question 3 and Give Back to the Community lives. Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 3 Consider more coopertive efforts with schools and college for credit. and Give Back to the Community Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land CCEI Feedback Question 3 The first point of contact with someone in volunteering can create commtmit. and Give Back to the Community Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Teach youth about original inhabnitants of Boulder in the curmcula. Ask tribal reps CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Appreciation of Nature for design asst. Preserve culture. Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Youth explore, a strat for A: Emphasize connecting to peers and community while Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 2 on OSMP lands. Create memmories. Community connections rooted in OSMP leading Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature to sense of place and well doing. Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Ouctome B: Solicit schools to assign projects based on OSMP challenges/ planning. Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and More volunteer opportunities for young kids (under 10 years old!!!) Youth and CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Appreciation of Nature Nature. Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Jr Rangers should be inclusive and diverse and be an opportunity to youth. Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature

Teach "primitive"/ simplistic nature-oriented survival skills! Gets them integrated Feedback- Youth into the environment and in communion w/ it not just observing. Shelter making, Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 2 bowdrill/ other simple fire building tools, effective and save campfire use, making Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature pouches w/ bone needles and hide, how to read clouds and wather patterns, etc., bring in native teachers too. Eli McCutchen [email protected]

Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Agricultural use needs liason w/ youth discovery and appreciation of nature. Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Meet kids where they are! Kids want to mountain bike. The HS leagues locally are CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Appreciation of Nature growing @ ~ 20%/yr. We need these kids to have access to Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and trails/paths and keep them off roads. How about a N-S trail from downtown Boulder CCEI Discovery and Question 2 Appreciation of Nature to the SoBo trail sytem?! Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and [Spanish; English] Informacion para las escuelas de Louisvielo; Information for CCEI Discovery and Question 3 Appreciation of Nature schools in Louisville. Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 3 Excellent! Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Shelby Rosato. More volenteer oppurtunities for young kids (like me) to help out CCEI Discovery and Question 3 Appreciation of Nature around other kids to learn to lead and become junior rangers. Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 3 "Dance with a Ranger". Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth [Spanish; English] Horarios accessibles para ser voluntaria y para los que pueden Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 3 trabajar en el veranlo; Accessible hours for those that want to volunteer and for Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature those that can work in the summer. Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 3 Programs for woman on how to preserve the environment. Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and I love the "Junior Ranger Naturalist" program...a great way to connect youth to CCEI Discovery and Question 3 Appreciation of Nature nature! Appreciation of Nature

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 3 30 min a week unstructured is shocking! Please continue your amazing work! Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Feedback- Youth Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and CCEI Discovery and Question 3 Continuing to reinforce fun for the kids (and adults too) feels very impt! Appreciation of Nature Appreciation of Nature Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 1 Opportunities goal/outcome: Access for all. Appreciation of Nature for All Knowledge of natural resources. Community edu re: Harvesting/ collecting Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 1 resources. Sustainable methods, showing gratitude. Forestry, hinting, edible plants, Appreciation of Nature for All soil, water. R Andrews. Underserved- roughly 40,000 people in Bldr County are food insecure. Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities Use our open space eg lands to produce safe, toxic free foods to help feed these CCEI Question 2 Appreciation of Nature for All people. (Only allow oragnic and regenerative ag- don't grow any foods with pesticides.) Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities Encourage: car pooling, walkable acess, bike access, work 2/RTD to increase access CCEI Question 2 Appreciation of Nature for All to trailheads. Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 2 Work with RTD to route buses from underserved communities to OSMP properties. Appreciation of Nature for All Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 2 Love the maps! Keep it up. Mud info also great (online reports). Appreciation of Nature for All Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 2 More trails like the one with the rope handrail on flagstaff. Appreciation of Nature for All Rich Andrews. Set aside for free camping the newly acquired wells property for use Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities by the original inhabitants of this valley- the Native Americans. Particularlyapprop. CCEI Question 3 Appreciation of Nature for All since this place served as training by Colo militia who massacred Natives at Sand Creek. Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 3 [Arrow pointing at Comment #66] Support. Appreciation of Nature for All Amy Zuckerman. Ensure privat use of property for use by N. & S. Arapaho & Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Feedback- Opportunities CCEI Question 3 Cheyenne tribes as well as other tribes as they wish, without disturbance to include Appreciation of Nature for All camping, ceremony, education, etc. as the tribes wish.

I am especially interested & engaged in Outcome C. I would add that the use of the land is exclusively for indigenous peoples use, maintained per the preference of CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 Arapaho & indigenous people by the city of boulder, with the goal to return ownership to indigenous people within 5 years. Thank you for your work and service!

Protect cultural resources but also build exhinid to showcase the resuld of research CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 archaeology. CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 What is the repository for archaeoligol artifacts? CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 List some specific outcomes you're looking for. CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 Designate eligible properties. CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 Educational events re: the archyooleyg of Boulder Valley. CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 Engage community re: uses of historic buildings and structures.

Regarding permaculture and people- land connections before settlers arrived- More awareness, education, exploration of indigenous people's land mgmt practices/ CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 1 their effecton the land over thousands of years of migration and temporary living. Example: How presence of buffalo impacted the area.

Rich Andrews. Dedicate the recently acquired Wells property (on 63rd St) to use by Native Americans, notable those natives that lived here before Spanish & other CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 2 nations came. Consult with these Native Amer. nations about how to use this property for all beings. 2-leggeds, winged, and 6 and 8 legged, fishes, all!

CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 2 Yes!

CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 2 Consult with tribal members- hold a Native American only forum for strategies.

Let the first nations decide how they want their info potrayed in sgnage/ CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 2 infromational exhibits. Need to sell off some of the buildings we have acquired that are not needed for ag CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 2 operations. Budget for maintaining historic buildings.

Need more info on the first residents of Boulder Valley, the indiginous peoples. CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 3 Seems like they are being ignored in the hope they will be forgotten.

From Oakleigh Thorne, II- As the person who save the one [illegible] that is now CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 3 Settler's Park (and who named it); I would like to see the name changed to "Winter Camp Park", a name suggested by a Native American. CCEI Cultural Resources Feedback Question 3 Yes! What are Background and Desired healthy soils Ag Agricultural Water Delivery and Soil Health Make clear distinction between ag fields (range, grasslands Outcomes and realibal irrigation? Desired Background and Desired Outcomes- C: As use increases, having programs and outreach to guide human behavior outdoor CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Sense of ethics: maybe have designs for that. Place Desired Background and Desired Outcomes- CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness YES!!! Outcomes Sense of Place

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Desired Background and Desired Outcomes- Free or low-west ranger-led educational immersions like hikes/ [illegible] for adults CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Sense of too. Place Desired I liked the concept of "sense of belonging" connected to outdoor life. As foreigners, Background and Desired Outcomes- CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness we tend not to have a sense of belonging. The idea of getting some trhough nature Outcomes Sense of [continued to Comment #109] Place Desired Background and Desired Outcomes- is a good one. Some times one needs guidance and your organization seems to CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Sense of provide it. Place Desired Outcomes- Background and Desired Reduce CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness The open space also protects and [illegible] species, too. Outcomes Stress and Increase Wellness Desired Outcomes- Background and Desired Reduce Excellent! Exercize in nature is scientically procen to be the best thing humans can CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Stress and do. Provide good amenities to our citizens. Increase Wellness Desired Outcomes- Background and Desired Reduce Feedback for staff and consultants, try to use gender neutral language. For example CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Stress and avoiding "you guys". Increase Wellness Desired Outcomes- The reason I'm a volunteer for OSMP is this Sense of Place Wellness idea that I Background and Desired Reduce discovered for myself years ago. Now I want to share that with others. Please CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Stress and preserve the special ecosystems/ habitats/etc while you are satisfying the every Increase growing need for people to do various activities on OSMP. Wellness Desired Outcomes- General comment not station specific: Robert Sharp 12/3/18. Foundational purpose Background and Desired Reduce of OSMP is to preserve nature. Primary mission. Understand and appreciate all of CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Outcomes Stress and nature, do all we can to protect and restore it, and not harm it. Takes precidence Increase over everything else that we do. Never losing site of this foundational goal. Wellness

Feedback- Reduce Stress Sense of wellness= confidence in OSMP. Highlight manament practices or highlight CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 1 and Increase Wellness testing of new management practices.

Feedback- Reduce Stress Canine companionship is a large component to my enjoyment of OSMP hiking. Please CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 2 and Increase Wellness continue to allow our pups to join us in out beutiful parks.

Feedback- Reduce Stress Flyers with statistics/ advertisements for visiting OSMP properties in high traffic CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 2 and Increase Wellness areas. ie: Pearl St. 29th, high school.

Feedback- Reduce Stress (Wellness) Consider programming that encourages silence in nature. Permitted CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 2 and Increase Wellness access to areas opportunities for solitude. Non social hiking trails no talking zones!

Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 2 Awesome ideas! Like no-dog trails. and Increase Wellness

Feedback- Reduce Stress We could learn about the past and whats happing [illegible] as well as having more CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 and Increase Wellness nature camps and parks were [illegible] run and read (benches).

Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 Fresh air! and Increase Wellness

Mtn. biking is by and far the most stress releiving outdoor activity I participate in. Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 Please continue to work w/ mtn biker to develop more trails as more people move and Increase Wellness to this area and increase pressure on existing areas. Thank you!

Pretty much anything that gets people out into the open space should be Feedback- Reduce Stress encouraged. By seeing and being in nature it builds connections for future CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 and Increase Wellness generations to value nature and protect it. Over protecting nature pushes people away. There needs to be a compromise recognising people and nature.

[Spanish; English] Que las escual hicieran programas de ir una vez y mas a las Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 montanas; Schools shouldhave programs that regularlytake students out to the and Increase Wellness mountains. Everyone already wants to recreate- welcome them! Its already there. Note: Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 [illegible] closures would be very bad- before [illegible] work couldn't [illegible] out and Increase Wellness in winter.

Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 Biophelia. The human need for contact with nature in order to be "normal". and Increase Wellness

Feedback- Reduce Stress CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Question 3 Biophelia Design. Bringing nature into the planning and design of an area. and Increase Wellness

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" Sense of place. C outcomes: understanding of the land: History, geology, ecological CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 1 connections/systems. Strategy: Signs at trail heads, self guided tours/ info.

As more people access OSMP, how do we develop a place so trails, nature wouldn CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 1 not get run down, overcrowded, but instead people respectfully and without consideration using open space.

CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 1 Wonder and Awe: education on the value of silence, listening to nature, observing.

Acknowledge and show case wher land has been significantly altered. Tells story of CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 2 how and lessons learned. Re outcome A: immersion. Encourage curiousity speculation about "how things CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 2 work".

CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 2 More camping and doing fun activitis.

CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 2 How things worked around in the past.

[Spanish; English] Programas de como quitar las plantas malas de las praderas y CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 3 reconoser; Programs that show how to recognize and remove bad plants from the meadows.

[Spanish; English] Eventos en la nieve explorar los ninos gustan de este tipo de CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 3 actividades; Event in the snow to explore. Children like this type of activity.

[Spanish; English] Mas informacion en las escuelas, este evento lo supimos y otros CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 3 lado; More information in the schools. We were aware of this event and other places. [Spanish; English] Visitantes programas para los pequenos de un ano que reconoscan CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 3 la naturalesa; Visitor programs for small children of one year so they recognize nature.

CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 3 Yay wonder & awe!

CCEI Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness Feedback- Sense of Place Question 3 Yes! Thak you for all your work.

6(&7,21.(< 4XHVWLRQ0LVVHG$Q\WKLQJ+DYHZHPLVVHGDQ\WKLQJLQWKHGUDIWRXWFRPHV"2UGR\RXKDYHDQ\UHILQHPHQWV" 4XHVWLRQ6WUDWHJLHV:KDWVWUDWHJLHVZRXOG\RXVXJJHVWWRDFFRPSOLVKWKHVHRXWFRPHV" 4XHVWLRQ2WKHU&RPPHQWV2WKHUFRPPHQWV" APPENDIX B QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were degraded natural areas on Boulder's displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, settlers General open space? and soldiers. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Animals and plants can be best protected by returning the land (which includes degraded natural areas on Boulder's BCOS) to the indigenous peoples of the Arapaho, Ute, and Cheyenne tribes, and General open space? returning them the title and role of stewards of their ancestral lands. What ideas do you have to protect Animals and plants can be protected by returning the land the land to the local animals and plants, and to restore indigenous communities. This includes the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Ute tribes. degraded natural areas on Boulder's Returning them the title and role of steward to their ancestral lands is the BEST General open space? way to protect animals and plants.

Any Indigenous plants and animals should be protected and understood as vital What ideas do you have to protect to the land/people. Invasive species should be removed. I am aware of local animals and plants, and to restore efforts to organize people in British Columbia to help with removing invasive degraded natural areas on Boulder's species. They hand‐pull weeds and in turn learn about the destruction of invasive General open space? species in comparison to the vitality of Indigenous plants. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Be more aggressive with education (re: animals and plants) and in scheduling General open space? volunteer work days for restoration. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Better trail conections will keep people from wandering around in sensitive areas.

What ideas do you have to protect By developing trails and keeping people on them w/signs and ethics training, the animals and plants, and to restore animals and plants will be protected. Restored areas should be clearly marked on degraded natural areas on Boulder's the ground and on maps so people know to avoid them and why. You might General open space? consider issuing violations to those who cannot stay on the trail. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore By restoring the ancestral land and stewardship to the indigenous peoples of the degraded natural areas on Boulder's Arapaho, Cheyenne and Ute tribes, we can best protect animals and plants, and General open space? restore degraded natural areas. What ideas do you have to protect By welcoming the Arapaho people back home; collaborate to create a Cultural animals and plants, and to restore Centre and Rest/Retreat Area where Native American leaders and youth can help degraded natural areas on Boulder's show the way for Boulderites to connect hearts with space, Earth, heritage and General open space? human ancestry. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Consult Southern Arapahoe, Utes, Cheyennes, Comanches, and Sioux, the first General open space? stewards of Boulder's open spaces. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Continued Re‐routing trails at nesting times and other vulnerable times. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Dedicate some land to Arapahoe, indigenous peoples Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Do more of the things that work already or ideas from other county's successful degraded natural areas on Boulder's efforts. Have more ranger talks along those trails that are overused or where General open space? animals etc. are in danger. Don't be afraid to put up more signs along trails.

Do not build any structures at Wonderland Lake. This is a pristine lake right next to the Foothills. The city does not need any new structures such as docks, buildings or picnic areas at Wonderland. There does not need to be more parking. What is there is 100% sufficient. Buses should not be parking in that area. If the parking lots are full then folks can park somewhere else and walk or What ideas do you have to protect they can visit the park another day. Remember there is a dog park and soccer animals and plants, and to restore area just up the street with LOTS of parking and this is super easy walk to the degraded natural areas on Boulder's lake. Building near Wonderland will absolutely disturb the wildlife and plants. General open space? How can you not see that?

Dog leash laws appear to be very weak and/or not enforced. I see dogs off leash in areas they are not supposed to be all the time. I also see dogs with the Boulder tags on completely out of control and/or chasing animals. I see people cutting across areas where vegetation is degraded and you have already put up fences to prevent this. People just go around them. I see people leaving trash cans out all week, attracting bears. We have an extremely well educated society, we don't What ideas do you have to protect need any more "education". I think you should institute/strengthen fines, and animals and plants, and to restore use this money to pay for the extra rangers needed for patrol. We don't want to degraded natural areas on Boulder's make the trails look like a police state, but at this point we need some General open space? enforcement. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Education What ideas do you have to protect Education to help people understand the value and beauty of the natural; animals and plants, and to restore environment. In sensitive areas, discourage recreation use that treats the degraded natural areas on Boulder's environment as a platform for speed or performing tricks. Continue to remove General open space? invasives and only reseed with native species. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Educational stewards for high traffic areas to help keep foot traffic on trails and degraded natural areas on Boulder's to talk with visitors. See Summit Steward model in Adirondacks of NY where it General open space? restored rare alpine plant populations. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore eliminate off trail use ‐ educate about and close with signs and fencing close degraded natural areas on Boulder's trails in sensitive areas and tell us why dog control of course roving rangers to General open space? educate/enforce What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Give back the land to indigenous people ute Cheyenne and Arapahoe What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Give land back to the Arapaho and other native tribes who have claim to this General open space? land. Form Question Comment

Giving the land back to the Arapaho and other tribes in the area. These people have been historically displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐ American miners, settlers and soldiers. Although this occurred in the past, it continues today by not returning the land to those who should hold sovereignty What ideas do you have to protect over it. Doing this is not just the right thing to do, it is also the best thing to do for animals and plants, and to restore the animals, plants and degraded areas. It is has been proven by researchers that degraded natural areas on Boulder's returning land to Native people improves the health of that land and everything General open space? inhabiting it. Heavy use is a problem for much of the OSMP system, but I think a good solution would be to build enough trails to satisfy the demand. Things like restricting What ideas do you have to protect parking and closing certain areas doesn't do anything to reduce demand, and animals and plants, and to restore then that concentrates impacts on other areas. If there are more trails, the degraded natural areas on Boulder's impact on the open space would be spread out, and natural areas could recover General open space? naturally.

I believe that having animal‐safe street‐crossings is going to be vital in the coming years as street traffic is likely to increase. This could be very helpful to include as a consideration in new development and roadwork, perhaps creating animal overpasses, underpasses, and appropriately modified culverts (allowing for movement and in some cases nesting/roosting) to protect animal movement and population. I also believe that the attentive protection and even re‐introduction What ideas do you have to protect of native plants even within the city would protect natural resiliency and animals and plants, and to restore biodiversity. Supporting community education and access to native variants of degraded natural areas on Boulder's plant species could assist this, perhaps in collaboration with CU's environmental General open space? studies programs and local greenhouses. What ideas do you have to protect I commute down Valmont, and every day I see how badly prairie dogs are animals and plants, and to restore destroying the land just north of Teller and the land just west of 55th. It's also degraded natural areas on Boulder's really bad in parts of Longmont. I'm sorry to say that I think the prairie dog General open space? population needs to be controlled.

I have seen little happen by the City of Boulder to better manage the destruction of our grasses and agricultural properties by the invasive species â€” prairie dogs. Our grasslands have been destroyed over the last 15 years by the lack of control and the further protection of this species. There are not enough predators to control the breeding behavior of this rodent. The agricultural land and the farmers who lease it must have the authority to remove this rodent species by any means available‐‐and this includes killing. The rodents are making it unsafe for horses, cattle, hay and other production. No grasses are left, yucca roots are also being eaten to death, dust storms are occurring on high wind days because no grass grows in these colonies, weeds are taking over and no grasses are What ideas do you have to protect growing, because of the overpopulation. What is it going to take to get the City of animals and plants, and to restore Boulder open space managers to wake up and take a proactive approach to degraded natural areas on Boulder's approve better land management, preserve our grasslands and agricultural assets General open space? and let a way of life continue in Boulder City and County. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore I often see people shortcutting, walking next to the trail when it's muddy, and degraded natural areas on Boulder's generally stomping around off trail. This is especially true in popular areas like General open space? Sanitas and Chautauqua. More enforcement is needed. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore I see too many dogs off leash, so better enforcement of leash laws would help. degraded natural areas on Boulder's Degraded areas should be roped off, possibly with signs letting people know it's General open space? been overused. Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's I would like to advocate to give land back to the Arapaho and other tribes that General open space? were originally here. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Implement permaculture techniques! Seed bombs to promote diversity and feed General open space? pollinators. Cultivate native mushrooms to promote soil health. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore In addition to restoration signs, fences, and netting, it would be helpful to provide degraded natural areas on Boulder's more education for the public around these pieces. As well as making it a General open space? ticketable offense to cross these boundaries.

In collaboration with Indigenous knowledge‐keepers, create signage for plants and trees in Indigenous languages (e.g., Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho) as well as English and Linnaean (botanical) names. The more people know, the more likely they will have an interest to protect and help steward the land. It would be great to see a botanical garden or native plants area to this effect. Staff could be What ideas do you have to protect comprised of Indigenous knowledge keepers and Indigenous biologists, along animals and plants, and to restore with non‐Indigenous specialists. Work with the Native American Student Support degraded natural areas on Boulder's Program of Denver Public Schools to include Indigenous youth and teachers in General open space? these initiatives.

In my estimation the most important action OSMP can take to conserve ecosystems and the plants and animals that depend on them is to maintain areas that are currently undisturbed or less disturbed by human activity. To put it another way, do not allow new trails or other recreational uses in such areas ‐ particularly areas designated as HCAs and/or Boulder County Environmental Conservation Areas. The recently updated Environmental Resource Element of What ideas do you have to protect the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan is a valuable source of species and animals and plants, and to restore habitat information that should be used and incorporated into OSMP actions. degraded natural areas on Boulder's Continue to work with volunteers and groups such as Wildlands Restoration General open space? Volunteers to help restore important areas.

What ideas do you have to protect In order to protect the plants and animals of open space, recreational users must animals and plants, and to restore stay on trails, travel only by foot, and not bring dogs. Restoration efforts could degraded natural areas on Boulder's be by groups of young people, to teach them what happens when habitat isn't General open space? protected and to help them learn land stewardship. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Involve local groups and organizations in restoration of our recreational degraded natural areas on Boulder's resources. Allow cost sharing programs where they can be funded to perform the General open space? work that OSMP doesn't get around to doing. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore It is important to maintain wildlife corridors and natural habitats so they have degraded natural areas on Boulder's adequate food it may mean protecting and planting berry bushes pollinator plant General open space? s etc All development should be countered with natural space What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Just thought that all those little latrine buildings could be outfitted with solar degraded natural areas on Boulder's panels. The electricity could be use to power a small light for the toilets and a fan General open space? to reduce odors. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? KEEP DOGS TO A MINIMUM AND NOT OFF LEASH. Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to protect Keep some areas free of dogs and bikes. Wildlife is harmed by these and more animals and plants, and to restore and more areas are being degraded. Even though I am a biker and have a dog...I degraded natural areas on Boulder's know we can't do these activities everywhere which is what you are being asked General open space? to provide. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Limit canine access and increase enforcement of litter/feces removal ordinances. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Limit people, have better established trails on high traffic areas so trails don't General open space? keep getting wider and wider from people and bikers stepping off trails Limit the off leash dog access to most areas in the open space. It may have been What ideas do you have to protect fine to allow off leash in our parks before we had as many visitors, but now that animals and plants, and to restore we are basically as used as National Parks, there needs to be control . Both degraded natural areas on Boulder's animals and plants need some representation at the table, and a leash law seems General open space? most effective. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? more education about staying on trails for all users What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's More trails with more education around the importance of animals, plants and General open space? restoration. More educators in the schools taking about these issues. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? No electric bikes on open space. Dogs always on leashes. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Overpopulation of prairie dogs degrades plants in natural areas. See White Rocks degraded natural areas on Boulder's area just south of Heatherwood Drive. With some animals, I'm not sure you can General open space? protect both at the same time. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Partner with Native Americans whose people used to live here to better General open space? understand the meta‐ecology of our home. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Permaculture! Plant native plants, seed bombs that have seeds to feed General open space? pollinators, and promote diversity.

please keep loops available for hikers ‐‐ don't close trails that force people to make out and back hikes ‐‐ which take a much bigger toll on existing trails. For every trail you close, consider the routes available for people to make loops for hiking , biking, or hiking with dogs. Put more trash cans at trailheads. I personally had to approach open space to put a trash can on Cragmoor road access point ‐ the only trash can between Shanahan ridge and NCAR at the time. What ideas do you have to protect To date, I don't believe that trash can is maintained by open space. For the fees animals and plants, and to restore charged to all of us with dogs, I cannot believe that there are not enough funds to degraded natural areas on Boulder's put in and empty trash cans. That should be a major piece of maintaining healthy General open space? trails. Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's please preserve trails from ATV's and any motorized vehicles and keep bikes off General open space? certain trails Stress leave no trace and staying on trails. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Preserve areas like Wonderland instead of building nature centers, fishing piers, degraded natural areas on Boulder's and other structures that will profoundly impact local wildlife and the ecosystem‐‐ General open space? not to mention the experience of those who own property bordering open space. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Prevent fracking, development, and other injurious actions adjacent to natural General open space? areas. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Provide more opportunities to engage in nature play and programming that General open space? builds empathy for nature in children

Put priority on creating wildlife corridors by connecting fragmented areas, through new acquisitions, easements, or at the least, working with private owners on best management practices, especially along fragile areas such as streams or critical habitat areas. Maintain strictest restrictions on use of Conservation Areas/Critical Wildlife Habitat, such as scrapping any plans for a trail through the southern portion of Walker Ranch, instead opting for areas that are already more impacted and less critical for wildlife. In response to complaints re prairie dog encroachment on private lands or overgrazing, consider re‐ introducing native predators, such as black‐footed ferrets and encouraging presence of other predators, such as large cats, coyotes, etc. Crack down on dogs running loose in open space areas, perhaps by mandating that all dogs be leashed. As OSMP Staff cannot possibly patrol all dog infractions, perhaps a What ideas do you have to protect preliminary step to this would be to recruit a volunteer squad of responsible dog animals and plants, and to restore owners to help patrol and inform those whose dogs run wild that stricter degraded natural areas on Boulder's measures will be put in place in they fail to comply. Another option may be to General open space? have more and larger dog parks in areas that are not a threat to wildlife. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Put up more signs telling people not to go off trail and pack out their trash. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Reduce bike‐riding on fragile/steep trails. Dogs should have only leash‐free status degraded natural areas on Boulder's if dog gets a test, demonstrating the dog won't chase wildlife. Dog guardians sign General open space? a contract saying they will pick up excrement and prevent dog chasing wildlife.

reduce the effect and exposure that we are putting on the environment. Not only What ideas do you have to protect have select time frames that visitors can use the area, but cap it after a certain animals and plants, and to restore number of people come through the area. This way the area and environment degraded natural areas on Boulder's will not get overwhelmed by potential several hundred or thousands of people General open space? come through the area. Form Question Comment

Re‐seeding after construction of open space areas. Like the area directly behind red rocks. I would like to see more enforcement regarding spraying. I see to many people spraying toxic chemicals in their yards. It's rare I see a sign put up after they do it so kids and animals know to stay off the lawn. Also these chemicals are What ideas do you have to protect hurting our wildlife. I saw dead squirrels and birds this year with no injuries... animals and plants, and to restore have to assume its chemical use. As you may know our bird populations are degraded natural areas on Boulder's majorly threatened here in boulder county. I'd like to see stricter regulations General open space? around chemical use and education of alternative methods. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Restore some areas of OSMP land to Native claimants. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Restrict access to sensitive areas What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore Send out, via social media, notifications of trail muddiness just after precipitation degraded natural areas on Boulder's so that folks avoid the worst trails and therefore do not participate in trail General open space? braiding and soil compaction Set aside 50% of all open space as wild, for plants and animals only. Mark it as What ideas do you have to protect such. Educate the public about the why of this. The world's environmental animals and plants, and to restore leaders are telling us we must set aside 50% of all places on Earth exclusively for degraded natural areas on Boulder's Nature. It's the best way we can give back generously to the matrix that sustains General open space? us all. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Shut down oil and gas operations and reduce vehicle usage What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Start a "Trailsavers" group; members can wear T‐shirts or hat when they hike and General open space? share information with other trail users about staying on trails. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? Start charging parking fees for all trailheads. Limit parking at all trailheads. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's Stop renting to GMO farmers. Do not allow ANY fracking in any way on open General open space? space. Get rid of all Russian Olive trees...begin the mitigation process. Form Question Comment

study animal strikes around natural areas and provide alternative crossings/notifications to minimize these. regarding restoring degraded natural areas‐‐are there ways to provide similar experiences outside of degraded areas or away from precious resources? thinking more about identifying the opportunities people are seeking and providing them in a way and place that can sustain it? If this is possible in spots or for entire areas, using art to educate the public about the why here and not there can be really impactful‐‐and feel less like a restriction and "do what i say" (which could invite willful disregard). Also, think What ideas do you have to protect about creating these messages at different levels so those at all heights get the animals and plants, and to restore message and can be the messenger (thinking of how early recycling efforts in our degraded natural areas on Boulder's country focused on school children to change the attitudes and behaviors General open space? towards it).

The City should designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were displaced from their Boulder Valley and who hold substantial ancestral knowledge for how to steward these lands. Countless studies have shown that removing native peoples from the lands (and destroying their livelihoods, like bison in this area) causes massive disruption to the ecosystem, What ideas do you have to protect affecting all other species. Consider that European settlers have only forced animals and plants, and to restore natives out of this land for less than 200 years. We CAN repair, and to do so we degraded natural areas on Boulder's need to consult with native peoples. This is especially urgent & crucial in the era General open space? of global warming. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's The current areas should be maintained and restore degrades natural areas by General open space? returning them to natural habitat and reintroducing wildlife.

What ideas do you have to protect The most sensitive areas should be off‐limits to recreation. Open Space needs to animals and plants, and to restore be viewed in the context of the Northern Front Range, which is a highly degraded natural areas on Boulder's fragmented landscape. Trail‐less and road‐less areas are small and generally General open space? isolated. Efforts should be made to expand the size of habitat core areas.

The prairie dogs are DEVASTATING much of the Boulder County Open Space. It's hard for me to understand how Boulder County can sit back and allow the prairie dogs to turn our public lands into moons scapes. My horse has been boarded at Boulder Valley Ranch for many years where all horses are on pasture 365 days a year. Sadly, our pasture lands are slowly turning into moonscapes. Not only is there very little pasture to sustain our horses at Boulder Valley Ranch (where horse's have been living for years) but the holes created by the prairie dogs are dangerous for livestock. There have been instances where a horse has stepped What ideas do you have to protect into a prairie dog hole, broke a leg and had to be put down. We must find a animals and plants, and to restore solution to this devastating problem before these rodents ruin much of our public degraded natural areas on Boulder's lands...and just not relocating them to another area that they will destroy. We General open space? must take a hard line...GET RID OF TBE PRAIRIE DOGS.

There is a grotesque imbalance now because of excessive protection of prairie dogs. The grasslands have been destroyed by too many prairie dogs without What ideas do you have to protect enough predators to keep the appropriate ecological balance. The result is the animals and plants, and to restore destruction of the grasses and the spread of noxious weeds. I have seen the degraded natural areas on Boulder's complete destruction of the Hidden Valley and Boulder Valley Ranch. there will General open space? soon be little growing there but bind weed, Canadian thistle, and scotch thistle. Form Question Comment

To me, one of the most important goals that the City OSMP can focus on is restoring degraded ecosystems and preparing the open space system to be resilient to the inevitable impacts of climate change. Specifically, as a professional forester who has been working in Boulder County for the past decade, I believe restoring our forested ecosystems should be a top priority for OSMP. The lower montane ponderosa pine ecosystem is extremely overgrown and at high risk of catastrophic wildfire. The City OSMP is doing great work (on a small scale) to restore our local forests but much more funding and focus should be put into the restoration of our forests. Large treatments that restore thousands of acres of forest each summer are needed. In light of recent wildfires in California and here in Colorado it is clear that we need to be much more aggressive at restoring the forests that are located close to the city of Boulder city limits. Many of our communities that back to the foothills (the Flatirons to Eldorado Canyon area) are at extreme risk from a wildfire moving out of the forest and into the city. We need to be doing much more to restore these forests to a significantly lower density. We also need to be doing much much more to help homeowners living in the city of Boulder to properly prepare their homes and backyards for wildfires. The USDA Forest Service and several other organizations just released a new publication (GTR 373 ‐ Principles and Practices What ideas do you have to protect for the Restoration of Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed‐Conifer Forests of the animals and plants, and to restore Colorado Front Range) that should be used to guide restoration of our lower degraded natural areas on Boulder's montane forests. Link to GTR ‐‐> General open space? https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_series/rmrs/gtr/rmrs_gtr373.pdf

What ideas do you have to protect We can protect the animals and plants by designating or give back land to the animals and plants, and to restore Arapaho and other Native peoples who were displaced from their Boulder Valley degraded natural areas on Boulder's homeland by Euro‐American miners, settlers and soldiers. Native's protect land General open space? better than any person in the United States.

Yes, identify offshoot/other non main‐corridor trails along more sensitive bird and other wildlife corridors such as ephemeral streams. Out of these, choose 25% of the top candidates for closure to dogs to allow visitors and nature to enjoy themselves and each other again. Please stop being so influenced by FIDOS etc that feel they much have access to all. Wildlife and birds in OSMP lands have rights as well. Also, we tried to instigate creative trail education but OSMP wasn't What ideas do you have to protect interested in investing in such program. Something needs to be done about the animals and plants, and to restore increased usage and accelerating degradation of our trails‐‐put some money and degraded natural areas on Boulder's OSMP funds into such a program, we are losing some of our most beautiful trails General open space? due to over use and undeducted usage. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's You can protect animals and plants and restore degraded natural areas by limiting General open space? human and pet contact What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore degraded natural areas on Boulder's General open space? You can return some city land to local Native tribes who can care for it well. What ideas do you have to protect animals and plants, and to restore You've done an outstanding job of reworking/rerouting flood and erosion‐ degraded natural areas on Boulder's damaged trails. All such efforts must be always "works in progress", and they help General open space? greatly to discourage new social trails. Form Question Comment

Please tell us how you would like to designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were enjoy open space better. Please displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, settlers General provide specific details. and soldiers. It would be nice to have more native grass on much of the open space where there once was native grass 10 years ago; before the prairie dogs were allowed to Please tell us how you would like to come in and devastate the land. Look on right side when turn off Hwy 36 onto enjoy open space better. Please Longhorn Rd. Or, all along Hwy 36 north of Longhorn on the eas side you see General provide specific details. nothing but devastated lands.

1. Dogs should be leashed on the Goat Trail on the east side of Sanitas. It is almost too dangerous to walk on the steep trails with dogs hurdling down unleashed and usually not under voice controll. 2. Ban portable speakers, recommend earbuds if people want to listen to music while hiking on Open Please tell us how you would like to Space. 3. Here is the most wonderful and radical idea. Make just one trail a enjoy open space better. Please meditation trail, no dogs, no unnecessary talking, no music. Just quiet enjoyment General provide specific details. of nature in a contemplative environment. 1.A mountain bike connector from Eldoeado Springs Rd north to Lee Hill should Please tell us how you would like to be an OSMP priority. 2. Amountain bike trail from Eldorado Springs to Walker enjoy open space better. Please Ranch 3. Acquisition of a conservation easement at Longs Gardens should be the General provide specific details. number 1 real estate priority for OSMP. Acknowledge Indigenous ancestral homelands and contemporary connections to the Boulder Valley‐‐both through appropriate signage and actions that follow through on this acknowledgement. See the following links for examples: U.S. Please tell us how you would like to Department of Arts and Culture Guide to Honoring Native Land: enjoy open space better. Please https://usdac.us/nativeland Know the Land Territories Campaign: General provide specific details. http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland/

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Acknowledgement and history of Native people's presence and use of the land, General provide specific details. plants, animals, and regional place names in Indigenous languages

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Banning bluetooth speakers

Please tell us how you would like to Because of overcrowding on open space trails etc. we need more trash cans, enjoy open space better. Please more postings on the uniqueness of the particular area and expectations of General provide specific details. behavior along the trails.

Please tell us how you would like to Betasso has Mon And Sat as no bike days. would like to see this on other trails. enjoy open space better. Please much more enjoyable as a hiker. becoming more difficult as a senior to jump out General provide specific details. of the way of all the fast bikes coming around a corner.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Better accessibility for all, elderly, children, walkers, bikers, wheelchairs etc

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Bicycles could be limited to certain days as you do at Betasso and Walker Ranch. General provide specific details. They are usually rude and pay no attention to hikers or horseback riders. Form Question Comment

Please tell us how you would like to By designating or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who enjoy open space better. Please were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, General provide specific details. settlers and soldiers.

Please tell us how you would like to By keeping the trails dog friendly either being on or off leash. As a dog person it enjoy open space better. Please is wonderful to have off leash trails/areas. You are doing a great job on your trail General provide specific details. system and have some of the most beautiful trails. Great job ! Thanks ! Decrease people and increase people respect for each other. Bikers need to Please tell us how you would like to understand they have to slow down For people and dogs increase fees for users enjoy open space better. Please that don't live in Boulder and register bikes so they can't park someplace else General provide specific details. and not pay for using the trail.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Easier access to open spaces by bus

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Fewer people on the trails by limiting the number of people and cars.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Fix the bridge on the Teller trail north of Valmont so horses can ride thru!

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please For Boulder Open Space to not develop the Wonderland Lake area. Not even General provide specific details. change. ie. do not do anything to it.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Give land back to the Arapaho and other native tribes who have claim to this General provide specific details. land.

Please tell us how you would like to Give the land back to the indigenous people ute Cheyenne and Arapahoe boulder enjoy open space better. Please is suppose the most liberal place to live but yall arent really helping everyone just General provide specific details. who fills your pockets

Please tell us how you would like to Have more trails like Betasso with designated days for bikers and hikers. Put bike enjoy open space better. Please racks at all trailheads and water at more of them. Additionally, work with rtd to General provide specific details. have more trails served by busses.

I am not a mtn bike and I find that most mtm bikers are nice an polite. However the very nature of mtn biking is about skill and speed and watching the rocks on the trail. It is hard to look up and appreciate nature while biking because of the intensity. Mtn biking is about the structure of the trail and not about the appreciation of bird life, other wildlife or native vegetation. Hikers and horseback riders travel at speeds where this beauty can be appreciated, These differences in how recreators derive enjoyment from the area should be considered in Please tell us how you would like to designating use areas. Again appreciation of the natural environment and its enjoy open space better. Please conservation while allowing people to access and enjoy it are the huge values of General provide specific details. open space and mountain parks. Form Question Comment

Please tell us how you would like to I can only enjoy BCOS if it is returned to the indigenous people of the Cheyenne, enjoy open space better. Please Arapahoe, and Ute tribes. Without this, a sense of wholeness and justice is General provide specific details. missing.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please I considered saying there should be more parking, but it is probably better to limit General provide specific details. how many people can easily access the open space.

I currently enjoy open space very much, yet I notice a high level of impact from litter and trash in many areas, often including large amounts of construction waste. We live in a high‐wind region, and I think that it is simply common sense to be prepared for that and have appropriate alternatives to the large open‐top dumpsters which are often the norm around the city at construction and repair sites. I would also love to see more of a representation of the indigenous peoples of the area. I believe that there is a large opportunity here for education, cultural enrichment, and historical reconciliation. Often OSMP historic sites are more oriented towards the early pioneers and following events, while I think the history and cultural significance of the area prior to that is colossal. Many of the Please tell us how you would like to local sites and formations likely have surviving first‐nation names, and it could be enjoy open space better. Please enriching and significant to see that represented in the contemporary signing and General provide specific details. maps at least, and beyond that even with living culture and ceremony.

I really want you to follow through on giving land to the Arapaho Cheyenne and Please tell us how you would like to Ute people as a way to right the wrongs of Boulders past. I want them to have a enjoy open space better. Please landing place that they can come to when they are passing through to go to General provide specific details. ceremonies and also where they can do ceremonies and just be here. I run a lot on the Bobolink Trail from Baseline Road. I really wish there was a Please tell us how you would like to portable potty there. It is a high use trail and there are no bathroom facilities at enjoy open space better. Please either end. Why don't you suggest to the local running clubs that they sponsor General provide specific details. porta potties for a particular trailhead?

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please I would be better knowing that this land is returned to local Native tribes and so it General provide specific details. will be held communally among us.

Please tell us how you would like to I would enjoy BCOS better if I knew that the lands were returned to the people of enjoy open space better. Please the Arapaho, Ute, and Cheyenne tribes. From this, a sense of wholeness and General provide specific details. justice would be established, something this land and its people need.

Please tell us how you would like to I would enjoy Boulder's open space better if I had the peace of mind that steps enjoy open space better. Please towards justice were being made in relationship with Arapaho, Cheyenne and Ute General provide specific details. tribes and they were once again made stewards of this land.

I would enjoy open space more if the city designated or gives back land to native people. This land is sacred land and we owe it to the native people. It would also educate and increase the awareness of the public as to the fact that we live on Please tell us how you would like to land which was taken away from Native people. If native people could have back enjoy open space better. Please some land as they have requested, Boulder Valley would set a precedent for General provide specific details. other counties and states. Form Question Comment

Please tell us how you would like to I would like more bike specific built trails close to town. Valmont is nice and all, enjoy open space better. Please but it is too small. Recently visited Durango and was really jealous on the great General provide specific details. trails right next to the town. I would like to advocate to give land back to the Arapaho and other tribes that Please tell us how you would like to were originally here. I would enjoy the space better if there was a way to start to enjoy open space better. Please right the wrongs that our ancestors have done against these people. The way is to General provide specific details. give land back.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. I would like to have more trails to ride (bike) with my dog. She is a good girl

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please I would like to know more about the history of our home, beyond the coming of General provide specific details. the Euro‐Americans.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please I would like to see areas which are included in the wildlife refuge areas fenced off General provide specific details. more regularly with more clear signage to avoid human and pet invasion

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please I would like to see more mountain bike trails (trails with off‐road character). I General provide specific details. would also like to see more bike trails that interconnect existing properties.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please If I were assured of preventing fracking, development and other injurious actions General provide specific details. adjacent to or on natural areas!

Please tell us how you would like to If some of the open spaces were used to redeem our connection to the Arapaho enjoy open space better. Please people were here long before the European settlers arrived and forced their General provide specific details. departure.

I'm grateful to OSMP managers that you've protected our OSMP from bicycles. Thank you! But dogs concern me, whether on or off leash. Many times I have felt threatened by dogs on OSMP trails (and was once bitten; the dog's owner was friendly and apologetic, but this experience just makes me all the more Please tell us how you would like to uncomfortable). With fair frequency I've chosen to turn around rather than go enjoy open space better. Please near dogs, whether on or off leash. Also‐‐and particularly near popular trailheads‐‐ General provide specific details. the presence and smell of dog poop are unpleasant.

I'm not a fan of wide trails which affect primitive character and scenery; users can Please tell us how you would like to work it out without them gates we're suppose to close are too hard to open and enjoy open space better. Please close ‐help! more interpretation and education‐ love it! get serious about litter General provide specific details. and bags of poop degrading land and experience

Please tell us how you would like to Improve continuity of trails, particularly in greater Boulder County (i.e., L‐towns). enjoy open space better. Please Also, replacing parking for horse trailers with passenger vehicle parking in some General provide specific details. areas, Dowdy Draw in particular.

Please tell us how you would like to Keep our agricultural spirt alive, control the overcrowding of trail system by bikes, enjoy open space better. Please make trails that have blind curves one‐way, have on and off use days. Remove General provide specific details. over population of prairie dogs so our grasses come back Form Question Comment

Keep plenty of open space (50% as I have suggested) only for Nature. Educate the public about how to behave on open space land through signage and apps. Have the signage link to the apps (like the devices one gets at a museum for certain exhibits). Have the apps link to a website with photos, too, for people who can't get to certain places for mobility reasons so they can still enjoy Nature. Research shows this is very important for health and well being. Perhaps not everybody would be interested in these, and it may be beneficial to multitudes, even visitors! Also, please offer land to the Arapaho Nation so they can help us restore right relationship with the land and one another. This is a very important spiritual Please tell us how you would like to and energetic opportunity that will set us apart among communities everywhere. enjoy open space better. Please It is another aspect of creating community healing, health, and well being. It sets General provide specific details. a wrong, at least partially, right. We can learn so much from such a reconciling!

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Knowing that it was in the hands of the people that it should be. Knowing the Native Peoples have been welcomed home in truly inclusive ways. Please tell us how you would like to To help us understand a trail as so much more than a highway for running, hiking, enjoy open space better. Please dog walking, and bike riding, To enhance the depth of connection to our homes General provide specific details. and lands.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Less regulations in specific areas to experience nature play, and programs that General provide specific details. support nature play

Make the areas more accessible (thinking more accessible for wheelchair users Please tell us how you would like to specifically). Better access for parks and trails. Make sure our natural areas STAY enjoy open space better. Please natural (That one is probably the most important). Having "nature around serves General provide specific details. very little good if it does not stay natural. More and better, corrected signage about history of the land those who lived here including the time before Europeans arrive. Don't know if this is this place Please tell us how you would like to to say this. But I oppose the proposed bike connection between walker ranch and enjoy open space better. Please Eldorado Springs. That will benefit a few bikes and adversely impact all other uses General provide specific details. and the environment.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please more bike‐legal singletrack trails especially closer/bikeable from town (the General provide specific details. commute should be safe and shorter than the trail ride)

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please More mountain bike access. Make efforts to spread out all users across open General provide specific details. space to reduce crowding at most popular trails.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please more mountain bike trails, especially a trail that traverses the foothills from General provide specific details. dowdy draw/mashall mesa to connect with heil ranch.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. More multi use trails. Form Question Comment

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. More of it

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please More places that allow swimming! I have been SO SAD that so many lakes are General provide specific details. privatized and/or ban swimming

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. more single track bike trails!

Mountain bikes on the trails in the southern section of our open space (Marshal Mesa Trailhead, Flatirons Vista Trail, and Greenbelt Plateau Trailhead) are becoming an issue. As an avid hiker, it is becoming less and less enjoyable to hike in these areas due to a large number of bikes on the trail. When hiking in these areas it feels like you are having to continuously step off the trail to let the next set of bikes go by. I am actually a big supporter of bikes on open space but the number of bikers seems to always be increasing. I would love to see the city of Please tell us how you would like to Boulder look into creating bike specific trails that run parallel to the hiker specific enjoy open space better. Please trails in this area. Or it could be helpful to restrict bikes to only being allowed on General provide specific details. certain days of the week.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. No electric bikes on open space. Dogs always on leashes.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. NO OFF LEASH DOGS. SHUTTLES TO BUSIEST TRAILHEADS.

Now that I have attended classes and paid fees for dogs both within Boulder City limits and in Boulder County, when we moved further east. I have eliminated hiking on trails near Marshall Mesa and over into Dowdy draw area because of rude bikers who fail to warn they are coming, assume they have right os way, and leave me no time to call my 2 dogs in. Further more, I don't believe they pay anything for the trail use while I pay, attend classes, have tags on my dogs. I believe a payment plan for bikers, with a license that can be posted on the back of the bike seat for a fee and a training should be implemented in Boulder County. In addition, a reporting phone number that can also receive tex information should also be available ‐‐ for both dogs and biker violations. I have never ever seen a bike pulled over, but have been stopped several times to have my dogs tags reviewed . I would also like to see right of way signs posted on all Please tell us how you would like to trails or at trailheads, reminding people the order of trails. Bikers yield to runners enjoy open space better. Please yield to hikers. These signs are ubiquitous in CA and OR and it seems it would be General provide specific details. a good lesson for those who share open space in Boulder.

Please tell us how you would like to OSMP is historically poor at dedicating resources to maintaining the current trails enjoy open space better. Please that are part of their system. I think that OSMP should take care of all deferred General provide specific details. maintenance before taking on another single new trail development project. Form Question Comment Please consider giving back lands to the Arapaho and other native peoples. I Please tell us how you would like to would feel better knowing the land has been restored to those it was stolen from. enjoy open space better. Please I would also love to see information and history about native people around the General provide specific details. open space areas.

Please tell us how you would like to Please continue to work on education and training of dog guardians regarding enjoy open space better. Please their dogs' appropriate behavior when off leash, and especially dog poop cleanup. General provide specific details. I still see green plastic bags by trails most times when I hike/walk on OSMP trails. Please, please, please create more access for mountain bikes. Betasso has a really great model for how well mountain bike trail access can work. I also think Please tell us how you would like to that there should be more mountain bike only trails developed in existing trail enjoy open space better. Please networks that would satisfy bikers, and help to prevent conflict between General provide specific details. different trail users.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please preservation. I worry that outdoor experiences and natural areas are becoming General provide specific details. more of a natural experience than an ecosystem, system or environment.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Preserve its natural state as much as possible.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Preserve the Habitat Conservation Areas religiously and don't let them be General provide specific details. compromised. Proper signage about the county's history...Rename Settler's Park, add signage to Mt. Sanitas which solely talks about mining in the area, not about the original Please tell us how you would like to indigenous people who frequented Boulder Valley the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, enjoy open space better. Please Lakota etc. Quarry Woods trail, the Flagstaff Outlook Trail could use accurate General provide specific details. signage.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Proper signage of indigenous history

Recreation is extremely important, and I think it is a major reason why most people live in Boulder. I think there should be trails wherever it is feasible. What's the point of habitat conservation if no one can visit the habitat? OSMP should embrace different forms of recreation, for example allowing mountain biking wherever it is reasonable. And designing some trails intentionally for mountain biking would increase enjoyment. For example have a trail with obstacles on alternative lines on the side that can challenge riders and allow them to build their skills. The skills trails at Valmont Bike Park are good examples. There is a trail with minimal obstacles that any hiker or biker could ride, but then there are options to try more challenging obstacles. Nighttime recreation will become increasingly important as the climate changes. As summers become hotter it will become necessary to escape the heat. And as winters become warmer it Please tell us how you would like to becomes possible to go out at night when the days are short. And as the area's enjoy open space better. Please population continues to grow nighttime recreation helps spread out the demand General provide specific details. and impact of a growing number of visitors. Form Question Comment Reduce and mitigate Xcel and Public Service Co closures of open space. OSMP Please tell us how you would like to lands in south Boulder are largely right of way for utilities. This causes significant enjoy open space better. Please impacts on users, even though the residents of Boulder have paid a lot to own General provide specific details. this land.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Reroute Xcel power lines currently in open space, e.g. South Boulder / Table General provide specific details. Mesa.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please See above notes. The protection for the plants and animals would benefit the General provide specific details. general public as well. See above re reining in dogs running loose, which impacts the presence of Please tell us how you would like to wildlife, and owners leaving poop bags on trail. Also please do not go down the enjoy open space better. Please road the county is exploring of e‐bikes/motorized vehicles. Otherwise love the General provide specific details. open spaces and use them often.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. See above.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Set aside areas, or open up areas, for "quiet" uses of trails; e.g. no loud music.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Shuttle services to popular trailheads. More educational presence on trails about General provide specific details. not leaving dog poop bags and other issues.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Some of the land should be returned to the Arapaho and other native people who General provide specific details. it used to belong to!!!!!

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please General provide specific details. Stop Xcel projects on open space.

Thank you for the real‐time trail conditions map. Continuing this will help me enjoy open space better as it helps me with trip planning. You might consider connecting with JeffCo and some of the neighboring municipalities to create a shared trail conditions map so people see what is available, real‐time, in the region. I check your map and if my trail is closed, I might go elsewhere in Boulder Co or I might go to North Table or Green Mtn in JeffCo, if the conditions are better, so it would be great to have all that information in one place. Your trail conditions map, because it is real‐time, far exceeds others I have seen. I would like to see the community working together on open space projects since that tends to bring people together for a common purpose. With visitor conflict escalating, bringing people together to improve an area they love and for food Please tell us how you would like to after can help improve relationships. Public meetings are great but can invoke enjoy open space better. Please polarizing emotions. Consider giving participants in community projects (for a set General provide specific details. number of hours) a free annual parking pass for the fee lots. Form Question Comment

There are MANY hiking trails and basically only one biking trail that can be accessed without driving, Batasso. I don't understand why the one biking trail is closed 2 times during the week, especially Saturdays, the only day that people Please tell us how you would like to working during the week can ride. This forces riders to drive which is a waste of enjoy open space better. Please resources. given the number of other hiking trails, Batasso should be open to General provide specific details. bikers every the day of the week To know that the Indigenous peoples of this land could have a section of land for Please tell us how you would like to their own purposes would be astounding. It does not have to be open to the enjoy open space better. Please public, but just knowing the Arapaho have land here to do with it what they want General provide specific details. would be amazing. It is the right thing to do.

Please tell us how you would like to Too many people visiting without any investment to sustain it. Maybe out‐of‐ enjoy open space better. Please county auto licenses should pay $ for parking? More education, e.g. "stay on General provide specific details. trail" "get muddy, don't stomp on plants" Respect the wild PLEASE

Please tell us how you would like to Unidirectional trails; alternate use days on trails; build parallel trails to separate enjoy open space better. Please uses (e.g., horses and hikers). Add more voice and sight areas while encouraging General provide specific details. non‐dog owners to recreate outside of those areas.

Please tell us how you would like to Yes! Generally more trails ‐ and more inclusive trails ‐ for the citizens and visitors. enjoy open space better. Please Boulder is growing and is a hub for outdoor recreation. It is a shame that people General provide specific details. need to drive from Boulder to mountain bike as a good example

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Yes, see enforcement notes above. It takes away from the outdoor experience General provide specific details. when people flagrantly ignore your sensible rules.

Please tell us how you would like to enjoy open space better. Please Prohibit use of drones and phone speakers ‐Create more signage about trail General provide specific details. etiquette and yielding order for trail users

Please tell us your ideas that would One more thought: you need to go out and look at your properties and evaluate help you feel more connected with the devastation caused by increased numbers of prairie dogs that were once General Boulder's open space. beautiful fields of grass, flowers etc

Please tell us your ideas that would (The survey has a glitch here: there is no option to respond given when a user help you feel more connected with selects the option to respond). I feel satisfied concerning my connection with General Boulder's open space. OSMP.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. Advertise programs in Daily Camera calendar

Please tell us your ideas that would Again, I support restoration of some land to the Arapaho Nations. We have much help you feel more connected with to learn from those whose home this was prior to the wrongful taking of this land. General Boulder's open space. We can begin to set the energy aright now.

Please tell us your ideas that would As a senior citizen it is concerning to be hiking and to have to watch for the help you feel more connected with aggressive bike riders, it causes stress, especially if you have hearing issues. I General Boulder's open space. would like signage to include American Indian information of place. Form Question Comment

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. As I marked above, I am satisfied with my connection with Boulder open space.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with Beautiful. Just visited boulder for a cannabis Psychidelics experience and felt very General Boulder's open space. connected to the open spaces. Very accesible

Please tell us your ideas that would By designating or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who help you feel more connected with were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, General Boulder's open space. settlers and soldiers.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. By leaving the areas around the trails as natural as possible.

Please tell us your ideas that would Feeling connected to BCOS requires ignoring the immense injustice that has help you feel more connected with allowed me to occupy that space. I can only feel connected and proud of this city General Boulder's open space. knowing that it has returned the land to its rightful stewards.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with Give a great deal of it back to the Arapahoe people who really know how to take General Boulder's open space. care of it

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. Have more trail etiquette education and signage

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with Having more options/opportunities for employment would be great (rec General Boulder's open space. management/graphic design).

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. Honoring indigenous peoples

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with I do wish the rangers were more visible on the more frequently visited areas, General Boulder's open space. such as Sanitas.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. I feel it would be my responsibility to feel more connected. You all do great.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. I feel very connected already.

Please tell us your ideas that would I like the range and diversity of trail "development", from nearly wheelchair help you feel more connected with accessible trails in beautiful areas to challenging scrambles up higher. This range General Boulder's open space. of options makes me feel very welcome Form Question Comment

Please tell us your ideas that would I love the Junion Ranger program. I admire the handiwork of mountain bicylce help you feel more connected with community maintaining/improving trails. Most people are respectful and willing General Boulder's open space. to share the trails. I selected "Yes" for I feel satisfied. I think there is an error in the survey form for Please tell us your ideas that would question #3 as it delivers a pop‐up box to enter suggestions when answering help you feel more connected with "yes" for satisfied instead of when answering "no, I have some suggestions for General Boulder's open space. improvements".

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with I think OSMP is doing a pretty good job of connecting with the community. I General Boulder's open space. particularly like the open house style planning/listening sessions.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. I think you're doing a great job. Perhaps enlist volunteers to patrol the trails, too.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. I volunteer for trail work and those opportunities seem well communicated

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with I would like to see more efforts to connect and build community between General Boulder's open space. different trail user groups to help prevent conflict through greater understanding.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with It would be fantastic to have some history of local tribes as well as Native General Boulder's open space. presence here locally, such as a Native community center.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. It's time, long over due, to return lands to the indigenous Arapaho people.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with More connections from one open space to another!! More signage letting us General Boulder's open space. know about future projects and how I can get involved

More instructional signage re: geology and the Native peoples of this region, both prehistoric and post‐Columbian, would be enriching. Something about the Please tell us your ideas that would ripple rock on North Spring Brook Trail, for instance, or a sign in Gregory Canyon help you feel more connected with regarding the tool cache dated 13,000 BCE (?) found near there. I'd like to know General Boulder's open space. more about what I'm seeing and who has seen it before me.

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Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. None, you do a great job! Form Question Comment

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. None.Communication is adequate

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. Nothing specific comes to mind. I appreciate seeing OSMP Rangers on the trails.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with opportunities to volunteer made known to the public. more trails with designated General Boulder's open space. hiking versus biking or on certain days of the week?

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. Post info. on Next‐door websites...both informative and educational...

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with Programs led by citizens of the Arapahoe, Ute, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Sioux General Boulder's open space. nations, who have knowledge of these lands going back to time immemorial.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. See #4.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. See previous comments.

The city does a great job with their outreach efforts. With that said, I would love to see the city of Boulder continue to increase their use of social media to provide even greater levels of outreach to the community. In addition, I think the city should greatly increase the use of outreach videos. Videos are such a powerful way to help spread important messages to the local population. People are much Please tell us your ideas that would more likely to watch a video that they are interested in than read a report or text‐ help you feel more connected with based social media post. Please increase your use of videos in your outreach General Boulder's open space. efforts! I think it will really pay off.

Working with Native Americans to find a way to open land to them, or give some back to them, so that they can have a place to call home when traveling through or to have their gatherings and ceremonies. If Boulder models this, as it does so many other things for our nation, other cities may follow, gifting back pieces of Please tell us your ideas that would the landscape across our country that was taken from the native people so long help you feel more connected with ago. The work that Right Relationship Boulder is doing could help with this. Thank General Boulder's open space. you for considering and determining what even the first step could be

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with Would appreciate more OSMP presence on the trails to educate/enforce users re General Boulder's open space. dog regulations, how to minimize impacts on wildlife, etc.

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with General Boulder's open space. You do a great job overall! Form Question Comment

Please tell us your ideas that would help you feel more connected with You guys do an awesome job. We live in such a special place with all this open General Boulder's open space. space. I feel very connected to the open space and wildlife we have. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were community connect with local displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, settlers General agricultural operations? and soldiers. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our #5 ‐ less repitition, more detailed, complex science information #6‐ let us on to community connect with local some of these properties to learn and experience ag and animals. phase out General agricultural operations? water intensive nonsustainable ag What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local Again, control the prairie dogs better so that ag areas are growable or pasture General agricultural operations? land! What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our Allow Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapaho peoples to practice traditional foodways on community connect with local open space lands and provide them with some acreage for a youth‐mentoring General agricultural operations? program for indigenous agriculture What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our Better education...you all know so much, and I do not know how to access waht community connect with local you know. Air, water, soil ‐ these things must be cherished. Understanding General agricultural operations? carbon imprint must be established. Boulder Open Space should /not/ be used for farming. The heritage of agricultural use of these arid grass lands is on par with the heritage of destructive resource extraction, viz. the coal mines of Lafeyette and Louisville. Farming What ideas do you have to help devastates local riparian habitats, exhausts precious water supplies, and has left a preserve agriculture and to help our legacy of pollution. The land should be returned as closely as possible to its community connect with local native state, where the only agricultural use would be occasional grazing by cattle General agricultural operations? (if not bison).

By designating or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who What ideas do you have to help were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, preserve agriculture and to help our settlers and soldiers. Native's have infinite knowledge of traditional ecology. If we community connect with local listened to our Native American brothers and sister they could help in preserving General agricultural operations? the environment more than one could even imagine.

Do everything possible to support local organic, biodynamic, and natural farmers What ideas do you have to help through grants, construction of food preservation facilities, expanded preserve agriculture and to help our opportunities to showcase their efforts, and MAKE SURE open space soil is community connect with local restored to healthy condition through great care and soil management! We can General agricultural operations? feed a LOT of people if we care properly for the beautiful soil! What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our Encourage more agriculture use to switch to organic raised food. Provide community connect with local incentives for a reductions in chemicals that are harmful long term to the General agricultural operations? environment First, I love that people are collecting the old apple varieties that were grown What ideas do you have to help here in order to preserve them! Secondly, I would love to understand more preserve agriculture and to help our about how the Native people who lived here before the Euro‐Americans used the community connect with local land. Where did they camp? What did they eat? How did they hunt, gather, General agricultural operations? preserve their food? Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local Give land back to the Arapaho and other native tribes who have claim to this General agricultural operations? land. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our Give the land back to the indigenous people ute Cheyenne and Arapahoe boulder community connect with local is suppose the most liberal place to live but yall arent really helping everyone just General agricultural operations? who fills your pockets stop building more shit and preserve what we have

Guarantee that agricultural operations use the best practices known, e.g. very limited use of chemicals, conservation of water, non‐GMO crops, number and placement of livestock to not degrade land or waterways, wildlife corridors. What ideas do you have to help Public participation in agricultural operations, with explanation of the above, preserve agriculture and to help our helps people understand that good agricultural operations community connect with local http://bit.ly/OSMPgeneralideascan preserve land for wildlife and plants as well as General agricultural operations? produce high quality food. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local General agricultural operations? Guides to and preservation of native foods

I don't see ranches as an appropriate use of open space‐‐cattle are a significant source of greenhouse gases and an inefficient food source. Open spaces should be utilized for preserving native grasslands and wildlife. If grazing is needed, What ideas do you have to help limited cattle presence might be considered, a better option would be re‐ preserve agriculture and to help our introduction of bison. Probably ditto for farming, but in areas where it may be community connect with local deemed appropriate, emphasis should be on organic farming for human General agricultural operations? consumption, not animal feed.

I think it is important to protect the community's small amount of remaining farmland from being developed, as I believe health, quality of life, and the local economy will benefit more the closer Boulder can stay to food self‐reliance. Having opportunities for community awareness and involvement with agriculture could be incredible, especially for youth and students at CU. Legal protections for a certain amount of the area's farmland against development could help, though What ideas do you have to help it would have to be economically viable and publicly valuable ‐ I think reorienting preserve agriculture and to help our our perspective of farmland to being a valuable educational, recreational, and community connect with local cultural draw for people both within and outside of the area could re‐enliven a General agricultural operations? sense of dignity and income for local farmers.

I think there are a plethora of ways to help with environmental/agricultural education and community service with school children and those in higher education. One way which comes to mind is partnering with places like Growing Gardens in Boulder. They do programs with elders from Independent Living homes to get folks involved and feel connected and useful. More community What ideas do you have to help gardens and farmers' markets. Boulder Valley is already well on the way to help preserve agriculture and to help our with the issues of global warming. We have much to learn from the Native community connect with local Peoples about how they did agriculture and lived off the land. We can't wait to General agricultural operations? progress in these avenues. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local I would like the City council to work w the Arapahoe to allow them to "borrow" or General agricultural operations? otherwise use the lands that are their ancestral spiritual home. Form Question Comment What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our I would like to give land back to the tribes that were originally here. They are community connect with local likely to have knowledge about sustainable agriculture. But also, I would like to General agricultural operations? do more than just acknowledging that they were here before us. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local General agricultural operations? Invite and pay indigenous people to conduct classes for others. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local General agricultural operations? Keep up the good work and thanks for your efforts. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our Let the ranchers work the land as they know best, raising crops and livestock community connect with local without Boulder County micromanaging everything they do while increasing their General agricultural operations? rent and or leases to where eventually they are going to be forced out. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local Make all osmp chemical free. I see very few pollinators anywhere in opens space General agricultural operations? anymore What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local General agricultural operations? Organic farming demonstration farm, CSA What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local Provide more farm educational tours ‐Encourage more organic farmers to use General agricultural operations? open space farmland What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local General agricultural operations? Rotational grazing! Horses! What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local School programs with science curriculum, especially for school who don't have an General agricultural operations? active school garden or garden club. What ideas do you have to help Share crop growing lands with local K‐12 school programs, more specifically preserve agriculture and to help our programs that help families with low‐income. And programs like Right community connect with local Relationships Boulder that gives back to the indigenous people and enriches/ General agricultural operations? unifys our community. stop advancing with technology. Our culture is going practically lightspeed to self‐ What ideas do you have to help destruction. If we keep going the direction we are going, we will not have the preserve agriculture and to help our ability to adapt, fix, and change our circumstances. May not of been perfect, but community connect with local we managed to do things well enough before we had all of this technology General agricultural operations? dominating our lives. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our community connect with local The department needs to put more emphasis in preserving and maintaining the General agricultural operations? water rights it has purchased over the years. What ideas do you have to help preserve agriculture and to help our The indigenous people of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute tribes know best how community connect with local to preserve the ancestral land's fertility and the community's connection to it. My General agricultural operations? idea is for them to be stewards of these operations. Form Question Comment

What ideas do you have to help The indigenous people of the Arapaho, Ute, and Cheyenne tribes know best how preserve agriculture and to help our to preserve the fertility of their ancestral lands. Returning the land to them would community connect with local allow for their connection to traditional agriculture on their ancestral lands and General agricultural operations? help all of us who participate in growing food. What ideas do you have to help The indigenous people of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe and Ute tribes know best how preserve agriculture and to help our to care for their land. Returning it to them would allow them to connect with community connect with local traditional agriculture on their lands and preserve the beautiful landscape General agricultural operations? currently being torn apart.

The prairie dogs must be contained. I have been boarding my horses at Boulder Valley Ranch for over 20 years. When I first got there the pastures could easily support 20 ‐ 25 horses. The most that the pastures can support is barely 15 now because of the devastation caused by the explosion in the prairie dog population. yes, there are lots of hawks now, but they cannot keep the numbers down. The pastures are pockmarked with holes now. I am not worried as much by the holes as the loss of grasslands and the increasing numbers in the hay fields. The prairie dogs, as they build up their mounds, dig up not only the grasses but the roots, leaving the ground bare for the weeds to spread. This summer there was a sea of thistle replacing what had been a lovely pasture of different grasses. I have photos of the pasture 15 years ago with the grasses up to my knees. now it is all stubble. The same has happened to the Hidden Valley. there was a small colony What ideas do you have to help in one area 10 years ago. Now the valley is nothing but yucca and bind weed. If preserve agriculture and to help our you want to preserve the agricultural heritage of Boulder, you must listen to the community connect with local pleas of the ranchers about the prairie dogs. Boulder Valley ranch is a gem, a General agricultural operations? treasure to be preserved, not driven into extinction by neglect.

There will be no agricultural properties left to connect to if management does not improve. Here is an insight‐‐I was at my horse trailer the other day at Boulder Valley Ranch‐‐a women asked me why the land is so overgrazed‐‐I had to correct her and tell her the land is not overgrazed‐‐the prairie dogs are the ones that are What ideas do you have to help destroying the grasses so there is nothing left for the horse and cattle. She had no preserve agriculture and to help our idea that the prairie dogs ate the grass. Perhaps educating the public as to the community connect with local destructive capabilities of this rodent when it is over abundant and not controlled General agricultural operations? will lead to a better balancing act.

when i volunteered on food systems while living in fort collins in years past What ideas do you have to help boulder was looked to as the vanguard. yet, now that I live here, I have no preserve agriculture and to help our awareness of or experience with it. how can this be brought into greater community connect with local awareness? i feel as if there's still a great identification in boulder with its General agricultural operations? agricultural roots/past‐‐ripe grounds for growing greater awareness. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were space experiences and to conserve displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, settlers General Boulder's open space? and soldiers. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? We must find a solution to handling the prairie dog solution Form Question Comment

A piece of land should be made permanently available to Native American people What ideas do you have that would for their use in temporary lodging, ceremonial use, and other needs of the help us to improve your open indigenous people. This could also be an educational experience for the Boulder space experiences and to conserve Valley community. One possibility would be the Poor Farm on 63rd Street General Boulder's open space? between Valmont and Jay Road.

Actually listen and RESPOND to and change course based on citizen concerns. You What ideas do you have that would are supposed to be serving the community. Preserve areas like Wonderland help us to improve your open instead of building nature centers, fishing piers, and other structures that will space experiences and to conserve profoundly impact local wildlife and the ecosystem‐‐not to mention the General Boulder's open space? experience of those who own property bordering open space.

After the trauma of Europeans forcefully removing indigenous Araphaho, Ute, and Cheyenne peoples from their homes in this area in the past few hundred What ideas do you have that would years, no apologies or attempts to correct these acts have addressed their help us to improve your open tangible effects. An actual action that would mean much more than any empty space experiences and to conserve gesture and help repair the wounds of our society is to return some of this land to General Boulder's open space? the descendants of the native people who were removed. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Be more aggressive in scheduling volunteer work days for trail building and General Boulder's open space? restoration. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Be sure to involve Arapaho in this conversation. (Right Relationship Boulder is an General Boulder's open space? honest bridge) What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Begin planning for e‐bike usage, as they are only going to become more space experiences and to conserve commonplace. Consider directional bike trails. For very popular areas alternate General Boulder's open space? use days (like Jeff Co uses) is an attractive solution.

Boulder has an opportunity to actively promote the restoring of relationship with What ideas do you have that would the Arapaho tribe who once inhabited this Valley. The proper use of open spaces help us to improve your open might be part of providing the "space" the Arapaho need to come home with an space experiences and to conserve interpretive center, Arapaho cafe,etc. Reach out to Right Relationship Boulder to General Boulder's open space? involve them in this exploration. What ideas do you have that would buy more mountain properties with great habitat and charming trails, buy help us to improve your open inholdings, protect quiet hiking uses from powerful mt. biking lobby (I predict space experiences and to conserve soon to become motorized via illegal ebikes), educate and interpret fascinating General Boulder's open space? history here! What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open By designating or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who space experiences and to conserve were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, General Boulder's open space? settlers and soldiers. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Can their be a gravel trail from Erie to Boulder along that abandoned train track? space experiences and to conserve I believe that would help cut down traffic on Isabelle & Valmont during rush General Boulder's open space? hours.

What ideas do you have that would Conserve this land It will be gone if we don't take care of it. People need to help us to improve your open realize we may have to pay more to use it we have to decrease the abuse on the space experiences and to conserve trails. Just because someone wants to do whatever like Mountain bike on the General Boulder's open space? trails does tea. That is the best thing for the trails Form Question Comment What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? Continue the focus on it procure More there has been too Much development What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Continued education to help people understand how amazing our natural space experiences and to conserve habitats in Colorado are and how important public access lands are to our health General Boulder's open space? and enjoyment. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Dedicate land to the Arapahoe, Utes, Cheyennes, Comanches, and Sioux for them General Boulder's open space? to manage and use. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Dedicate Poor Farm property to Arapaho and other tribes, ask them to come up space experiences and to conserve with a management plan for the property, including use of the Wells home for General Boulder's open space? lodging and cultural exhibits and programs.

Designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, settlers What ideas do you have that would and soldiers. I think this would add integrity to our stewardship. Hopefully it help us to improve your open would lead to our having a more accurate picture of the history of our home. space experiences and to conserve Maybe support a Native American Cultural Center eventually. There are many General Boulder's open space? wonderful possibilities! What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? Do not allow trailhead parking in residential areas. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Do not compromise OS land for any development...have that be written in General Boulder's open space? stone..and nonnegotiable... What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Educate faith communities...give them things to print in their community space experiences and to conserve newsletters. Educate middle schoolers and high schoolers on specifically WHAT General Boulder's open space? they can know and dol What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Focus on nature connection as a pathway to conservation through loosening General Boulder's open space? regulations to certain areas for nature play What ideas do you have that would For me, preservation of open space ecosystems on the western open space lands help us to improve your open of of paramount concern. I would like to see more education for trail users re: space experiences and to conserve the impact that going off trails or letting dogs run loose off trails has on birds and General Boulder's open space? mammals. e.g. Abert squirrels. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Give land back to the Arapaho and other native tribes who have claim to this General Boulder's open space? land. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve give land to Arapahoe and other Natives who were displaced by miners, settlers General Boulder's open space? and soldiers Form Question Comment What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Give the land back to the indigenous people ute Cheyenne and Arapahoe boulder space experiences and to conserve is suppose the most liberal place to live but yall arent really helping everyone just General Boulder's open space? who fills your pockets What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? Giving land back to the Arapaho for whatever purposes they deem fit. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? Grant indigenous rights to the land and involve them in education What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve ‐Have more rangers available to actually ticket trail violations ‐Stop encouraging General Boulder's open space? out‐of‐town visitors to Boulder's open space What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Have more trails open for night outdoor recreation, even if just on specified General Boulder's open space? nights What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Honor the Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapaho peoples' right to the land by giving them space experiences and to conserve right to collect, camp, and visit, as well as creating a welcome center for them General Boulder's open space? with lodging so that they can come to their land.

I am a Boulder resident and I am writing to advocate for land to be made available for private and exclusive use by Arapaho and other Indigenous nations ‐‐ as the Arapaho people have requested. These efforts are being facilitated by an interfaith group of Native and non‐Native people working with local governments What ideas do you have that would and organizations to help all Boulder Valley residents learn about the Native help us to improve your open peoples who lived here historically and those who live here today. space experiences and to conserve https://www.boulderfriendsmeeting.org/ipc‐right‐relationship‐2/ Thank you for General Boulder's open space? your help in restoring right relationships. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve I am a broken record but, I think connecting more trails and linking riding areas General Boulder's open space? would be great. More bike riding less driving! I am part of Right Relationship Boulder and have taught in BVSD for over 25 years. What ideas do you have that would I feel that Boulder's gov't should either set aside land to return to the help us to improve your open descendants of the indigenous people who have lawful right to the land of space experiences and to conserve Boulder Valley, or provide special provisions for them to have access to their General Boulder's open space? ancestral lands.

I am really interested in exploring how we can utilize the resources we have available to connect more with the indigenous peoples whose land this really is. At the very least this can include updated signage, names of places, and available information to accurately represent the true history and present reality. Any of this information should come via consultation with the Native communities. What really needs to happen is finding a way to get the displaced populations reconnected with their land. This would involve giving land back. Land that could What ideas do you have that would be used to satisfy their needs ‐ camping as they travel through here, access to help us to improve your open their traditional plants, space for an educational center if they so wish, etc. The space experiences and to conserve fact is that we reside on stolen land. I think open space has a unique potential to General Boulder's open space? help repair some of the damage that has been done. Form Question Comment

I believe it is important to preserve areas for the local species, even those which are not immediately endangered or immediately endearing. Protecting and creating species‐specific habitats could improve biodiversity, and I believe that OSMP is in a unique position to increase appreciation, acceptance, and community safety concerning species otherwise considered a nuisance or a danger. Education via signage and interpretive sites as well as broader campaigns What ideas do you have that would for low‐clash human/animal cohabitation could allow valuable species such as help us to improve your open foxes, bears, mountain lions, prairie dogs, raccoons, coyotes, skunks, and the like space experiences and to conserve to thrive and continue being important and irreplaceable participants in the local General Boulder's open space? ecosystem. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open I have a hard time with bicycles being on the trails. I find them disruptive, space experiences and to conserve especially when I'm looking for a quiet, nature experience, and bikers are looking General Boulder's open space? for thrills. I would prefer no bikes on trails. I have been working with Right Relationship Boulder on the possibility of land for What ideas do you have that would the Arapaho and other tribes who were forced to leave this area. A project that help us to improve your open includes land for Arapaho use and for education of all would increase enjoyment space experiences and to conserve and relationships for all. I would like to see work on this with tribes and local General Boulder's open space? indigenous people. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve I recommend that the land be given back to the Arapaho and other Native General Boulder's open space? peoples in the area that have been displaced from their ancestral lands.

I support setting aside land for the use by the Arapaho and other indigenous people, even if it means giving up my own access to some areas. This was a What ideas do you have that would specific request from the Arapaho leadership. It would be a relatively small action help us to improve your open on the side of the city that would have a huge positive impact to the Arapaho and space experiences and to conserve others. As well, more presence of, and relationships with, indigenous people will General Boulder's open space? promote cultural exchange that benefits all residents and visitors.

I think all who use the open space in Boulder who should have to support it ‐ thru parking fees, licenses, and responsible stewardship. No one group should bear the extra costs of maintenance above and beyond the money received from taxes. Currently, I feel you have put the onus on dog owners unfairly ‐ rarely do people have a way to complain about bike riders (who tear up trails significantly and fly around corners into oncoming walkers ‐ i.e. Marshall Mesa area) or What ideas do you have that would runners who demand full trail access always, or horse back riders who are not help us to improve your open required to pick up their horses poop. I would suggest you look at all of the users space experiences and to conserve of the trails instead of focusing on a single group, and then punishing them with General Boulder's open space? closed trails and fees. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve I think you need a lot more rangers to patrol the trails to monitor what is going General Boulder's open space? on. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open I wanted to write in support of Right Relationship Boulder's proposal to designate space experiences and to conserve or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who were displaced General Boulder's open space? from their Boulder Valley homeland. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve I would like to give land back to the Arapaho and the other tribes that were here General Boulder's open space? before us. Form Question Comment

I would like to have land set aside for the excusive use of federally recognized tribes of American Indians. 70% of the US population of American Indians live in urban areas. Colorado is said to have 60,000 tribal members living along the front range and on the two federally recognized reservations of Ute Mountain Ute in Towoac and the Southern Ute of Ignacio. The possibility of an Indigenous Cultural Center here in Boulder would be a great opportunity to recognize the cultures from all across the nation and for those cultures to come together in the urban world in which they work, go to school and live. These tribal people are pretty invisible to the general population, sometimes being told that they didn't know What ideas do you have that would there were still Indians alive. I would like to have a serious discussion between help us to improve your open the very active local American Indian community and Open Space and Parks. I space experiences and to conserve would like to see a space where the American Indian community are the General Boulder's open space? representatives of who we are, what we do, what we say. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open I would like to see OSMP make a commitment in the master plan to the space experiences and to conserve sustainability and reintroduction of some native species that have gone missing in General Boulder's open space? our open space system.

What ideas do you have that would In the spirit of following through on Indigenous land acknowledgements, work help us to improve your open with contemporary affiliated tribal communities (Ute, Arapaho, Cheyenne) to space experiences and to conserve restore Indigenous connections to place through land grants and/or buy‐back General Boulder's open space? opportunities. What ideas do you have that would Issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples Day and how to accurately communicate help us to improve your open with tribal governments and peoples to accomplish those goals. honestly, there space experiences and to conserve needs to be a dedicated paid city of boulder staff position to meet the General Boulder's open space? "therefore" s of the resolution 1190.

Keep development of all kinds in check. We can no longer pretend we can do whatever we want to the land and expect it to sustain us. We must become conscious, caring stewards to prepare for future generations. We must lead the way for this nation right now! Let's show the world what all the brilliant, creative minds here can do. We don't need more developments as much as we need clean air to breath, clean water to drink and for growing healthy food and kids. The myth of private ownership is ending, just a the illness of private greed without any regard for the well being of the community must be cured. We face What ideas do you have that would unparalleled challenges. Together we can create a new way of living together that help us to improve your open respects the Laws of Nature. Let's take up the staff of right stewardship, living in space experiences and to conserve harmony with the Earth, the microbes, flora and fauna who sustain us. What we General Boulder's open space? do to and for the web of Life we do for ourselves. Thank You! What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? make more of it. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? Make some of the open space available to indigenous people. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? more dedicated mountain bike trails to spread out the mountain bike traffic. Form Question Comment

More mountain bike access in existing trail networks. Especially along the mesa trail corridor. There are huge parts of OSMP that a large group of trail users do not get to enjoy. More access to mixed use trails, down hill only trails, more directional traffic (a la Betasso), on/off days for bikes/horses/hikers. If we allow What ideas do you have that would more access to more trails for ALL users it will reduce the amount of conflict on help us to improve your open the very few trails that bikes currently have access to. Combine that with smart space experiences and to conserve trail managment (again, betasso is a great example) and there should be a much General Boulder's open space? happier community of OSMP users!

My highest priority is to preserve and protect natural values of our OS! At the same time, we need to continue to try to accommodate those (perhaps a growing What ideas do you have that would proportion of users), who must confine themselves to easier trails. Continuing to help us to improve your open maintain such trails near particularly popular and beautiful THs is a good idea. space experiences and to conserve Also, to help first‐time users at heavily used THs (e.g.,Chautauqua), trail signs with General Boulder's open space? easy‐to‐read indicators of elevation gain could help.

Now that the vast majority of available and suitable lands have been purchased, turn your attention to acquiring water rights. Then "fallow" these rights by returning the water to the creeks and enforcing ownership downstream by What ideas do you have that would denying junior users any secondary claims ‐ use the water for the fish and the help us to improve your open fowl, not for the farmers who will waste it on corn and sugar beets. Once space experiences and to conserve suitable rights are acquired, vacate ditch easements and restore the land by General Boulder's open space? ridding it of ditches no longer needed.

What ideas do you have that would OSMP should make all properties leash only for dogs. If the department did that it help us to improve your open could significantly reduce resources spent on rangers. OSMP has far too many space experiences and to conserve staff dedicated to planning, ecological services and rangers. Citizens like me voted General Boulder's open space? to acquire open space not create bureaucratic empires. OSMP trails need to be separated from utility rights of way. OSMP needs to be What ideas do you have that would clear with residents that recreational use of OSMP lands are of secondary help us to improve your open importance to utility ROW access. OSMP should focus it's decision making space experiences and to conserve entirely on the impact the utility right of way has on Boulder resident access to General Boulder's open space? the lands. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? Please continue to not develop or build anything near open space. What ideas do you have that would Please designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who help us to improve your open were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, space experiences and to conserve settlers and soldiers. Perhaps a cultural center displaying indigenous cultures, General Boulder's open space? plants, medicines, etc. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Please designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native peoples who space experiences and to conserve were displaced from their Boulder Valley homeland by Euro‐American miners, General Boulder's open space? settlers and soldiers. Thank you. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Please give some space back to the Arapaho nation as part of the recognition of space experiences and to conserve their previous rights to this land. Coordinate efforts with the Right Relationship General Boulder's open space? Boulder group! What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Please rename parks in area reflecting indigenous people's experiences and add General Boulder's open space? in both sides of story so people know what really happened here. Form Question Comment What ideas do you have that would Please, please return the land to the indigenous peoples. Boulder has the help us to improve your open opportunity to set a national precedent, which would not only begin to undo past space experiences and to conserve wrongs but would enable us to truly begin to address the biggest crisis of our General Boulder's open space? time, climate change.

Poor Air pollution on the Front Range of Colorado is a big issue. I would love to see the city of Boulder encourage the adoption of electric cars to help curb some of this pollution. Some ideas include installing electric car charging stations at all of our trailheads. I would also encourage installing a larger number of electric car What ideas do you have that would only parking spaces (without charging stations). Electric cars help improve our help us to improve your open local air quality. I always hate getting out of my electric Leaf and come to find a space experiences and to conserve big SUV belching out noxious fumes from its tailpipe in the spot next to me. The General Boulder's open space? more we can encourage people to drive electric cars the better for our local air. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Proper signage of indigenous history in this area. Inviting them back and giving General Boulder's open space? them space to practice ceremony What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Restoring some portion of OSMP lands to Native ownership would be an General Boulder's open space? important act of goodwill. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Return land to the native people. It must be done in order to be in right relation, space experiences and to conserve and to begin to repair the immense damages done to the native people through General Boulder's open space? colonization. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve General Boulder's open space? See previous What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Set aside land for Arapaho and other Native peoples on whose land we live and space experiences and to conserve recreate so that they can feel welcome to visit and partake in their ceremonies General Boulder's open space? and customs on their home turf. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Set aside sacred land space for our indigenous peoples to restore/ honor their General Boulder's open space? presence here. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Some of this land should be returned to local tribes like the Ute and Arapaho. It's space experiences and to conserve their land. Let's live communally in that sense. Yes, the land is for our enjoyment General Boulder's open space? but it also needs stewards. They will be good stewards for the land. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open Stop protecting prairie dogs, enable kill control to maintain hay and other space experiences and to conserve growing agricultural properties. Allow the farmers who lease these properties to General Boulder's open space? take a means available to bring back the land and its production What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open The City should designate or give back land to the Arapaho and other Native space experiences and to conserve peoples who were displaced from their Boulder Valley, homeland by Euro‐ General Boulder's open space? American miners, settlers and soldiers. Form Question Comment

The people of the Arapaho, Ute, and Cheyenne tribes deserve reparations for centuries of genocide and illegal land occupations. One way this can look is to return to the people their ancestral lands. If BCOS wanted to do more to provide the native folks their due reparations, BCOS would consider also giving large What ideas do you have that would shares of the profits made over the timespan of the existence of the BCOS to help us to improve your open these people. Most importantly, BCOS needs to accept the responsibility of space experiences and to conserve profiting off of the enclosure of stolen lands and take measures to establish General Boulder's open space? strong ties with people of the native tribes to this area and listen to their asks. What ideas do you have that would We are living on land taken from the Arapaho people, and we should return open help us to improve your open space land to them and/or designate it for their use. Unless we make major, space experiences and to conserve tangible reparations, we will never be able to rebuild right relations with the General Boulder's open space? Arapaho or other native peoples. What ideas do you have that would help us to improve your open We have heard very clearly that the Indigenous Population (Arapaho) are asking space experiences and to conserve for land in Boulder County for prayer, rest, sweat lodges, etc. I think this is the General Boulder's open space? LEAST that we could do for them.

What ideas do you have that would yes, as mentioned above, please designate land to native people. Also signage help us to improve your open needs to be accurate to indicate the history of this open space. We are very space experiences and to conserve fortunate to live here and enjoy all the open space. Recently, a person here in General Boulder's open space? Boulder exclaimed, "We should be paying rent to the native peoples!" What are your ideas for helping * Improve mountain habitat for animals (improve food sources for bears to maintain ecosystem health and reduce town visits) * Reduce pet impact on OSMP trails and wildlife. Leashes EHR resilience? required for all dogs.

1. Human‐occupied landscapes, be these urban, low‐density suburbia, or agricultural can have positive or negative roles in the maintenance of vulnerable species. The landscapes interface and interfinger with open space. The role of What are your ideas for helping these landscapes should be researched and considered in all aspects of research maintain ecosystem health and and management. 2. Attention should be given to expanding public participation EHR resilience? in monitoring open‐space landscapes. Citizen science. 1. Prioritize trail maintenance, especially in trail sections that get muddy or pond water, to minimize hikers widening the trails by stepping around wet/muddy What are your ideas for helping areas. 2. Reduce areas in which dogs are allowed. 3. Increase number of trails maintain ecosystem health and that have on‐leash requirements. The 'voice and sight control' system does not EHR resilience? work for too many dogs.

1. Spread recreation out to reduce user conflict and deep impact 2. Designate sacrifice areas in riparian and other areas for things like letting kids recreate and learn‐by‐experience, even if the areas are somewhat degraded, they can be What are your ideas for helping shifted over time to allow the areas to recover and others to take over. I think it maintain ecosystem health and is pretty sad that virtually every "interesting" place along trail corridors is blocked EHR resilience? off and accessible only to Resource personnel. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Acquire and demolish structures and pavement from floodplains to create wildlife EHR resilience? corridors, also construct more highway crossings for wildlife. What are your ideas for helping Actively enforce the camping bans. * Transient populations damage the maintain ecosystem health and environment with camp fires, human waste, trash, and imperil the safety of EHR resilience? woman hiking alone in open space. What are your ideas for helping Adequately fund open space so that management policies can be used. Also maintain ecosystem health and prioritizing most sensitive areas and identifying highest impact activities so these EHR resilience? can be appropriately controlled. Form Question Comment What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Allow people to use openspace so they won't have to drive away from Boulder EHR resilience? and use areas elsewhere as much. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Allow some places to exist as under a wilderness designation, with less human EHR resilience? interference and less restoration/management.

As a frequent user of OSMP i'm seeing less and less wildlife. I want OSMP to What are your ideas for helping emphasize the importance of habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors. I would maintain ecosystem health and like to see my city commit to no net loss of wildlife habitat. I would like to see us EHR resilience? connect the habitats that are already fragmented. Thank you!

As I told the head of Open Space and Mountain Parks ten years ago, remove the very dangerous slab that is hanging by a thread about 130 yards down Ranger trail from the top of Green Mountain, at the 180 degree turn on the trail. There What are your ideas for helping used to be two but one has already fallen off. People don't realize the danger and maintain ecosystem health and stand right under it. It would be extremely easy to remove, let me know and I will EHR resilience? send you a picture of it. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Ask our Arapahoe friends how they took care of the area for thousands of years EHR resilience? until they were forced out. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? ban dogs from trails. limit access by mountain bikes :) What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and basically let nature takes it course and take care of itself; don't want to "over EHR resilience? manage". What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and be aware of and monitor urban light pollution especially in relation to riparian EHR resilience? corridors and open spaces affected by increased development of land.

Be cautious about hasty intervention. Nature will cope in some in fashion and it may be wiser to do less and let ecosystems adapt to new conditions. After all, What are your ideas for helping today's landscape has been through major climatic upheavals over the last few maintain ecosystem health and million years. That being said there are a few candidates for mitigation over the EHR resilience? next few decades ‐‐ forest thinning, wetlands, trail maintenance. What are your ideas for helping Be sure to include the preservation and ecosystem health of Open space maintain ecosystem health and agricultural land. As farmers age, reach out to small farms for possible EHR resilience? partnership with OSMP. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Better, more sustainable parks and trails, that support a broader range of human EHR resilience? activities. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Careful consideration of partnering with other groups in order to achieve similar EHR resilience? goals that may require compromise by all parties.

Change Prairie dog ordinance and policies now(don't keep talking around it) so eco systems and agricultural land can be actively preserved. Allow farmers to What are your ideas for helping farm and honor commitment to local food. It is more humane to eliminate a few maintain ecosystem health and initial holes before new colonies establish, than move/kill 100's after they have EHR resilience? degraded a property and tax payers investment. What are your ideas for helping Charge all the people who come from outside Boulder county, who put Soo much maintain ecosystem health and pressure on our open spaces. Until there counties invest in open spaces like we EHR resilience? have. Form Question Comment

Climbers truly appreciate that we can climb outdoors in Boulder County, but many trails to the cliffs are unmarked. I've missed trails several times, which leads me to bushwack around the woods or Boulder canyon, probably causing erosion What are your ideas for helping in the process. Please coordinate with the Boulder Climbing Coalition to improve maintain ecosystem health and trail signage and trail maintenance so that climbers can stay on well maintained EHR resilience? trails and off of plants! What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Connectivity is crucial. Large areas of open space must be connected such that EHR resilience? wildlife (and plants too) can move from one spot to another.

Consider granting ecosystems and all the plants and animals they support legal What are your ideas for helping rights that can help protect them for generations to come. Also, please focus on maintain ecosystem health and connecting the habitats that are already fragmented with new wildlife corridors EHR resilience? and on ensuring no "not net loss" of wildlife habitat. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Control populations of prairie dogs to restore out native grasslands What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Control urban sprawl and development! No more rich tech companies in Boulder EHR resilience? and new developments! What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Create a trail system that is fun, well maintained, and deliver a high quality user EHR resilience? experience so visitors stay on the trail. What are your ideas for helping Create and preserve wildlife corridors and habitat connectivity. Greatly reduce maintain ecosystem health and trails and access that crosses wildlife breeding areas and impact of bikes, dogs EHR resilience? and any motorized vehicles. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Create more trails that are strictly on leash for dogs. There are just a handful of EHR resilience? trails that are strictly on leash trails.

What are your ideas for helping Create more wildlife corridors and connectivity. These features are essential for maintain ecosystem health and wildlife to exist (i.e. reproduce, hunt, be resilient in urban/suburban areas, EHR resilience? healthy populations with good genetic variation, etc.) What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Develop specific strategies to minimize impacts of recreational uses to maintain EHR resilience? larger, unfragmented blocks while allowing recreational use. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Do more managed hunts on boulder county land when applicable, like the elk EHR resilience? hunt that was done recently What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Do studies, yes, but allow access to OSMP for people's use. We set it aside so we EHR resilience? could use it, not have you make it against the law to enjoy.

Dogs are part of our residents lives. Boulder is a dog NON friendly dog city‐ one of the worst in the USA mostly because of OSMP. We should not, nor will we ever get our lands like they were 100 years ago. Unfortunately the people at the department do not like dogs, do not understand statistics nor do they know how to interpret studies. In a university town this is appalling. Want less poop bags on the paths? Install more trash cans. Want less dogs on trails? Move to another city. Most people in Boulder own dogs. Your s&S program is a sham‐ just a tax on dog What are your ideas for helping owners. I don't have a dog but I feel OSMP is shameful. People who set up these maintain ecosystem health and restrictive rules which are based not on facts and by people who don't EHR resilience? understand statistics. Shame on you. Form Question Comment Education efforts to conserve resources and respect our habitat. Efforts to help What are your ideas for helping developing nations to develop better, cleaner infrastructure will have a greater maintain ecosystem health and impact than any local efforts. Trust science to solve problems instead of EHR resilience? retreating to minimalism. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Encourage community participation by offering wildlife guides to educate and EHR resilience? inspire locals to appreciate the native flora

Encourage more people into the Open Space by adding trails for various groups, What are your ideas for helping hikerss, cyclists, dog walkers, historians (you do a terrible job with Boulders maintain ecosystem health and history in the Open Space etc. By having more people out there there will be EHR resilience? more eyes to report problems and increase the value of nature in the community. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Ensure that all dogs are on leash to minimize conflicts and disturbance of native EHR resilience? species.

Ensure that there are sufficient wildlife corridors and pathways so that wildlife can freely move between open spaces without being forced into heavily What are your ideas for helping populated areas. If researching sustainable futures, mapping out movement of maintain ecosystem health and animals (not just sightings in the city) to better understand how to create safer EHR resilience? movement, should be part of that. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Expand parking at the s Mesa trailhead What are your ideas for helping Focus efforts on changing the culture! This is not just about the actual ecosystem maintain ecosystem health and but about how humans see their place in it. We need to re‐wild ourselves, at EHR resilience? least start that process. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Focus more on mountain ecosystems with the county instead of degraded ag EHR resilience? lands and views

Focus on educating different user groups, appropriate trail etiquette within each What are your ideas for helping user group, and then minimizing conflicts between user groups. Massive maintain ecosystem health and education campaign for managing visitor impact monitoring and mitigation ‐ how EHR resilience? users actions negatively impact the ecosystems. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Focus on education for the general public. When people are educated, they can EHR resilience? be better stewards of the land and our earth. Focus on environment, habitat and preservation over recreation. Designate multiple habitat type sites as no access. Think about connectivity and bigger What are your ideas for helping picture but don't let the smaller sites that may be an oasis go to waste. maintain ecosystem health and INVENTORY everything, everywhere... you can't manage a site well if you don't EHR resilience? know what it has or its value. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Focus on habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors ‐Work relentlessly to prevent EHR resilience? any fracking on Open Space For each species on the State list of species of concern that exists or previously What are your ideas for helping existed on OSMP lands, examine the factors that led to extirpation or are limiting maintain ecosystem health and its conservation. These factors should be targets for increasing or maintaining EHR resilience? biodiversity. Get funds from non‐hunters, folks that love wildlife alive and enjoy them being in What are your ideas for helping the Rockies! With those funds, help to restore whose wildlife like bringing back maintain ecosystem health and wolves and increasing mountain lion and bear numbers. Stop the building of new EHR resilience? homes in wildlife areas. Form Question Comment What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Get the community involve as a part of the ecosystem, so we all contribute to the EHR resilience? care and defense of mother earth. What are your ideas for helping Grey water grey water boulder county septic smart program is a huge waste of maintain ecosystem health and resources and peoples time. Educate them and change those rules to better EHR resilience? support the groundwater system What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Holistic farm management with your tenant farmers

How about managing to support the people who pay for and ultimately own the Open Space? The diverse, eco‐friendly, high‐quality eco‐system does not mean anything unless the people who pay for this open space have access, including What are your ideas for helping dog owners. If we continue to over think and overregulate this space eventually maintain ecosystem health and no one will care about it since they cannot access the resource. Manage for the EHR resilience? citizens, not some lofty environmental agenda.

How about managing what you have now. Put your money into outreach for the users of these lands. The disrespect for our open spaces and the "dirt hill" results What are your ideas for helping that I have seen in the past 30 years is heart breaking. No effort has been made maintain ecosystem health and by the OSMP to educate visitors how to use and respect the land. I have tried EHR resilience? and all I get from the visitors is verbal disrespect. I give up! How can we educate more people about LNT and camping practices when there What are your ideas for helping are tourists just visiting or camping on public lands? I'm sick of trash, people maintain ecosystem health and walking off trail, and people throwing lit cigarettes out windows leaving EHR resilience? accidental conflagrations in their dust. Humans love to think they can "manage nature". It's stunning to realize that What are your ideas for helping developers and environmentalists have the exact same arrogance. "Nature" has maintain ecosystem health and no interest in the grandiose plans of the human ego. Leave Her alone; she'll be EHR resilience? fine. I am an advocate for animal rights/liberation. Each and every animal is an individual, deserving equal consideration, respect, and, yes, rights, first and foremost the right to life and liberty, free from human‐inflicted harm and death; What are your ideas for helping second the right to habitat. My fondest wish is that the above inform and be pre‐ maintain ecosystem health and eminent in every decision. Thank You. In Faith and Gratitude..All God's EHR resilience? Grace...Mark Wiesenfeld/Damodar:

What are your ideas for helping I am familiar with the Shanahan trails, and think they badly need to be rebuilt, maintain ecosystem health and more like wider trails so two people abreast can walk on them and we aren't EHR resilience? trampling down the vegetation and making new (double) trails.

I don't believe that research done in the past has always been scientifically What are your ideas for helping rigorous; in fact I think it's sometimes been biased to support political positions of maintain ecosystem health and staff or council. I realize that good objective research may be prohibitively EHR resilience? expensive; if we can't afford it, we shouldn't do it at all. What are your ideas for helping I don't like the priority list as it is set up...all of the efforts listed should be done maintain ecosystem health and simultaneously. I hope someone else suggests that the department funding EHR resilience? reflect commitment to implement 1‐6. What are your ideas for helping I feel completely unqualified to express recommendations on question #1. I don't maintain ecosystem health and know what the threats are, I haven't a clue what the costs of the various EHR resilience? suggested "conservation efforts" would be. Form Question Comment

I have a dog that's 16 years old that I got as a puppy. 16 years ago there were many places I could take my dog off leash. Fast forward to today, and about 1/3 of those places in open space are gone as restricted to either "no dog" or "leash What are your ideas for helping only". I'd like to see more open space open to off leash. Stop bending to a noisey maintain ecosystem health and minority who dislike dogs. They should ask themselves as to even why did they EHR resilience? move to Boulder with that type of attitude.

I think Boulder County needs to run more capaigns on ecosystem awareness. I know too many people that just don't respect the environment that we all live in. This is shown by the amount of trash I pick up every time I go hiking in Boulder ‐ there are plenty of trash cans available at open space parks, the problem is with What are your ideas for helping the attitude of the people using the trails that littering is ok. I think more "Keep it maintain ecosystem health and clean cuz were all downstream" ‐ type campaigns need to happen in Boulder EHR resilience? County

I think one of the very biggest threat is the destruction caused by the orate dogs . I'm horrified by the accelerated damage in the last 5 years that these cute little What are your ideas for helping creatures are causing And with the use of a plague "vaccine" by Open Space, we maintain ecosystem health and have lost the last remaining natural control on them. I don't have the answer but EHR resilience? am so disappoint ed that the prairie dogs are so protected here. What are your ideas for helping I think there is some evidence that invasive species can be controlled through maintain ecosystem health and changes in soil microorganisms, e.g. cheatgrass (thanks to your staff for sending EHR resilience? me scientific references) What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Identify nearby areas that might be useful for transplanting species at threat due EHR resilience? to effects of climate change What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Incorporate habitat throughout adjacent private land, eg native landscaping, EHR resilience? green roofs, permeable paving, etc. bring nature into the city more Increase number of places where dogs are NOT allowed to reduce dog poop waste, dog poop bags and annoyances related to too many dogs on the trails. What are your ideas for helping Unpopular opinion, but its silly to worry so much about human waste and then let maintain ecosystem health and dogs off leash everywhere to poop. Many reasons to reduce dogs in the EHR resilience? wilderness.

What are your ideas for helping Increase the number of hiker/equestrian only trails and reduce the number of maintain ecosystem health and trails open to bikes. Bikes cause significant trail erosion and widening And are also EHR resilience? incompatible with hikers/equestrians/children/older folks. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Increase total number of trails on Open Space to distribute human activity and EHR resilience? impact instead of concentrate it?

Invest in long‐term practical research that provides crucial information for management plans. Not being afraid to say no to the public. For example, trails What are your ideas for helping are valuable for several reasons but sustaining connecting habitat corridors for maintain ecosystem health and our wildlife without trail interference is more valuable. Habitat fragmentation is EHR resilience? one of the primary threats to most wildlife.

It is important to balance recreation and enjoyment part of this with the stewardship....please do not loose sight of this. The more people that we can get What are your ideas for helping to recreate and enjoy these lands the more people we will have that care about maintain ecosystem health and and want to protect it. So for me...number one should be outreach and education EHR resilience? on how we can best protect the lands WHILE interacting with it. Form Question Comment

It seems contradictory to me for OSMP, whose goals I would think should largely be to keep open space open and allow evolution through natural selection in these areas, to try to interfere with natural selection. That is, I believe that trying to fight natural selection is a losing proposition, and I don't believe that humans What are your ideas for helping should be interfering on/in OSMP in order to try to redirect what nature will maintain ecosystem health and otherwise do with the plants and animals. I believe that OSMP should do less, EHR resilience? and cut expenses. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Keep E‐bikes off the land.

What are your ideas for helping Keep Open Space as Open Space. Do not remove areas from Open Space and maintain ecosystem health and make them transportation corridors. Do not use Open Space for wind and solar EHR resilience? farms. Do Not dispose of Open Space to achieve other goals.

Keep out all new gas/oil drilling and shut down all gas/oil infrastructure on open What are your ideas for helping space. Keep trails closed to biking. Do much more on‐site education for tourists, maintain ecosystem health and hikers, dog walkers about leave no trace and about the intricacy and uniqueness EHR resilience? of the ecosystems they're enterinh. Thanks What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Lay off some. Nature will restore itself. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Leash all dogs on all open space What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and let everyone & their dogs use what was designed to be a buffer zone & manage EHR resilience? the wilderness area separatly Let's continue our focus on getting people outdoors by opening up additional trails, thus dispersing our impact on Boulder area wild lands, fostering health in What are your ideas for helping our community, and increasing the quality of experiences for users. The trail maintain ecosystem health and network has not kept up with demand, and thus it's inevitable that some trails EHR resilience? will incur more use than is ideal. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? limit areas where pedestrians can go; SEVERELY limit growth and development! What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? limit dogs, limit mountain bikes What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Limit recreation in certain areas. The trails are crazy busy these days with users. EHR resilience? I'd like to see certain areas off‐limits to people and recreation. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? limit usage of overcrowded areas, i.e. Sanitas and Chautaqua What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Look at the watershed and state‐wide ecosystems and the city's place in them. EHR resilience? Then, work together with other groups to protect the whole area What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Maintain and expand V&S opportunities on Open Space Form Question Comment What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Maintain political support and funding for Open Space by supporting the many EHR resilience? dog owners whose quality of life is vastly improved by using the parks. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Maintaining trails and educating people to stay on trails to preserve the fragile EHR resilience? ecosystems. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Manage ag and natural lands for increased sequestration. What are your ideas for helping Manage and enforce current regulations controlling visitor use. Dogs, maintain ecosystem health and proliferation of social trails, and lack of enforcement all degrade ecosystem EHR resilience? health and resilience on OSMP lands. manage open space for recreation and the enjoyment of the people of boulder while ALSO focusing on ecosystem health. please do not sacrifice people What are your ideas for helping interacting with their open space under the pseudo science of "eco system maintain ecosystem health and health" . when such parameters are based on soft science and recreation is EHR resilience? demonized

Manage our lands with wildlife and the health of the environment as the priority, What are your ideas for helping focusing on keeping lands natural, or in areas with farming, focus on small organic maintain ecosystem health and farmers, and deprioritize uses that accelerate pollution and climate change‐‐like EHR resilience? fracking and drilling and larger farms and cattle operations. Manage prairie dogs effectively so that they do not continue to degrade and destroy thousands of acres of OSMP ag lands. Monitor soil health on all OSMP What are your ideas for helping lands. Develop, test and deploy methods to increase soil health on all OSMP maintain ecosystem health and lands, so that they are more resilient in the face of droughts, floods and wildfires EHR resilience? from climate change. What are your ideas for helping Manage recreational pressures on native ecosystems. Pay particular attention to maintain ecosystem health and the effects of dogs, particularly off‐leash dogs, which research has shown to have EHR resilience? major impacts on native species. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Managing or even restricting recreation and recreation impacts in high‐value EHR resilience? ecosystems What are your ideas for helping Monitor (and study) the effects of oil & gas drilling ‐ fracking in particular ‐ on maintain ecosystem health and ecosystems and wildlife. Advocate for the curtailment of fracking in Boulder and EHR resilience? nearby counties.

More active management, perhaps enforcement, of particular environmentally‐ degrading or threatening activities...such as hiking off‐trail, avoiding mud by hiking alongside trails, creating "social" trails, allowing dogs to roam and leaving dog waste on‐trail (bagged or not). Consider limiting which trails are available to community members with dogs. If money allows, advise the public with better and more signage, and station Rangers with the ability to warn and/or enforce What are your ideas for helping rules. In areas prone to erosion, perhaps placement of more "stairs" (stone or maintain ecosystem health and wood) to assist hikers in going up or down. Perhaps this would prevent hikers EHR resilience? from travelling alongside the trail, where grasses grow, to avoid slippage. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? More dog poop containers (away from parking areas). What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and More emphasis should be placed on enforcing existing usage regulations. Boulder EHR resilience? had a tendency to pass laws, tehn underfund enforcement. Form Question Comment What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? More preservation instead of developing (Gross Reservoir) Much National forrest is located behind private property. We all own and pay for What are your ideas for helping National forrest and all should have access. Work with the Forrest Service to maintain ecosystem health and create easements where none exist and stop future blockages to access to public EHR resilience? lands. My main goal, and it far outweighs the other listed options, is to have OSMP work to preserve contiguous blocks of land, so that there is habitat connectivity and What are your ideas for helping intact wildlife corridors. Our abundance of wildlife and the diversity of our habitat maintain ecosystem health and can only be nurtured in this way. I believe we need to preserve this for future EHR resilience? generations .

Need to look beyond city of Boulder to Boulder County and neighboring counties for partnerships. Heavy human population increase in Eastern Boulder County and habitat loss is occurring at an alarming rate. This will increase human use of What are your ideas for helping parks and open space. elimination of keystone species such as prairie dogs and maintain ecosystem health and habitat for residential and commercial development will contribute to collapse of EHR resilience? other local wildlife populations of coyote and raptors. What are your ideas for helping No matter how many plans you come up with about dogs, they all have failed maintain ecosystem health and totally. Mt. Sanitas is a mess with dog owners encouraging their dogs to run wild EHR resilience? even in the leash areas. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? No new trails, ESPECIALLY not into HCA's and other ecologically sensitive areas! What are your ideas for helping NO REGIONAL TRAILS. No more trails in the mountains/foothills ‐ there is already maintain ecosystem health and enough fragmentation from terrain, roads, subdivisions, right‐of‐way, and EHR resilience? existing trails. What are your ideas for helping One of our Nobel price physicist returned to Boulder to enjoy "quiet maintain ecosystem health and contemplation" on our trails. Please stop motorized use ie electric bikes on our EHR resilience? OSMP.

Open more trails, condensing people onto limited trails is really have a negative affect on the trails. There is plenty of research out there supporting allowing more trails, which will decrease the wear and tear on your high use trails. Stop having rangers drive on roads through open space...if you need to have vehicles on open space have tire washing stations AT THE START OF THE DRIVE ON OPEN SPACE. Allow for migrating plants to land here, plants are migrating due to What are your ideas for helping climate change, our eco‐system is changing and we need to allow the change...if maintain ecosystem health and those plants are the ones who will survive, let them stay. Talk to botanists about EHR resilience? plant migration.

Open Space has helped prevent foolish development in flood plains, over the years. How can Open Space work with the city and CU to prevent development of What are your ideas for helping the CU South area? This should be preserved as undeveloped floodplain. With maintain ecosystem health and some hard work ‐ and possibly a land swap? ‐ there may be a way to resolve this, EHR resilience? but it will take some commitment and openness from all parties.

Open Space that is adjacent to residential areas and is very susceptible to What are your ideas for helping eventual pressure towards development should be developed as an open space maintain ecosystem health and with human interaction. An example includes Community Gardens which are very EHR resilience? popular in Boulder. This would protect certain lands in danger. Form Question Comment OSMP should outline more open space area for Mountain Biking only. it is clear What are your ideas for helping even without sampling that areas like Heil Ranch experience far less maintain ecosystem health and environmental degradation than areas with high amounts of foot traffic (aka EHR resilience? Chautauqua). What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Our open space is home to hundreds of species. I believe that habitat EHR resilience? connectivity and wildlife corridors are critical.

What are your ideas for helping People disrespecting ecosystems is also a big factor when it comes to their maintain ecosystem health and destruction. I want leave no trace and trail etiquette to be emphasized or have EHR resilience? trails closed when conditions are too muddy and everyone is walking off trail What are your ideas for helping Plant trees on agricultural lands for windbreak, habitat, carbon sequestration. maintain ecosystem health and Support conservation agriculture practices such as low‐till, cover crops and crop EHR resilience? rotation. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Please allow more space for prairie dog colonies. Please ask experts who have a lot of experience with this. I mean NOAA and What are your ideas for helping NCAR as well as CU's envd department have much better ideas and expertise maintain ecosystem health and than the general public. We frankly don't know what is best. Please ask the EHR resilience? experts. What are your ideas for helping Post signs, posters and images of the land for people to see before settling it. maintain ecosystem health and Often times people will want a new mall, but when they see where it would go (in EHR resilience? beautiful open space) they change their minds.

What are your ideas for helping Promote additional opportunities for sustainable recreation of all different user maintain ecosystem health and types (hikers, runners, cyclists) rather than closing off land, to build support from EHR resilience? the community for further funding and land purchases.

What are your ideas for helping Protect ecosystem connections‐‐for example, the Twin Lakes fields are the last maintain ecosystem health and remaining wildlife corridor for the Twin Lakes and the last upland grass habitat for EHR resilience? the Twin Lakes. These fields should be high‐priority for purchase as open space. What are your ideas for helping Protecting HCAs as *existing* high‐quality habitat blocks needs to be an explicit maintain ecosystem health and strategy. How can we be considering punching a trail through the north trail EHR resilience? area? What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Provide better signage, trail maps, etc. to help the community enjoy the open EHR resilience? space. What are your ideas for helping provide more engaging all age environmental education opportunities ‐ maintain ecosystem health and particularly that provide skills to the community and could result in improved EHR resilience? (less impactful) behavior on OSMP. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Provide public education/workshops on how everyone can be an active EHR resilience? community caretaker. Knowledge is power!

What are your ideas for helping Purchase more lower grade properties in or near towns for dog off leash areas maintain ecosystem health and with a goal of having a human/dog recreation area with two miles of every home, EHR resilience? especially multifamily. Restrict other areas to humans only to preserve habitat. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Purchase the CU South property and save it from being developed. It's the last EHR resilience? real open space close to the center of Boulder. Form Question Comment

What are your ideas for helping Put preservation higher that recreation. Manage dogs and recreational activities maintain ecosystem health and better. Bike trails are no longer good hiking trails, and many are becoming EHR resilience? overused and the trails are bad. Dogs are still out of control. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Radically reduce your emissions of carbon and those of your visitors on an EHR resilience? accelerated timeline

reduce fragmentation of habitat by reducing number of trails. Increase width of remaining trails to accommodate increased usage. Adopt the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Aldo Leopold's ideas of Wildlife management. Encourage management via the Wildlife side of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. I constantly read of CPW sworn officers responding to issues with wildlife in the city of Boulder. I pay the salaries of those wildlife professionals and the city of What are your ideas for helping Boulder pays nothing. Take care of the wildlife in your municipality and stop maintain ecosystem health and calling when there are problems, or turn things over to CPW and allow them to EHR resilience? manage as professionals. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Reduce human presence in sensitive areas and seek to control invasive species EHR resilience? such as knapweed. Do not expand biking access. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Resist any all efforts by the extractive industry to exploit our public lands in EHR resilience? Boulder.

Resist the USFS clearcutting lodgepole craze that is currently in mode in Boulder County because of fear of fire, but which is actually increasing fire through What are your ideas for helping regrowth of grasses and shrubs, including many invasive weeds, dense regrowth maintain ecosystem health and of lodgepole pine, and increased wind and solar drying. It is also decreasing EHR resilience? wildlife habitat and harming ecosystems and healthy forests.

Restore ecological disturbance regimes that are drivers of diversity and resilience. Grazing that focuses on keep livestock moving, not having lands that is excluded from grazing (including riparian areas and wetlands), restore fire regimes (but it is What are your ideas for helping likely some areas will need more than normal fire to restore the system), ensure maintain ecosystem health and periodic flooding of food plains, etc. by restoring regimes that helped shape the EHR resilience? systems we create conditions more resilient in the future.

What are your ideas for helping Restore our trails that are heavily degraded from overuse and lack of user maintain ecosystem health and education. Build a more robust modern, marketing campaign to educate EHR resilience? newcomers, esp new residents/CU students on how to be good stewards. What are your ideas for helping Restrict access where areas have been damaged by overuse or where species maintain ecosystem health and need temporary or special protection. Lower usage by charging individuals who EHR resilience? enter open space. What are your ideas for helping Restrict dogs in certain areas. I know it is unpopular but their negative impacts maintain ecosystem health and are undeniable. Also, until we can reintroduce wolves, I think hunting is EHR resilience? appropriate to protect areas such as Rabbit Mountain.

Rethink our use of Open Space for Agriculture. Graze only for the health of the land. Create better deals in favor of city to support local food source. Reduce What are your ideas for helping meat production. Look holistically at lands and if in conflict with preservation of maintain ecosystem health and habitat or species of concern, give precedence to nature and not ag. Move ag to EHR resilience? less desirable natural spaces. Form Question Comment Somehow need to have users who do not contribute thru tax base help pay to What are your ideas for helping maintain parking and trails and facilities Need more dog management. I am a maintain ecosystem health and long time dog owner and trail user 20 plus years and I am appalled how many EHR resilience? people leave their poop bags Start talking to people about human overpopulation and our horrific consumption habits. If humans cannot get these two aspects of our behavior to reasonable What are your ideas for helping levels, the rest is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Of course, all maintain ecosystem health and communities, not just Boulder, desperately need to do this, but Boulder could EHR resilience? provide leadership. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Stop urban sprawl!!! What happened to a green belt? I am particularly concerned EHR resilience? about the housing going in across from Old Tail road north of Arapahoe. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Stop use of pesticides. Promote practices encourage natural ecosystem EHR resilience? processes to self regulate. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Take aggressive action to stop oil and gas exploration on/near our city and OSMPs What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Take seriously the statutory duty to control noxious weeds

the idea of creating better habits of living in Boulder is paramount. for example... 1. a bicycle community pedal bus is very realistic for the boulder community and more would ride or get on these pedal busses if we put this at the top on our roads and allow people to know they can now live without driving cars 2. We need to really put into action the better habits of living...I live with using a 1.5 gallon bucket that i use for my bathing. this is the only water I use for bathing 4 times a week 3. to think that we can manage the earth is a old paradigm ...please eliminate pesticides and the notion of weeds ...are those metal things What are your ideas for helping with 4 tires on the road ...what about all the pollution with using and making maintain ecosystem health and cars.. We need to take care of the peoples habits of living in boulder and then EHR resilience? we could expand on some of boulders open space ideas There is a STRONG interest in Boulder County for green burial, and utilizing our existing open space to be multi‐purpose, i.e. green burial and also recreational, is What are your ideas for helping the most logical answer. Green burial supports the eco‐system and is the least maintain ecosystem health and negatively impactful to the environment with regards to options for body EHR resilience? disposition. Form Question Comment

There MUST be more focus on educating Boulder's citizens about the reasons for 1‐6 above. When people really understand the value of the OSMP lands they will be more willing to help purchase, maintain, restore and protect them. They need to know why we need intact flood plains; why we need to thin forests; why OSMP lands are critical to future water supply; how our vegetation is helping store carbon. The hikers, bikers, dog walkers, kids, and tax payers have to understand that these lands are our key to preservation of biodiversity and to our future health and welfare in addition to maintaining intact places for their recreation. Too many people have only single‐focus buy‐in. Education needs to be moved up as critical focus, otherwise we risk losing it all. I think that folks who are already convinced of the value of these lands underestimate the huge knowledge gap of the 'average' citizen with no background in ecology, biology, botany, or science in general . The recent field trip sponsored by the City in league with OSMP and the CU‐Boulder Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities (September 22) was a great example of an educational program that provided critical information to an audience that was obviously enlightened by what they learned. A win for What are your ideas for helping their own practices and a win for their new support for what the fire crews and maintain ecosystem health and forest restoration crews are doing ‐ what their tax dollars are supporting. EHR resilience? Education is a critical component if we want to widen our support base.

These ideas are not exclusive of the above. That said, we do need to better manage and supervise human and canine degradation of our Open Space lands. Unlike when Mike Patton was Director, there now seem to be no rangers on Open Space lands any more to enforce protective regulations, and one receives a recording when trying to report a violation. Rangers and a hotline should be more active during weekends, when the highest levels of use and abuse occur. When What are your ideas for helping you see a dog disturbing wildlife, or a mountain biker poaching a trail, you should maintain ecosystem health and be able to reach someone at OSMP right away. And rangers should be present on EHR resilience? the trails to try to stem the flood of violations.

Too little soace but , in a few words, acknowledge that Boulder is no longer a small town and ideas of preservation need to include the presence of humans, and their need for recreation. Create a network of long corridors of nature instead of isolated pockets, tie them to recreational and bike paths in the city. Incorporate human presence by educating, seasonal closures, more accessible open space to relieve the few trails in Boulder from traffic. And, stop working for What are your ideas for helping rich people who want their huge houses to look at natural spaces and closed to maintain ecosystem health and the rest of the population. Let's learn what advanced countries in Europe do with EHR resilience? their natural habitat. No need to invent the wheel here. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Too many signs and ridiculous rules make abuse rampant. Biologists need to EHR resilience? mellow out. Try to connect fragmented parcels and carefully look into how to create new What are your ideas for helping wildlife corridors. Also dogs are out of control. The owners ignore habitat maintain ecosystem health and conservation area restrictions and where dogs are allowed ( 95%?) the dogs are EHR resilience? neither under voice or sight control. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? Try to replant ponderosa pines in old fire scars. Form Question Comment What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and Understanding via research and implementation to curb air pollution with other EHR resilience? city departments. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? use CO native plant species at all costs. What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and EHR resilience? vote for the environment and vote yes on 112!

We live in a time of rapid environmental change. Some of our response to this has, of course, to be technical and scientific. But some must also draw on other realms of human knowledge, inspiration, and guidance, especially literature, the performing arts, and ethics. I'd like to see more integration with these fields. Especially with local leaders of high quality efforts in these areas. Just as there are What are your ideas for helping highly qualified and accomplished scientists in our community, so too are there maintain ecosystem health and people with deep experience of excellence in the worlds of arts/letters/ethics EHR resilience? whose work could be interwoven with that of OSMP. We need scientific research to measure the status quo, which will then allow us What are your ideas for helping to measure change, research its causes, set limits of acceptable change, and maintain ecosystem health and should those be reached, respond accordingly. Without measurable data any EHR resilience? such 'management' would be guesswork. We need to BETTER manage human and domestic dog use and degradation on park/open space land. Restricting usage(s) as our City populations grow so as to What are your ideas for helping preserve/protect the natural ecosystem balance and buffer; I believe in the rights maintain ecosystem health and of nature enough to know that we don't have to USE all of what we have as EHR resilience? designated OS. We need to drastically improve visitor impact monitoring & mitigation. We need to pro‐actively manage different user groups, educate user groups on trail etiquette within their user groups first, then between different user groups; What are your ideas for helping community outreach on limits of acceptable change particularly high school and maintain ecosystem health and university sport teams who sometimes use open space with groups exceeding 40 EHR resilience? people.

We need to inspire and integrate community involvement. I personally pick up heaps of trash from Wonderland Lake, Boulder Creek, Trails and so forth. I would love to speak with Open Space about possibly creating a new position to organize local cleanups and further inform community members of their own abilities to What are your ideas for helping help. If I were to head the project, I would include Video and Photo maintain ecosystem health and documentation to help the content spread like wildfire and involve as many EHR resilience? community members as possible.

We need to protect our wildlife. Stop hunting of mountain lions! Predator species What are your ideas for helping are essential to ecosystems. Killing lions that come into town only increases this maintain ecosystem health and kind of activity. Instead, teach people how to peacefully coexist with wildlife. EHR resilience? Invest in habitat connectivity which allow animals to move between habits freely.

Within regards to question 1, all those things are important and require a systematic approach. Separating them into silos isn't the only way. We can prepare for climate change, mitigate fire, and restore our ecosystems with the same plan. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Please also note: Commit to "no net loss" of wildlife habitats What are your ideas for helping and corridors. Also, commit to connecting the habitats that are currently maintain ecosystem health and fragmented. This will help keep wildlife from "getting in trouble" and wondering EHR resilience? into our neighborhoods. What's good for wildlife is good for people, too. Form Question Comment What are your ideas for helping maintain ecosystem health and work with local researchers (CU, CSU) to corporate accepted methods to manage EHR resilience? for maximizing diversity, and protection from climate changes etc

You need to hire people with graduate degrees in recreation management. Redesign recreation to better focus impacts while addressing the needs of your recreating public. As impacts (other than changing climate) are generally the product of human visitation on our open spaces, designing a better recreation What are your ideas for helping experience for our visitors will lead better managed impacts. You have focused maintain ecosystem health and for too long on natural resources without understanding social needs and how to EHR resilience? better blend these two.

Do you have any ideas for restoring Allow nature to take care of itself but work to eliminate particularly obnoxious EHR disturbed or degraded lands? invasive species like teazel, quack grass, and russian olive. Be flexible and site specific to get the most diversity and resilience as possible.. If Do you have any ideas for restoring sites can be restored to pre‐settlement ‐ go for it! Or, work towards what exisitng EHR disturbed or degraded lands? conditions might allow... Don't make blanket statements... these are site specific. Some should be restored to past conditions to support species of concern. Some have altered so much that we need to think about how they can best serve the environment and species now. Allowing nature to take care of itself is foolish... we've altered the Do you have any ideas for restoring conditions too much and it is our responsibility to the ecosystem to minimize EHR disturbed or degraded lands? those impacts.

Do you have any ideas for restoring First consult with our Arapahoe friends who know how to take care of this place EHR disturbed or degraded lands? for thousands of years I don't think "one size fits all." I trust the staff to evaluate our lands and decide Do you have any ideas for restoring which will be fine under nature's care and which will need additional human help EHR disturbed or degraded lands? because of climate change.

Do you have any ideas for restoring I feel like you should be asking a biologist or an ecologist these things instead of EHR disturbed or degraded lands? randoms on instagram.

I would choose Allow nature to take care of itself, and strongly. Only Earth and the plants and animals can make the correct plan, moving plants and animals Do you have any ideas for restoring around to suit our approximations of what might work is cruel. Protect areas and EHR disturbed or degraded lands? let the land and waters heal themselves. I'm amazed. "before 1850" was what? The Great Megafaunal Extinction? Please, no more "medicine". City of Boulder does well at restoring flora and planning for Do you have any ideas for restoring severe impacts of it's citizens. Climate change is the least of your problems, foot EHR disturbed or degraded lands? traffic and dog poop is.

It is more than current and future climate conditions. It also includes changes in deposition of nitrogen, increase in atmospheric carbon, introduction of non‐ native species (including pasture grass species), alterations to flooding, fire, Do you have any ideas for restoring grazing. Finding out how to manage for relilience in the presence of all of these EHR disturbed or degraded lands? things, and including a constantly changing world is key.

Do you have any ideas for restoring Put effort in preserving and re‐vegetating the land that you currently look after‐ EHR disturbed or degraded lands? EDUCATE THE USER!

Putting up fences everywhere defeats the purpose of open space, and reinforces Do you have any ideas for restoring the notion that Boulder is the most restrictive town in the nation. Instead of EHR disturbed or degraded lands? fences perhaps plants, rocks, or bushes native to Colorado would be better. Form Question Comment

Do you have any ideas for restoring EHR disturbed or degraded lands? Restore them for use now

Do you have any ideas for restoring EHR disturbed or degraded lands? What do you see as the min threats?

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches to maintain and improve forest health while also lowering the risk of Allow nature to take care of itself except in instances where the fire is caused by EHR catastrophic fires? human proximity to tinder sources. Maybe I support option two above!

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches Allow nature to take care of itself...but put out fires threatening the city/private to maintain and improve forest health properties. Too much "fire mitigation" has proven to create unhealthy forests while also lowering the risk of across the nation. At the national level, they have found the benefits of letting EHR catastrophic fires? nature take care of itself.

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches to maintain and improve forest health while also lowering the risk of EHR catastrophic fires? Clean and thin sections of the forest, so forest fires can't get out of control.

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches to maintain and improve forest health while also lowering the risk of EHR catastrophic fires? Eliminate non‐native trees and vegetation

Using fire and forests as an example, I agree that we should continue efforts to abate the risk of catastrophic fires that do you have any ideas for approaches would destroy developed neighborhoods, while maintaining a healthy forest, but to maintain and improve forest health there is a lot more to forest health than fire abatement. Climate change has put while also lowering the risk of our ecosystems under intense strain, and we need to ensure that human and EHR catastrophic fires? canine use are not increasing that burden.

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches I just want to say that I have been walking the Shanahan (and, in the past, farther) to maintain and improve forest health trails since 1971. I thought a much better job was being done with tree‐ while also lowering the risk of trimming/cutting several years ago than now, and the prescribed burns were a EHR catastrophic fires? huge help.

I think that we need to implement practices that make homes and buildings in fire‐ Using fire and forests as an example, prone areas less likely to be affected (such as removing all trees withing 10 feet, do you have any ideas for approaches buildings rock walls as preventive barriers, etc.) Once we do that, we can allow to maintain and improve forest health fires to burn longer and remove what needs to be removed. Lots of research is while also lowering the risk of coming out saying that the reason fires are becoming so bad is because of how EHR catastrophic fires? we put them out so quickly and don't let what needs to burn do so. Form Question Comment

Using fire and forests as an example, I would increase prescribed burning where possible/feasible and find other do you have any ideas for approaches means of reducing surface and ladder fuels where burning isn't possible, would to maintain and improve forest health limit thinning of mature trees. Improved enforcement and supervision of areas while also lowering the risk of used by the public, esp for campfires, shooting, etc. Allow natural fires to burn EHR catastrophic fires? where possible.

It seems to me that thinning wooded area needs to be balanced with consideration that less shade will make that area hotter and drier, and thus perhaps more fire‐prone and certainly less pleasant and attractive from a user standpoint both in terms of being hot instead of shady May through September and having less plant life to observe and enjoy. I've seen this change on Chapman Using fire and forests as an example, Trail, which was aggressively thinned prior to flood repair. It used to be a cool, do you have any ideas for approaches shady "garden of eden," with loads of wildflowers. Now it's hotter, drier, with to maintain and improve forest health sparser vegetation and flowers, and the slopes were eroded here and there by while also lowering the risk of the thinning activities. And now it seems that runoff from heavy rainstorms could EHR catastrophic fires? be more damaging.

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches to maintain and improve forest health Let the forest burn, it's a natural process which we need to respect not suppress. while also lowering the risk of Focus on evacuation of people in the fire zone and allow the forest to burn and EHR catastrophic fires? regenerate.

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches to maintain and improve forest health More prescribed fire. Focus first on fire mitigation/thinning where it would be a while also lowering the risk of human hazard so that otherwise we can let things burn as they should naturally. EHR catastrophic fires? Do this inside and outside of city limits as much as possible.

Using fire and forests as an example, do you have any ideas for approaches to maintain and improve forest health while also lowering the risk of EHR catastrophic fires? Please limit new construction in fire prone areas (no new construction at all).

1. Identify and optimize recreation opportunities where impacts are benign 2. Improve access to mountain biking 3. Encourage people to not allow their dogs to spread waste and disruption to sensitive areas ‐‐ I personally think that dog waste is a huge issue and probably more problematic than mountain biking with respect Do you have any other idea or to wildlife impacts ‐‐ pointers to studies on relative impacts of various recreation EHR comments you would like to share? would be appreciated.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Actively engaged native people's input on open space management.

Do you have any other idea or again, i am wondering how "restoration" became the goal of open space. it was EHR comments you would like to share? set up for people to have recreation and natural opportunities to enjoy. Form Question Comment

As our Front Range population increases, Boulder's Open Space will continue to degrade unless we enforce existing regulations and do a better job of educating Open Space users about their impact on the land, whether it's the impact of a dog that's not under Voice & Sight, or a mountain biker speeding around a blind corner. Nobody wants to receive a ticket for a violation, but knowing that there's Do you have any other idea or the risk is what it takes for some users to get into compliance. And it's great when EHR comments you would like to share? children encounter rangers and Open Space personnel on the trails.

Do you have any other idea or As stated above: Primary function should be preservation rather than extended EHR comments you would like to share? use.

Because of introduced species, animal extirpations, plant diseases, and climate Do you have any other idea or change ecosystems cannot be perfectly restored to past conditions; instead the EHR comments you would like to share? focus should be on restoring function in light of a changing climate.

Do you have any other idea or Better, more sustainable parks and trails, that support a broader range of human EHR comments you would like to share? activities.

Boulder has seen a huge increase in traffic in the past few years and this most likely will continue to increase. I feel that due to the large amounts of people using Open Space Parks we've seen an increase in general disrespect for nature. In the recent years I've seen plenty of people litter, go off trail and take things from the park that your not supposed to (cutting flowers, etc). I think that people Do you have any other idea or just don't know how to respect nature and that the city, county and OSMP should EHR comments you would like to share? increase this awareness around Boulder. Boulder OSMP has a negative policy towards dogs. Please change it so Boulder Do you have any other idea or can once again be a dog friendly city. And hire ANYONE who understands EHR comments you would like to share? statistics, which the current admin does not.

Boulder taxpayers should have priority access by restricting free lot parking by Do you have any other idea or license plate and time‐limiting on‐street parking at trailheads. Dogs and their EHR comments you would like to share? poop remain a problem and more geographic restrictions are needed. Come up with a fragmentation/habitat effectiveness scorecard and give results Do you have any other idea or and programming to get in front of the desires for more trails and more regional EHR comments you would like to share? trails.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Concerned about your future regulation of the Voice and Sight/off leash program. Consider signage for trails to climbing routes so to avoid climbers bushwacking the incorrect way through the woods or along the side of Boulder Canyon! Do you have any other idea or Several trails are NOT marked and are easy to miss. Coordinate with the Boulder EHR comments you would like to share? Climbing Coalition (BCC) on this.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Control crazy development! Boulder has gotten too crowded

Create long‐term partnerships with CU's research staff to allow for 20+ year studies that are funded. Snapshot studies or utilizing data from other locations Do you have any other idea or create poor understanding of the ecosystems in Boulder. Having a top‐notch EHR comments you would like to share? research institute here in town makes partnerships easy and builds good will. Form Question Comment

Dogs off leash harm wildlife. I often see dogs chasing and harassing deer and other wildlife. Dogs off leash worked fine when Boulder was a small town. Now there are thousands of people crowding the trails. And their dogs are chasing Do you have any other idea or wildlife as well as jumping up onto humans with their muddy paws. I love dogs, EHR comments you would like to share? but they should be leashed! Someone has to stand up for the wildlife!

Don't reduce or otherwise denigrate and condemn dogs on open space, please. We have a very vocal and aging population in our fair city which tends to get its way most often due to their collective organization and loudness in the City's ears. This includes the anti dog folks. There is a larger silent majority who is blissfully ignorant (too busy working maybe? kids perhaps?) and doesn't speak up until AFTER it affects them if ever. Keep dogs in OS, increase access, Boulderites are in favor of this, even if they're not contacting you because they're at work... Also, charge toursists more to visit and park and access our OS, libraries, etc etc. Do you have any other idea or Tourist destinations worldwide soak tourists, there's no reason our citizens EHR comments you would like to share? Ecosystemshould support outside folks' recreation. Health and Resilience Value (our shared ethos): Using the best available science, we protect healthy ecosystems and mend those we have impaired The wording of this statement implies we want to preserve what we now have. It likely will not be possible. We need to look at how to see that change results in ecosystems that function and provide necessary ecosystem services in the changed climate we expect to see. Philosophy: We know that the climate is warming, and that ecosystems will respond in various ways to the changes in climate now and in the future. We would like to maintain diverse, productive and resilient ecosystems that provide needed ecosystem services, such as flood control, landscape stabilization, recreation, diverse and resilient ecosystems and other goals in the OSMP plan. Draft Outcomes and Approaches Outcome A: Diverse ecosystems modulate temperatures, slow water runoff and store carbon. Strategies to Achieve Outcome A: 1. Model the carbon balance of the dominant ecosystems and agroecosystems on OSMP lands. 2. Study carbon markets with regards to receiving credit for maintaining natural vegetation. 3. Approach ecosystem modifications to support climate stabilization (e.g. enhancing carbon storage) with understanding of uncertainty and caution (e.g. novel techniques such as soil microbe introduction may have unintended and not‐ yet understood consequences). 4. Prevent large, catastrophic fires, which have large greenhouse gas emissions. 5. Reduce the impact of large rainfall events. This is too broad. Need to separate the more‐or‐less natural ecosystems from agricultural, and then set goals for each major ecosystem. Also, meaning of outcome A as stated isn't clear. Certainly oceans modulate temperatures differently from desert sands, but that isn't an outcome. We recognize that changes in climate force change in ecosystems. These changes can be rapid, such as forest fires, or a more gradual succession of one species by another. The goal Do you have any other idea or of OSMP is to manage change in a way that maintains functioning ecosystems. EHR comments you would like to share? The forested areas need to be managed for soil stability, slowing water runoff,

Do you have any other idea or Ecosystem health, resilience and variety is of utmost importance. In planning for EHR comments you would like to share? public use of open space, ecosystem integrity should be the first consideration.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Enhance land management and restoration efforts and do them on a larger scale.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Focus more on species of concern including prairie dogs. Form Question Comment Focus on the value of being in nature! Add a component to your work which is Do you have any other idea or about less consumption, less time on electronic devices, and more time in EHR comments you would like to share? fellowship, in nature!

Do you have any other idea or Having access to open space with tagged and obedient dogs off leash is of EHR comments you would like to share? extreme importance to us Help Boulder, the Boulder Ranger District, and Boulder County maintain deep, Do you have any other idea or thick, Lodgepole, spruce and fir forests with lots of water‐retaining organic EHR comments you would like to share? matter.

I am a scientist ...I have a science degree and worked for 20 years on endangered species projects and research. Now I see...you are still thinking that all this energy to think you understand how the ecology functions...is not a good solution for society now. I hope we can see that all the supposed people that care for the environment aren't as well driving and flying planes around everywhere many times a week I hope we can really begin to do what we know is necessary that we all love and need Love Fresh air and water that the pollution in Boulder is Do you have any other idea or wreaking havoc on life as we know it that we can live vital evolutionary lives in EHR comments you would like to share? society and that with fresh air and water this will be a boon for all of us

I am concerned about habitat degradation and fragmentation as a result of heavy Do you have any other idea or use and recreation on OSMP lands. I support recreation in these lands but EHR comments you would like to share? wonder if it can be balanced with the needs of the ecosystem.

I am extremely invested in maintaining Voice and Sight program, particularly at Coot Lake and Realization Point. Taking my dog for walks is really the only way I use Open Space, and it would break my heart if it wasn't available. I very rarely Do you have any other idea or see poop when I walk those trails, and in 20 years I've never had a bad experience EHR comments you would like to share? like a dog jumping on me, or even seen one.

I am so appreciative of the dedicated OSMP staff, and all they do for our Open Space and our citizens. OSMP programs are such a treasure and I have loved Do you have any other idea or taking part in many kinds. My most passionate hope is that OSMP lands can be EHR comments you would like to share? preserved, extended, and maintained into the future. I applaud OSMP's efforts to assess the current and future health of "open space" as relates to fire mitigation, climate change, population growth and other important issues; to explore management practices that provide the best hope Do you have any other idea or for long term preservation and for giving us the opportunity to participate in this EHR comments you would like to share? urgent undertaking! I continue to be concerned about the amount of dog feces on the Goat and Do you have any other idea or Dakota trails. It's really awful and I wish dog owners would take this more EHR comments you would like to share? seriously. Form Question Comment

I have been on too many newly paved or rerouted trails in Boulder. Many are hard to walk on if you have arthritis or other leg issues. They also provide a much less natural experience and they seemed to be designed to separate people from nature. Also, they will not be liked in Boulder but there are far too many dogs on the trails. They are noisy, go after animals, go off trail, are hard for those scared of dogs since there are so many, and they leave poop everywhere (or bags). There should be more trails with no dogs and restrictions on the number of dogs per person. I've seen 3 to a person sometimes. And they they interact with someone else having 3 to a person as well. 1 per person is more reasonable and Do you have any other idea or they should be more restricted where they can run (and rangers should go after EHR comments you would like to share? this more). They are not good in those numbers ecologically.

I have been walking in the Shanahan ridge area since 1971 and have been concerned to see the lack of thinning and (and prescribed burns?) further north along Lehigh ‐ one was done down southwest of the water tank this summer, but I think more needs to be done. I should add that I lived on Lafayette Drive just off Do you have any other idea or Lehigh until last spring when I moved to Frasier Meadows Retirement EHR comments you would like to share? Community. But my dog and I still walk up Shanahan Ridge every day.

I have heard that some people are targeting off‐leash dog policies as a way to get better environmental outcomes and I do not agree with this. I think the voice and sight program is integral to OSMP and the impact of off‐leash dogs is too small to motivate a change in this policy. I know many residents that benefit from this policy and are more likely to enjoy OSMP land because of it. Maybe more regulation or requirements for the program would be helpful, but I think banning Do you have any other idea or dogs or requiring dogs compliant with voice and sight to be on leash is not what EHR comments you would like to share? we should be focusing on in order to improve environmental outcomes.

I have mixed feelings about some of the 'restoration work' methods being used. Spraying pesticides on non native weeds seems like a bad idea given the increasingly toxic level of chemicals in the environment and impacts on insect life. Do you have any other idea or Also massive removal of the non native willows onBobolonk trail decimated the EHR comments you would like to share? kingfisher population along that trail

I have tried endlessly to get statistics on the growth and spread of praise dog colonies ...and the report from the citizens prairie dog group.....and keep getting Do you have any other idea or passed around and around .....very frustrating and please help me understand EHR comments you would like to share? why the below questions about my age , gender and income are relevant???

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? I love the accessible paths and how it allows all citizens to experience nature

I realize that there are competing interests for open space, however I'd prefer Do you have any other idea or that nature be the first consideration rather than recreation. Man up and just say EHR comments you would like to share? no to trails and extended access to pets through critical habitat.

I really hope you create more on leash dog trails. Voice and sight is not working. Dogs run amuck and people use electric shock collars to try and reign them in. I barely walk on osmp land... what a shame. I walk my dogs on leash unless they Do you have any other idea or have perfect recall. I don't rely on cruel shock collars. Most people don't train EHR comments you would like to share? their dogs and the off leash dog situation is awful. Form Question Comment

Do you have any other idea or I strongly support the voice and sight green tag program and don't want to see EHR comments you would like to share? any loss of trails to that program. I think it is great that we are able to preserve this land and grant equal and free access to all who want to visit and re‐connect with nature. I especially like the Do you have any other idea or buses that ran in the summer to Chautauqua which finally offered an alternative EHR comments you would like to share? to driving up to the park.

Do you have any other idea or I think it's extremely important that any Master Plan does not create any further EHR comments you would like to share? restrictions to recreation.

I think it's important to connect as much as possible with the community. Through education, experience and outreach. There are many groups throughout Boulder that can become involved. For example, I can organize Paragliding and Do you have any other idea or Climbing communities to come together and help with any projects that need EHR comments you would like to share? help. Or at least help inform everyone on how to be a better steward of the land. I think more loop trails for the various communities are needed, for example shorter loops for children/elderly walkers. Boulder seems to be focused on the Do you have any other idea or longer trails for bikers/runner/horses and pretty much ignores anyone needing a EHR comments you would like to share? shorter trail.

I think that heavily investing in a social media presence is a must for OSMP. People are starting to get their news from social media more than anywhere else, and social media is also the best way to reach millennials. OSMP could consider Do you have any other idea or posting short articles, making minute‐long educational videos, etc that will grab EHR comments you would like to share? people's attention and make them more invested in the environement.

I think we need to prioritize wildlife habitat & connectivity in a time of a changing climate. I'd prefer to see greater emphasis on wildlife and less on recreation (even though I'm an avid runner). I just feel like it's going to get harder and harder Do you have any other idea or for species in a hotter climate with less water and changing water availability. I EHR comments you would like to share? can run somewhere else ... wildlife really need these places.

I want to mention that I understand that OSMP must "balance" conservation, recreation, and agricultural interests on our open space; however, for each of those named above, a healthy ecosystem is critical‐ recreation and agriculture rely on healthy habitats. For this reason, I believe conservation of ecosystems should be the first priority. That is the foundation of enjoyable recreation and successful agriculture. I don't think "balancing conservation and recreation" has been working for us. We need to prioritize conservation, and the rest will follow Do you have any other idea or even better than it has been before. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Thank you for this opportunity to EHR comments you would like to share? comment! I wanted to thank OSMP for your work. I've used the parks with my dog off‐leash Do you have any other idea or for 20 years. It has vastly improved the enjoyment I and my family have had living EHR comments you would like to share? here.

Do you have any other idea or I wish there was more monitoring of off leash dogs I have found there are parks I EHR comments you would like to share? no longer visit due to the number of badly behaved off leash dogs. I would like to express my strong support for the voice and sight program and for Do you have any other idea or allowing dogs under voice and sight control to be on our Open Space where EHR comments you would like to share? appropriate.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? I would make "boulder rights of nature" a partner in educating public. Form Question Comment

I'd like to suggest giving a high priority to the following: 1) keeping open existing wildlife corridors that connect open areas ‐‐ and also creating new corridors ‐‐ so animals are able to move between those areas that are suitable habitats for them. 2) making sure that the amount of wildlife habitat does not decrease. This area is such a special and wonderful place, where we humans can experience living near wild creatures in a beautiful natural setting. I hope we can make sure that these creatures can continue to survive and thrive here as well as (or better Do you have any other idea or than) they can today; otherwise we will drive them away, and this area will EHR comments you would like to share? become just like any other town, and our special place will be lost. I'm not sure this is the forum, but I would love to see a path linking North Boulder to Canyon (Dt Boulder) via the open space. There is a trail that can get you to Do you have any other idea or roughly Linden, but then you have to travel via 4th street. It would be great to EHR comments you would like to share? have a path in the open space. In addition to preservation, which I consider to be vitally important, we need to continue planning to accommodate open space use by a rapidly increasing front‐ Do you have any other idea or range population. More parks and trails will help to ensure the quality of the EHR comments you would like to share? open space experience for the future.

Do you have any other idea or It's great that OSMP is so active in managing our OS and looking forward to EHR comments you would like to share? climate changes and future generations. Thank you. Let's bring back wolves to Colorado, not only to they belong there but they help the balance of the whole environment with other animals and food sources (deer, Do you have any other idea or over grazing etc.). Please create more animal crossing, so bears and mountain EHR comments you would like to share? lions don't get killed by cars.

Do you have any other idea or Listen to ecologists who designate important, high quality natural habitats, and EHR comments you would like to share? respect those designations by keeping visitors out of those areas.

Listen to your biologists, IPM specialists, rangers, trail folks in the field and use Do you have any other idea or the information to make informed decisions for your department. Do not let the EHR comments you would like to share? special interest recreational industry and the squeaky wheels run the show.

Do you have any other idea or Making existing research and monitoring results more accessible would be EHR comments you would like to share? helpful.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? monitor CPW as all they care about is allowing hunting for their clients.

Do you have any other idea or Monitor the amount of hikers on Open Space. Limit traffic and Close trails when EHR comments you would like to share? icy/muddy conditions exist.

More signs at trail heads. Many people haven't a basic education about leave no trace, trail courtesies, unleashed dogs, etc. Speaking of which,,, a trail denies habitat, a trail with unleashed dogs denies a heck of alot more habitat. You create a path 100 meters or more wide with reduced numbers of species, ground Do you have any other idea or nesting song birds, deer, elk, bear, cats, all are negatively influenced by humans EHR comments you would like to share? and dogs. Something to think about.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? More trails should be dog friendly. Form Question Comment

Do you have any other idea or Mountain biking should be limited to trails where they cause the least additional EHR comments you would like to share? damage.

Do you have any other idea or Need better, more frequent trail signage about not going off trail , not picking EHR comments you would like to share? flowers, not leaving dog poop...

One of my biggest fears is that urban sprawl will begin to infringe on OSMP and multi‐use land. Rather than acquiring green‐space for affordable housing, I would rather see new restrictions on lot sizes and new home sizes. Several large mansions have recently been built in North boulder that could have housed a Do you have any other idea or dozen or more small homes and townhomes. My comment is basically to protect EHR comments you would like to share? public and greenspaces from annexation.

OSMP has not managed their Ag lands well, as evidenced by the 1000+ acres of prime Ag land which is no longer lease‐able due to prairie dog infestation. Ag lands need more attention and financial support than they are getting. Lethal control of prairie dogs on Ag lands should be re instituted. Lessees should be incentivized to improve soil health on leased Ag lands. More water should be bought and transferred to Ag lands. These are the pressing issues. Forget about building an "Agricultural Center". That will merely duplicate what the County is Do you have any other idea or already doing at the Fairgrounds. Spend some money on improving your Ag EHR comments you would like to share? lands. OSMP might consider sending more press releases to the Daily Camera on environmental news, such as emerging threats, or adorable animals stories, or new program it's doing. I also would like OSMP to encourage County Parks & Do you have any other idea or Open Space to purchase the Twin Lakes fields in Gunbarel or to prioritizing OSMP EHR comments you would like to share? purchasing the fields itself.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? OSMP's greatest weakness, from my perspective, is to fail to treat invasive weeds.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Overuse is a big issue. Pleas see my prior comment. Get. Rid of dog restrictive rules. Use good studies Do you have any other idea or and hire someone (anyone!!) who understands statistics. Make Boulder a dog EHR comments you would like to share? friendly city again.

Do you have any other idea or Please build wildlife corridors and connectivity and educate us about why it's EHR comments you would like to share? important Please consider natural green burial on open space as a major contribution to the eco‐system, diverting from current practices of using precious land to store Do you have any other idea or bodies in concrete vaults in cemeteries for all eternity, and from polluting our air EHR comments you would like to share? with cremation practices. Please consider reducing presence of dogs. Please consider increasing number of Do you have any other idea or places dogs are NOT allowed on trails, and reduce off leash dog areas. Dogs EHR comments you would like to share? belong on leashes and not on all trails. Please continue to preserve and grow our open spaces. Fight against changing land use policies for more growth, as the surrounding open spaces are the reason Do you have any other idea or many chose to live here as well as it being better for our environment and animal EHR comments you would like to share? habitats. Form Question Comment Please do not close trails for muddy conditions!!! This is ridiculous as some want to be on trail during shoulder season and the whole point of public land is access! If necessary, use an electric shock cattle fence like they do in the Alps to keep people on trail. Unobtrusive, cheap, and effective. Closing the trails is horrible for Do you have any other idea or landscape photographers and those who really love being out in nature whatever EHR comments you would like to share? the weather.

Please do not limit access to users with their dogs. Our open space should be for Do you have any other idea or the enjoyment of the Boulder community first and foremost. There are millions of EHR comments you would like to share? acres of open space elsewhere in Colorado that nature can use for its purposes.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Please dont blame dogs off leash for all that goes wrong in the open spaces. PLEASE educate all the new people coming in to respect where they are. Stay on Do you have any other idea or trail, pick their dog waste, leave no trace. If needed have more rangers to enforce EHR comments you would like to share? these principles

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Please please please fight increases to hunting quotas! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do some education of the users of our land. things like‐ "don't walk off trail", "yield to up hill hikers‐‐even if you are a runner", "don't Do you have any other idea or litter", "leave the park after dark so that the animals can hunt, eat, and rest" EHR comments you would like to share? etc......

Put a focus on protect wildlife and wildlife habitat, as these things are often left in the shadows. Boulder loves recreation and I of course do as well, but our priority should be maintaining healthy wildlife populations and habitat. Don't build more Do you have any other idea or trails or allow mountain bikes on trails. We have plenty already and need to work EHR comments you would like to share? on maintaining what we have and ensuring the wildlife have space as well.

Do you have any other idea or Put more detailed studies online, eg. the recent presentation about mountain EHR comments you would like to share? lions.

Quiet has an impact on our experience of nature. It is difficult to find with so many people sharing our trails. I would love to see some signs at trailheads encouraging people to respect the experience of others by keeping their voices Do you have any other idea or quiet when they choose to enjoy conversations while hiking so that those who EHR comments you would like to share? are seeking quiet and peace can also have their desired experience.

Regarding flooding and fires, the city should try to work with private landowners and USFS in the foothills to create (reintroduce?) stream channels leading to city open space that are less susceptible to flooding (how about them beavers!). Fires on open space can spread to some aspects of the city's urban forest and result in enormous property damage under extreme conditions. The city might be more proactive in urging residents to avoid large burnable trees on their property (e.g Do you have any other idea or ponderosa and other pines) so that open space "fuel" management would not EHR comments you would like to share? need to be fear driven.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? remain highly voice/sight green tag dog friendly to the greatest degree

Do you have any other idea or Reopen left hand canyon atv trails and more motorized single track would be EHR comments you would like to share? nice. OHV community does not feel welcomed by the county. Form Question Comment

Science is warning us that the extinction of species may be a greater danger to humankind than climate change. OSMP must redouble its efforts to protect the hanitats of our native species against encroachment, OSMP should summarize and catalog the many studies of Open Space it has completed as well as studies Do you have any other idea or of Open Space completed by outside researchers and make each available to the EHR comments you would like to share? public. Start a conversation/brainstorm about solutions to open space transient populations. Increase paid parking at park access areas. I'm not in favor of this as a resident but I believe free access to and on our trails and parks are being taken for granted. How else do we encourage good stewardship from our residents and visitors? Increase safe bike access to trail head areas. I bike Do you have any other idea or everywhere in town but hesitate to bike to a trail head because of increased car EHR comments you would like to share? traffic.

Do you have any other idea or Start proactively introducing varietals of species adapted to climate change, eg EHR comments you would like to share? aspens from New Mexico

Stop restricting dogs so much. It seems everything is being done by city staff to eliminate dogs from open space. I was walking my 9 year dog on a remote trail and was scolded by a young ranger for the dog being out of my sight. It less than 10 yards ahead of me. The dog is 9 years old and very well behaved. Give me a break! Rangers need to just mellow out and realize who is paying their salaries. Behavior of OSMP staff will cause disrespectful behavior of tax payers and will backfire. More respect of tax paying citizens by city staff is needed. City staff Do you have any other idea or forgets who pays their salary. City staff should be grateful to hard working tax EHR comments you would like to share? payers not leaching off of property and sales tax. Thank you for all that you do, Boulder is a very special place where a lot of people care about plants and animals. Boulder is too expensive for most U.S. citizens, but sharing how Boulder creates these open spaces so that we can maintain our Do you have any other idea or connection to nature and wild beings is critical, I hope more communities can EHR comments you would like to share? have this. Thank you for preserving out lang. I think a current goal should be to obtain land‐ the openness regenerates one's soul. If the land is not purchased it quickly gets Do you have any other idea or developed. Later, resources can be applied to understanding and maintaining EHR comments you would like to share? that land.

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Thank you for the good work you do! The areas that are no dogs, it might help to add more info on why to help citizens understand. Also, we'd love to have climbing trails and other less utilized trails kept open to decrease volume flow on main trails (there are SO many old closed Do you have any other idea or trails that could be opened around chataqua without any big added maintenance EHR comments you would like to share? (we hope). The Belgrove open space is in danger of development due to proximity to highways. The McKenzie open space just next to it has been given away to development (near diagonal highway) by the City of Boulder. Could the City of Boulder consider a sustainable development of Belgrove open space (it is not rich in nature anyways)? The area is very likely to cede to pressure towards Do you have any other idea or development. A very exciting and popular possibility would be a community EHR comments you would like to share? garden. Form Question Comment

The option of "Allow nature to take care of itself" in the surveys above seems problematic. "Nature" does not exist separate from humans, especially on OSMP lands which have deep human histories and many modern interconnections with people. So the option "Allow nature to take care of itself" is not open to us. A hands‐off management strategy (which I know is not the OSMP policy) is a Do you have any other idea or strategy that simply allows the some effects of humanity (climate, invasives, EHR comments you would like to share? weird fire regimes, etc) to run free to the detriment of the community of life.

The tendency is to heap on the rules and regulations in the interest of public safety and/or some ecologically oriented set of goals. How about putting the interests of the user's group first, including access for dog owners. Simplify your approach to Open Space management and stop over thinking every decision. If Do you have any other idea or you pile on the rules and regs eventually the users will stop coming, thus the end EHR comments you would like to share? of the line for Open Space management. The time may come (and may have already come) where a lottery system at trailheads could be helpful to lower usage. We also should continue to monitor Do you have any other idea or damage done by dogs and bicyclists and consider prioritizing usage by EHR comments you would like to share? contempletive hikers who agree to stay on trails. There are many areas that are utilized primarily by the homeless population and or teens/young persons in order to engage in illicit activities in OSMP land. to cut down on unwarranted environmental degradation, OSMP should make efforts to Do you have any other idea or simply develop some of these slightly‐off‐trail areas to keep them from expanding EHR comments you would like to share? even more. There are many facets to OSMP. One is the sound of silence and nature. It seams that the use of music on the speaker of cell phones is becoming move prevalent. I Do you have any other idea or think many people need friendly reminders that sound (and lack of) is as EHR comments you would like to share? important as the views.

Do you have any other idea or there are too many dogs on open space and too many owners turn a blind eye to EHR comments you would like to share? their dogs' deposits and misbehaviors

This comment is about the priority of managing OSMP for ecosystem health and resilience. It's clear that this is a high priority, and that's good. A second high priority is recreation (e.g., hiking/running) which is also good, though not for those forms of recreation that aren't well supported (e.g. mountain biking). A third possible priority, which I strongly feel is neglected, is to allow Boulder residents to get from one place to another, through OSMP land, in a way that is compatible with preservation of nature. For example, a gravel path running north‐ south, the full length of Boulder, just west of the edge of town, would give walkers, runners and cyclists a much‐needed street‐free means to get north/south, complementing the greenways through town which are mostly east/west (following creeks). As an example of current conditions: one can walk or run from the Centennial trailhead to Linden, but only by climbing half way up Mount Sanitas. A trail along the Silver Lake Ditch would be very useful for people Do you have any other idea or trying to get places, rather than trying to climb a mountain, and indeed, there are EHR comments you would like to share? informal paths along long sections of the ditch, attesting to the need. Form Question Comment

This is a huge education campaign. If OSMP users do not understand how certain actions benefit ecosystems they will not support it. I suggest a proactive education campaign starting with high school coaches/teams. Relatively easy audience to reach and connecting with youth is always important. Proactively solve long‐standing issues like dog impacts. GPSing where plastic feces bags cluster; installing waste bins at these points; increasing fines to cover the cost of Do you have any other idea or patrol and maintenance; would solve this issue. City council must understand we EHR comments you would like to share? are importing tons and tons of dog waste due to our poor management.

This is a massive community education initiative. If Boulder County citizens do not understand why certain actions are taken to improve ecosystem health, they will not support it. I would begin putting together education programs for high school coaches and their teams so they 1) understand how any practices on open space Do you have any other idea or impacts the ecosystems, and 2) easy audience to reach and important to reach EHR comments you would like to share? out to the youth.

What keeps tax dollars flowing to OSMP is public interest, which is fostered by Do you have any other idea or public access and education. Keep trail construction and maintenance as a EHR comments you would like to share? priority, and spend a modest amount on interpretative signage along trails.

When the electrical lines were being replaced up at shanahan ridge, there was a lot of truck and vehicle traffic. When I talked to the people driving the vehicles, they all knew they were supposed to wash their tires and undercarriage before they got on the trails, but most of the time they did not. the company they worked for did not find it a priority and would not allocate time for this. Tires and undercarriages of cars/truck/etc are the main way invasive species come into an area. YOU NEED TO IMPROVE how you MONITOR the vehicles driving on open Do you have any other idea or space lands. This is how most of the invasive species are getting on the land. It is EHR comments you would like to share? time to really take the lead here. When we are purchasing open space land, ensure that we purchase any Do you have any other idea or associated mineral rights with them (to prevent any possible industrial EHR comments you would like to share? extraction).

Do you have any other idea or EHR comments you would like to share? Wildlife signs/warnings (for deer, rattlesnakes, etc) You can get more buy‐in from the public by allowing/encouraging more public Do you have any other idea or access to OSMP. Default should be open, not closed, space. Focus on education, EHR comments you would like to share? not regulation.

Do you have any other idea or You guys are an inspiration for many future eco‐sustainability projects EHR comments you would like to share? worldwide!

Your goal of maintaining ecosystems and large habitat blocks is laudable, but I won't believe it until I see it take precedence over recreational uses of the land in critical habitat areas. I expect that, when the recreational interests challenge this, Do you have any other idea or you will fold like a house of cards. You always do. So permit me to be a skeptic EHR comments you would like to share? and regard a lot of this as just talk with no teeth. As we develop an Open Space and Continued night time access is extremely important to me. During the winter Mountain Parks Master Plan, how months it is impossible to use the trails in the morning or after work during would you like to enjoy Boulder's daylight hours. I try to enjoy this beautiful trails every day. It is part of what RRSE public land into the future? makes Boulder so amazing. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I wish you would buy the Shanahan Ranch.

I would like to continue to enjoy the open space much like I do today.Having the ability to go on a trail surrounded by nature is something not to be taken for As we develop an Open Space and granted.I enjoy having the trails available to me & my family‐dogs included.We Mountain Parks Master Plan, how keep our dogs on leash, so I'd like to continue to have trails that are for dogs on would you like to enjoy Boulder's leash as well as spaces for green tag dogs.I would hate to see open space be RRSE public land into the future? developed as a Boulder continues to grow. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Preservation of our western lifestyle, including equestrian trails, should be one of RRSE public land into the future? the priorities for all of our public lands, including Boulder's open space.

The city of bolder's voice and sight tag program, which allows off leash dogs on trails, should have a requirement that dog owners prove that their dogs are off As we develop an Open Space and leash trained and well behaved. It needs to be more than requireing owners to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how attend an informational meeting to qualify for the tags. There should be actual would you like to enjoy Boulder's testing required to make sure the dogs are truly voice and sight trained. Raise the RRSE public land into the future? fees to pay for the testing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's 1) Access to more public land 2) Continue to expand hiking and mountain biking RRSE public land into the future? trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? 1) equestrian use of all trails 2) running and hiking trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's 1) Its value goes beyond just how it is used. That it exists at all has value. 2) hiking RRSE public land into the future? is my #1 use by far. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? 1) Vistas 2) Hiking (w/dog, off leash, where possible) 3) Some biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? 1. Hiking 2. Mountain biking

1. Keep and expand open space. 2. Easy access to trails. 3. Allow for more As we develop an Open Space and volunteer activities to allow citizens to help in trail maintenance. 4. Provide the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how trails app for mobile. 5. Do more about education or cert for dog owners, often would you like to enjoy Boulder's there are too many poop bags left on trails. 6. Improve interaction between RRSE public land into the future? bikers and hikers; many bikers DO NOT know trail etiquette. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's A balance of conservation, but also be able to USE the land as that is why we live RRSE public land into the future? here and pay the price for our house that we do :). Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how a mix of uses including hiking trails, mountain biking trails, off‐trail areas where would you like to enjoy Boulder's hiking is permitted, rock climbing (traditional), bird watching, citizen science RRSE public land into the future? programs, habitat preservation, better enforcement of dog rules As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? A new Eldo‐Walker connector! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how A place where we can enjoy nature and quiet, away from the bustle of cars and would you like to enjoy Boulder's urbanization. This means no or limited dogs and noise (i.e. people talking on their RRSE public land into the future? cell phones at length) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? A variety of ways. Hiking, biking, just being out and enjoying nature. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Ability to enjoy it (see/hike/bike/climb) in a leave‐no‐trace fashion. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's access for activities and enjoyment of the natural world; btw i see supporting and RRSE public land into the future? managing recreation in #2 as inextricably linked As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Access for hiking is a priority, and hiking with dogs is especially enjoyable. Would RRSE public land into the future? like to see as many trails as possible open for use by people with dogs off leash. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Access is very important. Recreation. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Access of course. Logical bike access as well. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Access to Rock Climbing ACCESS. 24/7 access to lands (excepting raptor closures and other already‐in‐ As we develop an Open Space and place restrictions), access on and off trails. Maintain V&S off‐leash trails, promote Mountain Parks Master Plan, how that program. It's an opportunity to get a huge portion of users into a classroom would you like to enjoy Boulder's for education. In short: No access restrictions above and beyond those already in RRSE public land into the future? place here in 2018. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Add more trails for mountain bikers, but keep the current no bikes trail RRSE public land into the future? regulations as‐is. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Additional mountain bike trails and multi use access to those trails. Off street RRSE public land into the future? cycling accession the west side of town from Marshall Mesa to Heil! Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Additional purpose built mountain bike single track that connects from town RRSE public land into the future? without the need to drive. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Additional trail connections so they can be accessed without cars (particularly RRSE public land into the future? bike connections), and adequate bike parking. I also hike and trail run As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Additional, sustainable, mountainbike trails. Connections that make the Indian RRSE public land into the future? Peaks Traverse on nearly 100% Singletrack would be epic as well As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? After work, sometimes by headlamp until around 11pm or so.

All dogs on a leash or no dogs. The voice and sight program is poorly enforced and does not work with many dogs, thus many human or dog to dog encounters. As we develop an Open Space and Many dog owners do not clean up the poop or just put in plastic bag and leave on Mountain Parks Master Plan, how trail. With increased usasge it will only get worse. Education has had a limited would you like to enjoy Boulder's effect and inforcement resources are few.Electric bikes on trails increases hazards RRSE public land into the future? to other bikes and hikers. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Allow 24 hour hiking and running on all trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Allowing trails that accommodate hikers, equestrians, and bicyclists in a would you like to enjoy Boulder's respectful way to each other and to nature. I am an avid equestrian trail rider RRSE public land into the future? and riding on open space is one of my great joys. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Always hiking, biking and horse backriding. I enjoy all three. And I loveto have our RRSE public land into the future? dog with us. Appropriate balance of conservation and recreation. Recreation use is a vital part As we develop an Open Space and of the program and must be considered a priority along with other priorities Mountain Parks Master Plan, how unless there are critical ecosystem constraints. However, transparent, would you like to enjoy Boulder's community engagement must accompany any and all decisions that affect RRSE public land into the future? recreation.

As a Boulder native who hiked these trails with my dad, I continue to enjoy trailrunning, hiking and scrambling in OSMP and sharing these areas with my As we develop an Open Space and daughter. IMO allowing the next generation to develop of love of wild, outdoor Mountain Parks Master Plan, how places is key to conservation. I enjoy being in wilderness, seeing wildlife, being would you like to enjoy Boulder's away from the city bustle and soaking in the solitude/"meditating". The RRSE public land into the future? immediate access to wild spaces is why I moved back to Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As a city resident I go to the areas I know are not very popular, I like to take my RRSE public land into the future? grandson hiking and exploring, I mostly use the Boulder County Parks. Form Question Comment

As we develop an Open Space and As a climber, mountain biker, hiker, and trail runner I can only hope that OSMP Mountain Parks Master Plan, how continues to mange our public lands in a manner that allows me to enjoy all these would you like to enjoy Boulder's activities. As a conservationist, I also hope that user impacts can continue to be RRSE public land into the future? managed in a way that balances access with wildlife and flora preservation. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As a fly fisherman, any fishery management of Boulder Creek that is not already RRSE public land into the future? being done would be ideal.

As a mountain biker, I'd like to see OSMP do these things: ‐balance mountain bike use alongside other uses. The no‐bikes days at Betasso are fine; that these aren't As we develop an Open Space and balanced by bike‐only days (as JeffCo does) is not fine. ‐build more varied trail Mountain Parks Master Plan, how experiences. Most singletrack on OSMP is "flow" trail, which is repetitive and would you like to enjoy Boulder's allows high speeds by bikes, which increases user conflict. Technical trail does not RRSE public land into the future? impact hikers, but slows riders. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? as a mtn. biker I'd like to see more trails for us that are closer to boulder

As a place for non‐motorized recreation (trail running, hiking, biking and ski As we develop an Open Space and touring) where I can be surrounded by nature, utilizing an interconnected Mountain Parks Master Plan, how network of single‐track trails to disconnect in an overly connected World and would you like to enjoy Boulder's where wildlife can flourish and where, as Guardian, I can bring my dog to enjoy RRSE public land into the future? the same trails ff‐leash (& in compliance with Boulder's V&S program). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? As a place to hike and observe wildlife, in peace and quiet. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As a place to run, hike and ride. But equally important to me is a place that RRSE public land into the future? supports a contiguous natural ecosystem.

As a recreationist (hiker, runner, XC biker) and silent observer of flora and fauna, I have thrilled to the occasional, increasingly rare moments of connection with the As we develop an Open Space and latter. I hope to be able to continue this, and to share with my grandkids. OSMP is Mountain Parks Master Plan, how not just a landscape background for us with our varied needs‐‐it's a patchwork of would you like to enjoy Boulder's wonderful ecosystems. Must move through with light impact, & nurture what we RRSE public land into the future? have left via "best practices." As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how As a senior, I have less interest in strenuous activity such as speed racing my bike would you like to enjoy Boulder's on trails or training for marathons. I would rather be able to walk my dogs on off RRSE public land into the future? leash green tag trails without being threatened or told to leash my dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? As a trail runner, I rely on OSMP trails to train (and to have fun!) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As an avid mountain biker, I would like to see more local biking trails. These RRSE public land into the future? could be shared with hikers, runners, equestrians (on odd and even days). Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As an avid outdoors person I plan to hike, run, mountain bike, horse back ride and RRSE public land into the future? fish on Boulder's public lands. As an avid runner, I enjoy exploring local trails on foot. We love taking family and As we develop an Open Space and friends hiking and running on the OSMP trail system. I'm also a mom and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how professor at the university. As such, I often run on the trails after sunset, due to would you like to enjoy Boulder's my busy daytime schedule. It's so beneficial to my health and sanity to have a RRSE public land into the future? place to run any time of day or night. As an avid trail hiker, runner and mountain biker, I would like to enjoy Boulder's public land in an atmosphere of trail advocacy and support for the increased As we develop an Open Space and building and development of an extensive trail network. With an increase in Mountain Parks Master Plan, how vehicular traffic on our roads, we need to push toward bike path and trail would you like to enjoy Boulder's alternatives that extend into our foothills and connections like Boulder to Golden, RRSE public land into the future? Lyons and Louisville. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As an avid, older, mountain biker I sure would like to see more trails like Betasso RRSE public land into the future? so I can enjoy the ride and not kill myself in the process. Thanks! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how As an elderly citizens, I am more conscious of people of all abilities being able to would you like to enjoy Boulder's enjoy the beautiful areas of parks and open spaces. Focus on accessible parking RRSE public land into the future? lots, trails and picnic areas where people can recreate passively As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how As an experienced, responsible paraglider, I'd like to see the option of more flight would you like to enjoy Boulder's opportunity including allowable take off and landing locations. I also appreciate RRSE public land into the future? the ability to hike in locations that are also dog and kid friendly. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's as an open space for me to hike, know that wildlife has a natural place to live, and RRSE public land into the future? where appropriate, for grazing cows or bee colonies As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? As an urban open space available for recreational and contemplative activities

As I do now! Cycling, hiking, running, paddling, birdwatching, etc. And in the past As we develop an Open Space and include climbing. However along with public access comes the expectation that Mountain Parks Master Plan, how these spaces will be managed appropriately with respect to dog control, would you like to enjoy Boulder's environmental practices preserving wetlands, wildlife and protection from human RRSE public land into the future? abuse‐fires, homeless camping, trail wear, etc. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As I do today, I both hike and walk my dog all over Boulder ‐ as well as paint the RRSE public land into the future? landscape. As I get older, I can not hike and trail run quite as much as I used to, but have As we develop an Open Space and been enjoying riding my mountain bike where permitted. I would love to be able Mountain Parks Master Plan, how to access more of the trails in Boulder, and have the opportunity one day to be would you like to enjoy Boulder's able to ride my bike from Boulder to the Continental Divide all on singletrack RRSE public land into the future? trails. Form Question Comment

As increased population and crazy "fire mitigation" treatments destroy more and more private land, it's important to lock away more intact Front Range forests As we develop an Open Space and and intact ecosystems for future generations. Keep people and dogs out of these Mountain Parks Master Plan, how areas forever and let them serve as gene banks for future wildlife and plant would you like to enjoy Boulder's populations. Open Space and Mountain Parks already contains the last RRSE public land into the future? populations of several species in Colorado. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how As more and more people make Colorado home, we need to keep purchasing would you like to enjoy Boulder's more open space. This can be done by developing a partnership with other RRSE public land into the future? counties. Like we now do with Jeffco. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how As much running and mountain biking access as possible. I love the scheduled would you like to enjoy Boulder's access for mtn bikers at betasso. It makes sense. Also, linked mtn biking trails in RRSE public land into the future? order to go further distances, and increased parking like Heil has received. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how As natural areas where the welfare of native plants, animals, and their would you like to enjoy Boulder's communities are given precedence and human uses are modulated by these RRSE public land into the future? concerns. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? As natural as possible! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's As senior ‐ not so much danger from mt. bikers moving fast + us having to step off RRSE public land into the future? trail which can be dangerous As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? As unspoiled and untrampled as possible. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? As wilderness or a research natural area As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Ban all dogs, that includes emotional support dogs but not LEGITIMATE service would you like to enjoy Boulder's dogs like Seeing Eye. Make more trails in Boulder Canyon which is a beautiful gem RRSE public land into the future? with such little access. Open Mesa Trail to biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Be able to enjoy land with easy access. Use the space for boulder county would you like to enjoy Boulder's residents not Just Boulder. Need to be able to have easy access to places outside RRSE public land into the future? of Boulder as well. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Be able to ride out horses and enjoy the environment ! Many of us feel the same would you like to enjoy Boulder's way . Our taxes go to the town and environment and to keep open space and we RRSE public land into the future? should be able to use it . Hikers and riders No off road vehicles!!! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Being able to have more mountain bike access before I am too old to enjoy it. RRSE public land into the future? Continued ability to have our dog off leash. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Being able to hike on all the trails is one of the true gifts of Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Being able to walk around without being constantly interrupted by bikers and off‐ RRSE public land into the future? leash dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? bicycling due to bad knees so hiking and running is limited. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Bike and pet friendly As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Bike only downhill trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Bike specific trails, both directional and traditional. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? bike, hike, walk, enjoy nature, get away from screens As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Bikes As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking and hiking with my kids. Camping. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking and Hiking. Some picnics too.

Biking and running in it. Currently the mountain biking trails can be pretty As we develop an Open Space and easy/boring. Improving these multi‐use trails so that a far drive isn't required for Mountain Parks Master Plan, how good mountain biking would help tremendously. While the existing trails up all of would you like to enjoy Boulder's the boulder peaks are world class for trail running and hiking, more routes to RRSE public land into the future? create different exciting and fun loops would be greatly appreciated. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking hiking and walking Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? biking trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking, Hang Gliding, Hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking, hiking trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Biking, hiking, paddling, swimming, running. Moving my body in the beautiful, RRSE public land into the future? natural surroundings of Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Biking, running, and hiking the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Birdwatching! Nature photography! Both of these activities require trails that are would you like to enjoy Boulder's not overrun by off‐leash dogs and mountain bikers! Please preserve some trails RRSE public land into the future? for quiet enjoyment of nature!

Boulder has been voted one of the happiest cities in the country for a reason ‐ Exercise and being in nature have been scientifically proven to be the absolute As we develop an Open Space and best things human beings can do for mental, emotional, and physical health. We Mountain Parks Master Plan, how can do those things here in Boulder! I want to see everyone have the ability to would you like to enjoy Boulder's enjoy our beautiful land 24 hours a day, seven days a week so we can all RRSE public land into the future? maximize our opportunities for exercise and well being.

Boulder is a great place to enjoy the outdoors. Having access is key to living healthy lives. The cycling community is one of the strongest in the world, yet the As we develop an Open Space and percentage of singletrack trails that are accessible to mountain bikes is one of the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how lowest in the country. To limit trail conflict, I recommend MTB‐only singletrack would you like to enjoy Boulder's trail building. Also, at Betasso, currently Wed and Sat are hiker only days. I RRSE public land into the future? recommend Fri and Sun to be MTB only.

Boulder's foresight in protecting its open space, critical habitat, and wildlife is As we develop an Open Space and remarkable. Given the increasing pressure from expanding usage, putting priority Mountain Parks Master Plan, how on passive use and wildlife conservation will become more and more important. I would you like to enjoy Boulder's have been alarmed by the County's consideration of opening trails to e‐bikes, and RRSE public land into the future? urge that the city hold the line on mechanization, such as e‐bikes, drones, etc. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Boulder's public lands are an amazing playground for adventure, and I think we would you like to enjoy Boulder's should continue to be able to seek out adventure while balancing the need to RRSE public land into the future? preserve and protect our public land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Broadly speaking, recreation. Form Question Comment By hiking, mountain biking and running in trails near my home. It's important to As we develop an Open Space and me that I don't have to drive far in order to be on the trail so that I have a low Mountain Parks Master Plan, how environmental impact. I want to run or bike to my trail. I prefer single‐track trails would you like to enjoy Boulder's because I have a better trail experience. We need expanded single track in RRSE public land into the future? Boulder County. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's By using the trail system, having many spaces to run my dog and enjoying serene RRSE public land into the future? nature. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? By walking through it and looking at it. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? clean, well maintained, peaceful As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Climb, bike and hike as a family or with friends. In winter, hike and snowshoe RRSE public land into the future? primarily unless weather allows more As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing and Dog access are important t me. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing and hiking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing and trail running with ability to have some solitude. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Climbing the local peaks Climbing the local flatirons Running the trails and seeing RRSE public land into the future? much of the area. Link up as many trails as possible. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, cycling, hiking, photography, picnicing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, hiking, and orienteering on OSMP land. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, hiking, biking, fishing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, hiking, mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, hiking, mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, hiking, photographing, walking, meditating, spiritually As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Climbing, Mountain Biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Close Disability Parking and ADA trail accessibility; allowing Mobility Scooters, RRSE public land into the future? Electric Wheelchairs, etc. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Connected parks by foot or bike. Limited competitive events allowed on open RRSE public land into the future? space As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? connectivity through regional trails which allow bicycles. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Connectivity via trailways and green/open spaces would promote more RRSE public land into the future? enjoyment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Conserved with strategies implemented to mitigate the continued impact of RRSE public land into the future? thousands of visitors in a concentrated area. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continue diversity i open space trail system. As I get older and may not be able to would you like to enjoy Boulder's hike strenuous hiking/biking trails as I have done, plan equal variety/levels of RRSE public land into the future? trails for different peoples and abilities.

Continue enjoying incredible access to excellent and well maintained dog friendly open space but substantially increase access for mountain bikes. Despite As we develop an Open Space and abundant open space there is very limited access for bikes from town and it Mountain Parks Master Plan, how generally requires getting in a car. Sky trail, Eldorado canyon, Betasso access would you like to enjoy Boulder's from the bike path and possibly a dedicated down hill trail to be used in RRSE public land into the future? conjunction with Chapman would be huge additions. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Continue hiking on the trails. I bike only on the South Boulder Creek trail. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? continue rock climbing in the Flatirons and enjoying hiking with my dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Continue to be able to hike. As we develop an Open Space and Continue to enjoy hiking trails on foot and on my trail horse, more trails that Mountain Parks Master Plan, how separate mountain bike trails from horse and hiking trails due to the erosion would you like to enjoy Boulder's caused by mountain biking. trails can be deeply rutted or so smooth from biking RRSE public land into the future? overuse that they are slippery As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continue to enjoy OSMP to experience our natural setting while remaining active. would you like to enjoy Boulder's This includes deepening my understanding of the natural environment through RRSE public land into the future? the seasons and years. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continue to enjoy well maintained trails through wild spaces. Single use RRSE public land into the future? prefered...bike only or hike only. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continue to have access at all hours to either climb, run or hike the trails as I have RRSE public land into the future? been doing now for over 15 years as a Boulder resident. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continue to have multi‐use trails that allow hikers, runners, bikers and dog RRSE public land into the future? walkers. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's continue to increase the land which is purchased use for trail running, trails RRSE public land into the future? closed to mountain biking in certain areas As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continue to use a variety of spaces for a variety of activities. I would like more would you like to enjoy Boulder's equitable access for mountain bikes on foothills trails, not just on the plains to RRSE public land into the future? the east. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continue to walk/hike with dogs and friends. Mentally I love the knowledge that would you like to enjoy Boulder's there is a wide expanse of undeveloped space just to the west of us. Even if I RRSE public land into the future? don't go into it, it helps me knowing it's there As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continue using it for trail running, mountain biking, and hiking with my dog, RRSE public land into the future? partner, visitors, and my future kids. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continued acces to open space for recreation. I would like to see more would you like to enjoy Boulder's development of mountain bike trails that are geared to intermediate and RRSE public land into the future? advanced riders. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continued access, parking, maintenance of natural environment and continue RRSE public land into the future? expansion. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continued development and maintenance of trails for running and mtn biking. RRSE public land into the future? Boulder does need more mtn biking trails. Continued hiking and mountain biking access. Other usage like camping would be cool. Also, has there been any thought to leasing OSMP for less than permanent As we develop an Open Space and but more than temporary housing like tiny houses or vans? This could really Mountain Parks Master Plan, how alleviate the housing shortage in boulder while providing people who are would you like to enjoy Boulder's genuinely interested in conservation and preservation the opportunity to live RRSE public land into the future? their dream. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continued promotion and use of MTB trails in BOCO open space is paramount my RRSE public land into the future? family living in Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continued use for hiking, cycling, and sketching/painting. More connections would you like to enjoy Boulder's between trails would be great. Please no electric bikes and no more areas open RRSE public land into the future? to dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Continuing to emphasize the importance of undeveloped land and mitigating RRSE public land into the future? large amounts of use. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continuing to see maintenance of popular trails like Chautauqua, with would you like to enjoy Boulder's preservation of social trails in the area. Most importantly, pay to park areas at RRSE public land into the future? larger trailheads to advocate for bike transportation. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Daily 1 to 2 hour "exercise and psychological relaxation" hikes. Weekly, more RRSE public land into the future? ambitious, full day hikes. Dear OSMP. Thanks for all the flood recovery and other work. My key input: Please keep off trail access available. You do a good job encouraging on‐trail for As we develop an Open Space and the masses, and I applaud the work you've done relocating trails out of sensitive Mountain Parks Master Plan, how areas. I photograph & explore wilderness at dawn esp. Mt Pks. I'm careful and would you like to enjoy Boulder's folks don't see me as I leave or rejoin the trail. I complete HCA permits when RRSE public land into the future? necessary.

Directional mountain bike only trails, trails for hikers only (already exist), and As we develop an Open Space and trails for equestrians only. With the number of users in each user group just build Mountain Parks Master Plan, how trails dedicated to each use. Hikers dont like to hike over horse poop, bikers dont would you like to enjoy Boulder's like riding through dog droppings, and hikers dont like bikers. Just separate all RRSE public land into the future? the user groups with their own trails and solve all the problems. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? DIRECTIONAL MTB TRAILS AND MTB ONLY TRAILS. THANK YOU. Form Question Comment

Discourage use of cars to access open space. Create opportunities for mountain As we develop an Open Space and biking. Empower community stewardship of trails through maintenance, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how construction, management. Explore limited hunting opportunities to manage would you like to enjoy Boulder's deer population. Address issues with dogs and dog waste. Educate hikers about RRSE public land into the future? shortcutting and social trails. Continue fire mitigation work, controlled burns. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? dog friendly trails and good places to run! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Dog management needs to become far more strict. Far too often I run into loose RRSE public land into the future? aggressive dogs with owners who think they are entitled to let their dogs roam. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Dog walking, hiking, mountain biking. What else is there? Keep it simple and RRSE public land into the future? open. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Dog walking, paragliding, mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Dog walks, talking with my family, running and educational events As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Dogs and their owners seem to be destroying wildlife's enjoyment of our Open would you like to enjoy Boulder's Space. I'd like to see fewer people, smaller trails, and more wildlife every year RRSE public land into the future? going forward. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? dogs off leash hiking and running off trail Dogs on leash‐‐I have witnessed too many dogs chasing deer and other wildlife. It is not a compatible use if the resource is to be properly managed and protected. As we develop an Open Space and There are so many people using the land‐‐perhaps a quota system needs to be Mountain Parks Master Plan, how implemented in the most popular areas (e.g., Chautauqua, Mt. Sanitas). If signs of would you like to enjoy Boulder's human impact are left unchecked, the resource will suffer. Our children deserve RRSE public land into the future? better. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Easy access from Boulder's urban streets to the beauty of our plains and RRSE public land into the future? mountains. I walk the dog. I hike. I run. And, I ride all sorts of bikes on our trails.

Easy access to great trails is a huge priority and something I love about our open As we develop an Open Space and space. As a mountain biker I'd like to see more consideration towards our group Mountain Parks Master Plan, how and inter group conflicts. I'd be open to creative solutions such as Betasso but would you like to enjoy Boulder's taking that one step further and closing it to other user groups except for bikes RRSE public land into the future? one day a week (as seen Wed and Sat for bikers). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Easy access to trailheads is important. I am able to walk to open space trails and RRSE public land into the future? this is a big reason why I live here. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Educational spaces that demonstrate green energy applications. How individuals Mountain Parks Master Plan, how can incorporate gardening techniques using local flora that support local fauna; would you like to enjoy Boulder's solar, water and wind energy sources along hiking paths. Horse trail riding RRSE public land into the future? spaces As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Eldo‐Walker connection and connections to Hwy 72 with multi‐use trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Enjoy our beautiful open space by hiking and mountain biking. Keep the lands RRSE public land into the future? beautiful through responsible, sustainable trail and facility development. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? enjoy recreation while mitigating the effects As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Enjoy the land responsibly, have lots of fun close to town, and leave it better than RRSE public land into the future? I found it. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Enjoy the land responsibly, have lots of fun close to town, and leave it better than RRSE public land into the future? I found it. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Enjoy the land responsibly, have lots of fun close to town, and leave it better than RRSE public land into the future? I found it. 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As we develop an Open Space and First and foremost, mountain biking. It would be nice to have more trails similar Mountain Parks Master Plan, how to Centennial Cone Park where, on the busiest days (ie Sat/Sun), use is alternated would you like to enjoy Boulder's between hiking/biking. This works great at Centennial Cone to keep everyone RRSE public land into the future? happy and keep the trails uncongested/incident free on the busiest days.

First priority should be to maintain a "wilderness" experience, inasmuch as possible given the proximity of Front Range population centers to OSMP As we develop an Open Space and trailheads. Enhanced opportunities for hiking/trail running should drive demand Mountain Parks Master Plan, how for trail design. Mountain bikes/E‐bikes/cyclists should NOT be accommodated in would you like to enjoy Boulder's future use. OSMP lands should first and foremost be sanctuaries from RRSE public land into the future? mechanized vehicular use. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how first priority‐‐change the chataqua summer access‐‐having only 2 hours to park would you like to enjoy Boulder's and squeeze a hike or climb in is crazy, eliminate the 2 hour limit 2. hiking trails is RRSE public land into the future? primary trail use 3. recommend improving sustainability of rock climbing access.

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For me, riding the right balance of anthro‐centricity and respect for preservation, habitat and wildlife is crucial. The other day after the snow at Boulder Valley As we develop an Open Space and Ranch I saw at least 25 species of birds in a single walk. It was cold, snowy and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how quiet. A magical experience. I'm concerned with user growth and increasingly would you like to enjoy Boulder's intensive usage with more dogs and eBikes that some of those opportunities and RRSE public land into the future? refuges may be harder to find.

For me, the most important thing we can do with our open space is return it to the indigenous people who lived here before the Sand Creek Massacre. I think As we develop an Open Space and returning land as well as asking the indigenous people of this land for their input Mountain Parks Master Plan, how on its management are two land‐based initiaves that ensure the well being of would you like to enjoy Boulder's both the land and its people. I love to walk, roam, wander on and off trail, to RRSE public land into the future? sleep under the stars, and encounter wild things As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? For people to be able to use and enjoy. Enough of this look but don't touch. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? For recreation and exercise: running, walking, hiking, rock climbing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Free and easy access for Boulder County Residents. Preserving nature. Accessible RRSE public land into the future? to both dogs and resident. Ensuring the quality and safety of BOSMP As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's free parking with no time limit I really like hikimg would like to see communal RRSE public land into the future? campfire pit in very fire safe area

From a hiking perspective, need to deal with the parking situation, particularly on Flagger. From a biking perspective, need to come up with a "connector" plan. As we develop an Open Space and E.g. you folks tore up access from the area around Forsythe Canyon Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Trailhead/Winiger ridge to Lower Lazy Z (old part). That makes it an open would you like to enjoy Boulder's invitation to cut in a social trail. Another biking issue, there's a lot of hard core RRSE public land into the future? technical riders around town. Stop dumbing down the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Generally spontaneous, hiking/climbing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Gettin' gnarly on my bike! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's guided nature walks to explore all the wildlife: birds, mammals, plants that we RRSE public land into the future? have in this area. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Have a continuous trail system from the City to Boulder County's western reach, RRSE public land into the future? near and/or up to the Continental Divide. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Have closer access along with linking trail access to major networks. Be RRSE public land into the future? responsible for the land and participate in sustainability. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Have fun close to town As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Have less use of 3 trails due to bike use, Marshall Mesa / Dowdy Draw, would you like to enjoy Boulder's Cottonwood and 1/2 of Bobolink. Make social trail on west side official: (of RRSE public land into the future? Bobolink) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Have tons of fun mountain biking responsibly on our trail system close to home. Having options to connect with other land agency trails seems like a no brainer. It As we develop an Open Space and has a great deal of support all the way to the governors office. This would benefit Mountain Parks Master Plan, how all users and the managing agencies. I hike and bike on most trails in Boulder would you like to enjoy Boulder's County throughput the year. Having more options for longer outings would be RRSE public land into the future? extremely valuable.

Hello. I am an avid mountain biker and trail runner. I would love to see more mountain biking specific trails built within Boulder county. Also, its great to have As we develop an Open Space and designated trails for biking only or even designated hiking vs biking days. For the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how number of mountain bikers in our city, it would be great to be able to add some would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails to accommodate the number of riders. Our trails are very crowded with RRSE public land into the future? bikers and hikers/runners. Thank you!

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Hiking with no bikes Horseback riding with no bikes As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking! Nature watching. Please no dogs or bikes. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, backpacking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, cross‐country skiing, snowshoeing, RRSE public land into the future? sledding/tubing, paragliding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, biking (both road and mountain), photography, snowshoeing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking (no motors), sight seeing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking , and horseback riding. Also dog walking. Nature interaction As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking and horseback riding. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, biking bike parking at trailheads As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking, & as an important biological refuge for plants & animals. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking, and being able to get away from the city. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking, birding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, biking, horse back riding plein air painting, rock climbing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, biking, horseback riding Form Question Comment

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Hiking, climbing, cross‐country skiing, canoeing, quiet contemplation, cycling As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, climbing, cycling As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, climbing, mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, cross county skiing, seeing wildlife and native plants Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, dog walking, and mountain biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, enjoying wildlife, solitude, quiet contemplation. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, enjoying wildlife, without dogs on trail As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, family friendly parks and bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, fishing, wildlife, wildlife and ecosystem education As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, gravel biking, mountain biking! Oh and some sitting. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, habitat preservation, dog walking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, hike with dog, horseback riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, horseback riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, Horseback riding, walking dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, looking at wild critters, meditative walks. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, mountain biking and wildlife watching. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, Mountain biking w/o motorized vehicles including electric. Limitations to RRSE public land into the future? protect wildlife including restrictions on dogs and human population density. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, mountain biking, dog walking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, mountain biking, dog walking, climbing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, mountain biking, fishing/hunting, bike and e‐bike commuting As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, mountain biking, hiking with kids, picnics As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, mountain biking, picnics, and just looking at it, even from afar. Just RRSE public land into the future? knowing it's there and preserving it as natural space is important to me. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, mountain biking, social gatherings As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, observing wildlife As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, photographing, watching & enjoying natural surroundings including RRSE public land into the future? wildlife. Quiet beauty. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, picnicking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, reflection, walking my dog and habitat protection As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, running trails, bouldering. but the most important is maintaining the RRSE public land into the future? pristine environment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, running trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how hiking, running, climbing, horseback riding (in places), X‐C skiing (in places), Mtn would you like to enjoy Boulder's Biking (in places), Fishing, Parasailing, Kite flying, photography, bird/nature RRSE public land into the future? watching..... Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, running, mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, running, mountain biking, picnics As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, running, nordic skiing, biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, running, walking, taking the dog out, scenic views, peaceful quiet times As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's hiking, running, wildlife and bird watching, picnics, place for reflection; its RRSE public land into the future? intrinsic value for vegetation and wildlife As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, snowshoeing with my dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Hiking, snowshoeing, and just enjoying watching the beautiful landscapes, plants, would you like to enjoy Boulder's and animals. The accessible trails (like up above Chautauqua) are also wonderful RRSE public land into the future? for allowing all people to access the public land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, Snowshoeing, Nature Programs As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? hiking, snowshoes, cross‐country skiing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, solar As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, trail running, climbing! Social climbing access trails are important to me RRSE public land into the future? and I hope they are preserved. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, trail running, mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's hiking, trail running, mountain biking, protection from streets and noise, RRSE public land into the future? protection of wildlife and natural habitat Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, tubing, biking, exploring As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking, viewing wildlife, seeing that the land, its plant life and wildlife, are RRSE public land into the future? cherished, respected and protected. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, walking my dog. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking, walking, picnicking, music venues, and naturalist led hikes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Hiking. Quiet & Solitude. Birdwatching. Observing ecosystems during the would you like to enjoy Boulder's different seasons. Educating my kids (flower ID, birdwatching, stargazing, RRSE public land into the future? batwatching). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Hiking. Birding. Wildflower gazing. More spots to rest and picnic would be good. RRSE public land into the future? Better shelters. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking/picnicking Running As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking/running with my dogs off leash. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Hiking/trail running on trails with and without dogs and bikes As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horse As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horse back riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? horse back riding, hiking with my dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horse trails that do not allow bicycles. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback ridding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding & off‐leash areas for dogs As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding and trailer accessibility. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding Hiking (most often with dog) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding Hiking Birdwatching Dog walking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's horseback riding is my main use and I want to see trails well maintained and RRSE public land into the future? adequate and safe parking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding, walking, hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Horseback riding. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? horses and trailer parking at all trailheads Human use of OSMP must be compatible with protection / conservation of natural resources like wildlife and plant communities. OSMP receives alot of As we develop an Open Space and visitors and the land may be getting loved to death. Specific management actions Mountain Parks Master Plan, how should come from the Master Plan that promote responsible recreation that would you like to enjoy Boulder's takes into account habitat and resource protection. These may include keeping RRSE public land into the future? visitors on‐trail. Form Question Comment I enjoy the open space and trails on horseback. I have been a supporter of Open Space since its very beginning. I served on the 1st city visitor plan group, on As we develop an Open Space and POSAC for 9 years in the 80's, Organized trail meetings, attended 2 National Trail Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Conferences, and also was appointed the Colorado State Trails committee, and would you like to enjoy Boulder's served as it chairperson during the late 80's and early 90's. Continued equestrian RRSE public land into the future? use is crucial. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I adore horseback riding and hiking with my dogs on the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I almost always enjoy OS with my dog. Generally shorter 1‐1.5 hours for our RRSE public land into the future? walks. Occasionally up peaks during weekends. I am a climber, and would like to continue enjoying climbing on OSMP lands. This As we develop an Open Space and includes responsible use of climber access trails (sometimes called "social trails"), Mountain Parks Master Plan, how or managing these as official trails if needed, a parking option for a full day of would you like to enjoy Boulder's activity, and education for climbers and non‐climbers about sharing the space RRSE public land into the future? safely and responsibly. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I am a climber, hiker, and skier who uses Boulder's OSMP extensively and would RRSE public land into the future? like to continue to do so! I am a hiker and equestrian. Allow I find mtn bikers to be friendly, I have had a hard time adjusting to their use since the focus appears to be about speed and As we develop an Open Space and skill and less about the environment, I would like to be able to enjoy open space Mountain Parks Master Plan, how and mtn parks for how they are conserved to provide a place for native would you like to enjoy Boulder's vegetation and wildlife,. A place where noise and mechanical modes of RRSE public land into the future? transportation are minimized.

I am a hiker, a runner, and a mtn biker. As a hiker and runner, I feel the trail system is great. As a mtn biker, not so much. There are very few trails that are As we develop an Open Space and open to cyclists and the areas that are open are extremely underdeveloped. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Betasso and Heil could be so much more ‐ really great ‐ with more stacked loop would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails. I understand trail conflict & I see it from both sides. It seems like it is easy RRSE public land into the future? to avoid with odd/even days like JeffCo

I am a hiker, dog walker and mountain biker. I love Boulder Open Space. I would love to see more purpose built mountain biking trails that are separated from As we develop an Open Space and hikers, for the enjoyment and safety of everyone. I would also like to see more Mountain Parks Master Plan, how consideration for linking voice and sight control trails for dogs. It is inconvenient would you like to enjoy Boulder's to take my dog for a hike and to have to take her off and put her back on leash in RRSE public land into the future? places that don't seem to make sense. As we develop an Open Space and I am a long time resident ‐ 30 years ‐ and I would like to see a fair balance of Mountain Parks Master Plan, how preservation and reasonable access. As a mountain bike rider I most often have would you like to enjoy Boulder's to get into my car and drive one hour plus it seems to find the types of outdoor RRSE public land into the future? experiences I seek. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I am a mountain biker and hope to continue to have access in and near Boulder. RRSE public land into the future? Connector trails are most important as they keep the MTB crew off the roads. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I am a rock climber and hiker and envision using open space to hike and explore RRSE public land into the future? the cliffs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I am a runner and an equestrian so I use all of the open space trails on a daily would you like to enjoy Boulder's basis It would be nice to have the trails maintained more regularly and the east RRSE public land into the future? boulder trails fixed from the 2013 flood.

As we develop an Open Space and I am a senior in my late 70's, but in good shape. I would love to hike in open space Mountain Parks Master Plan, how the hills from my home on Lehigh Street without being jumped by a dog. one would you like to enjoy Boulder's young woman told me after her dog repeatedly jumped me and I complained to RRSE public land into the future? her I shouldn't walk there because the Mesa Trail is a dog trail. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I am a trail‐runner, hiker and Rock Climber. The trail systems in Boulder are great would you like to enjoy Boulder's and I'm so thankful for them. It would be great if more resources were devoted to RRSE public land into the future? developing the many climber trails in Boulder Canyon and around the flatirons.

I am an avid climber, which is the main activity I participate in on OSMP lands, and I also enjoy hiking. I hope that OSMP allows for the continued use and As we develop an Open Space and development of climbing access and areas in their lands. The re‐opening of Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Plotinus wall has been great, and I enjoyed getting to volunteer to rebuild that would you like to enjoy Boulder's approach trail. I hope that in the future, OSMP partners with the Boulder RRSE public land into the future? Climbing Community and Front Range Climbing Stewards. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I am an avid hiker & runner who hits the trails (sometimes solo, sometimes with would you like to enjoy Boulder's friends) 3‐5 times a week year round. I enjoy wildlife watching, time spent in RRSE public land into the future? nature, and challenging myself physically. Hope to continue for infinity!

I am an avid hiker. I'm from Boulder and have been hiking my entire life (60+ years) on the OS & MP trails. Access is crucial. I think impacts from all the people As we develop an Open Space and visiting are tailorable. For example, I think trail damage can be mitigated by Mountain Parks Master Plan, how building more robust trails. Hopefully, the little stone towers is a fad that will would you like to enjoy Boulder's soon fade‐‐I redistribute the rocks when I find them. People are pretty good with RRSE public land into the future? their dog poop‐‐mostly scooping it. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I am an avid Mountain Biker. I would love to see a network of well planned and would you like to enjoy Boulder's interconnected trails that are accessible to mountain bikers. I already saw efforts RRSE public land into the future? along those lines in Walker Park and would welcome more. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I am an avid mtn biker and trail runner and I would like to be able to mtn bike would you like to enjoy Boulder's from Walker Ranch down to Eldorado Springs and then across the Eastern edge of RRSE public land into the future? BOCO open space into the town of Boulder. Thank you! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I am an avid trail runner and hiker, so I would like to continue to enjoy the RRSE public land into the future? beautiful trail system in and around Boulder day and night. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I am an equestrian and I value trails that are open to horseback riding. I also walk RRSE public land into the future? my dog twice a day on open space trails. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and I am happy with open space as it currently exists. There are lots of places to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how choose from. I take my horse and my dog out on trails and occasionally bike as would you like to enjoy Boulder's well. Please don't make things too restrictive. Opening more land would be good RRSE public land into the future? with the growing population.

I am looking not for a park experience, but for an untouched nature experience ‐ no more roads, no taking out rocks from trails to turn them into mud pits so your As we develop an Open Space and business friends can go fix that, no giant OSMP trucks shredding the trail, well, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how you get the picture. Let the trails be, even if a flood changes the way they look. would you like to enjoy Boulder's That will regulate crowd sizes naturally. None of the topics listed in 2. are relevant RRSE public land into the future? to what I want out of OSMP. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I am very new to Colorado. So the one thing I noticed are the trails are needing would you like to enjoy Boulder's some maintenance. More trash cans... Bathroom are pretty clean but parking is a RRSE public land into the future? big problem

I appreciate trail running and walking/hiking almost daily on many trails of Boulder's OSMP! I would like the trails to be maintained (lovely job!) and, as i live As we develop an Open Space and near Wonderland Lake, i would love to see a couple trails developed on the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how hillside in order to access more area there and to connect a couple trails up there. would you like to enjoy Boulder's i would like no tax dollars to go toward maintaining and restoring historic RRSE public land into the future? buildings (new boards on cabin near Shadow canyon) As we develop an Open Space and I believe ongoing education, both historical and natural, is important. It helps put Mountain Parks Master Plan, how things in perspective and provides context. It's important to know how each one would you like to enjoy Boulder's of us fits in the bigger picture. We are passing on the baton to the next RRSE public land into the future? generation. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I believe you have tried to eliminate equine use of the trails which is important to RRSE public land into the future? trail riders on the N. side of Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I bike and hike frequently. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I dedicated mountain bike trail that parallels the Mesa Trail to connect Boulder to RRSE public land into the future? Doudy Draw, west of the city. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I don't have a car, which restricts me to some of the closer, busier areas. Better RRSE public land into the future? access through public transit would be wonderful. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I don't see any change for us, just continued walking/hiking the trails. Fewer off‐ RRSE public land into the future? leash dogs would be a plus. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I don't want open space to be fracked or drilled or mined. The County and City would you like to enjoy Boulder's has not made it clear to citizens and voters that this use of our public lands is RRSE public land into the future? imminent. No one is doing anything about this. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I don't want to see it lose it's historical character. That includes wildlife, RRSE public land into the future? environment, equestrian use. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I either hike on or ride a mountain bike on many of your multi‐use trails. I hope RRSE public land into the future? you will continue to grant access to mountain bikers. I enjoy a variety of uses from hiking/walking to biking. I was fortunate enough to As we develop an Open Space and attend a session at the White Rocks which was quite special. I love the various Mountain Parks Master Plan, how programs and educational opportunities. And I hope to be able to bike on lands would you like to enjoy Boulder's especially where we need regional connections like along the UP tracks towards RRSE public land into the future? Erie. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I enjoy easy access climbing close to town. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I enjoy hiking and mountain biking day and night. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I enjoy hiking and mountain biking on OSMP land. I love the new trail would you like to enjoy Boulder's development that is finally occurring and appreciate the smart planning to keep RRSE public land into the future? sensitive areas pristine so that we may enjoy the natural beauty. As we develop an Open Space and I enjoy hiking and nature photography, but my main focus is simply Mountain Parks Master Plan, how communing/connecting with nature (meditation, stargazing, wildlife watching, would you like to enjoy Boulder's etc). I also enjoy natural history study ‐ observing birds and other wildlife, RRSE public land into the future? identifying and studying plants, and so on. As we develop an Open Space and I enjoy hiking on trails that give access to our natural environment. I enjoy seeing Mountain Parks Master Plan, how open space from afar when I can't get out for a hike. Most of all I enjoy knowing would you like to enjoy Boulder's that we have preserved our natural lands in ways that allow plants and animals to RRSE public land into the future? flourish in their ecosystems.

I enjoy hiking the foothills near my house: Sanitas and north to Lee Hill and beyond. But I've also moved on to mountain biking, utilizing all the local trails. As we develop an Open Space and Connecting them, and adding challenging mountain bike trails would be Mountain Parks Master Plan, how wonderful. And, I fully support cooperative use or segregated use. Betasso is fine would you like to enjoy Boulder's with some non‐bike days. I also ride areas where there are mountain bike‐only RRSE public land into the future? trails. In general, the land should serve us all.

I enjoy hiking with my family and dog, biking from my home in Boulder, and As we develop an Open Space and exploring the different eco‐systems we benefit from. I feel like OSMP addresses Mountain Parks Master Plan, how these needs but leaves a gap on the bike front. We have hundreds of miles of would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails, but only a handful where bikes are allowed. I would like to see more RRSE public land into the future? consideration with bike specific trails/days, and opening access. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I enjoy hiking, climbing, and all around adventuring in osmp. Thanks! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy hiking, running, walking dogs, and mountain biking on Boulder's public RRSE public land into the future? lands. I would love to continue these activities into the future. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I enjoy hiking, trail running, and sometimes mountain biking on the trails. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I enjoy horseback riding n Boulder open spaces. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy it and think you are doing a great job. I do not like bikes on the trails. I do RRSE public land into the future? like to take my dog on the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy mountain biking and hiking and would love there to be a better mountain RRSE public land into the future? biking trail system in south boulder with more technical riding. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy mountain biking in the foothills. My goals are exercise, relaxation, and RRSE public land into the future? social. I'd hike more, but I have arthritis in my feet. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I enjoy mountain biking, hiking and trail running. I want to do all of these non‐ would you like to enjoy Boulder's motorized activities without using a car, esoecially in light of the director climate RRSE public land into the future? change report , and so need appropriate access to open space around Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy open space on my ebike because I have a disability and can't hike RRSE public land into the future? anymore. I do enjoy taking short walks as well. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy OSMP for hikes and runs, long and short, often with our dog and children. RRSE public land into the future? I also love biking on OSMP trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I enjoy our public lands primarily by hiking and meditating

I enjoy recreating (mountain biking, nature viewing, and hiking). on Boulder's public land, and would like to continue to use it in this way in the future. I would As we develop an Open Space and enjoy it even more if there were more trails that were safely accessible by bike Mountain Parks Master Plan, how instead of driving. Although the mountain bike accessible trails are nice for an would you like to enjoy Boulder's easy beginner ride, I would enjoy seeing more challenging singletrack; like those RRSE public land into the future? being developed in Jeffco Open Space. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I enjoy running and hiking on the trail systems, climbing the rocks and observing would you like to enjoy Boulder's the natural flora and fauna around me. Being able to interact with nature in a RRSE public land into the future? responsible way is an important part of the open space for me. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy scrambling and wandering around off trail. I find sticking to trails RRSE public land into the future? oppressive. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I enjoy the beauty and mystery of nature from walking and horseback riding on would you like to enjoy Boulder's OSMP. I prefer quiet and sensory experiences that honor the flora and fauna in RRSE public land into the future? these areas. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy the hiking trails, enjoy respectful dog owners, when the dogs are in reach RRSE public land into the future? of owners, enjoy bike trails and hope to see more! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy trail running with my off‐leash dog, and scrambling. I'd like to continue to RRSE public land into the future? do that. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I enjoy trail running, hiking, and mountain biking on trails in the area, including RRSE public land into the future? many OSMP trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I enjoy using the open space trails for running and hiking, and the plains trails for would you like to enjoy Boulder's bicycle transportation. I support e‐bike use on these transportation‐relevant RRSE public land into the future? trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I go to rock climb.i want to make sure I can access climbing in early morning and RRSE public land into the future? at night. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I grew up hiking and horseback riding on OSMP trails as a kid in South Boulder, RRSE public land into the future? continue to do so now, and hope that these uses continue in the future! I Have been riding horses, walking my dog, and hiking trails for more the 20 years here in Boulder. Horse trailer parking should be considered on all suitable trails. As we develop an Open Space and Please keep electric bikes off trails these are not 'passive' recreation. Make multi‐ Mountain Parks Master Plan, how use trails with limited site (i.e. Dowdy Draw) one‐way for safety. Better prairie would you like to enjoy Boulder's dog management‐‐they are ruining our grasslands and colonies should be RRSE public land into the future? controlled. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I have greatly enjoyed trailering my horse to open space trailheads and riding in would you like to enjoy Boulder's the open space. I value the trailer parking that has been provided at some of the RRSE public land into the future? trailheads. I hike almost every day and I want continued access. I find it problematic that as our population grows and usage goes up and up, no new trails or parking is added As we develop an Open Space and to accommodate more demand. The standard response seems to be to make Mountain Parks Master Plan, how access more difficult, not easier. If people can't get into the mountains, they would you like to enjoy Boulder's won't grow to love them, and they won't support them financially with their RRSE public land into the future? taxes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I hike and ride my mountain trail bike on various trails, careful not to go off trail. would you like to enjoy Boulder's sometimes I sit and snack and just listen to nature. I don't climb but I have in my RRSE public land into the future? younger years, scrambled up the flatirons that I was permitted to without ropes.

As we develop an Open Space and I hike on open space land all around Boulder. I like hiking on multi‐use trails but Mountain Parks Master Plan, how not when there are too many mountain bikes. I favor some days for pedestrian would you like to enjoy Boulder's only. I don't mind any dogs on any of the trails, including off‐leash. I appreciate RRSE public land into the future? toilet facilities as I need them more often as I age. Form Question Comment

I hike or run into openspace through the Nist conservation easement with my wife and dog multiple times a week. We range all over Green and Bear peak. I'll As we develop an Open Space and do solo runs up the flatirons from home also. We enjoy nighttime access to our Mountain Parks Master Plan, how open space for moonlight hikes, runs and climbs. During winter nighttime access would you like to enjoy Boulder's may be our only option. We mountain bike from home to ride the trails around RRSE public land into the future? Doudy Draw and the Dirty Bismark. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I hike/walk a lot. Both on‐train and off‐trail. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I hope that we can build, improve and maintain the trails on Open Space with an would you like to enjoy Boulder's increase in overall trail miles, a decrease in maintenance intervals, and a focus on RRSE public land into the future? trails that connect existing separate spaces. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I hope to be able to use all levels of trails as a hiker in the system year around As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I hope to continue horseback riding with my horse and with my friends and their RRSE public land into the future? horses. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I hope to continue to be able to hiking and mountain bike on the many trails of would you like to enjoy Boulder's the OSMP. Expansion of the existing trail network would be great if it can be done RRSE public land into the future? in a managed way to minimize the impact on wildlife. As we develop an Open Space and I like hiking trails with off leash opportunities for dogs and to minimize conflict Mountain Parks Master Plan, how with mountain bikers who do not yield to pedestrians and are generally very would you like to enjoy Boulder's rude. Also overcrowding of trails by people from outside the county is getting RRSE public land into the future? really bad. As we develop an Open Space and I like hiking. I like the Natural Selections nature programs. I like being able to sit in Mountain Parks Master Plan, how one of the Open Space areas and enjoy the view/quiet/natural surroundings. I'd would you like to enjoy Boulder's hope that we can make sure our public lands don't get so used that they are used RRSE public land into the future? up.

As we develop an Open Space and I like mountain biking and hiking (and a variety of winter sports). Recreation on Mountain Parks Master Plan, how OSMP is extremely important to me, and it's one of the reasons I live in Boulder. would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to see more mountain bike trails that are built with mountain biking in RRSE public land into the future? mind. More trails will spread out the impact and congestion as visitation increase. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like mountain biking and hiking with my dog and family As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I like the ranger guided programs where I can learn more about the wonderful RRSE public land into the future? open space that I paid taxes to preserve. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like the trails to be multi‐use. Form Question Comment I like to enjoy OS with my elementary school age kids. We would like more trails As we develop an Open Space and to ride our bikes on. When we biked at Boulder Valley Ranch an elderly woman Mountain Parks Master Plan, how approached us and said seeing us as a family out in nature biking around restored would you like to enjoy Boulder's her faith in people. I told her I was thankful for the access (albeit very limited) RRSE public land into the future? that we have. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to go hiking! Sometimes I will see a fluffy bunny! I am in 3rd grade. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to hike and go for trail runs, so anything that allows me to do that. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to hike and run with my dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to hike on the trails and enjoy the diversity of the trails that I can hike. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I like to hike, run, bike, and walk my dog on OSMP. I like to explore new trails and RRSE public land into the future? bring friends/family to explore them as well.

I like to hike. Having comprehensive maps available online helps. I like to As we develop an Open Space and geocache, and it helps bring me to areas I wouldn't have seen before. It is for the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how most part banned in Boulder open space, but if cachers could have a way to 1. would you like to enjoy Boulder's request and photograph a cache they want to place and where, and be able to RRSE public land into the future? get that approved and even collaborate with promotions, would be really cool. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to mountain bike singletrack trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to Mountain Bike so more advance bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I like to mountain bike, road bike, gravel bike, hike, run, bird‐watch and visit with RRSE public land into the future? friends and family. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I like to run and hike on the trails. I think my primary concern is overuse and would you like to enjoy Boulder's impacts on habitats and wildlife. So I think it is okay to protect places and have RRSE public land into the future? fewer options. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to run and ride on Boulder Open Space. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I like to run the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I like to run, hike, climb, bike and occasionally ski on OSMP land, especially the RRSE public land into the future? area near Eldorado Springs Drive. I'd like be able to continue to do so. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I like to use the public land in a variety of ways. I like to mt. bike. I like to trail RRSE public land into the future? run. I like to take a serious hike. I like to stroll. I like when trails are connected.

As we develop an Open Space and I live in south Boulder. I shouldn't have to ride 3.5 miles *on pavement* ‐ much of Mountain Parks Master Plan, how it unprotected pavement, on my mountain bike to get to Marshall Mesa. Marshall would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mesa / Cowdrey / Coal Seam need a TON of work too, these trails have been RRSE public land into the future? neglected for so long they've become more trenches / fire roads than trails now. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I look forward to walking and hiking in a peaceful environment. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love being able to be on the trails with my pups off leash. I mostly use the trails RRSE public land into the future? where I can have them off leash. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I love being out on the trails running, hiking, and biking. More biking trails would would you like to enjoy Boulder's be wonderful, as would access to more of the open space through new trails that RRSE public land into the future? are interconnected for fun loops. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love Boulder's public land as it is. Continuing to maintain the land in the future ‐ RRSE public land into the future? free from development, fracking, trash, overuse, etc. ‐ is most important.

As we develop an Open Space and I love going on off‐leash trail runs with my dog year round, through the thick of Mountain Parks Master Plan, how summer to the barren trees of winter, whether on dirt, snow or ice. It is like a would you like to enjoy Boulder's meditation and keeps my outlook on life full of gratitude and wonder. Even RRSE public land into the future? though I do the same trail circuit every time, I never, ever tire of it. As we develop an Open Space and I love hiking and being in a natural peaceful setting. Viewing the change of Mountain Parks Master Plan, how seasons and especially the wildflowers. I also like to mountain bike and rock climb would you like to enjoy Boulder's on open space. I cherish the easy access and ability to experience nature so close RRSE public land into the future? to the city. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love hiking and climbing and just appreciating being out in nature. The fewer RRSE public land into the future? other people I see, the better. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I love hiking in Open Space to experience nature. I'm older so I appreciate having would you like to enjoy Boulder's lower steps when they're needed on steep inclines for erosion control. Some of RRSE public land into the future? the log steps are too high for me and I have to go around on either side of them. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love hiking, backpacking, camping, and mountain biking. Would love to see free RRSE public land into the future? dispersed camping and lots of new primitive mountain bike trails. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love mountain biking and dirt path riding, so I would appreciate if OSMP had RRSE public land into the future? more trails open to mountain biking or if there were more gravel paths. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I love mountain biking and hiking with my dog. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love mountain biking and riding with my dog. It would be great to have more RRSE public land into the future? areas where I could do that. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love mountain biking for its adventure, exercise, and longer range RRSE public land into the future? capabilites(than hiking). I hope to see more access in our county in the future. As we develop an Open Space and I love running on the trails up to Green Mtn, Bear Pk and S. Bld Pk in the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how mornings. I'm sad that they don't put any time into trail improvements and would you like to enjoy Boulder's maintenance and seem to focus more attention to limiting the use and closing RRSE public land into the future? trails. Some of the closures are ridiculous. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I love taking advantage of the hiking, running, biking and transportation would you like to enjoy Boulder's opportunities OSMP land provides. I'm fortunate enough that I can run or bike to RRSE public land into the future? work, and avoid roads by using OSMP trails for over half my commute. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I love the hiking options without bikes and some trails without dogs! As we develop an Open Space and I love to hike and climb on OSMP lands, but I also would like to mountain bike Mountain Parks Master Plan, how trails. There are very few trails open to biking and the city needs to recognize the would you like to enjoy Boulder's large number of bikers in Boulder and add trails or make existing trails accessible RRSE public land into the future? for that large user population. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I love to hike and mtb bike on the trails. It would be nice if there was some more would you like to enjoy Boulder's connected singletrack in the area. I would also enjoy the trails more if there was RRSE public land into the future? more mtb only days. As we develop an Open Space and I love to hike and ride my horse on our public lands. My favorite areas are in Mountain Parks Master Plan, how southwest Boulder: the Bear Creek area, Shanahan Ridge, Eldorado Springs, and would you like to enjoy Boulder's Marshall Mesa. We also enjoy the trails around Logerman Resevior and Caribou RRSE public land into the future? Ranch. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love to hike the trails. It's great that more and more are being connected for RRSE public land into the future? long hikes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I love to ride horses with my family on our public land ‐‐ please plan to maintain would you like to enjoy Boulder's current horse riding trails and trailer parking as well as provide additional trails RRSE public land into the future? and appropriate parking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love to use the trails for running. Also, I climb a lot and frequently access RRSE public land into the future? multiple Flatirons for climbs. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and I love trail‐running, hiking, easy mountain biking, play areas for Mountain Parks Master Plan, how toddlers/childrens, leisure activities, picnics, and dogs access to trails. I don't have would you like to enjoy Boulder's a dog but I wish Lions Lair allowed dogs‐maybe tagged and leashed would be a RRSE public land into the future? compromise. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I love using the open space trails for running. They get me out on trails for a run RRSE public land into the future? but in an environment that feels safer than remote mountain trails.

I mostly climb and mountain bike. Mountain biking has been mostly limited to the As we develop an Open Space and plains on city property. I would like to see more options for riding dirt from town Mountain Parks Master Plan, how up into Boulder County and national forest property. I.e. make connections and would you like to enjoy Boulder's expand the network. I occasionally go hiking at Chautauqua. Parking at the main RRSE public land into the future? trailhead is an issue. Please consider expanding that lot. I mostly hike in open space and love doing so.Mesa Trail,Chautaugua area, Walden Ponds,East Boulder Trail are among my favorites, but I enjoy many more.I As we develop an Open Space and do not have a bike,a dog or a horse so hiking is my thing.I have been on about a Mountain Parks Master Plan, how half dozen hikes with Dave Southerland and find him to be especially would you like to enjoy Boulder's knowledgeable and fun.So in the future please keep hiking a priority and keep RRSE public land into the future? leaders like Dave on the job. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I mostly hike with my dog and ride horses on open space. I am mostly concerned would you like to enjoy Boulder's that Boulder maintain access for equestrians and preserve the agricultural history RRSE public land into the future? and uses of open space. As we develop an Open Space and I mostly trail ride, and as my kids get older I look forward to taking them out on Mountain Parks Master Plan, how horseback on the trails I grew up riding. Joder is especially dear to my heart, I would you like to enjoy Boulder's learned to ride from Bob and Eloise. Seeing a cross country course rebuilt there RRSE public land into the future? would be a dream come true. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I mountain bike and love downhill and enduro. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I mountain bike and walk. I would like all people to have access though. From RRSE public land into the future? strollers to equestrians. I often hike in the foothills and really enjoy the views of the flatirons, As we develop an Open Space and birdwatching, and the exercise. I don't have a dog, but that doesn't mean I don't Mountain Parks Master Plan, how love them. However, most dogs are off leash it seems. They mostly stay close to would you like to enjoy Boulder's their "master" but not all do. I have noticed an increase in dog poop bags on the RRSE public land into the future? side of the trails as well. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I only visit a couple of trails. As we develop an Open Space and I own horses and ride on Boulder Open space regularly. It is very important to me Mountain Parks Master Plan, how that the trails remain open to horseback riding. I enjoy riding on Eagle trail and would you like to enjoy Boulder's the trails around Boulder Valley Ranch up into the hogback area, Hall Ranch, Heil RRSE public land into the future? Ranch, Marshall Mesa, Mesa trail. I particularly appreciate using open space for quiet recreation, which includes As we develop an Open Space and hiking (with and without my dog) and mountain biking. One goal that really Mountain Parks Master Plan, how matters to me in increasing connectivity across open space. I love to hike and would you like to enjoy Boulder's bike long distances and would love to be able to easily connect the whole length RRSE public land into the future? and width of open space. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I personally like walking, running and bicycling on the trails. Since I like the way would you like to enjoy Boulder's that open space is developed and maintained today, I would like the same RRSE public land into the future? approach in the future. As we develop an Open Space and I personally want to be able to hike, run, and climb in a variety of different places. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how The mostly undisturbed natural beauty that we have in our open space is very would you like to enjoy Boulder's important. Making sure that is preserved for future generations needs to be a RRSE public land into the future? top priority.

As we develop an Open Space and I prefer hiking and seeking some sort of solitude out there. I generally hope to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how enjoy a well preserved and well managed landscape moving forward‐‐impacts would you like to enjoy Boulder's from extreme overuse of many open space lands is evident, despite the RRSE public land into the future? outstanding work and effort the rangers and trail crews do.

I prefer passive recreation, such as birding and hiking. Generally, I try to avoid the more crowded areas except in early mornings on weekdays because As we develop an Open Space and otherwise I see and hear more people than wildlife; it seems like this is going to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how be an increasing issue for me in the future as more and more people recreate on would you like to enjoy Boulder's OSMP. Fortunately there are still some trails that see less use, and a few areas RRSE public land into the future? where it seems ok to travel gently off trail. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I primarily ride my bike (as does most of my family) but also hike/walk/watch As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I really appreciate the hiking trails so much & would like to preserve them!!! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I really enjoy paragliding and free flight and use boulder open space for laughing RRSE public land into the future? and landing often. I also enjoy Nordic skiing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I really enjoy trail riding on horses and hiking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I really love mountain biking, but I think it's essential to keep bikes out of the RRSE public land into the future? boulder trails‐‐they are already SOOOO busy! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I regularly mountain bike and climb on Boulder's public lands and would like to to RRSE public land into the future? continue to do so, with expanded access!

I respect the perspective of multiple stakeholders, but it is crucial to prioritize quietude in our Open Space and to minimize impact on native species and As we develop an Open Space and wildlife. I am deeply concerned about the level of influence being pressed upon Mountain Parks Master Plan, how this Master Plan by organizations like Open Boulder that could change the would you like to enjoy Boulder's experience for users today and the long‐term impact for our community. We RRSE public land into the future? need bold decision makers to not be influenced by biased orgs. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I run a lot.

I see it as a place we share with the flora and fauna that are there. I would like to enjoy the open space without destroying it for the creatures that live there and As we develop an Open Space and call it their home. Birdwatching and enjoying the butterflies and plants are very Mountain Parks Master Plan, how important. Not have trails in every section that interrupts the ecosystem. Letting would you like to enjoy Boulder's the animals continue to live without fear of dogs or people intruding on their RRSE public land into the future? territory. Walking gently on the earth. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I see no need to 'manage' climbing or trail running anymore than they currently would you like to enjoy Boulder's are. If anything, I'd like to see more trails developed to open up more RRSE public land into the future? opportunity.

I strongly support no building on open space lands, however, I DO support the deveopment of carbon‐free or carbon‐capturing resources like solar and carbon As we develop an Open Space and farming. I would like to see the City stand up to prairie dog "advocates" and stop Mountain Parks Master Plan, how allowing these animals to go completely unchecked and decimate so many of our would you like to enjoy Boulder's open space trail and farm areas. I would like to see the continued allowance of RRSE public land into the future? dogs on open space. Thank you. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I support maintaining access to climbing in the Flatirons. Climbers have been would you like to enjoy Boulder's excellent stewards of the land through their support of the Flatirons Climbing RRSE public land into the future? Counsel and the Boulder Climbing Community. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I think it's a great idea to separate bicycles and hikers/runners from each other. would you like to enjoy Boulder's Bikes go too fast and it's dangerous to have them on the same trail at the same RRSE public land into the future? time. I like the idea of bikes using the trail one day and hikers the next. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I think that we have a lot of underutilized land that could take some of the load RRSE public land into the future? off of the more popular parks if they were opened or had better trailheads As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I think you guys are doing great and I'm glad to've had the opportunity to RRSE public land into the future? volunteer for OSMP and will continue to in the future!

As we develop an Open Space and I think you're doing a great job and I don't have any particular needs. I'll say that Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I... ‐ trail run ‐ mountain bike ‐ hike on OSMP property and hope to continue for a would you like to enjoy Boulder's long time. Once I retire in a few years I'll be more concerned about transportation RRSE public land into the future? to trailheads as we cut back to a owning a single car. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I use open space for recreation. Paragliding, trail running, hiking, and climbing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I use open space primarily for hiking but appreciate that it preserves land and RRSE public land into the future? views and also habitat for other life forms. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I use OSMP for recreation ‐ mainly hiking and running with my two dogs. I also would you like to enjoy Boulder's love wandering along new trails, the variety of places to go is fantastic. I enjoy the RRSE public land into the future? variety of wildlife that I see on Open Space. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I use the boulder open space for hike and fly paragliding. I enjoy the exercise RRSE public land into the future? hiking up and the peacefulness on the flight down.

I value the least altered landscape with a variety of native vegetation and wildlife As we develop an Open Space and without disturbing their natural activities. I feel that many users of the land are Mountain Parks Master Plan, how not caring for it. Trails are being degraded by bicycles. Riders appear to view would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails and open space as a space that is there for their pleasure and recreation RRSE public land into the future? and they don't respect users who value the quiet and beauty of the landscape. I very much enjoy riding my horses on open space either alone or with friends. Since I have no trailer, I keep my horses near the open space and ride about 3 As we develop an Open Space and times per week on open space land and trails. This is why I voted for open space Mountain Parks Master Plan, how and Ilove to see Horses on open space . I am also a hiker so I enjoy hiking on would you like to enjoy Boulder's open space and see little problem with all sports using trails unless it becomes a RRSE public land into the future? problem of Volume . As we develop an Open Space and I want access for hikers, mountain bikers, pet owners/guardians, and more. I do Mountain Parks Master Plan, how not believe that Open Space should be purchased just to be unused. And, I want would you like to enjoy Boulder's to ensure that we're adequately preparing for usage thru appropriate RRSE public land into the future? maintenance and facilities as required. I want Boulder's public lands to continue to be accessible and appealing to a As we develop an Open Space and broad range of people ‐ both local residents and visitors. I want people of all Mountain Parks Master Plan, how backgrounds and socioeconomic status to feel welcome and safe on Boulder's would you like to enjoy Boulder's public lands. I want a wide range of recreational opportunities ‐ including hiking, RRSE public land into the future? dog walking, biking, and rock climbing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I want more and varied opportunities to mountain bike, cross country ski, hike, RRSE public land into the future? trail run and climb. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want places that I can actively recreate and enjoy nature. As population would you like to enjoy Boulder's increases, we need more trails to disperse those users and provide a better RRSE public land into the future? experience for all. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I want singletrack! Roads are not trails! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want technical climbing and off trail hiking to be allowed in perpetuity. As a would you like to enjoy Boulder's climber of 40 years, I have enjoyed and experienced many of the Flatiron rock RRSE public land into the future? formations.

As we develop an Open Space and I want to be able to mountain bike from my home, without driving to a trailhead. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to be able to hike with my dog off leash. I believe recreation in our open would you like to enjoy Boulder's space is a critical component to environmental stewardship, and expanding RRSE public land into the future? recreation opportunities for all is the way to promote environmental values. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to be able to ride a mountain bike safely on a single track trail right from would you like to enjoy Boulder's town. I think the work done on Betasso/ Benjamin loops is fantastic and a great RRSE public land into the future? example of the future. More please. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and I want to be able to ride my horse on Open Space and Mountain Parks. I live on Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Sugarloaf and ride Betasso and Caribou frequently. Please DO NOT close the would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails to horses. I have also ridden on other trails on Open Space and Mountain RRSE public land into the future? Parks in the past. THANKS As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I want to be able to run, hike, and mountain bike. I would love to have options RRSE public land into the future? for directional mountain bike only trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I want to be able to walk/hike without the threat of bikes zooming down the trail RRSE public land into the future? at me. Definitely do not want to see motorized bikes on the walking trails.

I want to be welcomed onto the property that we own i.e. OSMP lands. Once As we develop an Open Space and there, clear and simple rules and clear expectations for etiquette and how to get Mountain Parks Master Plan, how along are key. I want trails that are real trails, not roads, that are maintained. All would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails need maintenance. Don't try to design trails that need zero maintenance. It RRSE public land into the future? doesn't work and it results in boring trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to enjoy Boulder OSMP in a similar vein to what has been achieved in would you like to enjoy Boulder's Golden, Squamish, Chamonix, etc. ‐‐ access for recreation and a refuge from the RRSE public land into the future? hustle and bustle of town. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to enjoy Boulder's public land with the full knowledge and expectation that would you like to enjoy Boulder's my presence does not negatively impact wildlife, the environment or other RRSE public land into the future? individuals with whom I share the experience!

I want to enjoy finding spring wildflowers along a trail; searching a ravine for migrating warblers; watching a clowning crossbill, a tumbling trio of fox kits, or an As we develop an Open Space and unconcerned bear forage in berry bushes; picnicking with a friend at sunset; Mountain Parks Master Plan, how hiking to Royal Arch with a thermos of tea to celebrate the new year. I am would you like to enjoy Boulder's bothered by the emphasis on "fun" in the community meeting, and I want to see RRSE public land into the future? as much emphasis on "responsible" as on "recreation."

As we develop an Open Space and I want to enjoy sustainable balance with healthy, restored ecosystems and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how watersheds. As a hiker/biker/runner, we have enough would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails/people/vehicles/dogs on open space. Restore native species on the edge of RRSE public land into the future? extirpation in Boulder/already missing. No more people/dogs/vehicles/trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I want to hike with my dog off leash without a tag As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to hike, bird watch, volunteer, learn mountain biking, and I'd love to would you like to enjoy Boulder's connect from one trail to another on a bike! I would love to take visitors and I'd RRSE public land into the future? like see engage more with nature. As we develop an Open Space and i want to raise my daughter to know public spaces and outdoor wonders as Mountain Parks Master Plan, how intimately as she knows the interior of our own house! i want our entire family to would you like to enjoy Boulder's forge a relationship with the outdoors and be able to appreciate our natural gifts RRSE public land into the future? for many, many years to come. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to ride bikes in Boulder: 1) social rides with my wife and future offspring, would you like to enjoy Boulder's 2) long all‐day aerobic escapades 3) challenging technical and skill developing RRSE public land into the future? routes. Night riding is also one of my favorite activities. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I want to ride mountain bikes and hike on the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I want to see the natural values preserved so my children and children's children RRSE public land into the future? can still see intact, functioning ecosystems and enjoy wildlife watching like I do As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I want to see trails being well‐kept (not so many puddles of water), well RRSE public land into the future? connected, and where users respect other users, wildlife, and true nature. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I want to use the trails for running, hiking, family walks, and would love for the would you like to enjoy Boulder's trail access to remain 24/7 as I don't always get the luxury of standard running RRSE public land into the future? hours As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I want to walk on trails to go where I have been in the past, without bikes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I will enjoy OSMP lands free from unneeded and tyrannous regulations. I will would you like to enjoy Boulder's enjoy OSMP lands by hiking with dogs, hiking into remote areas off trail, and rock RRSE public land into the future? climbing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like a lot more mountain bike trails

As we develop an Open Space and I would like as passive an experience as I can get. This means no bikes, please, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how except on commuter trails. I don't mind horses. I would prefer all dogs to be on would you like to enjoy Boulder's leash. the guardians of off‐leash dogs mostly don't follow the rules and let their RRSE public land into the future? dogs run amok. I've seen dogs chasing wildlife many times on open space lands. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like it if there were a few bike only trails in the future. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's i would like LOTS more trails built, larger parking areas or shuttle service to . RRSE public land into the future? trailheads, dog access, and much more recreation access to our open space lands. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like more access to mountain biking trails that are of intermediate level.

I would like more areas to run with my dogs off‐leash on the west side of Broadway/Hwy 36 in North Boulder. I frequent the areas around Boulder Valley As we develop an Open Space and Ranch 3 to 4 times a week and appreciate that I can take my dogs off‐leash there, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how but there is little opportunity to do that to the west of Broadway/Hwy 36. I would would you like to enjoy Boulder's also like to see more areas of forest in higher elevations have off‐trail access. Too RRSE public land into the future? much of that is HCA. More trails! Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like more mountain bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like more mountain biking opportunities close to town ‐‐ where I can ride would you like to enjoy Boulder's without getting into my car and driving. I love nature and think this can be RRSE public land into the future? achieved responsibly and while taking care of our public lands. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like more mountain biking trails in Boulder. There are far too few RRSE public land into the future? options. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like more opportunities for mountain biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like more trails. Especially mtn bike trails! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like more voice‐and‐sight‐control trails, more enforcement of that RRSE public land into the future? program's rules, fewer bikes on trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like our lands to be preserved for wildlife, plants, and future human would you like to enjoy Boulder's generations. Thus "enjoyment" may need to be curtailed in some areas. That RRSE public land into the future? would be fine with me.

As we develop an Open Space and I would like the opportunity to recreate and use our public lands. I would also like Mountain Parks Master Plan, how to see trail conflicts reduced by opening more trails to bikers and dispersing their would you like to enjoy Boulder's use over a wider portion of the trail. I would also like opportunities for mountain RRSE public land into the future? biking that are accessible from town without a car.

As we develop an Open Space and I would like them to remain accessible day AND night for hiking, running and for Mountain Parks Master Plan, how dogs to be allowed on and off leash. As a small female who runs very long would you like to enjoy Boulder's distances alone on the trails, being able to have my dog with me helps to keep me RRSE public land into the future? safe. I am not harassed by men nearly as much when my dog is with me. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like there to be much more land set aside from development for parks would you like to enjoy Boulder's and open space, and I would like much of it to be set into preserves, where RRSE public land into the future? people are not allowed. Stewardship is primary; recreation is secondary. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to be able to access all areas of land. I realize there may need to be would you like to enjoy Boulder's temporary closures for Eagle nesting or other short term issues that preclude use, RRSE public land into the future? but for 99.9% of the time all lands should be open and available to public use. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to be able to be active with my family and friends in a natural setting. RRSE public land into the future? Primarily we hike and mountain bike. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to be able to continue to trail run and access rock climbing. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to be able to do more hike and flys on the front range. It would be RRSE public land into the future? incredible to be able to fly my paraglider off peaks closer to home. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to be able to have access to the lands. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to be able to hike with my dog and when I can, have him off leash would you like to enjoy Boulder's under voice and sight control. Ideally, I would not have to worry about bikes, RRSE public land into the future? horses and angry walkers pissed off because dogs are not on leash. As we develop an Open Space and I would like to be able to hike, and ride my horse (where it is appropriate for Mountain Parks Master Plan, how horses) I would also like to be able to hike/ride on some trails where bikes are would you like to enjoy Boulder's not allowed. Possible create days where bikes and hikers/equestrians alternate RRSE public land into the future? days. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? i would like to be able to mountain bike on more trails. As we develop an Open Space and I would like to be able to ride my mountain bike on OSMP trails. I would like trails Mountain Parks Master Plan, how closer to home so as not need to get into a car to drive to locations to bike. I would you like to enjoy Boulder's would like to be able to use trails as night, so I can exercise in winter months after RRSE public land into the future? work during the week, As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to be able to walk, ride a bike, ride a horse safely on the trails. Speed would you like to enjoy Boulder's limits for cyclists would be a good idea. Dogs need to stay on leases, another RRSE public land into the future? good idea. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to be allowed to rig highlines and slacklines on OSMP land. Done so in RRSE public land into the future? a way that is safe for the athlete and safe for the land resources.

I would like to be ensured that equestrians such as myself will still have access to As we develop an Open Space and most trails and that adequate parking for our larger vehicles and trailers is Mountain Parks Master Plan, how provided. I've been riding horses in Boulder county for over 40 years, in our would you like to enjoy Boulder's Foothills and parries and paying rather huge property taxes. Horses have as much RRSE public land into the future? right to the county and city trails as anyone. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to continue accessing the space freely. I would love to be able to RRSE public land into the future? connect more and more trails. I would like to continue enjoying OSMP land through: dog‐walking, hiking, and trail‐running. I would like to see the OSMP managed to support all passive As we develop an Open Space and recreational activities, including these three. Active physical recreation is Mountain Parks Master Plan, how associated with better physical and mental health outcomes. I support would you like to enjoy Boulder's management that involves as little paternalism as possible and with no RRSE public land into the future? discrimination against any one activity.

As we develop an Open Space and I would like to continue hiking, biking, climbing, and sometimes even skiing in the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how open space. It is also just as important (if not more) to me that large areas are set would you like to enjoy Boulder's aside for wildlife, without humans disrupting animals night and day, and often RRSE public land into the future? bringing weed seeds that degrade native habitas with them. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to continue to be able to ride my mountain bike to open space, then RRSE public land into the future? ride fun trails with a variety of difficulty.

As we develop an Open Space and I would like to continue to enjoy horseback riding on the trails, and would Mountain Parks Master Plan, how welcome any effort to de‐conflict equestrian uses with mountain bikes. In our would you like to enjoy Boulder's experience, too many mountain bikers ride too fast, unsafely, fail to follow trail RRSE public land into the future? rules and etiquette, and are a hazard to others. As we develop an Open Space and I would like to continue to enjoy the broad range of trails that OSMP has to offer. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Overall I hope users can continue to grow as stewards of these spaces and would you like to enjoy Boulder's prevent some of the impacts that are likely to increase as the number of people RRSE public land into the future? visiting open space lands continues to grow. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to continue to have well maintained hiking options. I would like dogs RRSE public land into the future? to be leashed always, everywhere on Open Space land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to continue to trail run daily on Boulder public land. I run during peak would you like to enjoy Boulder's and off‐peak hours, often at night with a headlamp when I'm the only one around RRSE public land into the future? for miles. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to continue to use the spaces for running and hiking with easy access would you like to enjoy Boulder's throughout the city. Maintaining and increasing trail connectivity between spaces RRSE public land into the future? would be a priority me. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to continue to use the wonderful hiking trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to enjoy Boulder's OSMP at the same time as respecting and RRSE public land into the future? protecting the land which was originally established for that purpose. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to enjoy Boulder's public land by rock climbing, specifically in the would you like to enjoy Boulder's Flatirons. I want to see access to crags maintained, as well as more formations RRSE public land into the future? opened to bolting according to the current permitting process. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to enjoy Boulder's public land on a mountain bike. I would like to enjoy Boulder's public lands with trails that encourage the most wildlife opportunity. To me this means that dogs should be on leashes on most As we develop an Open Space and trails, and that particularly sensitive areas should continue to be off limits to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how dogs.The opportunity to enjoy the flora and fauna adjacent to the trails that go would you like to enjoy Boulder's through Boulder's natural areas are in jeopardy by off trail usage and off leash RRSE public land into the future? dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to enjoy it by hiking, and doing other active activities within the parks RRSE public land into the future? and open space. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to enjoy it with more winter amenities such as when appropriate would you like to enjoy Boulder's Nordic trails. I would also like to continue to use climbing Access trails and use RRSE public land into the future? trails before and after dusk dawn. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to enjoy OSMP land by observing wildlife such as migrating birds, and RRSE public land into the future? by walking/running along trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to enjoy places that are close to my house. I live in Gunbarrel. Quiet RRSE public land into the future? places. With fewer people.

I would like to enjoy relatively unspoiled lands for hiking and birding, in areas not reserved for habitat conservation. With increasing human use, keeping existing As we develop an Open Space and blocks of undisturbed, or less disturbed, wildlife habitat should be the highest Mountain Parks Master Plan, how priority. It is difficult or impossible to remove recreation from areas once would you like to enjoy Boulder's allowed. The priority should be to concentrate recreation is lower quality and RRSE public land into the future? already‐disturbed wildlife and plant habitat. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to have a lot of recreation options, both in type of rec and location. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to have acsess to gravity park style trails. Ex: drops with well built would you like to enjoy Boulder's landings, Skinnys and North Shore ladders, and Well built and preserved jumps on RRSE public land into the future? trails.

As we develop an Open Space and I would like to have more mountain biking trails in Boulder, but especially south Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Boulder. it would be great if these trails could vary in ability levels and length and would you like to enjoy Boulder's a bonus if any of them could connect. there are so many mountain bikers in RRSE public land into the future? Boulder and our options are quite limited. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to have seperate hiking and biking trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to hear birds singing (not people talking / tellilng), or leaves rustling in RRSE public land into the future? the breeze, while walking quietly myself â˜º As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to hike and run in areas without people using backpack speakers and RRSE public land into the future? without hearing loud vehicles racing up and down Flagstaff mountain. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to hike on attractive, compelling, well maintained trails.

i would like to hike on trails where there are no bikes. Even when bikers are As we develop an Open Space and polite, it is scary when they are going fast near me. I like to see wildlife so I like Mountain Parks Master Plan, how hiking where there are no dogs. I like trails where there are not huge high steps would you like to enjoy Boulder's because it is so eroded. I like hikes which climb the peaks & hills near boulder. I RRSE public land into the future? want enouga parking places nearby. I can go on weekdays. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to hike the trails, and be able to do some off trail scrambling. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to hike, run, or bike the trails of Open Space 7 days a week from now RRSE public land into the future? until forever. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to keep enjoying the outdoors in a non‐motorized way and have fun, RRSE public land into the future? while protecting the resources and limiting user conflicts. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to look at the foothills and see nature and no houses. I want to hike, would you like to enjoy Boulder's run, walk and bike on clear paths so that I don't tread outside of paths and ruin RRSE public land into the future? the earth. I would like to maintain access for pedestrian trails, and would like to ensure there are no ebikes allowed on any trails, period. I would also like to ensure there As we develop an Open Space and are no shooting ranges, and I am opposed to multi‐use trails as mountain bikers Mountain Parks Master Plan, how are dangerous for pedestrians and it dramatically reduces the ability to enjoy a would you like to enjoy Boulder's trail as a pedestrian when you have a constant flow of mountain bikers zooming RRSE public land into the future? past you. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to mountain bike and hike. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to rock climb and trail run and maybe mountain bike.

I would like to run and hike on well‐maintained trails (better built and maintained than they are now), where the trail edges are solidly defined so that people will As we develop an Open Space and stay on them and don't continue to widen them and trample trailside flowers and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how plants. I'd like to see the trails that have become wide and braided to be restored. would you like to enjoy Boulder's I also don't want to share trails with bikes, unless it's a wide dirt road that's not so RRSE public land into the future? steep that bikes go fast. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to see access restricted. Please limit usage to those who have would you like to enjoy Boulder's volunteered to maintain OSMP (actual hours of service) and who have a RRSE public land into the future? demonstrated record of land stewardship. No exceptions.

As we develop an Open Space and I would like to see bike and hike specific trails. On those bike trails, I would like Mountain Parks Master Plan, how to see directional paths that alternate. This is a similar concept to Betasso. We would you like to enjoy Boulder's have WAAAAYYYY to many ppl using these days and it becomes a safety hazard. RRSE public land into the future? PLLLLSSSS make direction bike trails and separate hikers and bikers! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to see greater access to Open Space and Mountain Parks, lands for would you like to enjoy Boulder's recreational use. More trails which interconnect various areas would be useful RRSE public land into the future? and cut down on drive from trail network to trail network. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to see more hiker only trails. No bikes! Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see more mountain bike trails. The connector from Eldorado RRSE public land into the future? Canyon to Walker ranch is a great start. As we develop an Open Space and I would like to see more new one‐way mountain bike trails ‐ maybe even have Mountain Parks Master Plan, how them closed to bikes on certain days. Also, I do think e‐bikes should not be would you like to enjoy Boulder's allowed unless the person has a handicap (they could get their card from the city RRSE public land into the future? like people get handicap parking permits). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to see more of the old sites re‐opened to paragliding. I just recently would you like to enjoy Boulder's started the sport, but understand there used to be many more launch and landing RRSE public land into the future? sites. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to see more recreation. I think bike and running races would be would you like to enjoy Boulder's fantastic and can be done in a way that is compatible with protecting the RRSE public land into the future? resource. I would like to see more trail access for mountain bikes. An Eldo to walker As we develop an Open Space and connection is a big priority. Mountain bike Trail connections from South Boulder Mountain Parks Master Plan, how to the Marshall/Dowdy areas would be awesome to keep riders off the road. would you like to enjoy Boulder's More trail access for mountain bikes means riders would be more spread out RRSE public land into the future? rather than concentrated in one area. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to see more trails and more current trails open to mountain biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to see more trails that allow mountain bikes only and shared. I would like to see more trails that are designated "dogs on leash" or "no dogs". As we develop an Open Space and It has now become difficult to find a trail or open space area where a person who Mountain Parks Master Plan, how is allergic to or afraid of dogs can walk comfortably. Multiple times in the past would you like to enjoy Boulder's three years I've been threatened by dogs off leash who rush up to me, barking RRSE public land into the future? and showing their teeth. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see natural flora and fauna restored and/or maintained as much as RRSE public land into the future? possible, especially rare and unusual species. I would like to see open space remain available to all user groups. We need some new trails opened to handle the increased user base and spread the volume. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain bike trails are especially limited. We need to cultivate a new sharing Mountain Parks Master Plan, how attitude. The current hikers yeild to horses, bikes yield to all does not solve would you like to enjoy Boulder's conflict ‐ it cultivates it. A simple, "all users share" designation would go a long RRSE public land into the future? way. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see open spaces be as natural as possible with no sign of people. I RRSE public land into the future? think as many areas should be closed off to people as possible. As we develop an Open Space and I would like to see parts of Boulder Open Space open to hunting. Not areas close Mountain Parks Master Plan, how to city limits, but areas outside Boulder that are not as often trafficked or used by would you like to enjoy Boulder's pedestrians. There should be a designation for use of that land for hunting RRSE public land into the future? purposes apart from popular trail areas. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see priority placed on leaving natural fauna and flora alone and RRSE public land into the future? more places without consumptive recreation, bikes, people in general. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would like to see regional trails which are open to bikes that connect OSMP would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails to Boulder County O.S., Forest Service and State Park Trails. An example of RRSE public land into the future? this would be the Eldo Canyon to Walker connection. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see some proportional options for mountain biking that does NOT RRSE public land into the future? require driving. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to see the trails to not be destroyed by uninformed off‐trail hikers. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see trails be remade to be more fun and more sustainable. I plan RRSE public land into the future? on hiking, birding, and biking on trails in Boulder for another forty or so years As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to see trails better maintained and more new trails created for RRSE public land into the future? running, hiking, and cycling. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would like to use Boulder's open space in future exactly as I use it now. No RRSE public land into the future? further restrictions. I would like to use the land like any responsibly outdoor enthusiast. My true love is mountain biking, but I love to hike, backpack, snowboard, run and live in the As we develop an Open Space and outdoors. Multi use trails are ideal with some being specific for use. Steep, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how technical mtb trails are a draw to the city, but are not suitable for walking or even would you like to enjoy Boulder's biking up. Likewise, not all trails need to have bikes, but lets not be divisionist. RRSE public land into the future? Lets have fun with it. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would like to use the open space for running and hiking on the wonderful trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would love directional mountain bike specific trails at all trail complexes to would you like to enjoy Boulder's reduce user confrontation and encounters. I would also enjoy more mountain RRSE public land into the future? bike trails, Jumps, alternate lines, and berms. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would love more mountain biking singletrack trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would love to be able to hike w/my dog off leash, under voice & sight control, RRSE public land into the future? safely void of bikes. As we develop an Open Space and I would love to continue climbing in the flatirons, along with hiking and trail Mountain Parks Master Plan, how running all over Boulder OSMP. Priority should go towards limiting the negative would you like to enjoy Boulder's impacts of overuse on some of the key trails, such as the upper section of the RRSE public land into the future? 1st/2nd flatiron trail. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would love to enjoy my retirement by riding my horse on trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I would love to enjoy the trails by bike and boot. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would love to have a bike riding trail from my home in Gunbarrel that connects RRSE public land into the future? to Goose Creek or 4 mile creek. As we develop an Open Space and I would love to see more connectedness between trails and further development Mountain Parks Master Plan, how of trails and multi‐use paths that connect Boulder to other towns and cities. would you like to enjoy Boulder's Celebrating the mountain peaks, too, with foot races and climbing being further RRSE public land into the future? embraced.

As we develop an Open Space and I would love to see more mixed use trails in the OSMP plan. Currently there are so Mountain Parks Master Plan, how few, coupled with the high growth of the mountain bike industry that many of would you like to enjoy Boulder's them end up getting quite crowded. Additional trails would help disperse riders RRSE public land into the future? and keep trails on a more sustainable track. As we develop an Open Space and I would love to see some directional trails for uphill only and downhill only. There Mountain Parks Master Plan, how could be more downhill style features such as berms, rollers, jumps, drops, etc. would you like to enjoy Boulder's This could create an environment that is more fun for riders while also being RRSE public land into the future? safer. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would prefer open space not to have motorized vehicles, such as E bikes, intrude RRSE public land into the future? upon my enjoyment of nature. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would really like to see the city open up more terrain to cross country mountain would you like to enjoy Boulder's bikers. Either by allowing them on *some* (not all) of the existing trails or by RRSE public land into the future? creating biker‐specific trails.

As we develop an Open Space and I would very much enjoy riding my mountain bike to and on trails in Boulder Mountain Parks Master Plan, how County on interesting and fun terrain. As it currently stands, I must either risk my would you like to enjoy Boulder's life riding up to Batasso or get in my car and drive to decent trails. I find it sad an RRSE public land into the future? ironic that Boulder is touted as a cycling mecca yet it lacks easily accessible trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I would very much like to have more trails that are for preservation and hiking RRSE public land into the future? only, with no dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I would want to use public Lands form y king recreation, dog walking, my personal would you like to enjoy Boulder's Exercising and most importantly have safe access for horse trailer parking as turn RRSE public land into the future? around, and for Trail Riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I,WouldLikeToEnjoy'Boulder'sPublicLand(s)'IntoTheFutureLikeI'veBeenDoingForA RRSE public land into the future? pproximatelyForty‐Five(45)Years As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like a section where it's okay for kids to go off trail and explore. Have a section RRSE public land into the future? where geocaching is allowed. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I'd like more mountain bike trails I'd like open access across interests. It's amazing how people generally do not As we develop an Open Space and stay on trails and cause damage by shortening them which can lead to erosion. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Preserve open space by keeping users on trails. I'd like to ride my bike on trails. I would you like to enjoy Boulder's cannot and will not cut trails because my bike needs a singletrack and I want to RRSE public land into the future? have the open parks last. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I'd like responsible access to all OSMP lands. I'd also enjoy seeing trail would you like to enjoy Boulder's connections being made, like Teller Farm North to South Boulder (Bobolink TH) RRSE public land into the future? for example. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I'd like the White Rocks Trail to be Closed to bikes and the Bridge restored. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I'd like to be able to hike without worrying about mountain bikers on the same would you like to enjoy Boulder's trail and mountain bike without worrying about hitting hikers. I like the idea of set RRSE public land into the future? days for set activities. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to be able to mountain bike from my house in south boulder to the trails RRSE public land into the future? south of town. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to be able to take advantage of additional trails available to mtn bikes. RRSE public land into the future? Preferably with the ability to access from town w/o need to drive to them As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to be able to use my bike in a responsible manner in more places that are RRSE public land into the future? accessible close to town where I don't have to get into a car. I'd like to continue hiking in summer and snowshoeing in winter with my dog, As we develop an Open Space and hopefully off‐leash as much as possible. I'd love new trails between Boulder and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Brainard especially. A semi‐flat family friendly cross‐country track somewhere would you like to enjoy Boulder's close in the hills (but high enough for consistent snow ‐ Nederland?) would be RRSE public land into the future? wonderful. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I'd like to enjoy it with better trails (i.e. trails that are well maintained and would you like to enjoy Boulder's properly aligned). I'd also like to enjoy it without pit bulls being allowed on the RRSE public land into the future? trails off leash. I'd like for more trails to be off limits to dogs on or off leash. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I'd like to enjoy my public lands on a mountain bike As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to enjoy recreational activities like rock climbing, trail running, mountain RRSE public land into the future? biking and hiking in well preserved natural areas. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to enjoy the land responsibly ‐ and an added bonus would be to leave it RRSE public land into the future? better than I found it. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I'd like to enjoy the open space public land for both horseback riding and hiking would you like to enjoy Boulder's on foot. It's very important to have the diversity of use to accommodate RRSE public land into the future? everyone. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to have access to public land and I'd like others with different interests, RRSE public land into the future? abilities and backgrounds to be able to do the same. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to hike in shady steep trails during the warm months. In Winter, I'm RRSE public land into the future? looking for southern exposure trails, not too shady. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I'd like to hike, run, climb and bike on the public land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to see an increase in mountain biking and more trails built on existing RRSE public land into the future? open space. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I'd like to see more mountain biking if possible.

I'd like to see more mtn bike access without having to stop to open and close gates. Create more mtn biking trails. Perhaps have days when mtn bikes aren't As we develop an Open Space and allow? Don't allow fracking. Boulder is supposed to be an environmental leader. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Petroleum is a 20th century means of energy and the companies are a corrupting would you like to enjoy Boulder's force in our democracy. Dog waste could be mixed with straw and composted RRSE public land into the future? instead of going to the landfill. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? I'd like to see the trails remain untamed As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd like to take advantage of recreation close to where I live (without needing to RRSE public land into the future? drive for access), and want to preserve it for future generations.

I'd like to think out a little further, maybe 100 years, and plan to reduce the effects of population growth on the forests and open lands around Boulder. This As we develop an Open Space and would, naturally, include excluding people from some Open Space areas where Mountain Parks Master Plan, how they are now allowed and enforcing this exclusion. What a joy it would be to would you like to enjoy Boulder's know that our children will be able to look into these areas and see eagles, falcon, RRSE public land into the future? bear and herds of elk in their natural habitats. As we develop an Open Space and I'd like you folks to have some consistency. It seems as if you're constantly Mountain Parks Master Plan, how changing this plan, but nothing changes on the ground. It's been 5 years since the would you like to enjoy Boulder's flood and boulder falls are still closed, and trails are still needing maintenance RRSE public land into the future? everywhere. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd love to be able to ride my bike to trailheads and ride fun & beautiful trails. I RRSE public land into the future? would love to have a few more options for hiking as well. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's i'd love to keep the land as natural as possible ‐ protecting native grasses, plants, RRSE public land into the future? and animals to the greatest extent we can (even when that means no dogs)

As we develop an Open Space and I'd love to see a more comprehensive guide to trails, length, difficulty and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how closures all in one place. I tend to use the protrails website because the would you like to enjoy Boulder's information is so helpful (in addition to maps, there are step by step turns and RRSE public land into the future? instructions for the trail as well as best time of year to go, etc). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'd love to see more mountain bike specific trials that are designed by mountain RRSE public land into the future? bikers. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I'm a climber, and am particularly fond of flatirons. I like scrambling around Green would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mtn, Beak Peak, etc. and extensively travel off‐trail. Please keep cross‐country RRSE public land into the future? travel accessible! I'm a mountain biker and I would like to see more challenging trails for riding; As we develop an Open Space and closer to the city so that I can ride from my house. I would also like to see OSMP Mountain Parks Master Plan, how continue to expand their reach out to mountain bikers from assistance in trail would you like to enjoy Boulder's building and maintenance. Also, I want to thank you for asking for input on RRSE public land into the future? recreational use of open space.

I'm a regular hiker and enjoy being in nature with few other people and lots of wildlife. The number of users has gotten out of hand and the lack of trail As we develop an Open Space and preservation consideration is astounding. I also use open space for cross country Mountain Parks Master Plan, how skiing and I enjoy ranger walks particularly to places I've never been or are closed would you like to enjoy Boulder's to the public. I wish to continue to do these things but I've curtailed hiking b/c its RRSE public land into the future? painful to see the trail destruction. I'm an avid mountain biker and occasional hiker. It would be really cool if we As we develop an Open Space and could have directional trails and/or trails that are for just bikers and trails that are Mountain Parks Master Plan, how for just hikers. I know that this might not be feasible but mountain biking is my would you like to enjoy Boulder's primary sport and when I'm biking, I prefer trails without hikers, and when I'm RRSE public land into the future? hiking, I prefer trails without bikes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's I'm an avid trail runner and hiker from nearby JeffCo. I get the parking pass. I also RRSE public land into the future? mounto bike. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how I'm an avid user of our open space. I love hiking, running, rock climbing, watching would you like to enjoy Boulder's wildlife, and mountain biking. I want to continue to enjoy these activities in a RRSE public land into the future? sustainable way. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? In a sustainable manner with multi‐use access for bikes, hikers and dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? In an unstructured manner As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Inclusive to all sports (running, hiking, cycling, skate skiing...) with the exclusion of RRSE public land into the future? any motorized vehicles. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Increase mountain bike opportunities As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Increased access and development to climbing areas in OSMP managed sites (i.e. ‐ RRSE public land into the future? new and/or improved trails, wag bags, signage, etc) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Increased mountain bike access. New trails and trail connections. Night time RRSE public land into the future? access to trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how It would be amazing to be able to enjoy a more extensive trail network. We tend would you like to enjoy Boulder's to MTB and trail run and hike, it's great to be able to take the dog out for a big RRSE public land into the future? day in the woods as well. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how It would be great to open space for mountain biking trails. Mountain bikers, on would you like to enjoy Boulder's average, give back to our trail systems more than any other group. In addition RRSE public land into the future? their presence is less invasive than hikers (this is well known). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? It's great how it is for hiking and biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Just hiking and climbing.

Keep 24/7 access, emphasize access for everyone including mountain bikers and e bikes. Experiment with more hike/run only days v bike only days on certain As we develop an Open Space and trails. Experiment with bike only trails such as Jeffco Open Space is doing. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Continue work on keeping trails maintainable (ie muddy closures), possibly more would you like to enjoy Boulder's fencing or clearer trails on heavily eroded and popular areas such as Sanitas. Built RRSE public land into the future? out trail networks to connect all of open space! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Keep access open to climb on less popular formations in the flatirons As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Keep areas open and accessible to dog walkers. There have been too many RRSE public land into the future? closures to those hiking with dogs.

Keep dogs on leashes at all times (I have a dog), poop bags carried, no drones, and no music coming from cell phones, etc. without headphones! I know people As we develop an Open Space and love having dogs off leash (and they don't often pick up the poop...) but at the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how very least, no dogs off leash while riding your bike! Close trails on muddy days, would you like to enjoy Boulder's but put up a gate at doudy draw so those long days waiting for the far areas to RRSE public land into the future? dry don't prevent use of doudy/community ditch. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Keep it as natural as possible, but maintaining paths for hiking and cycling for RRSE public land into the future? safety and to preserve habitat. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Keep it as wild and natural as possible. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? keep it as wild and untrammeled as possible As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Keep it natural and wild! Enjoy hiking through and photographing nature! Sit in RRSE public land into the future? the peace of nature and relax! As we develop an Open Space and Keep open space as unspoiled as possible. Preserve the ecosystem and the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how wildlife. Resist the temptation to provide too much/too easy access. Dogs should would you like to enjoy Boulder's be restricted and kept on‐leash. Mechanized travel should be minimized, and E‐ RRSE public land into the future? bikes should NOT be allowed at all.

As we develop an Open Space and Keep open space natural and maintain the building restraints as they are now. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Maintain some areas as no dogs, or no dogs off leash as now to get some areas would you like to enjoy Boulder's with a bit more peace to them. Love hiking so trails are very important. Enjoy RRSE public land into the future? volunteering occasionally so hope those opportunities continue. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Keep public informed of changes and updates to the area. Periodic updates via RRSE public land into the future? yearly newsletter with public feedback area provided in the newsletter. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Keep the Flatirons climber friendly. Keep the mix of accessible and inaccessible areas (re:agricultural lands). Stand up As we develop an Open Space and for wildlife and follow BCPOS's lead: change the dog rule to "All Dogs on Leashes" ‐ Mountain Parks Master Plan, how ‐it's the only way to protect wildlife and people. Keep some areas to No Dogs. I would you like to enjoy Boulder's want to enjoy lands via walking and hiking, wildlife viewing, and simply breathing RRSE public land into the future? open space as I drive by. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Keep the variety...some near water, some in the plains, etc. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Keep them well groomed As we develop an Open Space and Keeping the trails aligned for bikers and hikers is important. Posting trail Mountain Parks Master Plan, how etiquette is helpful as more people move into the area from other locations and would you like to enjoy Boulder's may not know the rules of the trail. Some separate trails for mountain bikers RRSE public land into the future? makes sense since they prefer not to slow down. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how keeps me sane! I love nature and so does my dog. I like to be outside for at least would you like to enjoy Boulder's an hour a day. I look forward to outdoor adventures all week as I work in an office RRSE public land into the future? all day chained to a desk. It's my favorite outlet to feel free on the weekends. Form Question Comment

Key factors driving our enjoyment and appreciation of the open space are: easy As we develop an Open Space and access (neighborhood trail heads), beauty/scenery, lack of crowding (as much as Mountain Parks Master Plan, how possible). If it's possible to preserve these aspects for recreation using lower would you like to enjoy Boulder's ecological value property and thereby free higher ecological value property for RRSE public land into the future? preservation/protection purposes, that would be ideal. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Less dog feces. More/ improved trail signs and/ or mobile apps. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Less dogs, less bikes, more room for strolling and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Less off leash dogs. Please continue to allow equines and limit bicycles. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Less people and with people who understand and support overarching would you like to enjoy Boulder's conservation strategies and how their actions can positively or negatively impact RRSE public land into the future? the overarching conservation strategies As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Less presence by rangers and other trail cops. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Less restriction (not just causal hiker oriented) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Less traffic to and fro ‐ improved public transit.

Let's recognize that our open space is one of the most rare and attractive characteristics of living in Boulder. It must be revered and protected as an As we develop an Open Space and irreplaceable asset. I would like to protect it from many of the other Mountain Parks Master Plan, how encroachments affecting our community: Increased traffic and population, would you like to enjoy Boulder's oil/energy exploration, and "loving it to death." I want to continue to enjoy it by RRSE public land into the future? running with my dog off‐leash and feeling like I'm in a wild place. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Limit access in overused areas (Marshall), Bikes and humans on blind curves. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Limited dog trails as the poop and poop bags are everywhere As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Lots and lots of safe and fun trails for running and hiking! Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Lots of hiking trails with dogs allowed As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Love all the trails. Happy about a mixture of bike‐accessible & hiker only RRSE public land into the future? accessible trails.

Love taking walks with my small children along the Open Space trails. Occasionally trails could connect, but don't (one may be visible from another) As we develop an Open Space and which makes crossing dangerous for myself and little ones. In particular, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Cottonwood trail could connect to the four mile creek trail which has a bridge would you like to enjoy Boulder's beneath the diagonal but then doesn't allow you to "legally" cross the rail road RRSE public land into the future? tracks. More connections like fixing this one would help enjoy! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Love the trails that are off leash for running and hiking. Safe ways to avoid RRSE public land into the future? crossing busy roads are nice too (like the tunnel under 119) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Love the trails! Can't wait for north foothills area trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Love to see more mountain biking trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mainly for trail running and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mainly on foot and protected from over use As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Maintain access, if possible add on additional properties to restrict further RRSE public land into the future? development Maintain and preserving ecological values, [unreadable] wildlife habitat, areas As we develop an Open Space and with minimal human disruption, and potential for deeper connections with Mountain Parks Master Plan, how nature. Avoid [unreadable] and uses where possible, specifically paved roads, use would you like to enjoy Boulder's of motorized mech [unreadable] transport. Both possible special use [unreadable] RRSE public land into the future? [unreadable] for the disabled. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Maintain Equestrian trail use. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Maintain lovely hiking and hiking trails, as well as a natural, undisturbed buffer RRSE public land into the future? around Boulder. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Maintain or increase outdoor recreation opportunities. Make trail connections. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Maintain public land, don't sell it off! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Maintain the natural state of the land as much as possible. This may mean letting would you like to enjoy Boulder's some of the land be "loved to death" in order to preserve other parts. I have to RRSE public land into the future? hike at least a mile from a trailhead to get to areas that are only mildly disturbed. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Make more available to mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Making sure we keep the trails open to dogs and add a mountain bike trails would you like to enjoy Boulder's maybe to Eldorado Canyon, or somewhere that you can get some miles in on the RRSE public land into the future? bike. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Man biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Managed gently, and don't suffocate people with so many rules! However, it does RRSE public land into the future? need to be patrolled to a certain degree... More access including on‐ and off‐trail for equestrians and pedestrians. The As we develop an Open Space and default should be Open Space, not Closed Space. Right now we have about 80% Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Closed Space. If a specific area includes measurable sensitive species impact or would you like to enjoy Boulder's something unsafe for people, it's acceptable to close it. Otherwise it should be RRSE public land into the future? open. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how More accessibility for biking and mountain biking. I'd like to see fair treatment of would you like to enjoy Boulder's mountain bikers with respect to days allowed to ride; for example @ Betasso RRSE public land into the future? where there are no biking days ‐ I'd like to see at least a day where it's only bikes.

More and better bike access. Boulder does a great job for walkers and wildlife and are leaders in that. However the vision provided by OSMP is severely lacking As we develop an Open Space and with regard to off‐road cycling. There needs to be many more single track trail Mountain Parks Master Plan, how systems that are interconnected and accessible from town without riding roads would you like to enjoy Boulder's or poorly designed gravel access roads. Please look at communities like bend, OR RRSE public land into the future? Eagle and steamboat spring CO as examples. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More and better mountain biking trails and access. Reopen the West TSA RRSE public land into the future? management plan and right a wrong of 30 years! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More bicycle access, maintenance for overcrowded hiking trails, more night RRSE public land into the future? access to trails. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? more bike specific trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More bike specific trails! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More bike trails! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More biking access. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More connection between trail systems. Second trail in marshall mesa high plains RRSE public land into the future? area that would allow for a loop. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More diverse range of trails in difficulty As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More dog banned trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More dogs, more recreational shooting opportunities, more mtb trails, less stupid RRSE public land into the future? rules

As we develop an Open Space and More loop trails for MTB, and if needed have certain days open to MTB vs hikers. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how This works well at Batasso and think it would be good on other blind spot trails. I would you like to enjoy Boulder's strongly believe MTB folks help build and take care of trails more than all other RRSE public land into the future? user types combined, so would be good to reward those folks. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain bike access As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain bike access As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain bike access. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More mountain bike and motorcycle trails, mainly left hand ohv. It is open to RRSE public land into the future? mtb, but should be open to both mtb and moto. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More mountain bike specific trails and more shared trails that allow mountain RRSE public land into the future? bikes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More mountain bike trail modernization and consider controlling traffic direction RRSE public land into the future? on the spring brook loop. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? more mountain bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how More mountain bike trails (and purpose‐built, designated cycling‐only trails) ‐ would you like to enjoy Boulder's spread out or away from tourist‐heavy locations so there's less friction between RRSE public land into the future? user groups. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More Mountain bike trails are greatly needed. Even better would be bike only RRSE public land into the future? trails so hikers and bikers won't disturb each other. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More mountain bike trails like at Betasso. More rock climbing and climbing RRSE public land into the future? access. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's MORE mountain bike trails, more bike only days on shared trails that have hike RRSE public land into the future? only days, single direction bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain bike trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain bike trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking and hiking access As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking opportunities. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking please. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More mountain biking trails that are easy accessible and that are separated from RRSE public land into the future? hikers! More mountain biking trails in South Boulder in particular. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mountain biking! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More mountain biking! Also avoiding environment degradation due to high RRSE public land into the future? traffic. As we develop an Open Space and More mtb access, connectivity along existing trails, development of new trails Mountain Parks Master Plan, how and reduced restrictions on days that trails can be accessed by bikes. Quite simply would you like to enjoy Boulder's Boulder is known for cycling, but I've found that the trails are not easily accessed RRSE public land into the future? and quite restrictive on use. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More MTB trail connections! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More MTB Trails! Continued Paraglider Access! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mtb trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More mtn bike trials and xc trials. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? more off leash dog areas, mountain bike trails with e‐bikes not allowed.

More opportunities to connect the great mountain bike trails we have with more As we develop an Open Space and trail (can we have one mountain bike right of way through Chatauqua, or some Mountain Parks Master Plan, how other way to get off the streets and connect north and south?). Also, hold more would you like to enjoy Boulder's dog owners accountable to clean up their messes, and not leave bagged poo RRSE public land into the future? behind, and stop social (illegal by another name) trails. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More options for bike access to trails. Connectors between open space e.g. RRSE public land into the future? Eldorado Canyon to Walker Ranch. 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As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More traffic control. A trail from Boulder to Lyons would bypass 36. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More Trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More trails and connectors As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More trails and more recreation access! Especially more connections from one RRSE public land into the future? unit to another. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More trails and off‐trail access As we develop an Open Space and More trails created to spread the growing population of users over more space. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how And more specific use trails to give bikers, hikers and equestrians more would you like to enjoy Boulder's appropriate terrain and less conflict due to the inherent differences in how each RRSE public land into the future? group uses a trail. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More trails for mtn biking that connect existing trails from town. More trails with RRSE public land into the future? fun technical features like rock drops, etc. for bikes. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More trails open to mountain biking. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and More trails that allow running, dogs, and biking. And, off‐trail access (including Mountain Parks Master Plan, how the so‐called "Habitat Conservation Areas") should be free and open, and not a would you like to enjoy Boulder's crime (and should not require a permit). Specifically, Western Mountain Parks RRSE public land into the future? HCA and North Foothills HCA. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's More trails within new and existing parks, perhaps separating walkers from other RRSE public land into the future? activities (such as bikers) within the same area. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More unmotorized mtb access. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More variety of MTB trails and connectors between trail systems As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? More water fountains. As we develop an Open Space and Most of the time when I'm on open space I'm riding my horse so developing trails Mountain Parks Master Plan, how and trail heads that are horse friendly is important to me. Larimer county has would you like to enjoy Boulder's been doing a very good job of this (e.g. Bobcat Ridge) it would be good if Boulder RRSE public land into the future? followed their model. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mostly biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? mostly for hiking; also to view beautiful open space that does not get developed As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Mostly hiking where there is elevation change, makes for good exercise. would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking that has difficult areas similar to the Mountain Bike park near RRSE public land into the future? the airport. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mostly multi‐use trails, experiment with alternating use days as well as RRSE public land into the future? directional use As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mostly natural open space with trails, mostly organic farms on the leased lands, RRSE public land into the future? and no fracking. 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Our family and RRSE public land into the future? friends appreciate all of the wonderful open space...Thanks for all you do! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Mountain bike only trails! There are very few places to mountain bike in OSMP, would you like to enjoy Boulder's and a few dedicated trails would be fantastic Hiking with my dog. Please RRSE public land into the future? continue to support (expand?) trails with voice & sight command. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain bike Running Climbing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain bike specific trails. More night access. Trail links from town to existing RRSE public land into the future? and expanded trail systems (less/no driving to access trail systems). 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Mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? mountain biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain Biking and Hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking, occasional picnic. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and hiking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking and trail running with my dog, preferably off leash! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking ESPECIALLY, hiking, and trail running. all safely. It would be nice RRSE public land into the future? to have more MTB trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking is a major pastime for me. We also get a lot of use out of dog RRSE public land into the future? friendly trails and runs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking on bike‐specific trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking specific trail systems in addition to the excellent trails that RRSE public land into the future? already exist. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? mountain biking trails ample parking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking trails hiking trails and fishing access As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? mountain biking trails. Whitewater park (kyaks, SUPs, etc). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking with cyclist only trails connected from town. Especially one way RRSE public land into the future? loops (like Betasso and Benjamin) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking with my dog off leash. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking with my son As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking with well design trails to ensure conflicts with different types of RRSE public land into the future? trail users are minimized. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking without eBikes! Hiking OHV/Jeep trails Minimal amenities As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain biking! Need more access to trails for biking within Boulder‐proper. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Need to create Mountain Bike corridors to connect existing trail systems and get would you like to enjoy Boulder's bikes off the street. Alternating days for busy trails has worked in JeffCo and can RRSE public land into the future? work here. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking, bicycle commuting, introducing children to fun in nature. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain Biking, Hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Mountain biking, hiking, & photography are my favorite ways to enjoy and RRSE public land into the future? explore our open space. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain Biking, Hiking, Cross Country skiing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking, hiking, running, walking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking, trail running, hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Mountain biking, trail running, hiking with my dog and husband! I want to bring would you like to enjoy Boulder's my future kids to the trail heads and teach them to love nature and appreciate RRSE public land into the future? open space! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mountain biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? mtb As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? MTB only trails (or designated days), no e‐bikes. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? mtb trails that alternate hiker and biker days As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Mtn biking. Hiking. Trail biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Much as I do now, hiking and hiking with my dog (where permitted). MUCH MUCH more in the way of trails both regional connectors, mountain bike trails, and hiking trails. Trails can be primitive and do not require expensive As we develop an Open Space and parking or facilities. I have young children and would like to take them biking on Mountain Parks Master Plan, how easier trails without having to drive far. We can reduce driving a lot by having would you like to enjoy Boulder's more trails on open space. Directional mountain bike only trails make a lot of RRSE public land into the future? sense in some areas. Much of our focus is on connecting trails and destinations. OSMP should also consider the value of some "dead end" trails that are focused on nature As we develop an Open Space and observation. These are also great for families and young kids because, like cul‐de‐ Mountain Parks Master Plan, how sacs, they don't get a lot of traffic, which encourages a slower pace and a focus on would you like to enjoy Boulder's the resource. Some existing social trails could be turned into dead end nature RRSE public land into the future? trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? multi use trails My favorite ways to enjoy Boulder are mountain biking and hiking with my dogs. I am a big fan of trails that are either wide enough for both bikes and hikers with As we develop an Open Space and dogs or have specific days designated for bikes vs hikers. I also really like the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Marshall Mesa system, where I'll go with a group of people and we can all would you like to enjoy Boulder's participate in different activities, but cross "paths" throughout our activities and RRSE public land into the future? reconvene after. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how My first priority is being able to hike up and take off at Wonderland lake. The trail would you like to enjoy Boulder's is great, and the Paragliding community greatly appreciates Boulder Open space RRSE public land into the future? for allowing us to use the land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how My highest priority is preservation of our native ecosystems. I enjoy hiking and would you like to enjoy Boulder's observing wildlife, birds, butterflies, and plants. I like at least some of my visits to RRSE public land into the future? permit a reasonable level of solitude. As we develop an Open Space and My kids and I are mountain bikers. We would like to see the Master Plan include Mountain Parks Master Plan, how plans to develop trails for mountain bikers, designed by mountain bikers. We would you like to enjoy Boulder's need more challenging terrain on our trails. Rocky obstacles, steep terrain. Less RRSE public land into the future? dumbed down non‐technical trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how My number one priority in the Master Plan is STEWARDSHIP of the land and the would you like to enjoy Boulder's wildlife. I think passive recreation (hiking, birding, etc.) is one of the best ways to RRSE public land into the future? assure conservation and protection of the OSMP areas. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's My use of OSMP trails is focused on walking my dog off leash with the voice and RRSE public land into the future? sight control restrictions in place. Form Question Comment

As we develop an Open Space and My vision is for a "welcoming" attitude from the Department, rather than the Mountain Parks Master Plan, how past 20 years of the entire relationship being "restrictions". Exercising in nature would you like to enjoy Boulder's is the BEST thing any human can do, for physical, mental, and emotional health. RRSE public land into the future? Please allow ‐ or encourage! ‐ us to do what science recommends we do. As we develop an Open Space and My wife and I love to hike and bicycle ride!! Please please please do not take Mountain Parks Master Plan, how open space property and make it affordable housing or put a hotel on the space ! would you like to enjoy Boulder's I wouldn't put it pas the City Council to do this !! More open space and trails RRSE public land into the future? make Boulder what it is

My wife and I love to hike and I also love to mountain bike. Would love to see more new trails that allow for all trail users, including bikes. I like the As we develop an Open Space and compromise at betasso, ie bike free daysand also the changing directional rules Mountain Parks Master Plan, how for bike. We'd like more connectivity among the various trails in the system. would you like to enjoy Boulder's Like the diagonal underpass! Rails to trails? Hey, how about fixing the bridge that RRSE public land into the future? is out north of teller farm‐going on 5 years!!!!!! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how My wife and I primarily use OSMP trails for trail running. We also occasionally would you like to enjoy Boulder's hike and picnic on OSMP property. Well maintained trails are appreciated and RRSE public land into the future? new trails and connectors are always welcome! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Natural Landscape with trees ‐ biking , protected hiking free from bikers and RRSE public land into the future? unruly dogs As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? nice if there was no dog poop or green bags of poop everywhere As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Night time access is my #1 priority. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? ‐No limitations to outdoor access (e.g. trails open 24/7) ‐No trail quotas As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how No motors, no organized or commercial events, more off leash access for dogs. would you like to enjoy Boulder's Do not expand parking, we need natural constraints on the number of people on RRSE public land into the future? trails to not degrade them. Non‐consumptive uses like walking, hiking and photography. Continued support for local organic agriculture. Attending programs designed and put on by OSMP As we develop an Open Space and that help connect residents to the natural areas around them by catering to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how diverse interests. I would like to forage for invasive, non‐native, and otherwise would you like to enjoy Boulder's robust plant populations for food. Want to continue volunteering to make open RRSE public land into the future? spaces great. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Number 10 does not have the choice of mountain area. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's numerous trails walking/hiking/cycling use with dog friendly allowance. RRSE public land into the future? Connecting bike trails from town to outlying OSMP Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Off leash dog parks and horse trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? off leash dogs, mountain biking and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Off trail access, less trail closures, 24/7 accessibility As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Off‐leash dog‐friendly open space areas that have trails for both people and fur‐ RRSE public land into the future? friends to enjoy As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's On a human powered bike or on foot. On dirt trails that are connected to a large RRSE public land into the future? trail system. Sometimes with a dog. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? on a mountain bike with my dog offleash As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? On a mountain bike. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? On horseback As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? On horseback! Please!!!

One of my favorite things about the OSMP's current status is the availability to enjoy any trail during any season and any time. It is special to be able to run As we develop an Open Space and under a full moon, enjoy a mid‐day hike, and watch the sunset on a peak. Keeping Mountain Parks Master Plan, how these trails as open as possible is what I would like to see. Closing them during would you like to enjoy Boulder's muddy or destructive times would be great too. Keep people off trails when the RRSE public land into the future? most damage can be done. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's One of my greatest joys is trail running with my dogs, off‐leash, on open space RRSE public land into the future? trails. It is one of the things I cherish most about living in Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Open later than after dusk. Enforce leave no trace‐ as in‐ prevent people from RRSE public land into the future? straying off trail when trail is muddy. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Open some closed areas As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Open Space and Mountain Parks are for all not a select few. Everyone ... would you like to enjoy Boulder's Equestrians, Runners, Cyclists, Walkers ... should have access to be able to RRSE public land into the future? participate and enjoy the Outdoors As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Open space and trails in the area should be available to all groups: bicycle riders, RRSE public land into the future? horseback folks, hikers, etc. These areas are very nice for everyone to enjoy. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Open space is a treasure that should be protected, both legally and physically, as would you like to enjoy Boulder's a place for both people and other species to enjoy for the tranquility, beauty, RRSE public land into the future? habitat, and recreational opportunities it provides. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's OSMP should prohibit e‐bikes and all motorized conveyances on open space, RRSE public land into the future? except where special accommodations are made for handicapped people. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how our family are big hikers and walkers. when there has been a stray bike i find it would you like to enjoy Boulder's dangerous and these trails in west tsa are not built for line of sight. especially RRSE public land into the future? dangerous for young kids who walk as a group from preschools out here. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Our family enjoys access to trails and the occasional guided hike by naturalists. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Our family would like to continue hiking, climbing and walking our dog on the RRSE public land into the future? trails.

As we develop an Open Space and Passive, walking recreation on well maintained trails, in a landscape that is at Mountain Parks Master Plan, how least an approximation to the natural landscape of this area, including native would you like to enjoy Boulder's wildlife and native plants. Excessive visitor numbers need to be discouraged, RRSE public land into the future? since quiet and relatively unstressed recreation is the most valuable. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Personally I prefer to explore the city's open space by mountain bike. I realize this would you like to enjoy Boulder's isn't always fesable as some trails are either too steep or too crowded (such as RRSE public land into the future? trails near Chataqua). But the city should open more acess to mountain biking. Playgrounds for kids AND adults! Check out a great playground at Atwater Beach in Milwaukee, WI. It's really fun for kids & adults. Trails are great, but because I As we develop an Open Space and actively choose to not have a car for a wide variety of reasons, I want more public Mountain Parks Master Plan, how transit options! "Enact one‐way traffic requirements. For example on loop trails: would you like to enjoy Boulder's Bikers go south while others activities go north or south" this feels too RRSE public land into the future? micromanaged As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Please be sure to include horse back riding in your future plans We are being RRSE public land into the future? squeezed out of areas to ride and enjoy our sport Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Please expand the linked walking/biking trails throughout Boulder.

As we develop an Open Space and Please keep open space safe for the native plants and animals as a first priority. I Mountain Parks Master Plan, how believe this means dogs are not allowed on all trails and they are leashed when would you like to enjoy Boulder's allowed. Motorized bikes do not belong on open space trails. I would love to ride RRSE public land into the future? my horse on more open space trails where bikes are not allowed. As we develop an Open Space and Please make sure that the future plan includes maintaining access to current Mountain Parks Master Plan, how mountain bike trails and explicitly stating that new trails will be developed. It is would you like to enjoy Boulder's also very important to do our best to link the existing trails or provide bake RRSE public land into the future? paths/trails to the trails to avoid bike‐car conflicts. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Please please please consider single‐use, one‐way mountain bike trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's PLEASE prioritize human access & enjoyment. Trails are incredibly important to RRSE public land into the future? our well‐being. And it is very possible to coexist with the local flora and fauna. Please provide exemplary wildlife and habitat protection through establishing As we develop an Open Space and corridors and connectivity and educating us about why it's important. Address Mountain Parks Master Plan, how issues of fragmentation, disturbance and ecosystem management which will would you like to enjoy Boulder's hopefully increase the public's ecological literacy and carry over to land use RRSE public land into the future? decisions county wide. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Plentiful opportunities for both hiking and mountain biking, ideally segregated. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Prefer to have ability to run, hike, mountain bike and spend time with my off RRSE public land into the future? leash dog. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Preserve access to open space As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Preserve buffers, allow access but please limit bikers so us older hikers can walk RRSE public land into the future? without worries. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how preserve the habitat for wildlife, keep it wild, free of bikes, discourage hikers would you like to enjoy Boulder's from listening to music (without earbuds), more side trails leading off into shady RRSE public land into the future? spots with a good place to sit and meditate (eg. a bench sized rock or log). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Primarily hiking with my family and dog as well as a occasional trail run. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Promote more cycling as it is underrepresented given the amount of trails and would you like to enjoy Boulder's the amount of users. Enjoy the land responsibly and leave it better than I found RRSE public land into the future? it. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Protect it for Boulder residents. Continue with voice and site program As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Protect what we have; expand mindfully to promote cycling and multi‐use areas. would you like to enjoy Boulder's Create nighttime legal areas for cycling/running access. Directional bike trails and RRSE public land into the future? separate hiker/bike trails when appropriate. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Protecting, environment, hiking and hiking with dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Provide horse friendly trails and trailer parking.

As we develop an Open Space and Quiet and human powered activities. Hiking, biking, etc. Gives people a means to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how rest, reflect, refocus, etc. Continue to purchase new open spaces whenever they would you like to enjoy Boulder's become available (and don't get rid of, allow drilling on, or sell our existing open RRSE public land into the future? spaces.) This is the reason many people chose to live here. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? quiet hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Quiet pursuits such as hiking and horseback riding in order to enjoy the natural RRSE public land into the future? surroundings. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Quiet walks are of high value to me. Also, I love long winding walking trails that would you like to enjoy Boulder's link. I'm not a fan of people blasting music as they exercise. Nor am I a fan of RRSE public land into the future? dodging high speed bikers. Allowing space to divide trails for walk vs bike is nice).

As we develop an Open Space and Quiet, enjoyable, interconnected trail system that offers a range of technical Mountain Parks Master Plan, how challenges for all ages and physical abilities as well as diverse and breathtaking would you like to enjoy Boulder's sensory experiences â€” places to relax, appreciate, and reconnect with the RRSE public land into the future? natural world (rocks, water, trees, wildflowers, animals). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Quiet. Please minimize the presence all things that make noise.

Quietly and with respect to the wildlife. I walk the trails a couple times a week As we develop an Open Space and with my dog. It's an activity, for me, that feeds my soul. But I feel the pressure to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how "do" something and to change the simple way we experience open space is would you like to enjoy Boulder's tipping into the "recreation" realm. I prefer more limits on access if need be to RRSE public land into the future? preserve what we have. Conservation I believe is the role of OSMP. Recreation is important, but your land is showing a lot of wear and tear from heavy use and crowds. I live in Boulder and would like to see more done to limit As we develop an Open Space and use by people from outside the community who don't pay taxes ‐ reduce Mountain Parks Master Plan, how visitation. The overuse has shifted the balance to where it makes the experience would you like to enjoy Boulder's less desirable and is clearly damaging the ecosystems you strive to protect. You RRSE public land into the future? have plenty of trails already. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Recreation: hiking, mountain biking. Preservation: prevent development; RRSE public land into the future? preserve wildlife and wild flora habitats. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Recreation: mountain biking, hiking, trail running Flora and fauna viewing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Recreationaly, for hiking, enjoying nature and for habitat for birds and other RRSE public land into the future? wildlife. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Responsible horse back riding on trails with accessible horse trailer parking

Responsible mountain biking with sustainable trail design and maintenance, with As we develop an Open Space and a network of trails designated only for mountain biking only, including downhill Mountain Parks Master Plan, how trails, to keep everyone safe. Mountain biking downhill is how I most enjoy most would you like to enjoy Boulder's precious landscape of the foothills in Boulder, it enlivens my life, allows me to RRSE public land into the future? stop thinking about the world's issues, relax and enjoy this beautiful planet. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Responsibly enjoy the land and do more mountain biking close to home in RRSE public land into the future? Boulder As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? responsibly! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Riding horses on Open Space lands with trailer parking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? riding horses on trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Riding mountain bikes. Would like to see more mountain bike trails. Rock climbing in the Flatirons. I would like to see sustainable, well signed climbing access trails to the most popular formations and bouldering areas to cut down on As we develop an Open Space and social trails. And stolidly constructed staging areas where needed. I have been Mountain Parks Master Plan, how climbing for 35 yrs and the Flatirons remain one of the most beautiful areas I would you like to enjoy Boulder's have ever climbed in. It is a truly special climbing venue I would like to see RRSE public land into the future? preserved. Rock climbing, hiking to and from rocks. As to question 8: I used to live near As we develop an Open Space and Boulder, and I visited OSMP nearly every day, but now I live 1.5 hours away, and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how the crowding has made visiting OSMP not worth my time. I tried for a while, but I would you like to enjoy Boulder's got tired of yelling at the clueless college kids to stay on the damn trails, RRSE public land into the future? especially under the First Flatiron. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Rock climbing, hiking with my dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Run on the trails day or evening with a headlight. Walk my dog off leash if she has RRSE public land into the future? the tag. Watch the sunset from a rock or do yoga there as an individual As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Running & Hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? running and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Running and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? running and hiking dog walking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Running and hiking on trails both day and night. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Running and walking my dog off leash As we develop an Open Space and Running both during the day and at night. Mountain biking mainly day but like Mountain Parks Master Plan, how night riding at Marshall as well. Hiking with my dog where allowed. Excited to see would you like to enjoy Boulder's more link‐ups being built and new loops like the Benjamin at Betasso. Climbing RRSE public land into the future? the flatirons. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Running, hiking, climbing, scrambling As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Same as always. There isn't any reason to change the regulations. I would like to would you like to enjoy Boulder's continue to be able to run and hike on osmp property 24/7, on and off trail, and RRSE public land into the future? to climb on the rocks. I'd like well maintained trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Same as now, hiking with my dog, trail running and the occasional mountain bike RRSE public land into the future? ride. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Seeing more of open space ‐ more + new trails open to dogs, running / hiking with RRSE public land into the future? my dogs off leash, biking (allowing e‐bikes on trails) Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Separated trials for more bike, horse, and trail runner access. Climbing too. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Set aside more areas off‐limits to people and dogs for wildlife protection. Rebuild would you like to enjoy Boulder's some popular trails to keep them sustainable (Gregory Canyon, Sanitas west RRSE public land into the future? ridge). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Spend more funds in maintaining the properties you have already acquired rather RRSE public land into the future? than spending it in purchasing new properties. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Sport Climbing, Trad Climbing, Bouldering, Trail Running, Hiking, Dog Walking, RRSE public land into the future? Picnics, Group Gatherings As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Still having opportunity to get into nature quickly and easily from town, whether RRSE public land into the future? that be running, hiking, biking, etc

As we develop an Open Space and Stop planning so much. You are doing it to just justify your existence. The pate Mountain Parks Master Plan, how in Mattie Dean was just an excuse to spend budgets. Not needed. And the would you like to enjoy Boulder's implementation was really bad (unnatural curves that didn't follow the original RRSE public land into the future? path) Just so you can spend money to fix it later. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Sustain and preserve first, then allow recreation when possible. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? tent making As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Thanks for asking! I enjoy walking the trails year round looking at flora & fauna would you like to enjoy Boulder's through the seasons. I also enjoy riding a horse on the longer loop trails for the RRSE public land into the future? same purpose for me and horse both. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Thanks for your great work. I love my local trails. The continued diversity of trails, difficulty levels, and different types of areas in As we develop an Open Space and nature to visit. Continued educational tours. Less prairie dog destruction. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Connectivity of trails. Trials as safe bike routes for my kids to get around town would you like to enjoy Boulder's away from roads and intersections as much as possible. More trail heads when RRSE public land into the future? possible. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's The current balance between recreation, wildlife protection and conservation is RRSE public land into the future? broadly correct. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? The future can be a simple extrapolation of the past. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's The land is purchased by the public and public use should be the predominate RRSE public land into the future? priority. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? The most important thing for me is mountain bike trails.

The outcomes as currently written do not reflect the positive values of recreation for our community like the conservation outcome statements did. Some As we develop an Open Space and suggestions for your consideration: Outcome A: Make existing trails more fun. Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Outcome B: Engage open space stakeholders as stewards of the land. Outcome C: would you like to enjoy Boulder's Increase connectivity and variety of trail‐based recreation experiences. Outcome RRSE public land into the future? D: Improve the ability to recreate on open space from home. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? The same way I am today. Change nothing please As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how The same way that we enjoy it now‐walking the trails, hiking around the open would you like to enjoy Boulder's space, and delighting in the local places of nature with no developments, RRSE public land into the future? fracking, drilling, building, etc. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how The way I have been using it for 40+ years & on the bass that I & other voters would you like to enjoy Boulder's approved taxes for open space acquisition in the 70s & 80s, including Open access RRSE public land into the future? at all times. there seems to be a split in general use of our open space. we have tourists and casual walkers/hikers with dogs using trails, and we also have athletes. the As we develop an Open Space and former are slow and clogging, while the latter are fast an efficient, I'd like us to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how consider wider trails (or dual trails) when constructing new trails, to allow for the would you like to enjoy Boulder's two different uses. also, the closures to our trails are generally too long and too RRSE public land into the future? aggressive. As we develop an Open Space and To actually be able to use it. There are so many aspects of OSMP that are not Mountain Parks Master Plan, how allowed to be used by cyclists. And the guidelines for what is considered OSMP would you like to enjoy Boulder's approved trail bed need to be updated. Not every trail needs to be 5‐8 feet wide RRSE public land into the future? and smooth as a driveway. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? To enjoy nature and the outdoors. Would like to see more trails.

To me, OSMP represents conservation and limiting the environmental impact the As we develop an Open Space and city of Boulder has. It's also an oasis for hiking/running and enjoying nature right Mountain Parks Master Plan, how outside of town. I would like future generations to get the same experience I would you like to enjoy Boulder's enjoy and not have reckless development ruin the beauty of this area. We need RRSE public land into the future? to keep City growth within the City through density. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's To preserve land, some must be set aside to protect sensitive habitat for nature RRSE public land into the future? (plans, animals, birds, streams) off limits to people, dogs + bikes. Form Question Comment

To reduce crowding and user conflicts I would like OSMP to open to visitation more of its existing parcels, especially former agricultural land. A simple half‐mile As we develop an Open Space and loop trail is enough for most dog walkers and would keep us from driving around Mountain Parks Master Plan, how town to other trailheads. We can't keep building housing, expanding enrollment would you like to enjoy Boulder's at CU and encouraging people to move into Boulder without a proportional RRSE public land into the future? increase in access to Open Space. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? To ride my horse and walk my donkeys and dogs As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? to visit and paint landscape paintings As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? trail hiking & wildlife viewing/birding trail biking (non‐mountain) As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail Running As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? trail running & hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running & hiking with my dog, friends and family As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's trail running and hiking. I need to go at night to train for 100 mile trail races that RRSE public land into the future? go through the night. Trail maintenance is appreciated. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running Mtn biking CX bike riding Hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running on OSMP spaces multiple times a week. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Trail running, hiking, and mountain biking. Perhaps the running and hiking will be RRSE public land into the future? with a dog. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Trail running, hiking, backcountry skiing (if any of it gets enough snow). I like would you like to enjoy Boulder's when trails are free from erosion but ideally still a bit "wild" with rocks and tree RRSE public land into the future? roots etc. I know many trail runners appreciate this. As we develop an Open Space and Trail running, hiking, mountain biking, seeing wildlife, walking my dog ‐ on and off Mountain Parks Master Plan, how leash options. If someone had told me 30 years ago that we couldn't build a would you like to enjoy Boulder's sustainable connector trail west of ton from Eldo to N. Boulder, I would have RRSE public land into the future? laughed. And yet here we are. Really? As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? trail running, hiking, walking, climbing, scrambling, birding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running, more MTB trails and systems and hiking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running, mountain biking, climbing/bouldering As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running, mountain biking, hiking, wildflower identifying, wildlife viewing As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail running; mountain biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trail systems for mountain biking and snow shoeing. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trails MTB Trails As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trails and keeping the farming and grazing heritage As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? trails for biking and hikes. no fracking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trails for hiking and running are most important to our family. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trails for people to ride horse's As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trails open for running, biking and horse back riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trails!!! We love all the hiking and running trails! As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Travel by foot, anywhere that I feel drawn to go. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Trekking, exploring, hiking, photography, escape

Truly I feel and think and vision that the public lands are just that simply. We are provided with fresh air and water and earth. Currently in Boulder and the front As we develop an Open Space and range, the pollution is more and more and creating ill health for our lands and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how peoples and plants and animals. Let us just simply keep public lands just would you like to enjoy Boulder's that...with the evolution of nature simply. if we live in harmony then, truly what RRSE public land into the future? would need to be 'managed'? As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how under no circumstances should open space and mountain parks be cannibalized would you like to enjoy Boulder's for commercial or industrial projects. some have suggested putting up low RRSE public land into the future? income housing, which is one of the stupidest things i've ever heard. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Unfettered As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Unfettered access to mostly natural (minimally "improved") trails, 24/7, for hiking RRSE public land into the future? and running. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Unrestricted access to all BMP and OS lands. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Unrestricted access to OUR Open Space and Mountain Parks. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Upgrade, clean up and RE‐model the Boulder Creek whitewater course RRSE public land into the future? (specifically the rapids within the creek) just west of Even G. Fine Park. Form Question Comment

As we develop an Open Space and Use of this public land is already on the edge of being too intrusive on its natural Mountain Parks Master Plan, how beauty, too damaging, too impactful on adjacent parts of the city. It will only be would you like to enjoy Boulder's enjoyable in the future if efforts are made to address this. More use is not the RRSE public land into the future? way to go. Do NOT allow bikes on any additional trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Use the the present and new trails in the foothills. Includes night time use in RRSE public land into the future? winter months. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Using the land for hiking + running are my ways to enjoy Boulder Open Space As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Using the trails for running and biking, would be amazing if some limited camping RRSE public land into the future? opportunities could be developed As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Very light impact, trails with minimal infrastructure. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Vitally important to me is to keep trails open for equestrians / horse‐ back riding. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walk Picnic Photo safari Educational walks & talks Horseback riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Walk, Horse, Bicycles. No Motors including e‐bikes. All Open Space needs to be RRSE public land into the future? preserved and adding Open Space needs to be a priority. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking and enjoying nature with my V&S dog. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Walking and hiking. As a space for enjoying beautiful views and providing habitat RRSE public land into the future? for wildlife. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking and mountain biking. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Walking my dog on leash on trails, without the many unlicensed offleash dogs RRSE public land into the future? and bikes on the trail As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking my dog, hiking with my dog, climbing with my friends. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? walking my dogs with voice and sight As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Walking with dogs ON A LEASH. Cycling on gravel trails when it is okay for the RRSE public land into the future? environment and the population sharing the trail. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking, biking As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's walking, hiking, picnicking, playing with grandchildren, learning, observing, RRSE public land into the future? meditating mindfully As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking, hiking, trails for my aging body, As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Walking, running, biking, without dogs on the trails to dirty them, annoy other RRSE public land into the future? users, or to chase off any natural wildlife that may still be around those areas. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking/Hiking Horseback Riding As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Walking/hiking Mountain biking Quiet contemplation As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? walking/hiking with my dog off‐leash; mountain biking with my dog off‐leash As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Walking/hiking/running trails with the ability to get away from the crowds and RRSE public land into the future? still enjoy the scenery, trails, and adventure. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Want to be able to ride my horse and hike the trails without being run over by RRSE public land into the future? bicycles! As we develop an Open Space and want to continue using public land for recreation such as climbing and hiking and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how enjoying nature. Also want to maintain trail and parking access. Today many would you like to enjoy Boulder's trails are in need of repair and lacking signs as to where they go (for example RRSE public land into the future? Mallory Cave trail). As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Water fountains at trail heads to support athletes that are doing long rides and RRSE public land into the future? runs. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We appreciate our OSMP trails, use them almost daily. Wish for less dog poop RRSE public land into the future? and aggressive bikers. Do any bikers ever yield to hikers? Would be nice. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how We are avid mountain bikers, e‐bikers, hikers and all around outdoor family with would you like to enjoy Boulder's 2 kids. I need open space to maintain my sanity and easy access to it from city RRSE public land into the future? limits. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We come to Boulder to hike occasionally but mostly trailer our horses up to ride RRSE public land into the future? on the beautiful trails. We want to continue doing so.

We desperately need better controls and improved access to single track trails for As we develop an Open Space and mountain bikers. We should look to the models that are working well in other Mountain Parks Master Plan, how parts of Colorado with alternating designated days for bikers and specific would you like to enjoy Boulder's direction of travel. More access to open space means more voters who will RRSE public land into the future? support to expand and protect our parks. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? we enjoy hiking the trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We enjoy opportunities to run, hike and bike through open space. Our kids also RRSE public land into the future? enjoy exploring local geology.

We enjoy paragliding from the ridge above north Boulder. It is an excellent resource for new pilots and experts alike. Experts have flown from Boulder south As we develop an Open Space and to Colorado Springs and North to Laramie. It would be wonderful if Boulder could Mountain Parks Master Plan, how follow the lead of other countries and embrace the new sport of paragliding. It is would you like to enjoy Boulder's deeply disturbing that Boulder Police Open space rangers are so quick to ticket RRSE public land into the future? pilots landing out.

We have the opportunity to save the most endangered ecosystem, the short grass prairie. Many neighboring communities have reintroduced the Black Footed As we develop an Open Space and Ferret, which requires a large Prairie Dog population. This Prairie Dog colonies Mountain Parks Master Plan, how also support hawks, badgers and other wildlife that belong in the short grass would you like to enjoy Boulder's prairie. The city has mandated a certain number of acres to be inhabited by RRSE public land into the future? Prairie Dogs, but this quota has not been filled. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We hike, walk our dogs on leash,birdwatcher,wildlife watch,ride horses and cross RRSE public land into the future? country ski if possible. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We love equestrian trails. I enjoy how batasso is run with Wednesday and RRSE public land into the future? Saturday for horses a Walkers and other days for bikes and walkers. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We love hiking the trails and would love more trails that allow for varied RRSE public land into the future? experiences. We are excited about the expansion of trails up north (ie. skyline)! Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? We love to hike, bike, and backcountry ski on Boulder's open space!

We need more equal rights to this open space. We have a large mountain bike As we develop an Open Space and community that drives each day, out of this town to other towns like Morrison, Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Lakewood, Golden, Nederland to ride off‐road trails. Open the Mesa Trail, Lion's would you like to enjoy Boulder's Lair, Sanitas Valley and Dakota Ridge, etc and do so in a managed way, similar to RRSE public land into the future? Betasso trails, where bikers get at least a few days per week to ride these trails

We need more trail networks in the Boulder area to mountain bike on. Only really As we develop an Open Space and having Marshall Mesa and Dowdy Draw close to Boulder is not enough. The Mountain Parks Master Plan, how weekends are overcrowded with hikers, dogs, and bikers. Also if Betasso has would you like to enjoy Boulder's hiking only days why are there not biking only days? I also think there should be RRSE public land into the future? mountain bike only trails like they did at Matthews Winters Park.

As we develop an Open Space and We need more trails to support the high volume and diverse types of users that Mountain Parks Master Plan, how enjoy boulder open space. In general directional looped trails for mountain bikes would you like to enjoy Boulder's seem to be the most fun for all users. Any time slicing efforts should be done RRSE public land into the future? fairly, eg. no mountain bike days balanced out by mountain bike only days. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? We plan to enjoy riding horses on Boulder public land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We use it for many things‐‐running, hiking, walking our dogs, biking, skiing, and RRSE public land into the future? enjoying the mountains and beauty of Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how We want to create an environment where the community can have a controlled would you like to enjoy Boulder's access to these wonderful lands. We also want to stay close to our history and RRSE public land into the future? continue to provide grazing and other farm uses for this land. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? We would like access for horse riding on all the trails.

We would like to continue to hike and mountain bike on OSMP property and look forward to expansion of trail offerings for both activities. We are also regular As we develop an Open Space and users of the Lobo and other commuter trails for both recreation and commuting Mountain Parks Master Plan, how and hope to enjoy even greater connectivity among towns in Boulder County and would you like to enjoy Boulder's between recreation areas. Being able to ride to OSMP trailheads and into town RRSE public land into the future? will ease parking and traffic stress.

We would like to see no new trails, so that land can be preserved for plant and wildlife habitat without additional damaging effects of people, bikes, and dogs. As we develop an Open Space and We have enough trails. The push for trail continuity is driven by bikers, who Mountain Parks Master Plan, how represent only 10% of OS users but already have access to well over 35% of our would you like to enjoy Boulder's 155 miles of OS trails. We are hikers and lovers of wildlife, and bemoan how RRSE public land into the future? human, dog, and cycle use have chased away. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's We would love to ride walk or horses and burros on the trails... very beautiful RRSE public land into the future? open space As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how We would use it personally for exercise 1‐2x weekly, usually after work (ie. 6:00 would you like to enjoy Boulder's pm), and 2‐3x weekly we use it to help our disabled daughter walk for exercise. RRSE public land into the future? She uses it during daylight hours. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Well drawn trails with a minimum of "development". As raw and natural as RRSE public land into the future? possible just to show people the way so it's not a free for all stampede. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how well maintained city paved paths, hiking trails (single and double track) for hikers would you like to enjoy Boulder's only, single and double track for mountain bikers. keep e‐bikes to regional routes RRSE public land into the future? like lobo, coal creek as recently designated. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Well maintained spaces that can be enjoyed by all. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Well, reduce number of users but that is in direct conflict with the city's density RRSE public land into the future? housing strategy. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Well...NOT for fracking, for starters. And then, I'd like to ride my horse on it, and RRSE public land into the future? walk my dog.

What I love most about our public land is the ability to get totally away from human‐made objects‐‐except for the trails, which I know are human‐made. We As we develop an Open Space and also cannot get away from human‐made noise like traffic and airplanes, but at Mountain Parks Master Plan, how least there are places in our city where we can rest our eyes on a natural would you like to enjoy Boulder's landscape without fear of being run over. I hope the future see us making inroads RRSE public land into the future? on issues of noise and light pollution. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how While every open space does not have to be mountain bike friendly, it would be would you like to enjoy Boulder's nice to have interconnected trails to traverse the areas and to have some RRSE public land into the future? separate trails for holing only and for biking only. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Wildlife viewing is my top priority, so all effort should be made to create high RRSE public land into the future? quality habitat for our native wildlife. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Wildlife watching is very important to me. I would love to see more undisturbed would you like to enjoy Boulder's areas that can provide habitat, while also giving people an opportunity to view RRSE public land into the future? them from a distance. (Lots of open, connected areas for wildlife to move)

Wisely and efficiently, similar to what is already going on as a hiker, trail runner, biker, and lover of nature. While I appreciate the acquisition and maintenance of As we develop an Open Space and the trails, I find the management style to be simultaneously heavy‐handed and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how sometimes completely overbearing. You seem to miss the mark striving for would you like to enjoy Boulder's perfection on over‐grooming and over‐building trails. A little bit of wild and free RRSE public land into the future? would be a good thing moving forward. Form Question Comment As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Wish there was more accessible mountain biking! There a great group, IMBA, RRSE public land into the future? that works hard on existing trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's With a better master plan map that includes all open spaces in Boulder County RRSE public land into the future? and include connecting roads or other trails. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how With an evidence and user driven balance between conservation, preservation, would you like to enjoy Boulder's and recreation on a shared basis. I'd like to buy more open space and to partner RRSE public land into the future? with other public and private entities for comprehensive outdoor recreation. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? With blankets As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? With less dogs and less homeless As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's With less people and with people who understand and support overarching RRSE public land into the future? conservation objectives. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? With my dog As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how With open access to enjoy the wonderful open space and mountain parks that we would you like to enjoy Boulder's have invested in as a community. Rock climbing, hiking trail running and RRSE public land into the future? mountain biking are all activities I support. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's With open spaces, our cities and neighborhoods take on structure, beauty, RRSE public land into the future? breathing room and value. I would like to think this will continue into the future. With the increase of residents in the Boulder region, OSMP should open to the public the vast acres of acquired lands to the south, east and north of Boulder. As we develop an Open Space and We would like to see nice multi‐use trails added with plenty of voice and sight Mountain Parks Master Plan, how designated trails. Open Space should expand the trail offerings throughout the would you like to enjoy Boulder's region to ease visitation pressure to the mountain backdrop and to reduce the RRSE public land into the future? driving/parking issues. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Without dogs running and jumping on me. I quit using open space years ago due RRSE public land into the future? to this. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Without dogs. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Without e‐bikes. Form Question Comment

As we develop an Open Space and Would like to have loop around city available. I like to see horses on trails. I want Mountain Parks Master Plan, how very good maintenance to trails and forestry. I expect good information to create would you like to enjoy Boulder's fun and informative/education prior to & during my trip. I like geology and hope RRSE public land into the future? more signage could be on display to explain rock formations. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Would like to see more bike specific directional trails. More trails with RRSE public land into the future? progressive features for different skill levels. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Would like to see more biking access; and ability to ride to my ride. Would like to would you like to enjoy Boulder's see more mob trails of varying difficulty, could be implemented as stacked loops. RRSE public land into the future? May need additional trails to reduce overcrowding. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's Would like to take my family on hikes, enjoy the single‐track mountain bike trails RRSE public land into the future? and observe the wildlife. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how Would like trails to be quiet, without hearing hikers using 'boomboxes' or other would you like to enjoy Boulder's noisy‐making electronics. Would like hiking and biking trails to be separated to RRSE public land into the future? preserve good footing for hiking and prevent accidents. As we develop an Open Space and Would love to have a connecting mountain bike trail from shanahan ridge over to Mountain Parks Master Plan, how the Dowdy draw and Marshall Mesa trails. We run from shanahan ridge all the would you like to enjoy Boulder's time and feel that it has plenty of room to accommodate both runners, hikers and RRSE public land into the future? riders. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, how would you like to enjoy Boulder's RRSE public land into the future? Yall do a great job of maintainng the trail system. Keep it up!

More detailed and science based conservation education. For example: 1) riparian areas. What is their importance to plants and critters and why we Do you have any suggestions for how shouldn't have trails through them every one of them. 2) Mechanized and OSMP can foster high‐quality motorized use. History, future trends and impacts to people and land. Etc. I think experiences while also maintaining the people are hungry for conservation information anddon't know how to access it. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? I'm not a fan of wide trails.Small footpaths are a better experience.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Consider pilot programs that allow new uses and locations with adaptive experiences while also maintaining the management to try out innovation and ideas to support better/increased use and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? management actions I have lived in Boulder since 1991 and watched as disregard for the fragility of the land has increased. I have had to ask visitors to extinguish lit cigarettes on Do you have any suggestions for how multiple occasions. I am also horrified by erosion from social trails, increasing OSMP can foster high‐quality instances of trash including human waste. There so many more people. Please experiences while also maintaining the find a way to limit foot traffic to veteran locals who respect the Leave No Trace RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? policy.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Stop allowing dogs off leash. Not only does this greatly increase the impact of the experiences while also maintaining the dog on wildlife (and often other users), it also draws people from other counties RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? to come here so their dogs can run free. Form Question Comment

Trails built in a more resilient way are more sustainable and less susceptible to Do you have any suggestions for how muddy conditions. Community outreach through organizations like BMA provides OSMP can foster high‐quality a greater reach and promises higher success rate. The Boulder Mountainbike experiences while also maintaining the Patrol has been very successful at providing persistent community outreach and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trail user education for many years.

‐ Use should be on trails; restrict off‐trail uses. ‐ Dogs should be on leaches. ‐ Do you have any suggestions for how Enforce trail rules, including those to use switchbacks and not create social trails. ‐ OSMP can foster high‐quality Develop educational programs to make users aware of their impacts and how to experiences while also maintaining the minimize them. Create and deploy signage to protect trails and sensitive areas. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? No e‐bikes on mountain trails. Avoid habitat fragmentation.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the "Clean As You Go", build and instill a stewardship ethic around being proactive RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? while your recreating on open space.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality * consider expanding the trail network in less‐sensitive natural areas. For experiences while also maintaining the example, mountain bikers tend to flock to trail networks with loop options, even RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? if those trails aren't in the most beautiful areas.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality > Engage community rangers / trail stewards to patrol the trails and act as eyes experiences while also maintaining the and ears > Organized wildlife viewing > Organized removal of invasive plants > RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Organized trail building >

Do you have any suggestions for how 1) On trail education ‐ such as "keep singletrack single". I would be happy to make OSMP can foster high‐quality or pay for signs, it really irks me when people just go off into the grass to avoid experiences while also maintaining the yielding. 2) Directional trails ‐ I particularly notice this on Cowdrey Draw, where RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? two directional trails would have an improved experience and reduce braiding.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality 1) Quarterly public meetings to discuss current issues 2) Active (not passive) experiences while also maintaining the outreach to user groups and the public to keep us all abreast of strategic thinking RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and operational plans that affect our use of public lands

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the 1. dogs on leash 2. No leaving poop bags on trail 3. you may have to limit # RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? people on certain trails

1. Community trail work. There are so many trails that need attention due to Do you have any suggestions for how overuse but don't get enough attention. 2. Open more trails to mountain bikes so OSMP can foster high‐quality that use is spread out and creates lower impact on other users. 3. Encourage non‐ experiences while also maintaining the motorized travel to trails through community outreach and education, shuttle RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? options, etc. 4. Increase off‐leash restrictions and enforcement for dogs.

1. I don't know how it would be possible, but too many trails expand and widen as Do you have any suggestions for how their use increases. Additional running and bike trails often become established OSMP can foster high‐quality right next to the actual trail, making the impact on the land more substantial. 2. experiences while also maintaining the Close some areas for a year or longer, rotating the closures, to help the land heal. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Preservation is essential; too many areas are overused. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality 1. We can open up the trails like JeffCo to have bike only days v. hike only days experiences while also maintaining the (see Centennial Cone). This will cut down on overuse issues and negative hiker v. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? biker interactions.

Do you have any suggestions for how A leash law must be instituted ‐ voice and sight is a failure. If nothing else a leash OSMP can foster high‐quality law would give lie to the excuse dog owners so often use for not picking up their experiences while also maintaining the dog's feces ("i didn't see him/her do it") or controlling their dogs as they race RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? helter‐skelter across the landscape.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality A modest number of single or double plank boardwalks in high traffic areas prone experiences while also maintaining the to being muddy would keep people from leaving the trail. Similarly, fix problem RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? areas that force people to leave the trail.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Activity specific days on certain trails (similar to betasso). Marshall Mesa comes RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? quickly to mind.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Add more bathrooms. People would do much less damage to trail areas of there RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? was a designated bathroom so we didn't have to use random trees.

Do you have any suggestions for how Add more signs to show people where to walk and where NOT to walk. Protect OSMP can foster high‐quality the earth all around the trails, not just sensitive areas. The average hiker needs experiences while also maintaining the to plainly see where to walk and not hurt the land and where NOT to walk. Large RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? tree limbs can block off the wrong paths as well as signs and clear markers.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Add some biker only trails in addition to hiker only trails. Perhaps horse only too.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Add volume of trails and make regional connections.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Added programming on stewardship ethic.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Additional rock armor to make trails usable regardless of weather conditions. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Additional temporal and spatial separation of biking from pedestrian use. Create RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? opportunities for users to experience all trails without conflict with bikes.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Adequately maintain trails so that people will stay on them & not damage the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? environment by widening braiding trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Again, ban dogs. How many times do you see dogs chasing animals, experiences while also maintaining the uncontrollably, in the forest? They even chase humans uncontrollably, which RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? really scares me when I'm being chased. Will they bite????

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Agree with all listed above. As a dog walker, I am bothered by people who pick experiences while also maintaining the up dog waste in a bag but then leave it beside the trail. Trash can at trailheads, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? signs informing of procedures, and fines for this offense are in order.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality All good, some closures of sensitive areas is good to protect natural ecosystems. experiences while also maintaining the Nature should be first, we are overusing our natural places and must be RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? responsible.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality all of the areas where your trails do not go but the land has been bought by the experiences while also maintaining the public which is great integrity without worrying about people and dogs on the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? small amount of land where there are trails

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Allow and encourage volunteer groups such as BATCO, Boulder Trail Runners, experiences while also maintaining the FIDOS, etc to help "patrol" areas in a manner to help their constituents learn and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? follow the best practices.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Allow Class 1 electric mountain bikes on trails. More trails to disperse use.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Allow easy access to information on closures and re‐routing, ie, length of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? time/dates/reasons.

Do you have any suggestions for how Allow mountain biking on certain trails on certain days and then change those OSMP can foster high‐quality trails season by season to expand access while mitigating impact. You could even experiences while also maintaining the charge a seasonal fee for 'expanded' trails which could be paid for in $ (could be RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? weekly or season passes) or in contributed hours of trail work Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality allow mountain biking on trails that currently do not allow it. Mountain bikers do experiences while also maintaining the an immense amount of volunteering to clean, maintain, build, and manage RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? through information sharing/mentoring regarding etiquette and sustainability.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Allow off‐trail use in more non‐sensitive areas.

Along the lines of Leave No Trace but something that seems to be lost in translation: Getting the word out to people not to feed wildlife like chipmunks. Do you have any suggestions for how Also considering more muddy trail closures on areas like the Mesa Trail. The trail OSMP can foster high‐quality is rarely closed but when it gets muddy, there is a ton of damage to the trail and experiences while also maintaining the it's sad to see. And if it's possible, more signage or outreach to get dog owners to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? pick up poop and not leave it on the trail.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Alternate trail usage between bikes and hikers a la Betasso. Open Space tags for experiences while also maintaining the bikes after an educational session as per dog owners. Boulder Resident only trails RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? such as Goshawk and Fowler.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? alternating areas of use to ensure variety and to ensure wildlife creates homes

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Alternating use days, stay on trail policy

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Alternative dates for different uses (horses, dogs some days and bikes and hiking RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? on others) Although I know it would not be popular, I would like to see all dogs on leash, where they are even allowed. Too many are not under control and it isn't Do you have any suggestions for how possible to provide adequate patrolling. While I like dogs and it's nice to see their OSMP can foster high‐quality joy in the woods, the number of irresponsible owners requires that some type of experiences while also maintaining the more restrictive rules be put in place to prevent dogs from harassing wildlife and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? degrading habitat.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? An easily accessible resource for up‐to‐date trail conditions.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? And stewardship around dog access and control. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how As above, keep dogs on leashes. MORE RANGERS to enforce the laws you do OSMP can foster high‐quality have. Keep building wider pebble trails (re: Chautauqua) to discourage social experiences while also maintaining the trails. Do not EVER add bikes to the Mesa Trail, or any other trail that is currently RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? no bikes. As an avid mountain biker and trail runner, I enjoy some of the efforts put forth at Betasso (yes, i know it is a County open space), to have no bike days (the only Do you have any suggestions for how days i will go hiking/running up there) and directional loops for mountain biking. OSMP can foster high‐quality would love to see some of these implemented on OSMP properties. Also, while I experiences while also maintaining the am a dog 'guardian' I grow weary of others abusing the 'no dogs' policy on certain RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality As part of "stewardship", I believe grazing is important, both because of scientific experiences while also maintaining the studies that support controlled grazing of grasslands and also for decreasing RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? risk/effect of wildfires.

Do you have any suggestions for how As the trails become more crowded and multi use I think it is important for the OSMP can foster high‐quality trail users to understand trail etiquette. There are simple expectations for experiences while also maintaining the behavior toward others that people seem unaware of and also rules that are not RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? followed.

Do you have any suggestions for how At trail heads or appropriate points of interest I think I would be great to create OSMP can foster high‐quality habitat niches or pollinator gardens that are naturalized within the environment experiences while also maintaining the but also have small plaques providing educational information on species RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? composition, importance to wildlife and the ecosystem etc.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Avoid people seeing effects of killing prarie dogs

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Avoid pressure for nighttime use For multi‐use trails, armor the trail tread (as in RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? County parks) to prevent muddy condions and trail widening

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Avoid trail development in / through sensitive areas, preserve and enhance RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? opportunities for deeper appreciation of nature.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Ban ear buds

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Basic biological research to support current plant and animal populations. Basic RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? biological research to help ecosystems adapt to climate change. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Bathrooms at every Trailhead ‐ most needed Valmont end of Teller Farm

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Be careful closing trails due to muddy conditions when there actually aren't any. experiences while also maintaining the A good example is the left hand trail , which is often closed even when it's dry. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? That is an important connector route.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Be more aggressive about trail closures when muddy. The hogback trail north of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Lee Hill gets trashed when it's muddy. I've never seen a trail closure sign.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Be quiet and do not disturb the wildlife and other OS users.

best practices for managing crowds, so everyone has a better experience. Do you have any suggestions for how managing weekend crowds through more parking fees for non‐county residents; OSMP can foster high‐quality more regulated trails, such as wednesday/saturday bike‐free days at Betasso‐‐ experiences while also maintaining the (I'm a mountain biker, but I love to run on the bike‐free days!), dogs permitted on RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the new Sanitas trail on certain days, etc.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Better communication over trail closures. Website/map is ok, but could be better RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and more easily found.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Better education and enforcement of rules on amplified music; creating a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? common ethic of reasonable quiet

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Better education for dog owners, or just hire someone who walks the trails every RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? day and picks up all the green bags left behind.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Better education of users to stay on the trails and get muddy instead of wearing experiences while also maintaining the more paths into the terrain. Better policing of Voice & Sight program areas (e.g., RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? near Coot Lake and Boulder Valley Ranch).

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the better enforcement ‐ dogs off leash, dog poop, people widening trails due to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? mud, drones, etc. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Better explanation of why areas are closed like HCAs

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality better maps with more detail, up to date web site with more current information experiences while also maintaining the and web cams of the trails, so you can see what the conditions are at the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? moment. Plus stricter trail closures for muddy conditions.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Better signage for equestrians; i.e., dogs on leash, bikers slow down and let rider RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? know when approaching.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Better signage to keep people on trails where social trails have developed (ie experiences while also maintaining the Sanitas is an example for this need) enforcements of fines and explanation of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? responsibility to people leaving dog waste

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Better trail design that provides intuitive navigation, disperses visitors, and does RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? not ignore the impacts of off‐trail hiking.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Bicycle education

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? bike education as to the local rules for students new to the area

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Bike trails are closed too frequently for muddy conditions. Let us bikers ride in RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the mud!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Bikes and hikers given separate days to enjoy trails. More Rangers to enforce experiences while also maintaining the laws as more people come to the area. Brochures or signage describing the trails RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? in terms of difficulty. (beginner, expert, etc.)

BMA recommends selecting YES and writing something similar to: Outdoor recreation is an important part of an active and healthy community and trails Do you have any suggestions for how should be routed so they can stay open as much as possible, for example, around OSMP can foster high‐quality sensitive habitat to minimize the need for wildlife closures. Trails built in a more experiences while also maintaining the resilient way are more sustainable and less susceptible to muddy conditions. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Community outreach through organizations like BMA provides a g Form Question Comment

Build additional trails to accommodate growing user base. The dog off‐leash Do you have any suggestions for how program needs to be constrained to certain areas or abandoned. I stopped using OSMP can foster high‐quality OSMP when my daughter was 0‐4 years of age due to aggressive dog encounters experiences while also maintaining the (even a "friendly" dog running up to you is scary when you're that little ‐ think of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? a horse running up to you ‐ that's the size difference)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Build and maintain trails and people will stay on trails, protect habitat and have RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? less impact on wildlife

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the build better, more interesting trails for bicycle use. Not converted old roads and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? straight wide trails. Build them technical enough to keep speeds slow

Build more trails that take people where they want to go while encouraging visitors ‐‐ but not requiring them (except for mountain bikes) ‐‐ to stay on the Do you have any suggestions for how trails. Use transparent, objective, measurable science to support decision‐ OSMP can foster high‐quality making. (For example, claiming that prairie dogs have been eliminated from 98% experiences while also maintaining the of their original habitat is misleading and meaningless. There is no proof that RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? they used to occupy 98% more land than they do now.)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Build new mountain bike trails to spread use out. And consider alternate use days RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? such as JeffCo uses on some trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Building trails for less trail closures due to muddy conditions.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Can't have enough educational opportunities.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Change out of county fees for use.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Charge admission for non county residents to popular areasâ€”chataqua for RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? exampke

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Charge users who do not live in Boulder. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? clean up after your pets, including horses!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Clear rules for sharing ‐ on foot, bikes, fishing

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Close as many areas as possible. People overuse is destroying the open space.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Close sensitive areas to off leashed dogs

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Closing trails to mountain bikers who erode the trails or go off the trail. Use large RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? rocks or logs to keep hikers and bikers on the trails and not expanding the trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Closing trails when they are wet does not seem to happen very much. With the experiences while also maintaining the heavy traffic on all trails it is extremely important to let the trails rest when they RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? are muddy.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Connector trails between open space parks. Increased bike access.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Consider reducing off‐trail use in natural areas. Reconsider the "North Sky Trail" RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? before it is actually built. Establish more no‐dog trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Constructing barriers to discourage shortcuts on switchbacks on heavily used RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Construction of bike only trails. Possible trial period of limited biking days for RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? portions of trails connected to, and including the mesa trail. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? control off‐leash dog activity by testing dog‐owner interaction

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Create one‐way travel trails and trail closed to mountain bikes on certain days. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Add new trails to make more trails into loops to eliminate 2 way bike travel.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? create trails with designated directions to reduce user conflict Current trail networks encourage overcrowding by lack of stacked loop structures Do you have any suggestions for how and no "bypass" options available for difficult terrain. OSMP doesn't create OSMP can foster high‐quality enough trails to disperse use, and then doesn't maintain the trails they do have. experiences while also maintaining the This leads to situations like the eroded mess that is the Kohler Mesa jeep road, er, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? hiking trail. Cutting backpacking areas to some trails to reduce usage. more structural trail base to high use areas. Strongly need to come up with carrying levels and Do you have any suggestions for how indicators to watch for and do something about before its too late and property is OSMP can foster high‐quality damaged to a great extent. Do buy or designated some land to grow native experiences while also maintaining the plants, shrubs, grasses, trees to bring to areas over used for quicker recovery of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? high usage areas.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Days where we gather together to get rid of interloping "noxious" plants, insects, experiences while also maintaining the trash,. .. Days to support natural plant health, ground animal and bird habitat. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Educate widely that we are all protecting these spaces so all can live.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? decrease areas where biking is allowed

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Demo area showing effects of "going around" a muddy area." There used to be experiences while also maintaining the "get muddy!" signs, they were good. Enforcement of leash / voice /etc rules. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? They are flaunted.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Design mountain bike only trails and if there can be hiker only days at Betasso experiences while also maintaining the there should also be mountain bike only days. A lot of us help preserve the trails. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? It's so crowded on the weekends due to not enough trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Design trails in a way so as to minimize the need for mud closures and wildlife RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? closures Form Question Comment

Designate one‐way use on Dowdy Draw and trails of this type that have limited Do you have any suggestions for how site. This trail system used to be so lovely to hike and ride.It was ruined after they OSMP can foster high‐quality opened it to bikes. Now if you ride horses or hike there you are at risk since the experiences while also maintaining the trail is not designated as one‐way. It is my hope that the new trail be planned on RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the west side of 36 does not fall into this condition.

Develop a quota system (perhaps initially with out‐of‐county users) and expand resource monitoring to assess impacts. Consider using marginal areas of OSMP Do you have any suggestions for how (e.g., those that are badly overused and/or are not a good fit as OSMP) for OSMP can foster high‐quality conservation burial. This use helps to restore land, and encourages respectful use experiences while also maintaining the by visitors. It is also a need that will become increasingly important as Boomers RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? age, and can bring in additional revenue for OSMP.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Develop new trails to disperse visitors ‐ More robust trail construction and better RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trail maintenance

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? directional multi use trails Directional trails to reduce user conflict among mountain bikers. Biker only trails Do you have any suggestions for how to reduce user conflict among other user groups. Hikers have their own trails. OSMP can foster high‐quality Bikers deserve equal consideration. We are a growing user group. Future experiences while also maintaining the generations deserve to have trails designed for, and designated for the activity RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? they are passionate about.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the disallow dogs, i do love them, biut their owners are not responsible and as a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? taxpayer, i do not use many trails because of the nasty smell

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Discourage short‐cutting between trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Do more on education ‐ hike single file

Do more wtih Leave No Trace. The org is based in Boulder. Seriously, OSMP, shame on the agency for not being the NATIONAL LEADER in promoting Leave No Do you have any suggestions for how Trace on municipal public lands. Be a trend‐setter ‐ do more with Leave No Trace. OSMP can foster high‐quality All you have to do to see how poorly OSMP does with promoting Leave No Trace experiences while also maintaining the is go to ANY OSMP trail and you won't find ANY Leave No Trace info. What a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? HUGE missed opportunity. It's just not that hard to do. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Do not allow e bikes, require dogs to be leashed, don't allow bikes on trails used RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? by people riding horses.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Do not allow e‐bikes. No motorized vehicles should include electric motors. As a experiences while also maintaining the dedicated bike commuter, the increase in e‐bikes has me concerned about safety RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and the abuse of path and trail edicate.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Do not close trails because of mud. This unnecessarily limits public use of public RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? land.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the dog chasing wildlife and poop pick up enforcement. more educational info on RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? ecology of areas accessible along trail or at trailheads

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Dog owners leave bagged poop on the side of trails ‐ provide more trashcans for RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? them to dispose of waste.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Dog poop management, please.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Dogs are disruptive to wildlife, and despite owners sincere efforts, leave lots of experiences while also maintaining the poop. I think there should be trails for dogs, and also some where birds and other RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? wildlife scared off by dog smells are protected.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Dogs off trail ‐ no. Bikes ‐ no ‐ clearly

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Dogs on leash or no dogs on trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Don't build the "Blue Sky" Trail as it cuts through a special habitat. Ramp up the experiences while also maintaining the enforcement of dog regulations. Dogs should not be running wild on our open RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? space. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Don't rebuild trails that increase mud like you have been doing

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Don't restrict user access. I can't say how many times in the last year we have experiences while also maintaining the arrived at a trail/trail head to find it closed, or restricted in some way that causes RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? a problem for our family.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Don't Shoot the elk at Rabbit Mountain

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Don't spend as much money flattening out existing trails. Serious hikers prefer experiences while also maintaining the steep trails. Spend your money building new trails! One way loops can greatly RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? decrease the sense of crowding. Doing this around Chautauqua would be great!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Educate bicycle users about trail rules and enforce them.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Educate the public on the overall amount of work that trails take and the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? demographics of various activities on OSMP ‐ running, hiking, climbing, biking, etc

Do you have any suggestions for how Education about the value of the public lands can help instill an appreciation for it OSMP can foster high‐quality among visitors and residents. For example, many people probably don't realize all experiences while also maintaining the of the services that open space provides (filtering water; preventing landslides; RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? grazing for local ranchers; providing cool areas during heat waves; etc)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Education about using earphones instead of broadcasting your music. Education experiences while also maintaining the about the native plants and animals that Open Space supports that would RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? otherwise be lost to development.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Education and signage explaining. (Continue this and add more)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Education on staying on the trail. It is shocking how wide some of the trails have experiences while also maintaining the gotten. Get muddy. Education on the wild flowers and herbs, and what makes a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? healthy diverse ecosystem. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Education on the impacts of going off trail. Not allowing horses on high use trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Education on the value of spaces that are off limits to human activity. More RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? education/enforcement of picking up after dogs

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Education on trail etiquette and right of way.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Education should be number one. All others "only when necessary "

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Education through ranger talks or signage or blogs. Continue to re‐enforce why RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? wildlife diversity and closures are necessary, Impact of dog poop on environment,

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the education to distinguish native from invasive plants, eg, people pull or vandalize RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? native thistles, thinking they are bad/invasive ones.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Education: along the lines of "we are all stewards on the ground, so pack it out." RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? It may not be your job, but it is a civic blessing to litter pick.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? educational nature walks with naturalist or photography walks.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Either enforce the off‐leash dog rules or get rid of the program. It has become a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? meaningless program if people don't follow the rules.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Electric bikes (unless ADA approved use) should not be allowed. Control dogs and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? heavy mountain bikes. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Eliminate grazing and restore native vegetation to support wildlife and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? pollinators.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Emphasize the "get muddy ‐ don't widen the trail" ethic. Closing the trails when RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? appropriate is *great*!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Encourage/Educate people NOT to widen trails by walking side‐by‐side. experiences while also maintaining the Encourage people NOT to use trails while muddy, but if they do, insist they be RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? prepared to be muddy

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Enforce dog‐on‐a‐leash or voice command. Make mountain bikers heed the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? share‐the‐trail ethic.

Do you have any suggestions for how Enforce existing regulations more. I know several people who have had warnings OSMP can foster high‐quality due dog issues (not leashed where they should be, or expired off leash tag), but experiences while also maintaining the none has ever been ticketed. The result is that people just do whatever they want RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? without regard for others or regulations.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Enforce muddy trail closures better. I'm amazed how many of my trail runner RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? friends widen trails each spring rather than run through the mud.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Enforce parking restrictions on Flagstaff Rd. (in road, overnight, paying fees).

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Enforce the rules on the books! i.e. leash laws, people staying on trail, close RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? "social" (illegal) trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Engage the public in stewardship... not education! Trail maintenance, weed experiences while also maintaining the management, and if the dog owners won't police themselves, abolish the voice & RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? sight tag program. Get hikers to police themselves like the Bike Patrol.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? ensure that doggy poop bags are not left along the trail. Form Question Comment

Establish dog free zones where people can observe mammals and birds in their natural habitat. Over the years the presence of dogs has scared off many ground Do you have any suggestions for how dwelling animals we used to see 15 years ago. We have not seen any foxes, quail, OSMP can foster high‐quality turkey or coyotes and ground nesting birds or reptiles. It doesn't matter if the experiences while also maintaining the the dogs are on or off leash, as it could be the scent that diminishes the presence RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? of the endemic animals. Even though I am a runner not a biker, I feel there are too few trails for mountain Do you have any suggestions for how biking. I have few issues with bikers on trails and other trail systems are much OSMP can foster high‐quality better. Please keep steep and rocky trails available, often new trails are graded to experiences while also maintaining the be too gentle, while some are needed not all new trails should be essentially RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? wheelchair accessible.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Examples of the impact of thousands of dogs on a trail

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Excluding dogs on more trails Expand the trail patrol volunteer program. I know several frequent hikers on open Do you have any suggestions for how space who would gladly wear a OSMP t‐shirt or some other identifier that signals OSMP can foster high‐quality their authority to instruct users on proper trail use. None of us can get into the experiences while also maintaining the program as it is continually full. Put OSMP staff out on the trails on particularly RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? busy days to instruct.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Expand trails would lower impact is a given area by distribution use. Consider RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? rotating closures of areas.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Extend the Bike Patrol to Dog Walkers. People with V&S dogs are more experiences while also maintaining the observant the bikers, and can chat to people who may be braking the rules in a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? more friendly way than a ranger might.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Extra education and trail head information to instill a leave no trace ethic and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? user conduct. Patrol trails to maintain a quality experience for everyone.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Faster closure of muddy areas. Perhaps even proactive closure before weather RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? events

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Figure out some ways to close/obscure social trails other than the lame use of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? downed limbs! Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Find a solution for trails that become impossibly muddy in the winter/spring like experiences while also maintaining the the Mesa Trail near NCAR. Some short sections have flat stones which are very RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? nice.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Find ways to minimize closures so that year‐round outdoor recreation RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? opportunities are maximized.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Fix the bridge on the White Rock trail already! The flood was 5 years ago!

Follow similar rules to Salt Lake City for dogs where trails alternate between dog Do you have any suggestions for how days and non‐dog days. On dog days, relax rules. The real problem is some OSMP can foster high‐quality people just don't seem to like dogs. You can reduce conflicts by giving them a experiences while also maintaining the dog free trail half the time and letting dog owners enjoy the same trail on the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? alternate days. It really works well in Utah

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality For trails passing through sensitive or frequently muddy areas (and have to be experiences while also maintaining the closed for months a year) please consider creating an alternate (permanent) trails RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? that avoids the problem altogether.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the foster traditional transportation in the area that includes the use of walking to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and pedaling bicycles to trailheads and gatherings in boulder

Do you have any suggestions for how Further limiting areas where dogs are permitted. Dog owners continue to not pick OSMP can foster high‐quality up waste, allow their dogs to harass wildlife, ignore leash laws, fail to manage experiences while also maintaining the their dog's aggression, and fail to have their dog under voice command if off RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? leash.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? giving ecosystems, flora and fauna legal rights and ability to sue

Do you have any suggestions for how Good trail design can accomplish many goals at once. A good trail is fun, OSMP can foster high‐quality sustainable, drains well, prevents erosion, supports users of different levels, and experiences while also maintaining the reduces conflict between different kinds of users. You are doing a fantastic job of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? this!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Good trail design mitigates mud issues by use of good drainage, and hardening of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? steep sections. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Harden the trails close to popular trailheads so that they may remain popular RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? without much visible degradation. E.g., what you've done at Chautauqua is good!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Have more effective ways of enforcing these rules. I have noticed even though experiences while also maintaining the there may be a posted sign many people ignore them. The damage done is then RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? a problem for all that follow. What can be done?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Have some hike or bike only days on particularly busy trail networks. Stop the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? heavy exclusion of bikes on legacy trails. This works well in other nearby counties.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the help educate public why not to feed squirrels and other wildlife, maybe even RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? PSAs on KGNU and other radio and TV stations

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Helping people to understand the ecosystem. Many people come from other RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? parts of the country and are clueless about the prairie.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Hire more rangers to enforce current rules

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? horse trails

Do you have any suggestions for how I am concerned that by allowing dogs to be off leash we not only compromise the OSMP can foster high‐quality wildlife and overrun the areas off trail but also attract people from all over the experiences while also maintaining the denver metropolitan area as most open space areas do not allow dogs off leash. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Would be very concerned if you allowed bikes on the mesa and near by trails

I feel as though the "leave no trace" understanding is generally lacking amongst OSMP users. I also feel that general trail etiquette or consideration for other Do you have any suggestions for how users is lacking: picking up after your dog, not just leaving the bag on the trail, OSMP can foster high‐quality keeping your dog under legit vocal control, being respectful of wildlife, keeping experiences while also maintaining the music to earbuds or at a respectable volume, allowing other users to pass or RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? navigate around, etc. I find the muddy trail closures rather silly. I find them prescriptive (the How), Do you have any suggestions for how rather than the Why or the What. I have never heard a single good answer as to OSMP can foster high‐quality Why. Also, the dog tag program is ridiculous. Dog Owners shouldnt be penalized experiences while also maintaining the and have to take a special class. It is singling out a class of users and punishing RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? them. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality I have noticed more and more doggy poop bags left on trails, I wish this issue experiences while also maintaining the could somehow be addressed. Maybe tag the bags with a small note advising RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? people to pack out their pet's waste?

Do you have any suggestions for how I have noticed that on particularly crowded trails like the flatirons, people will cut OSMP can foster high‐quality the trail and contribute to erosion. Having a volunteer on the trail to discourage experiences while also maintaining the this behavior might bring people's attention to their impact more so than allow RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? visitors to self‐regulate.

I have used OSMP trails extensively and am not aware of any efforts towards education to instill stewardship. When I moved to Boulder in 2011 Chautaqua Do you have any suggestions for how trails were in good shape but became severely degraded due to high traffic and OSMP can foster high‐quality people walking off‐trail to avoid mud or switchbacks. Greater outreach/education experiences while also maintaining the might have thwarted such destruction. Why can't a citizen volunteer group be RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? created to achieve the education goal?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality I like days reserved for running/hiking only vs. days reserved for mountain biking. experiences while also maintaining the I also like directional trails. I appreciate having dogs off‐leash on trails that do RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? not allow mountain bikers. I live here because I love the recreation opportunities, but the mountain bike Do you have any suggestions for how options are very poor in comparison to other cities like Grand Junction, Fruita, OSMP can foster high‐quality and Eagle. Because of this, the areas we have are too crowded, or poorly experiences while also maintaining the managed. Purpose‐built trails would stay open longer with less maintenance, plus RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? we have the BMA to help with work!

Do you have any suggestions for how I love that we close trails on muddy days and provide signage. I wonder if the OSMP can foster high‐quality signage is too polite though. Really we should be telling people, "If you don't experiences while also maintaining the want to get your shoes dirty, then don't hike today..." Expanding the trails seems RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? to be a hug problem that most people don't think twice about.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality I strongly disagree with the terms "active" and "passive" recreation. Educating experiences while also maintaining the visitors about how to minimize their impacts is much more important than these RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? biased terms.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the I think a more centralized system of communicating trail closures and conditions RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? would be helpful. I currently check 3‐5 sources.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the I think education such as "leave no trace" needs to increase. There seems to be a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? lack of caring these days.

I think it is so important to help maintain the beauty and integrity of the Flatirons. Most of this Summer I'm aware of the replacement of utility lines ‐ I would think Do you have any suggestions for how with modern technology this could be done in such a way that actually minimizes OSMP can foster high‐quality their impact from what is was before. What about rerouting lines outside of the experiences while also maintaining the Flatirons proper? (Costly, I know) Just keeping the Open Space and Parks as RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? natural as possible ‐ just dirt trails. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the I think more informative signage at trailheads could be improved. I think a lot of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trail users are simply ignorant on expected courtesy.

I think some clarity surrounding why trail users should stick to the trails and follow other rules (cutting switchbacks causes erosion, etc) would be helpful. Also Do you have any suggestions for how it would be nice if there was some info for people of why it's bad to have out‐of‐ OSMP can foster high‐quality control dogs (wildlife, etc) and reminders at the trailhead to pack out their dog experiences while also maintaining the poop and trash. The more info at the trailhead the better ‐ trail etiquette is a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? nightmare, especially at Chautauqua.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality I think sometimes the trails are opened too early before they've dried out which experiences while also maintaining the means more maintenance as people tend to ride around the wet areas widening RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality I walk the trails often & just want to emphasize that I appreciate you closing the experiences while also maintaining the trails, especially during muddy conditions. ( I also bike & wheels can really tear RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? up the paths. )

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the I wish there was a way to better inform hikers that when it is muddy to stay on RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how I would like more trails to be open to horses. In a perfect world, we'd have OSMP can foster high‐quality equestrian trails or an equestrian area in Boulder County. Fort Collins does this experiences while also maintaining the with Lory State Park. I've been there with my horse, and it's great. There is also RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Spring Gulch on public land in Highlands Ranch.

Do you have any suggestions for how I would like to see areas patched that are known muddy areas. It seems the same OSMP can foster high‐quality areas have to or should be closed extra. Keeping CO's drought‐then downpour experiences while also maintaining the patterns in mind, maybe heavy flow can be rerouted a bit away from these trails RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? or extra support added to these areas.

I would like to see more justification for closing "sensitive" areas. Some of my favorite trails have been rerouted away from small streams (Big Blue Stem, Upper Do you have any suggestions for how Bear Canyon). Is there science that shows that species were declining and are OSMP can foster high‐quality now rebounding due to fewer people near the streams? People have been experiences while also maintaining the roaming all over these mountains for 100s of years. I'm not convinced that mere RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? presence of people passing through hurts any species.

I would suggest using the expertise of the OSMP staff to identify problem areas and then leverage the substantial volunteer workers to build protection in the Do you have any suggestions for how small areas which necessitate closures. For example, on the Mayhoffer‐Singletree OSMP can foster high‐quality trail, the majority of the trail drains and dries well, but there is always a few experiences while also maintaining the puddle areas that cause issues, and significant trail braiding. Ground level RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? "bridges" or armoring would help a lot! Form Question Comment I'd like to see more careful research on habitat connectivity, and buffers needed Do you have any suggestions for how for different species at different times of year. Blocking off an area for a closure is OSMP can foster high‐quality great, but sometimes I wonder if that is enough? Also, it would be nice to provide experiences while also maintaining the incentives to residents along the open space to reduce light pollution and the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? spread of weeds.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the If horses are restricted to certain trails, then all domestic animals (particularly RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? dogs) should be restricted to certain trails, in part due to the dog poop epidemic.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality if possible, have an employee present at trailheads or better yet, hiking/walking experiences while also maintaining the the trails, more often...in order to promote awareness of "rules of the road" RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? when it comes to dogs off‐leash, dog waste, cutting social trails, and the like.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the If there were more trails available, less pressure would be applied to the existing RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? areas.

IMO actions that limit access will reduce appreciation in younger generations. Concentrating usage in time or place will cause more congestion and harm in Do you have any suggestions for how those places. Dispersion is key. I think it would help to highlight various areas and OSMP can foster high‐quality improve access (shuttles?). One huge problem is that many people only know of a experiences while also maintaining the handful of places. But there are so many amazing trails/trailheads people don't RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? know about or can't easily get to.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Improve enforcement and cleanup of dog feces

Improved trail design for high use and lots of wear and tear. For instance, as trail soil naturally wears away from lots of use, rock stars get too high for most people Do you have any suggestions for how to comfortably step up and down, so they walk on the vegegated slopes beside OSMP can foster high‐quality the trail until it becomes a bare area that then becomes rocky and people walk experiences while also maintaining the even farther out on fresh vegetation. Eventually you have an ugly, overly wide RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trail, often with loose rock in the middle.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality In addition to the aforementioned actions, I reduce trails dedicated to experiences while also maintaining the mechanized vehicular use, including mountain bikes, e‐bikes, and motorized off‐ RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? road vehicles. Also, keep the drones out!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality In regards to Q2: "supporting enjoyable recreation" seems to be the big‐picture experiences while also maintaining the topic/goal, while "managing the effects" and "maintaining trails" are specific sub‐ RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? topics that OSMP can do to achieve the overall goal. Form Question Comment

Include a Hiking Etiquette list on the trailhead boards at Chautauqua and elsewhere. As seen in CA: Hike Single File Uphill traffic has the right of way Trail Do you have any suggestions for how runners yield to hikers/walkers Stay on designated trails Do not litter Do not feed OSMP can foster high‐quality wildlife (fine info) Embrace Leave No Trace ethics. Using Open Space is a experiences while also maintaining the privilege. Hike with a plan and inform others of your route. Carry adequate water RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? supply (altitude info) Be in control of your dog at all times

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Include education of youth opportunities via school field trips if not done already. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Monitor popular trails occasionally and gently remind violators of the rules.

Inconsiderate people leave cigarette butts and cans/bottles at scenic overlooks. They hike/run/bike with music on full blare instead of using earphones/headset. Do you have any suggestions for how They leave sacks of dog poop along trails. They travel in packs using loud voices to OSMP can foster high‐quality converse instead of respecting others' need to experience the natural experiences while also maintaining the soundscape. Stewardship education should be expanded to include stewardship RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? of the EXPERIENCE, not simply of the space/facilities.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Increase dog fees and create a paid position to pick up dog poop as voluntary RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? compliance isn't working.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Increase maintenance, use proven and industry standard methods to robust trail RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? building

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Increase mountain biking options.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Increase our commitment to shared usage by alternating days for cycling, horse RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and hiking use. Betasso is a successful example.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Increase the fees for parking at trailheads for out of county visitors.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Increase use of bike‐only days and non‐bike days

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the increased signage and ranger visibility on trails like at Marshall Mesa when closed RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? due to mud. It's amazing how many people still travel those trails! Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Interpretive events with a ranger will help educate the public about these areas RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and environmental ethics.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Invest in trail building skills (design and construction). OSMP is way behind the experiences while also maintaining the curve when it comes to understanding how to affect user behavior by design and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? construction techniques.

Is there a web page that trail users could quickly check before heading to their Do you have any suggestions for how desired trailhead to see if there are current trail closures in that area? If there is, I OSMP can foster high‐quality am not aware of it. Everyone loves Chautauqua, and the crowds increase every experiences while also maintaining the year. I don't know what the solution is, but the current arrangement does not RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? seem sustainable, especially with increasing demands surely coming in the future.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Is there some way to foster meet‐ups on trails?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality It is difficult to get current trail closure information for MTB trails. OSMP does a experiences while also maintaining the great job in so many aspects, but it's difficult to get up to date info on muddy or RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? closed trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality I've met a few bikers who seem to misunderstand muddy trail closures, perhaps experiences while also maintaining the more signage educating bikers on WHY riding a heavy bike on a muddy trail is RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? harmful?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Jefferson County trails are fantastic and get more traffic than Boulder. We should RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? seek their advice. Their trails are all open to biking.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Just like we have HCA's, it would also be cool to include "corridor conservation experiences while also maintaining the areas," to protect wildlife move and distinguish those areas from recreational RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? areas‐ again, with wildlife watching in mind.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Just to really emphasize the LNT part, particularly educating people on why it's RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? bad to cut switchbacks.

Just want to thank the staff for taking great care of the trails ‐ especially closing them when they are muddy. Would like to see many many more trails. WE DO Do you have any suggestions for how NOT need huge parking lots and expensive bathroom facilities ‐ I want to ride OSMP can foster high‐quality from my house. Please keep ebikes off of all singletrack. The number of hiking experiences while also maintaining the only vs.biking only trails is way too high ‐ need a lot more biking trails. Have RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? people stop abusing off leash privileges. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Keep a waste basket at the beginning of trail heads to encourage users to throw RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? away trash or dog waste rather than litter.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Keep doing what you're doing. ðŸ‘ keeping visitors on‐trail; limits on human use during night‐time; reviewing the voice and sight program's effectiveness (every other park requires dogs on leash); Do you have any suggestions for how make more trails no dogs to create equity among experiences; mimic Jefferson OSMP can foster high‐quality County open Space regs and make amplified sound unlawful ‐‐ Sound pollution experiences while also maintaining the will be one of the biggest challenges in the next 5 or so years, manage it pro‐ RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? actively

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Larger emphasis on trail use ethics and manners.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Less off leash dogs. More reinforcement of dog owners picking up dog waste.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Less stupid rules. Dogs off leash allowed everywhere. Make it visits at people's RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? own risk

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Limit automobiles ‐ Restore RTD service to Chautauqua Park.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Limit bicycle use of the trails and allow others to experience the trail without RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? worrying about being run down by a speeding biker.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality LImit bicycle use to bicycle trails designed for their use and then prohibit them experiences while also maintaining the from trails to be enjoyed by hikers and equestrians. That could mean separate RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? but equal trails in some areas.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Limit daily usage. For especially at risk areas, maybe permit only. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Limit non‐pedestrian use. Rest trails periodically (close trails to human use).

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Limit trail closures to research based findings. For example Raptor closures are experiences while also maintaining the valid. On the other hand "giving the deer a chance to rest at night" (BCPOS) is not RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? based in any research.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Limit use of mountain bikes and provide more pedestrian only days/trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Limiting domestic animals to specific trails (or trailheads) to preserve natural RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? habitat. I.e. dogs must be on leash (or voice sight tag), no horses, etc.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? limiting off leash pets

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Limiting the number of users on trail at a time. Or at least limiting the size of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? groups.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Longer trail options for bikes and directional trails help spread the congestion. experiences while also maintaining the Current trails are short, bi directional and multi use which serves only to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? concentrate a growing user base and diminish a high quality experience.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Look at a shuttle system (please, NOT a bus) to get from trailhead to trailhead experiences while also maintaining the from central places in Boulder. Get a Passport and encourage people to try all RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? areas with trail stamps.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Look at the trail construction in New Zealand. It is a far wetter environment than experiences while also maintaining the what we have here, yet they keep the trails open almost all of the time. They do RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? this with appropriate drainage, hardening, features.

Loose dogs are a problem. I love dogs, but have had so many run‐ins with Do you have any suggestions for how uncontrolled dogs. For example, several years ago a loose, running dog ran and OSMP can foster high‐quality knocked me over and broke my kneecap in half. I am forever now having knee experiences while also maintaining the problems. I'm not sure how to manage this problem, but it seems like too many RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails allow dogs. It can make hiking in town stressful and hazardous. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Maintain the trails better so that it is easier for people to stay on the designated experiences while also maintaining the trails. Some of them are in such bad shape that people make it worse only RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? because they can't tell where the trail should be.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Maintain trails, make sure rules make sense. Too many bad rules lead to people experiences while also maintaining the not taking them seriously. There are currently many seasonal restrictions that RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? make no sense.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Make bike trails (like the Nelson Loops Hall Ranch) one direction that changes RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? (like Betasso)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Make many more dog‐free areas to protect wildlife. We go there to see nature RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? right?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Make more open space available to the people who have paid for it and pay for RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? its maintenance and upkeep. Create more trails with more parking Make some areas "bike days" and "hike days" like the county Your land is getting trashed ‐ more actively shut down the unofficial trails. Find creative ways to limit Do you have any suggestions for how use from out of towners, e.g. higher parking fees for out of town cars, higher fees OSMP can foster high‐quality for out of town outfitters and business that use open space the trail through the experiences while also maintaining the pristine grassland up north was a disgrace to your mission ‐ stop caving in to loud RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? special interests

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Make Springbrook loop directional for mountain bike traffic. Change the direction RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? of travel every ~2 weeks. This works very well at Betasso.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Make sure education programs targeted to kids are present and sufficient. I think experiences while also maintaining the these should be greatly expanded. Partnerships with private and public schools RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? could help achieve this.

Do you have any suggestions for how Make the trails moire interesting by meandering them around trees and rocks. OSMP can foster high‐quality Follow the contours of the land and add features like berms to turns, rocks drops experiences while also maintaining the and more challenging features. Trails are incredibly important to my enjoyment RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? of the natural world in and around Boulder.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the making more one directionals / one way only for mountain bikers on weekends RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? (like there is for the Betasso loop and how it rotates) Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the mandatory requirements for using these natural areas if you are a resident of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? boulder; limiting the amount of people that are using them at the same time

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Many mountain bikers naively ride in muddy conditions and damage the trails. experiences while also maintaining the Maybe some postings near the trail heads about general mtb etiquette would RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? help..?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Maybe an area or two explicitly set aside for quiet/nature sounds

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Maybe more trailhead signs that say "walk thru the mud and puddles rather than experiences while also maintaining the making more trails around. Really. Through the mud, and water, and ice. Really." RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? (of course you'll say it nicer than I have â˜º)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? more "no dog" trails

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality More (regularly reversing) directional restrictions on loop trails could help avoid experiences while also maintaining the widening and braiding. Charging for non resident parking in more places could RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? help fund restoration work.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More active education and enforcement around doggie bags ‐‐ not leaving them RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? on the trailsides. "There are no poop fairies."

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? More designate trials for just hicking on certain days and biking on others.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? more dog access especially Lions Lair

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? More education about WHY the actions are being taken. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More education to dog owners about picking up poop, about the effects of off‐ RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? leash dogs on ground nesting birds and chasing the wildlife.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality More education with runners maybe with running groups and retailers about experiences while also maintaining the staying on trails and respecting muddy trail closures. Voluntary reduction of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? running groups to max of 10??

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the more educational signage; osmp mobile app with trail maps, surveys, interactive RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? learning

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More educational signs‐ "get muddy"/stay on trails. And, Don't leave dog poop RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? bags on the trail. Increase patrols on weekends.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More effective maintenance of dogs on trails. I very much enjoy the educational RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? programs at trail heads.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More emphasis on educating people to stay on the trail, not fanning out to walk RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? abreast or to avoid mud or rocks.

Do you have any suggestions for how More enforcement! Dogs off‐leash with little to no training, chasing wildlife. OSMP can foster high‐quality More closures to protect wildlife and plants. I cannot believe Boulder agreed to experiences while also maintaining the put another bike path through the sensitive area west of Boulder, north of the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? city.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? More inclusion. Allowing free parking and Bike access to all trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? More opportunities for mountain biking

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More out reach or signage on sharing the trails and thought fullness and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? consideration. Do's and don't s for trail preservation. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More presence of park personnel at peak times in the most used areas at least. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? (i.e. Wonderland Lake in late hours in the afternoon)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More public education ‐Less aggressive promotion of trails to tourists and people RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? outside Boulder

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More public transportation options to trailheads, to expand access and reduce RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? driving/parking impacts.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality More ranger patrol after snow storms to avert skiing/sledding on sensitive land, experiences while also maintaining the e.g. Ant Hill near NCAR, and illegal bike usage before dawn or after sunset, e.g. on RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the Bear Canyon road at NCAR

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality More ranger patrols to help educate people about things such as going through, experiences while also maintaining the not around, mud, picking up dog waste, etc. Seeing a Ranger is always a delightful RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? experience.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More rangers/volunteers on the trails, especially the most populated ones to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? educate, help and regulate (bags of dog poop, water bottles, wrappers, etc)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More restrictions on dogs. More early actions to head off trail braiding, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? widening,and establishment of social trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More signage and conversations about litter, human and dog waste near popular RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how More signage or blockage on closed trails (there is summit post on anemone hill OSMP can foster high‐quality for example that has an old trail that is blocked at the base, but not the top). experiences while also maintaining the More signage regarding no smoking at trailheads. Ban amplified music, backpack RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? speakers, etc.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? more signs about not cutting trails. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More single‐track trails throughout all neighborhoods in order to spread out the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? traffic.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More social trails so people can spread out. You are concentrating everyone on a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? few trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? More trails

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the More trails open to mountain biking would spread out the congestion and wear RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? on the trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? More trails open to mountain biking. More trails should be closed in sensitive environmental areas. More trails should be closed to dogs. More areas should be protected from unfounded and Do you have any suggestions for how scientifically indefensible "fire mitigation" and forest "management" practices OSMP can foster high‐quality and their forests allowed to naturally mature for hundreds of years. More efforts experiences while also maintaining the should be made to protect vulnerable and intact ecosystem from human RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? population growth.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality More volunteer opportunities. I'm sure these are not efficient (lots of volunteers experiences while also maintaining the are not necessarily effective at a work product), but there are many benefits for RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the volunteers

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Mount Sanitas is being destroyed by visitors/tourists (and recent transplants) experiences while also maintaining the who don't know how to follow the trail. Mt. Sanitas should have a parking fee RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and/or visitor fee for non‐Boulder residents.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Mountain bikes on trails should be monitored to inhibit negative impacts on trails RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? (i.e. rutting of trails).

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Muddy trail closures could be perhaps more aggressive. Despite how often the experiences while also maintaining the southern trails at Marshell mesa are closed, they still bear signs of water damage RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? from bikes and hikers each spring Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Muddy trail mitigation to facilitate year‐round usage including bridges over bogs, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? drainage canals, and placing gravel on paths.

Do you have any suggestions for how Need to improve how bikers observe trail etiquette when interacting with hikers. OSMP can foster high‐quality There are many dangerous bikers on trails who feel they own it and have no idea experiences while also maintaining the how dangerous they truly are. I am a biker my self but there are a lot of rude RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? bikers out there.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality never mind. I was going to say something about improved access to dog poop experiences while also maintaining the drop offs, but there seems to be significantly less dog poop bags laying around RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? (abandoned) on the trails these days.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? No dogs

No E bikes. They damage the trails and lead to more over crowding of the trail. Do you have any suggestions for how Also, why are the trails being completely over groomed and homogenized? I OSMP can foster high‐quality might as well be on a city sidewalk. For example at Doudy Draw the rocks have experiences while also maintaining the been taken out of the trail, the trails have been widened and are now covered RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? with pea gravel. You took away the fun and made it boring.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? No ebikes on trails for pedestrians.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? NO MOTORS including E‐Bikes. Expansion and connecting spaces is paramount.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality No suggestions actually, but I did want to thank you for the more proactive experiences while also maintaining the approach to muddy trail closures. We need to continue to educate the public on RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? the harmful impacts, but the closures are an effective mechanism.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? No suggestions but kudos: In general very happy with OSMP management

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Noxious weed control. Noxious weeds are not natural to this environment, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? therefore the excuse of natural land management stewardship is duplicitous Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Occasional no bike days on the most heavily used bike trails so hikers can enjoy RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? them without having to watch their backs and get off the trail often.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Odd even trail days for cyclists to have more trails available to them and to cut RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? down on conflicts with hikers Off leash dogs and dog poop continue to be a problem. I would like to see serious Do you have any suggestions for how daily enforcement of leash and poop laws. You would make a profit from the cost OSMP can foster high‐quality of extra enforcement personnel and it would please the birds, animals and hikers. experiences while also maintaining the More and larger penalties. More and larger signs would help also noting the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? penalties for law breakers.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Offer different trail experiences for different user groups of differing abilities. experiences while also maintaining the Build directional, mountain‐bike specific trails with mountain bike features like RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? berms, jumps, rock problems and alternate lines.

Do you have any suggestions for how On Historical sites like McGilvery Cabin (I helped preserve last month!) please add OSMP can foster high‐quality signs *on the trail* telling passers‐by about the history. Actually, I just really like experiences while also maintaining the signs. Maybe at the trailheads put more information about local species and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? awareness

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality On some longer trails, maybe place an additional dog waste receptacle? This may experiences while also maintaining the encourage more people to pick up their dog's poop if they know they can drop it RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? closer by. And, thank you for providing poop bags ‐ much appreciated ; )

On the busiest trails ‐ trying to keep some user groups separate (mnt bikers & Do you have any suggestions for how hikers and horses and everyone else) by restricting user groups on alternate days. OSMP can foster high‐quality Actually enforce dog laws‐ too many dog owners don't pick up waste or leave experiences while also maintaining the waste bags on trails. Too many "off leash" tagged dogs still chase wildlife and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? bother non‐dog owners by running free on busy trails

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the On trail signage, leave Leave No trace tips or suggestions in "cute" easy to follow RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? signage.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Ongoing maintenance of existing trails. Instead of allocating funds for additional experiences while also maintaining the land purchases, use those funds to staff adequately for ongoing maintenance of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails. For example, the Mt. Sanitas south ridge.

OSMP must recognize that we are no longer in acquisition mode for open space ‐ Do you have any suggestions for how the remaining possible acquisitions will be small and fragmented. Rather we must OSMP can foster high‐quality protect what we have. This means resisting the relentless pressure for trails, and experiences while also maintaining the prioritizing the natural qualities of the land we have: preserve large habitat RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? blocks, reduce fragmentation, protect biodiversity, limit further damage. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? OSMP needs better real time reporting on trail conditions and closures.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the OSMP will close a whole trail system when only some trail closures are needed. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Maybe close down the whole system when one trail is muddy?

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP's effort to limit access due to parking is not right. OSMP should be OSMP can foster high‐quality available on a first‐come‐first‐serve. I wake at 6 am to get to Chautauqua to experiences while also maintaining the ensure parking. If parking is taken up other visitors should come back at another RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? time. This is a self‐limiting process.

Our family is 6th generation in Boulder and the Boulder Valley (Longmont since Do you have any suggestions for how 2008) and we've never been more concerned about the health of the OSMP can foster high‐quality environment than now. Rampant population growth, climate change and over experiences while also maintaining the use of trails due to OSMP policies that encourage dogs off leash, off trail use and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? wide spread access to mountain bikes will wreak havoc if allowed to continue!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Out of towners pay a use fee.

Outdoor recreation is an important part of an active & healthy community & trails should be routed so they can stay open as much as possible, for example, around Do you have any suggestions for how sensitive habitat to minimize the need for wildlife closures. Trails built in a more OSMP can foster high‐quality resilient way are more sustainable & less susceptible to muddy conditions. experiences while also maintaining the Community outreach through organizations like BMA provides a greater reach & RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? promises higher success rate. Example:BMA Patrol.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Outdoor recreation is an important part of an active and healthy community and experiences while also maintaining the trails should be routed so they can stay open as much as possible, for example, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? around sensitive habitat to minimize the need for wildlife closures.

Outdoor recreation is an important part of an active and healthy community and trails should be routed so they can stay open as much as possible, for example, Do you have any suggestions for how around sensitive habitat to minimize the need for wildlife closures. Trails built in OSMP can foster high‐quality a more resilient way are more sustainable and less susceptible to muddy experiences while also maintaining the conditions. Community outreach through organizations like BMA provides a RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? greater reach and promises higher success rate. Form Question Comment Outdoor recreation is an important part of an active and healthy community and Do you have any suggestions for how trails should be routed so they can stay open as much as possible, for example, OSMP can foster high‐quality around sensitive habitat to minimize the need for wildlife closures. Trails built in experiences while also maintaining the a more resilient way are more sustainable and less susceptible to muddy RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? conditions.

Do you have any suggestions for how Outreach to high impact users like University of Colorado and High School sport OSMP can foster high‐quality teams with trail running groups of 40 + people. They need basic understanding of experiences while also maintaining the visitor impacts, how they are monitored, and corrective actions required if visitor RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? impacts exceed limits of acceptability.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Overall these are well managed. I see issues of not enough parking for users and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? not enough trails within the system.

Do you have any suggestions for how Pair closures and restrictions with positive improvements to the open space OSMP can foster high‐quality experience whenever possible. For example and rerouting a trail how to be sexier experiences while also maintaining the than he collage who area make it feel natural and more fun with new technical RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? features.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Parallel trails to relieve overcrowding with minimal macro impact on a given area. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Convert fire breaks and similar "roads" to a trail system.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the perhaps separate bikers and hikers on widely used trails like heil or south boulder RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails Please consider that Colorado is rapidly losing natural space to development, and we need to keep natural areas as healthy as possible; so while recreationists are Do you have any suggestions for how vocal stakeholders, please keep in mind that open space belongs primarily to the OSMP can foster high‐quality creatures that know it as their home. And they no longer have "other" places to experiences while also maintaining the go because humans are occupying 90% of the available space in one way or RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? another. Form Question Comment Please continue to allow access for climbers on OSMP land, and please keep in Do you have any suggestions for how mind their unique set of needs in future plans (i.e. parking for long periods of OSMP can foster high‐quality time). The development of climbing access trails is important to reducing impact experiences while also maintaining the from our activities, and helps people not to get lost trying to access a particular RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? site.

Do you have any suggestions for how Please do not "pave" any more trails, as what happened with the mail trail to the OSMP can foster high‐quality flatirons at Chautauqua. Also, for the sake of preservation and people's experiences while also maintaining the enjoyment, have more trails be no‐dog trails or at least dogs must be on leash. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? The green tag program is good, but the tags are too hard to see.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Please keep bikers segregated from hikers. Bikers despite what Jason Vogel says RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? push hikers off of the trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Please shut down cheater line options on trails promptly. They encourage erosion experiences while also maintaining the and widen trails. If a feature is too technical, people need to accept that they may RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? have to dismount. It's not a right to have a rideable line at all times.

Possibly segregation of some trails that rotate during the year. I sometimes thing that mountain bikes and horses on the same trails introduces some challenges. Do you have any suggestions for how Although my horse doesn't spook at this (I train them to be calm), I can't say that OSMP can foster high‐quality no one else's does. It might be nice to have stretches of decently long trails experiences while also maintaining the segregating, and change them around periodically. Might be costly to implement RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? though. DON'T ELIMINATE HORSES THOUGH! :)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Post 'trail etiquette' guidelines for trails that are open to multiple user groups experiences while also maintaining the (dog owners, cyclists, hikers, runners). Gentle reminders at the trail head can RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? make a difference.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Posting information on enjoying the ion space and trails in quiet. Asking people to experiences while also maintaining the please not play music audible to others whilst enjoying the area. Posting a "no RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? drone use" sign.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Prairie dogs need to be managed as they are destroying many beautiful RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? properties and the holes are dangerous

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Preserve access to climbing route and encourage responsible new route activity.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Prevent + widening or parallel trails due to mu9d. Place signs IN the unwanted RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trail. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Prioritize endangered native species and species already extirpated from Boulder, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? develop practical plans to bring them back

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Provide adequate parking to avoid waits (engine idling) and to avoid illegal or RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? unauthorized parking. Provide adequate trash bins.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Provide more information and opportunities for folks to visit or learn about the experiences while also maintaining the specific attributes of the areas that are off limits and why they are only accessible RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? via a research permit.

Do you have any suggestions for how Provide more local opportunities for the kinds of recreation that causes people to OSMP can foster high‐quality drive up the canyons or deeper into the mountains. The carbon emissions and experiences while also maintaining the other impacts of driving to recreate are a major contributor to local air quality RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? problems and climate change.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Provide this information better especially at trailheads

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Put more money and time into maintaining and improving the existing trails.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Put more signs at trailheads about ski vs snowshoe etiquette (ie. snowshoers experiences while also maintaining the should stay out of ski tracks). Also more signage about muddy conditions and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? staying ON trail.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Put some teeth into the Voice and Sight program. Too many hikers ignore/don't experiences while also maintaining the understand the V&S program. Fine those who ignore the rules. Consider requiring RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? dogs to be on leash always, everywhere.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Quiet. Instill in people that this is a place for contemplation while you hike. Loud RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? voices, loud talking on phones is really annoying.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Reaching out to especially young people through social media and signs by the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails as to why such closures occur and how to protect the trail Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how Recognize that "natural areas" do not exist on this planet. Or to think of it OSMP can foster high‐quality another way all areas are natural. The concrete is not magic. The open space experiences while also maintaining the areas are gardens and we need to recognize that wildlife, nature and humans RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? need to be managed overall.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the reconstructing trails in closure prone areas to provide more year round RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? accessibility by providing better drainage, harder (but natural) surfaces, etc.

Do you have any suggestions for how Reduce bike and mechanized use‐‐these degrade the habitat, the solitude, and OSMP can foster high‐quality the natural experience that should be the hallmarks of open space. Resist the experiences while also maintaining the temptation to "tame" these areas by increasing access and amenities. Doing so RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? actually degrades the qualities that make them worthwhile.

Reduce muddy trails and damage to adjacent resources by adequately addressing drainage and tread surface types. "Weather and storm proofing" Do better with Do you have any suggestions for how education, specifically make ethic information and trip planning BMP's available OSMP can foster high‐quality to 100% of the visitor not just the 10% that visit the website or contact Ranger experiences while also maintaining the Cottage staff. The majority of access points and trailheads lack this information or RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? it is "lost" in the sign clutter

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Reduce the number of Commercial groups on the trails or charge them more

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Refrain from developing "facilities" such as larger parking areas, bigger trails, experiences while also maintaining the fancy restrooms, etc, as those only take the experience further from nature and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? attract more people. Keep things simple/wild.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Regulations/Fines/Education/Trail building techniques for folks to stay on the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trail!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Remove web‐cams...it's too creepy! Require head phones for those who want to listen to music. Please do NOT prohibit early morning (before sun rises) access to trails, as has been suggested. Do you have any suggestions for how My wife and I both work in Denver, our salaries of which are "spent" in Boulder OSMP can foster high‐quality where we live. It is not possible for us to use the trails during week from experiences while also maintaining the September through March without accessing before the sun rises to avoid being RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? tardy at work.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? require only leashed dogs on trails. Form Question Comment Rerouting is great, but please provide safe passage when the temporary trail is chronically flooded or has other conditions that make it difficult a lot of the time. Do you have any suggestions for how If the detour ends early, please mark with something other than thin barbed wire OSMP can foster high‐quality across the opening. I recently ran into barbed wire I couldn't see in the early experiences while also maintaining the morning and could have been hurt. This did happen in Broomfield, but same RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? request applies.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Restrict playing music out loud (on speakers, without head phones)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Return the trails that now get muddy to their original condition, when rocks experiences while also maintaining the stabilized them and prevented mud pits. Make the trails more difficult to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? navigate, reduce parking ‐‐ all cheap ways of managing traffic

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Rotate activities on certain trails like Betasso. Allow mountain biking on the Meas RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Trail on Thursdays, etc. Or before Noon everyday.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Rules on music/quietude, maintaining the most wildlife rich areas as dog free.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Seasonal Dog Ban

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? See the answer to question 1. More bike‐able trails!

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Segments of trail that are use‐specific I.e. portions that are designated for ONLY RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? cyclists, pedestrians, or equestrians

seriously limit e‐bike access. ebikes have a huge potential to ruin the already tenuous relationship between bicyclists and other trail users such as hikers. out of Do you have any suggestions for how control e‐bikes also have potential to cause safety issues with other bikers. I have OSMP can foster high‐quality already experienced this on paved bike trails in Boulder. the problem is that a experiences while also maintaining the person without good bike handling skills can get on an e‐bike and go fast and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? become dangerous to others.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the set aside more areas and trails for passive use, such as hiking, photography, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? birding. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the shared trail use education ‐ how to maintain friendly relationships regardless of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? extent of use

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Should not have wildlife closures. Yes, tell people not to take things (flowers) or experiences while also maintaining the to leave things (trash) AND like a kindergartener, pick up after themselves. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Shouldn't have to be done, but...

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Sign with explication of why a trail is rerouted. Visitors from other climates RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? don't understand how sensitive the land is around here.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Signage indicating right of way, location within the system, and "the fruita lean"

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Signage to educate visitors about what they see and experience. Signage that just experiences while also maintaining the describes WARNINGS and DO NOT DO issues does not help people learn to learn RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? about and respect the environment.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Signage, ideally a map with "you are here", including closure and sensitive areas, RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? to keep people on the trail.

Similar to above, keep important habitat areas closed to recreation. Removing recreation and/or its effects once it occurs is difficult or impossible. People don't Do you have any suggestions for how want to discontinue an existing use, plus once trails and other ground‐disturbing OSMP can foster high‐quality areas are created, non‐native species are introduced, erosion occurs, and other experiences while also maintaining the effects that cannot be completely reversed. I appreciate the actions listed, please RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? continue them!

Do you have any suggestions for how Some of the close‐in high use trails need more dog supervision to enforce existing OSMP can foster high‐quality rules and I would prefer (although I am a dog owner and lover) that those trails experiences while also maintaining the that have a significant altitude rise without water available to be closed to dogs. RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? For example, Mt. Sanitas.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Some of your wildlife closures are sufficiently large enough to be pretty experiences while also maintaining the questionable. By way of example, the closure of 'The Sacred Cliffs' for an eagle RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? nest that is miles away.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Some people easily get off trails in certain spots. More obvious trails in these experiences while also maintaining the sections (maybe by blocking off the wrong way) would be helpful. However, some RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? of these trails are climber access trails and can be more clearly marked as such. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Some trails for pedestrians & equestrians only without dogs or bikes

Do you have any suggestions for how Somehow we have to continue education on that taking shortcuts on switch OSMP can foster high‐quality backs is not ok. I wonder if people from East Coast are more likely to do this as experiences while also maintaining the stuff grows back so easily there. Here, pretty easy to make your own trail and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? then it's permanent for quite a few years.

Start charging fees to all out of county cars at parking lots and entrances, Do you have any suggestions for how enlarging the fee area practices that already occur at the south boulder OSMP can foster high‐quality trailheads. Otherwise, Boulder city and county taxpayers are subsidizing the experiences while also maintaining the recreation and protecting the area for non‐paying "guests". Denser housing in RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Boulder will squeeze more people out to OSMP to breathe and have solitary time. Start cracking down on the dog owners leaving poop baggies on trails. Also the Do you have any suggestions for how birders and wild flower "naturalists" who trample all over the place. Can't tell you OSMP can foster high‐quality how many times cyclists get called out for erosion and these groups get a free experiences while also maintaining the pass. Please start using actual data to decide access issues not just surveys from RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? mostly one user group.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Stiffer fines for trail use violation.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Stop acquiring new lands and focus on better management and enjoyment of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? those under your stewardship.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Stop building boring trails with a ridiculously low grade. This 10% max grade is RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? ridiculous.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Stop over‐building trails!! Proper maintenance is essential, but don't overthink experiences while also maintaining the and over‐do everything out there. Perfect example ‐ the GreenBear Trail is SO RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? overdone. The previous steep trail was magnificent and now, snore......

Do you have any suggestions for how Stop these BS comments like "fosters high‐quality experiences..." Stop buying OSMP can foster high‐quality land outside of the city and making more rules. Rather manage the land we have experiences while also maintaining the and put some budget into enforcing current rules. Especially go after plastic‐bag RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? shitty leaving dog owners.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? System‐wide on‐trail travel requirements Form Question Comment

Temporal restrictions ‐ close OS lands from an hour after sunset to an hour before sunrise. Require permits for use outside those hours. This would give Do you have any suggestions for how wildlife a chance to recover, and help stop illegal camping and fire risk. At least, OSMP can foster high‐quality require dogs to be leashed during nighttime hours. And limit use to on trail or an experiences while also maintaining the on‐trail corridor of 10‐20 feet on each side. This would help protect habitat, and RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? would provide guidelines for Voice & Sight. Temporary wildlife closures around designated trails ‐ EXCESSIVE Muddy trail Do you have any suggestions for how closures to protect trails and adjacent natural resources ‐ UNNECESSARY Re‐ OSMP can foster high‐quality routing trails around sensitive areas ‐ EXCESSIVE Education to instill a stewardship experiences while also maintaining the ethic, such as "Leave No Trace" ‐ IF ITS LIKE THE MANDATORY DOG TAG CLASS RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? THEN NO THANK YOU

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Testing for dogs off leash to ensure appropriate behavior

The LNT ethic is really lost on irresponsible dog owners. I choose to not run in the Do you have any suggestions for how Chautauqua most popular areas because the amount of dog poop bags makes me OSMP can foster high‐quality want to slit my wrists. It's embarrassing that trail users don't LNT. So, it's up to experiences while also maintaining the OSMP to really enforce bad trail users. Off‐leash dogs + lazy dog owners are so RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? much more impactful than 100s of responsible trail runners (right?!)

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? The more education about the local environment (and LNT), the better. The muddy trail closures seem to be limited to trails open to mountain bikes. Why not limit access to all sensitive trails when muddy conditions exist? Close the Do you have any suggestions for how trails through the riparian areas at the bottom of Skunk Creek Trail. This was a OSMP can foster high‐quality silly concession to accommodate the wishes of one influential member of the experiences while also maintaining the community. Open, maintain/re‐route, and manage social trails or obliterate them RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? and close them.

Do you have any suggestions for how The off‐leash program was very good education material FOR ALL USERS ‐‐ how OSMP can foster high‐quality do you bring some of this to the general user community? For example, that experiences while also maintaining the disturbing wildlife is dangerous to the health of the wildlife ‐‐ they cannot make RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? up the calories like we can.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? There are immense closed areas. Opening them would diffuse use.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality There should be specific closures to mountain bikers when it's muddy . I've lived experiences while also maintaining the here a long time and I've seen the trails get worse and worse as mountain biking RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? has created wider trails with dips in the middle .

Do you have any suggestions for how There still are people who do not pick up dog poop and in a perfect world, there OSMP can foster high‐quality would be a way to enforce poop pick up (e.g., patrol, fines). People who leave experiences while also maintaining the their full poop bags on the trail should lose their right to use the trail or their right RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? to bring their dogs on the trail. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how This goes with education, but people need to get the message that bagging their OSMP can foster high‐quality dogs poop isn't enough, they also need to CARRY IT WITH THEM to the next experiences while also maintaining the appropriate trash receptacle. Plastic bagged poop at the side of the trail isn't less RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? offensive or less environmentally impactful than unbagged poop.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Ticket people who leave dog waste and post signs warning people of high fines! experiences while also maintaining the Over the last few years the amount of waste and poop bags left on the trails has RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? really increased.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Tighter integration with Parks and Rec.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the To add to the 'leave no trace' is educating the public about how damaging going RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? off trail can be.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Too many rules! Boulder is becoming/has become the land of NO

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Trail armoring to reduce wear in challenging areas.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Trail improvement and maintenance.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Trail use rules especially for equestrians. Horses are flight animals. It only takes experiences while also maintaining the one stupid person ‐ and I've experienced many ‐ to get tangled up and then guess RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? whose fault it will be ‐ the equestrian and horse.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Trails built in a more resilient way are more sustainable and less susceptible to RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? muddy conditions.

Trails built in a more resilient way are more sustainable and less susceptible to Do you have any suggestions for how muddy conditions. Community outreach through organizations like BMA OSMP can foster high‐quality provides a greater reach and promises higher success rate. The Boulder experiences while also maintaining the Mountainbike Patrol has been very successful at providing persistent community RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? outreach and trail user education for many years.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Trails built to be less susceptible to muddy conditions. The mountain bike patrol is RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? great and effective. I love seeming them out there.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? Trails in Southern Boulder have become sanitized, overused and overmaintained

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Trails purposely built for resiliency drain water effectively and reduce muddy RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? conditions.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Trails should be built in a more resilient way are more sustainable and less RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? susceptible to muddy conditions.

Trails such as Cradleboard should not be closed for extended periods (six months). Either make a new trail or don't close it. To cut off commute and Do you have any suggestions for how recreation from a main trail connector such as that for that long is short sighted. OSMP can foster high‐quality Either the trail was built without checking habitat or the birds adapted. People experiences while also maintaining the shouldn't have to use a diverted trail that is at times too wet to use and not be RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? able to access the u.s. 36 trail.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Treat trails with clay mud with a cover/substance to avoid the worst effects of RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? walking through mud. try methods to resolve conflicts between hikers/bikers by adding access to trails Do you have any suggestions for how by all users, and if needed, restrict use by various user groups on certain days. OSMP can foster high‐quality (Have hiker only days, but also biker only days). There are a lot of users, it's unfair experiences while also maintaining the to try and solve the problem of too many users by deciding that bikes are not RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? allowed. Form Question Comment

Use digital outreach to keep trail users apprised ‐ like #boco_trails. Encourage Do you have any suggestions for how more guided and permitted use of the open space ‐ guides can spread the word OSMP can foster high‐quality about conservation and the natural values of the open space while also getting experiences while also maintaining the more and new and different audiences out there and creating new experiences RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? for regular users. e.g., backcountry yoga, forest bathing USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO CLOSE TRAILS FOR MUD! In general, be more effective and Do you have any suggestions for how vigilant in closing trails. Put up gates that can be closed. Empower local OSMP can foster high‐quality volunteers in neighborhoods to close these gates when conditions are bad. Close experiences while also maintaining the neighborhood social trail access and fine violators who use them. Make the trail RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? system less porous.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Use some intelligence when setting up policies. The time limit at Chautauqua is experiences while also maintaining the just plain stupid. So is the deferred repairs at Boulder Falls. Meanwhile here we RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? are updating the master plan, once again.

Do you have any suggestions for how User experience could be increased while decreasing user impact on any one area OSMP can foster high‐quality if there were more recreation opportunities‐‐i.e. more trails, including trails experiences while also maintaining the which are designated bike‐only. Spread out the users so popular trails don't RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? become a highway on the weekends.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Using science rather than public opinion to determine what impacts are RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? acceptable and unacceptable.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality variable days when mountain bikes would or would not be allowed on certain experiences while also maintaining the trails. this approach provides a way for multiple users to get an enjoyable RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? experience at Betasso/Benjamin.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the Way too many trail closures for construction, Xcel, trail rebuilds etc. Too many RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? dog restrictions

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Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? What 'Leave no trace' ethic education? I have not observed this effort.

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality experiences while also maintaining the When rerouting trails try to divert them into areas with as many shade trees as RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? possible. Form Question Comment

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Wider spread announcements of closed Trails' due to wet/muddy conditions. experiences while also maintaining the Oftentimes this has occurred after I drive all the way to the trailhead and can't RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? park/access the trail because it is closed b

Do you have any suggestions for how OSMP can foster high‐quality Wildlife closures, accept for cliff nesting raptors, are unnecessary and focus experiences while also maintaining the impact on already stressed trails. Spread the impact out, harden trails, devlop RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? additional trails, encourage off trail activities.

Yes OSMP fosters high‐quality experiences, but they fall far short of delivering Do you have any suggestions for how those types of experiences. Design trails to meet the desires/needs of the users OSMP can foster high‐quality prevalent in that area (e.g., the trail up Fern canyon should look different than experiences while also maintaining the the Marshall Valley trail). Convert roads to trails. Connect downtown to SoBo RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? trails with a trail in open space! You need to prioritize recreation. You should only worry about things like trail work, maintenance, etc., not ridiculous over‐management, pretending it's some Do you have any suggestions for how sort of wilderness preserve. OSMP is a city park, not a wilderness or wildlife OSMP can foster high‐quality preserve, and it should be managed as a park. This means, let people go where experiences while also maintaining the they want, when they want, with less of the bureaucratic tyranny that you RRSE integrity of sensitive natural areas? currently impose.

Build more sustainable trails to support "increasing visitation", without subjecting each foot of trail on the ground to years of agonizing, time‐wasting, polarizing scrutiny. Implement the many promises painstakingly negotiated and made during the VMP and various TSAs/AMPs before revising or shelving them. Those promised trails ‐‐ and the East TSA ‐‐ should have been completed before this "Master Plan" was foisted upon us. The Master Plan is a distraction and introduces new concepts (which are turning into new priorities) outside the City Charter's eight unprioritized purposes for Open Space. Do not let "mission creep" take over from those clear OSMP purposes without considering the (undesirable) RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? ramifications of revising the Charter. ‐ Continue to monitor and record usage by area and trail to determine the need for mitigative measures; ‐ Continue to monitor flora and fauna to assess user impacts on ecosystem health; and ‐ Make informed decision based on facts, numbers and science. ‐ Limit new property acquisition. Employ new strategies to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? protect existing properties. Continuing from interruption... Betasso bad "solution" because it just hit cyclists with negative and no balancing positive. Told us that County leadership did not care about cyclists' experience. They should have opened to cycling the Hall RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? hiking‐only trail two days per week.

Create a trail for bikes from Fairview HS to the South Boulder Creek Trailhead and then to South Mesa trailhead, so that kids on bikes can get to Doudy draw RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Without going on ElDorado Canyon Drive. No bikes on Mesa trail please.

Increasing trail areas with voice and sight use for dogs. If people do not wish to encounter well behaved dogs who are under control, they can choose to visit other trails. Increasing mountain bike access to trails using some sort of "good RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? steward" licensing system, such as the voice and sight tag for dogs. Form Question Comment

My biggest concern about our open space is that it not be sold, leased, or approved for other usage. I don't want oil and gas companies to frack and drill there, I don't want any of our open space to have it's designation changed so that it can be built on or used for other things, and I don't want any of our open space sold. One of the best things about living in Boulder is the access we have to beautiful, protected, natural places. My husband and I have enjoyed the Boulder open spaces nearly every single day for over 20 years, and so have our three children. I would love to be able to give the same access and experiences to my RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? future grandchildren. Please keep protecting it!

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Please consider equestrian use in any design at Joder Ranch. Please do not restrict any current horse use trails. If it weren't for Boulder County as it is their would be hardly any place to ride. Just seems difficult to park at most locations. And with all of the open space around the current lots you would think of just spending some money making the parking lots bigger. Number one thing about Boulder is the awesome trail system but the parking lot RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? at 90% are way too small

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? What is meant by disburse visitation on the 155 miles? "On‐trail use only" has two entirely different meanings: 1) I strongly support staying on trail and not cutting switchbacks; 2) "On‐trail use only" can mean if there is no trail the public is effectively banned from visiting that area. This question causes confusion. What does "Disperse visitation" mean? If you build trails with parking lots people will go there ‐ Chautauqua is crushed because of the intentionally limited parking provided at the southern trailheads ‐ people coming in from Denver/Broomfield drive all the way to Chatauqua, which is not RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? good. "Voice and Sight" is nice in theory, but few if any owners actually have this level of control over their animals. In a crowded public space, animals should be RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? leashed at all times.

* more aggressively maintain trails. Recent improvements, such as upper Homestead, rock work on the Mesa trail just North of NCAR, and the primary RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Chautauqua trail re‐route have done wonders to limit erosion and trail braiding.

1. Don't make the area more attractive by adding facilities. 2. Charge non‐Boulder residents an entry fee. We (Boulder county residents) voted and fund this open space. Why should residents of other areas who frequently vote in completely RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? different directions be able to enjoy this for free?

1. Refrain from cell phone conversations on busier trails. (people tend to talk RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? loudly and more animated on cell phones while hiking) 2. No drone zones. Form Question Comment

1. the current trail system does not serve the legitimate needs of your visitors, therefore I would not support further on‐trail only designation. I would have supported on trail requirements in heavily traveled areas but OSBT and Council chose to require on trail only in low use/dispersed use areas (HCA's). 2. see #1. all trails and specifically the use "disturb habitat" because it's all "habitat". Build a adequate and sustainable trail system first then I would support closing "unofficial" trails. 3. How do you propose to "disperse" visitation? 4. It's an option I would consider 5. If the trail is a loop and designed with directional travel in mind, I would support. 6. Dog management should at a minimum follow BCPOS regs or at best National Park Service regs. # Control your perimeter/boarders. Parking anywhere you can fit on Flagstaff road is a failure to manage visitation. WORK WITH BCT and develop real access/parking plans. # Construct infrastructure that can support the volume and type of use # Start managing OSMP for what it is (a national destination and not a city of boulder back RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? yard..."get of my lawn you visitor")

1. This is radical: But I suggest we consider a user fee for non Boulder visitors. We already have it in some parking areas, but I'm thinking of, say, a $5 "Weekly Trail Pass" where there aren't parking fees. Enforcement? Beats me. That's why I'm not a planner. Perhaps voluntary at first. Available on line of course. 2. Re dog waste management: I know it is expensive to establish and maintain DWM stations but one thing you can do is double the size of the waste bag stations (increasing the number of bags) and thereby reducing the number of times service is required. In my experience bags run out way in advance of the trash needing collection. 3. Your survey could stand improvement. E.g., I don't know what "process improvements" means in item 5 above. Similarly, I cannot RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? meaningfully comment on "disperse visitation."

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Absolutely No electric or motorized bikes or scooters! Active improvement of areas probably makes sense. If areas are under strong pressure then it makes sense to improve those areas or act behind the scenes to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? make it look natural. Actually enforce the dog rules. They're all over the place, off leash, and clearly RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? under no one's control.

Actually fining people for leaving dog waste bags. You should already know that the highest desities of these orphaned waste bags cluster around trailheads on weekends, so put some enforcement officers out there. The dog poop is RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? disgusting and the trailheads stink (and I'm a dog owner) Add additional MTB trails, if possible. We have limited trails here. we Often drive RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to Golden, Buff Creek, Fort Collins. Add connector trails. In areas with less ecological risk, increase trail mileage by RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? adding additional loops. Charge for parking. Add more bike racks to trail heads. helps people get out of cars and reduces RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? traffic

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Add more bike trails or bike only trails.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Add more trails... and the existing trails won't get so hammered. Add signage to clearly mark no bike trails such as Coot lake where bikes routinely stray away from the major right of way onto the confined trail surrounding the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? lake Form Question Comment

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? add trails, especially in ag areas

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? After 5 pm bike access 5 days of the week Again, if economically feasible, the presence of knowledgable staff at or within critcal areas would be welcome, and hopefully act as a deterrent to degrading RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? behaviors as well as a wellspring of information.

Again, the dog owners that use the trails vary drastically in their level of responsibility and commitment to preserving the parks and trails. Some of these owners cause harm to the parks and trails and either need to be held accountable RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? for their violations or restricted from using the parks, or both.

All osmp trails should have similar rules and laws. Dogless trails that are between two dog parks seems redundant, as well as links to trails off dog accessible trails. RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Cyclists and runners, hikers, and bikers should all be able to enjoy trails equally.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Allow more off trail use. Allow mountain bikers on more trails or create more mountain bike trails to help RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? disburse bikers which is good for all trail users.

Allow smaller group size. More ranger presence tp educate, enforce and (sorry) RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? clean up. Broaden and deepen your topics on ranger led hikes, talks and events.

Any chance of a mountain bike trail in Boulder Canyon? Or at least an off‐road RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? passage from Fourmile Canyon to the bottom of the Betasso Link Trail? As a hiker, I don't appreciate suddenly coming upon a dog! 'Voice control' sounds great. It's not realistic, because people don't follow the rules. It can ruin a hiking RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? experience! There could be 'people only' trails.

As far as enacting time based separation of activities, if in enacted. I would like to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? see some trails not have hikers and not just no biking days.

As far as re‐aligning trails. Good idea, but keep in mind human nature and don't RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? fall for landscaper's idea of a pretty but totally impractical train design.

As for time‐based separation of activities, and one way traffic requirements ‐ I think both of those would definitely ruin the spontaneity and beauty of hiking, at least on the Flatiron Trails (Shanahan Ridge, NCAR, Chautaugua) which I hike almost daily, and have never had even the slightest problem that would call for implementing these rules. Which if I may now add . . . I would like to see the Open Space as 1. No rules (other than leave no trace) 2. no development, just RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? nature and dirt trails (of course I appreciate and support trail maintenance.)

As stated previously, create a continuous (or as close as possible) mountain bike RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? loop network, provide better information on the reason for HCA areas. Ban backpack speakers. Open the short social trail in Boulder Canyon that connects the Alps Inn to Chapman Drive. There is an HCA sign. The trail is right next to the highway, so it's hard to take seriously the HCA sign. Stop calling ACTIVE recreation "passive." A person on an ATV is much more passive than a person hiking or riding a bike. "Passive" is insulting. Connect Long Canyon to the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Green Mountain West Ridge trail. Form Question Comment

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Ban the use of ear buds

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Bathrooms and more parking. But mostly, bathrooms.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Better signage on high usage areas to explain reasons for regulations

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Bike only directional or downhill only please

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Bike only trails. More trails open to bikers.

Bikers can cause danger for equestrians. A few more horse/hiker trails only would RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? be nice. Staggering days for type of useage more would be great.

Bikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed yet, they are the ones that show up in large majorities when it is time to care and nurture the trail resources. Bikers RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? support a strong and sharing community perspective. Bikes dominate the trails they are on. They don't watch out for pedestrians. Bikes RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? need to be better regulated.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Bikes should be registered to make reporting violation possible Boulder City and/or Boulder County residents don't pay (our taxes have already paid for this), but out‐of‐county users pay a nominal fee. Enforce through car RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? windshield decals. Build bike specific trails/trail sections that can reduce negative interaction RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? between downhill bike riders and other trail users. Build more trails ‐ the only way to disperse folks is to have more areas for them to explore ‐ funneling everyone onto a "few" trails has not worked. Most people hike 1‐3 miles so build more w/ longer trails so those of us who go longer than RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? have solitude.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Build more trails!

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Build more trails. Build new trails for mountain bikers to disperse use and minimize conflicts on RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? multi use trails.

By providing more trails, users can be more dispersed. The Anemone Ridge is a RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? prime example of a location close to town that could use some more loop trails.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Cancel Voice and Sight Tag program. It's a hassle for everyone.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Charge for parking cars from outside Boulder.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Charge for parking for out‐of‐county plates to limit use.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Charge out of area Charge people that don't live in Boulder a substantial fee to use the trails, take RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? those funds to maintain the lands. Form Question Comment

City should look at making mountain bike trails more accessible to city residents. This may need making more trails accessible to bikers. This, I believe, will encourage youth riders (those without transportation) more opportunities to recreate in their sport. This in turn fosters an increase love of the outdoors and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? in environmental preservation in the younger generation. Clarify access to areas such as Mickey Mouse Wall. There is an OSMP trail that leads up to the rail road along with a sign stating when the formation is closed for raptors. However, the railroad has said it is not legal to cross the tracks or be in their general vicinity (the fact that there is a trail there would indicate otherwise). Perhaps work with the railroad to construct an overpass walking bridge to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? increase access. Close trails in HCA and other wildlife areas from dawn to dusk to allow wildlife to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? recover Closing long established trails forces people to create new alternatives. In south Boulder, I know of a trail that was closed after the flood, for no good reason, that folks continued to use, and now has 4 alternative options versus the one that RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? originally existed.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Complete the planned Anenome Loop Trail.

Connect more destinations, allow ppl to disperse across trails. Shuttle buses to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? further trails to provide access and disperse use. AQUIRE MORE LAND

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Connect more trails to avoid unsafe connections

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Connect Open Space corridors to allow wildlife safe passage. Consider "process improvements: to current dog management, such as: ‐ the Voice and Sight Tag Program ‐ ELIMINATE; HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY ‐ FEWER "no dog" trails ‐ dog waste management ‐‐ THE "POOP FAIRY" AD CAMPAIGN IS DEMEANING AND INSULTING AND REFLECTS POORLY ON OSMP RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? MANAGEMENT

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Consider bike‐only trails that bypass high‐use areas to avoid user‐conflict.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Consider biker only trails. Consider development of more bike parks on existing open space there are numerous areas that would require very little development, offer convenient trail RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? access and reduce congestion of existing trails. Consider having shoe/tire wash and brush stations and associated signs to discourage transport of noxious and other invasive weeds. Also keep the most ecologically intact/biodiverse areas free of people and dogs, and continue programs like dog restrictions in grassland bird breeding areas during spring‐early RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? summer.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Consider policies that give citizens of Boulder preference for open space usage Form Question Comment

Considering habitat connectivity for wildlife when protecting and acquiring properties and considering potential ecological shifts in the face of climate change; considering the potential of open space lands to counteract urban heating and provide clean air; it's hard to comment on some of the items in number 5 without additional context and information ‐ for example in number 1 ‐ maybe this is my misunderstanding but I thought the idea was to stay on‐trail effectively always so not sure what this means; what does disperse visitation mean and what would it entail? Thanks so much for putting together this form RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? that allows for our input ‐ definitely appreciated!

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Construct more trails! Consult local users regarding preferred use of trails. A bit of research might have provided much different results than occurred when Lions Lair was designated RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? "no dogs".

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Continue or even expand if needed, seasonal wildlife closures.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Continue to maintain equestrian trails

Continue to purchase and develop more spaces, which will help distribute people across open spaces. I like that there was the 50th anniversary trail challenge: https://bouldercolorado.gov/osmp/osmp‐trail‐challenge ‐ continuing to improve visibility and awareness of our trail options is a good thing and can help motivate people to get outside, and to explore lesser known areas that they likely don't RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? know about.

Create "destinations" such as refreshment facilities in the hills which will attract people to a specific trail, and reduce the numbers on other trails. For example, make the building at the bottom of Shadow Canyon could be a seasonal snack bar, or food trucks at trail heads. Encourage farm properties to offer refreshments and create hiking/biking trails between them. This is very common in the European Alps Open up trails round the edge of more of the properties RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? which the city owns. They own a lot which is being permanently studied. Create a next level trained dog program that allows greater access for highly RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trained dogs

Create a website or trail guide to quieter, less used trails. This would encourage RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? dispersement. Much of the time, the crowds drop off after the first mile anyway.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? create adjacent but separate sections on some trails for bikes and hikers

Create connected system of REGIONAL trails. This allows people to focus in areas they want to, but disperse as desired. It also means that people can get to locations on OSMP land by trail rather than by car. Open more trails to bikes. If you decide to have temporal separation (bikers/hikers) you need to both add more miles for bikes overall (e.g., open Mesa Trail to bikes) and make sure that RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? you have "no hiker days" as well for fairness sake. Create more loop trails, eliminate/re‐route straight road trails, work with open space boarding towns to purchase land that could be used for new trailheads RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? options. Form Question Comment

Create more mountain bike trails through out the city so riders can avoid driving to get to a trail. There does not always need to be a parking lot with facilities, we have an active community that likes to Link multiple trails without wanting to get in their cars. We shouldn't have to constantly be driving to other cities to ride their trails. Also, some trails should be bike only so they are more enjoyable and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? not just a multi use trail that simply meets the needs of everyone. ‐Create some biker only trails, as there are already lots of hiker only trails. ‐If time based separation is considered, do even/odd day type of separation instead of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? day of the week (Wednesday hiker only). Create some sort of ticket/permit so free riders (out of town/county users who don't pay for the system) pay for the use and impact. Would hopefully control RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? visitation/overcrowding. Creating trails that are down hill only for moutain biking that hikers are not RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? allowed on certain days Creative solutions to avoid banning biking on trails is important. Also longer connections between trials to avoid needing to use roads would be a great RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? addition. Designate a trail closure day ‐ should be universal though as to not making it RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? confusing Designate certain trails to be horseback only on certain days or certain times. This would make it so much safer. Most horseback riders won't use open space trails RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? due to danger from bikes and unleashed dogs. Despite [unreadable] for keeping dogs on leash or otherwise under voice control, I frequently see uncontrolled dogs [unreadable] through nesting bird or other RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? small animal habitat. Develop new trails, which are bike only. There are plenty of trails which exclude cyclist, it's time that there are a greater number of trails which exclude hiker. These trails will naturally draw cyclist and take some pressure off other multi use RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trails.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Did i mention limiting parking yet to reduce visitation? Disperse visitation throughout the 155‐mile trail system... and bikes have access to ~50 of those miles... and ~27 of those miles are ROADS. Roads are not trails! No restrictions on bikes unless hikers step up and get restricted as well. Cyclists RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? are not second hand citizens! Dispersing visitation by offering more ride from town options at several points RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? along trails so people are not driving + parking at trailheads.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Do not allow bikes on any additional trails. Do not allow parking on both sides of Longhorn Road if the lot is full‐‐and set up a van to ticket speeding. Direct people to Neva Road, the area on 36 or on 55th. Access in and out of Boulder Valley Ranch (BVR) Horse Boarding facility is near impossible with a horse trailer on weekends. Better signage on trails at BVR‐‐ trails being poached by bikes‐‐and many dogs are not under voice and site RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? command. Do NOT disperse visitation. Keep the crowded areas crowded so people that don't care to go to Chautaqua or Sanitas can enjoy less crowded trails. My answer to the dog process improvements depends entirely on what the "improvements" are. I have a strong suspicion that what the city would call an improvement I would not find desirable. See my previous comment re:Salt Lake RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? City dog program Form Question Comment

Do not expand MTB trails, particularly do not expand multi‐use trails as MtBs dramatically and negatively effect the ability of pedestrians to enjoy the trail RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? system. Also, we must have an absolute zero allowance of ebikes on any trails.

Do not open more trails to dogs. The impact and user experience is very different when dogs are allowed. It is important to allow for a more quiet / lower impact / RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? safer experience on our trails for those who seek it. Do not restrict access, use other strategies to achieve desired outcomes. Maintenance, enforcement, education. Create paths for donations and financial support, use technology to your advantage to reduce workload, find a way to use volunteers to accomplish more than what is on offer for them now. Please do not RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? restrict access.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? do not separate day use for bikes and pedestrians. no bike use in west tsa.

Do what is possible to enforce the rules like dogs on leash, pick up poop and other trash, stay on designated paths, before making "improvements" like fishing piers, bird walks, and benches. Don't encourage more use of already overused areas! Close them to people. We vote for open space taxes to protect the land and its natural habitat, not to have people pollute it and destroy it. Which is what RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? is happening !

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Dog Management‐more dog with Tags access to trails Dog owners leave bagged poop on the side of trails ‐ provide more trashcans for RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? them to dispose of waste.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Dogs are a nuisance ‐ do something

Dogs enjoy too many rights in Boulder! I am concerned about my 80‐year old mother, who is terrified of dogs and frequently has to navigate off‐leash dogs on her hikes. While I like the time‐based separation of activities for some areas such RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? as Betasso, I do not want to see increased bike access on existing trails. Dogs inhibit enjoyment. I've been bit a few times. Please have some no dog trails RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and leash only.

Dogs off leash esp in a place where I can bike with my dog off leash seems to be going the way of the dodo. Please don't kill that at the few places olit does exist RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and consider allowing it at any place that is appropriate Dogs should be on a leash AT ALL TIMES and should be PROHIBITED on sensitive RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and crowded trails. Don't advertise all of the trails. Let some.of the trails be known through word of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? mouth. Lion's Lair is an example of this. Dramatically limit bikes on trails. They do significant damage and riders routinely RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? do not yield according to the rules.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Drone restrictions. Form Question Comment

E‐bikes have their place (for commuting for example), but please limit e‐bike use to trails that are very wide (10ft), smooth, and have good sight lines. On narrow/bumpy trails, giving novice cyclists the ability to cruise around at 20mph is just dangerous. Claiming it's OK because they are just "pedal assist" is simply putting lipstick on a pig. Plus, how are you going to know whether a bike is class 1,2,3, or a real motorcycle ? Once real e‐motorcycles become cheaper and more RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? popular (yes, they will), enforcement will become a nightmare. Educate and enforce existing mixed use regulations before we enact additional RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? regulations Eliminate bike and dog use on all Mountain Parks and Open Space property. There are many city bike and dog parks, bowling alleys, skate parks, etc for these other types of recreation. There is no need to allow dogs, bikes, or drones to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? diminish the quality of of Boulders wild lands. Emphasize preservation of Habitat Conservation Areas and of wildlife corridors. Consider ways to reduce impacts on ecologically sensitive areas, possibly by RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? limiting use. enact user fees to balance use, similar to horsetooth in Ft Collins. Day users pay a RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? parking fee, or regular users can buy a year pass.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? encourage more dispersed neighborhood level points of access.

Enforce and strengthen dog rules: fine people for leaving waste bags on trails, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? fine people for uncontrolled dogs who chase wildlife or harass other trail users Enforce the current no dog and leash laws. Fine dog owners for dogs chasing RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? wildlife.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Enforcement of people carrying their dog poop bags.

Enhance commuter style trail linkages so that users can ride from town or between recreation areas to ease parking stress and have increased time outside rather than having to drive to the trailhead. Also increase enforcement of leash laws and Voice and Sight control. I love having dogs out on the trails but RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? irresponsible dog guardians are disrupting my experience on a regular basis.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Ensure that OSMP trails remain open to horseback riding. Establish fees for non‐Boulder or non‐Boulder County residents for use of Boulder open space trails. Develop more trails and trails that will serve a range of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? different user types (bikers vs hikers, etc.)

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Expand access for mountain bikers to existing/new trails Expand fee areas for non‐Boulder County residents. The continued firm, if not RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? expanded, enforcement of parking regulations.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Expand number of trails that allow mountain biking Fair and equal treatment of mountain bikers. Less support for dog walkers RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? without leashes. Find a way to teach people more clearly how to leave no trace ... ie. walk single file, keep dogs on leash and pick up after them...find a method of creating trails that is not so susceptible to water, ie. snow, rainfall, runoff, etc., close trails that RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? are too wet Form Question Comment

First, no new trails, especially in HCAs. Second, require climbers to use colored chalk that matches the color of the rock. Seeing chalk marks on rocks and handholds by trails (such as in Fern Canyon) is annoying. Third, allow rangers to range more. I hardly ever see any on patrol, which I believe encourages people to misbehave. Fourth, increase the volunteer patrol program, and give them uniforms that look more "official" and more of an authority. For example, see how the Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance does it, as they've had huge success cleaning up trails and getting dogs back on leash. Finally, look into having all trails be dogs‐on‐leash. Boulder County and the wilderness areas require it, there is no reason that OSMP can't do it too. There is plenty of Forest Service land where RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? people can let their dogs run around off‐leash.

For social trails, we really need to understand why hey were created before we shut them down. Closing some may be the best option, but that means we should consider legitimizing others. One‐way trails only apply to bikes and make no sense for shared trails. Single‐purpose trails is a MUCH better idea. Please build and designate bicycle specific trails. This is for the safety and enjoyment of everyone. It is terrible for the environment that I have to get into my car to ride my mountain bike. Boulder should be a champion of mountain bike trails close to town. There is no reason that hikers and bikers should share the same trails. If you want good design, maximum enjoyment and optimal safety for ALL users, it is best to separate. PLEASE do not restrict the voice and sight tag program for dogs. One of the most amazing things about Boulder is that I can take my well behaved RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? dog out on the trails and she and I can both have a wonderful time. For the last agree/disagree, maybe see which trails have the most usage of hikers, runners, bikers, etc. and then base the "no dogs" around that or something close. Because owners really take advantage of this open space and it's good for the dogs to be able to go on these trails. I agree on the waste management (clean up RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? after pets always). formalize historic social trails. Many climbing destinations are on "social trails" if these were to be closed or redirected they could easily result in permanent RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? climbing closures

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Fund more Rangers

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Generally, the less "management" of activities the better.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Get rid of the prairie dogs on all open space land in Boulder county Greater enforcement of dog owners that access prohibited trails and leave dog RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? waste behind Have a day(s) for horseback riding and hiking only on certain trails. For example‐‐ Trail A Horses and Hikers only on Monday and Tuesdays Trail B Bikers only on RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Monday and Tuesday. Everyone gets their day(s) only. Have available at the trailhead or at least on line (with cites at the trailhead) information about the natural resources (of any type) that can be observed along RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the trail

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? have hikers and bikers go in opposite directions

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Have just enough trails open to bikes to keep the bikers from screaming at you. Form Question Comment Have lots more nice little surveys, like this one, that you can overlook when RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? enacting what you have already decided to enact. Have more volunteers to enforce the rules and give them the authority to issue citations for bad behavior like allowing dogs off leash, not picking up dog waste, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and riding/hiking in closed areas.

Have rotating ranger presence for education as well as supervision. You could RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? even post a sign at the trailhead on those occasions‐"Ranger on Patrol".

Here are some potential strategies that can be applied to the outcomes I mentioned in the earlier part of the survey: Strategy A1: Design trails to feel natural. Strategy A2: Convert roads to trails. Strategy A3: Design trails to meet the desires/needs of the users prevalent in that area (e.g., the trail up Fern canyon should look different than the Marshall Valley trail). Strategy A4: Build trails or add alternate lines to existing trails to accommodate more advanced/skilled trail users. Strategy B1: Partner with community groups to provide enhanced services such as raptor monitoring, user patrols, and volunteer trail building. Strategy B2: Consider partnering agreements to set out roles and responsibilities with community stewardship partners. Strategy C1: Buy land and pursue connections with neighboring land management agencies to leverage one trail system into another (e.g., North Sky Trail connectivity to Heil Valley Ranch). Strategy C2: Complete connections on OSMP land to develop varied recreational experiences (e.g., the Trail Around Boulder) Strategy C3: Develop stacked loop trail systems to provide people with the opportunity to choose among different lengths and difficulties of trail‐based experiences. Strategy D1: Add bike racks at all trail heads. Strategy D2: Add public transportation option to access popular trail destinations. Strategy D3: Develop off‐road trail connectors from neighborhoods RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to trail systems. Higher fines for dog people who let their dog off‐leash or don't clean up the poop. Continued education/signage on import land areas to discourage off trail RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? usage

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Highlight areas that are horse friendly with trailer accessible parking. Hikers should be allowed to walk wherever they want on public land. Bikers should stick to trails, but they should have a voice in planning and creating trail systems. And groups like BMA should be recognized for their hands‐on support of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trail building and maintenance.

HIRE MORE RANGERS with ticketing ability. While it is against your political will, change dog rule to ALL DOGS ON LEASHES. No Voice and Sight Tags, doesn't work for me‐‐ dogs don't stay on the trails and "guardians" often don't care. People can walk their dogs on their sidewalks, then enjoy wild lands without their dogs. Give wildlife and those of us who don't love dogs a break. Bikes: keep some trails no bikes. Always restrict speed limit‐‐15 mph is plenty fast enough. Separate trails works best‐‐I do not like being surprised by a bike coming up behind me. Scares RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? me and ruins my experience. HIRE MORE RANGERS with ticketing ability.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Horse back riding on certain days when no bikes or dogs allowed!!

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? horse only trails Form Question Comment How about getting DNA when dogs get licensed and doing DNA testing of poop to find out which dog owners are leaving bags of poop everywhere. Or at least RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? threatening to do it. How do we face the fact that the visitation is already too high for us to satisfy recreation (likely) desires and preserve any of the ecosystems for the future? Sad RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? but true

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? human waste / toilet paper education and management

I am a dog 'guardian' and in the 'Sight and Sound' program, but am still appalled by the amount of dog waste and bagged dog waste that I observe near popular trails ‐ time to get heavy‐handed on this. How about a dog specific regulations list RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? at trailheads topped by a cutout of a dog in order to attract attention?

I am a dog owner and I agree dog designated areas are required but should not be limited. I am in the OSMP almost every day with my dog. I see dogs run loose and chase animals. I see Mtn. bikers poach trails all over the county. I see people over their head forge shortcuts. I never ever see OSMP rangers attempt to monitor, patrol or uphold any of our OSMP rules and regulations. Access to any trailhead should be self‐limiting based on the number of parking spaces. Buses RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and to‐pay parking are unacceptable.

I am in favor of time‐based separation of activities as long as it's equitable. At Betasso, there are 2 no bike days, but not any no hiker days. Also at Betasso with Saturday/Sunday rules, some religious groups are excluded. A more far ruling is RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the even/odd day system used in JeffCo.

I am interested in the expansion of park land/hiking trails in lyons....specifically use of boulder county parks and open space to develop a plan for the property it Owns (old mine) at the end of old south st. vrain rd in lyons. Its beautiful property, and even if there was just the ability to bike or walk (with your leashed dog) on the paved existing road, that would provide folks in lyons (and folks visiting lyons) more recreation opportunity that would be friendly to people of all RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? abilities (vs. the difficult mtn. bike trails). I am not sure what "consider process improvements" means on the last option, but I absolutely love the Voice and Sight program. It encourages both me and my dogs to exercise and get outside in a way I never did in other places I have lived. The program is one of my favorite things about OSMP and I hope it is around for a RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? long time.

I do not think bikes should be allowed on any additional open space trails. There are too many people, children and dogs. They tear up the trails. There are plenty RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? of other places to mountain bike in boulder county

I do think one or two downhill only mountain bike trails will take riders away from crowded multi use areas and put them in a safer environment for all. I don't think RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? this should be widespread but it's worked well in jeffco I don't suggest increasing no dog trails, but a better enforcement of Voice and Sight Tag program. I have a dog who loves to hike. But when other dogs who are poorly trained off leash run up with zero control from their owner this poses and issue in the on leash vs off leash dog world. I have had numerous positive experiences with well trained dogs off leash as a part of the Voice and Sight Tag program, but it is a shame that other dog owners do not take it seriously RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? especially on busy trails. Form Question Comment

I feel dogs should be required to attend sight and sound class with the owner to be evaluated for safety. Our border collie loves to run off lease and is harmless but has been bitten twice by other aggressive dogs that really shouldn't be on the trail. I also feel like just because you have an aggressive dog on a lease, they still present problems on single track trails. I have found most owners can't contril them even on a lease especially in close quarters when passing others. I would suggest a rule that if your dog is known to be aggressive then it should not be RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? allowed on the trails for everyone's safety.

I fully support wildlife closures and muddy trail closures ‐ and wonder why you don't close more trails down when they are muddy. recreation is important, but you need to do a better job balancing its impacts which are frankly trashing your system Consider more trails where people, especially older people or people with RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? little kids, can get away from dogs and bikes. I greatly enjoy the Voice and Sight Tag Program. However, too many people seem to think it's OK to bag their waste and leave it on the trail for "the rangers to pick up." Anything you can do to reduce the problem of dog waste gets my RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? vote. I heard at the recent OSMP vision meeting that the department was taking heat for dog waste management. This is sad as all of us who are dog owners need to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? step up to this responsibility.

I just wanted to add comments around the dog management system. I think the two things that could be better enforced (or enforced at all, from my experience) are waste management (could we get some trash cans along the trails??) and people who just let their dogs run at you, screaming "they're friendly" and failing to acknowledge that they are putting their dog at risk by letting it sprint up to another dog, especially one on lead, that may become fear‐aggressive from being stormed (this type of behavior has caused my dog to be leash aggressive with ALL dogs now). Could we get some rangers on the trails, especially more populated RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? ones, to help people understand that this is inappropriate?

I like to ride Boulder Valley Ranch and Foothills and would like more legal trails on Joder Ranch Open Space in future to ride horses. Gunbarrel Hills can make a natural area for trails to ride horses and keep rest in a more native forge area. Need more information to public about trail specifics so that people know beforehand about trail if it is suitable for them regard altitude change, difficulty, wide/narrow, distance. Also what trails connect to for a longer experience that RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? would be in lie with users' ability of similar or different terrain. I love dogs, but they are a big hazard. I think we definitely need more "no dog/no bike" trails so residents can relax on trails. I am petite and need to carry hiking poles so I can protect myself from loose running or poorly managed dogs. I have had dogs both jump on me an run into me and knock me over. I have had dogs jump up with their paws on my chest at least three times. I've been knocked over RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and broke my knee. I really like the idea of having at least one trail, or a few trails that have bike‐ designated days. Hikers and joggers have so many to choose from, but mountain biking can be challenging to enjoy on trails like Dowdy Draw where there is so RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? much foot traffic. i support bike only/hike only days IF it allows more access for bicycles. Otherwise, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? it's just another loss for bikes. Form Question Comment I think all trail should be accessible for people walking with dogs. But, if compromise is necessary, maybe there could be one day a week that is a no‐dog RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? day? Not a weekend, though.

I think bikers and hikers are used to sharing the trails in Boulder. Although infrequently encountered, I think more realistic education on how to handle horses with the bikers and hikers is warranted. As a runner, I usually stop when I see a horse and rider to avoid spooking the horse, but feel uncomfortable staying on trail with a jittery horse and also uncomfortable getting way off trail to give the horse a wide berth in some places since we are supposed to be staying on the trail. They also poop up the trails. I had a horse owner yell at my son on his mountain bike to get off the trail and give her horse a wide berth. I don't think a biker should have to get off a trail because someone's horse is too nervous to be RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? around unfamiliar people.

I think it is OK to have hoards in the Chautauqua meadows and Mt Sanitas while other areas see far fewer visitors. I worry that "dispersing" visitors will make the special quiet places, like Long's Canyon crowded. I think people can deal with crowding themselves and it doesn't need to be managed, except by building trails and facilities that can tolerate hoards. I see those areas as sacrificial to the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? greater good. Failing to do more maintenance on Sanitas is negligence. I think it would have minimal land impact to make a "mountain bike trail only" RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? that parallels the existing hiking only trails.

I think some places should be for bikes only and others for people only. Instead of alternating days. What if you can't go on the day that is for you? I also like the No Dog areas. Some places are just dog bathrooms. Doesn't seem healthy for humans. I like all the trails in Boulder and the trails for bicycles. How about more RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? benches interspersed around all the properties?

I think the current balance of Voice and Sight, leash required, and 'no dog' trails is about right. Good dog waste management is probably the most important thing RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? for minimizing user conflicts regarding use of open space by dogs.

I think there is lots of room for improvement without going to alternating days. I've suggested things from improving Community ditch with gravel to creating a parallel singletrack and been shot down for these suggestions in the past. I really think that it would have minimal impact to improve existing trails and build new parallel options without encroaching more on sensitive habitats. I particularly like the idea of singletrack options for all the dirt roads and would LOVE a gravel main spine that would allow people go from Superior to 93 or Dowdy trailhead by crushed gravel that stays open despite lousy weather. I probably ride Marshall Mesa trails 80+ times a year (tracked by Strava, so real data) and am frequently visiting the OSMP closure page from November to May. Similarly, it would be great to have a "spine" of trails that are Voice and Sight friendly, say from RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Superior to Fowler so that I could run that with the dog. I think time‐based separation of activities is a great idea if it is a true separation of activities (no hiking/running on bike days, and no bikes on hiking/running days). Would love to see more trails to connect to different areas by bike on singletrack without having to get on to the road for long stretches (for instance, why isn't there an off‐road cycling route to connect south Boulder to doudy draw/Marshall Mesa area? or even something that goes all the way out to the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trails north of boulder?) Form Question Comment

I think we should invest in a free educational program that encourages people to become OSMP Guardians. The material could be 80% online, but in order to become an actual guardian, folks would have to attend practical training and demonstrate competence. The training would include all manner of things like the psychology of relating to nature, the spectrum of folks who visit OSMP, safety protocols, etc. Becoming a Guardian would be a true accomplishment and would entitle the Guardian to don a sacred symbol of their commitment in order to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? inspire others to take the training.

I understand there has been discussion on allowing e‐bikes on trails. Its bad enough having to share trails with regular bikes, it would be so much worse with increased bike traffic by making trails accessible to users who cannot negotiate trails under their own power. I don't hike trails popular among trail cyclists. All of us users are disruptive to wildlife, bikes are much more than hikers so it is RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? reasonable to severely restrict bike access.

I want to see all the trails have dog compost stations. less plastic going into our landfills sitting for decades and decades. Also, I am not a fan of no dog trails. I think Boulder seems like it is a dog friendly place but then when you have a dog you realize: 1. It's very hard to find housing that allows dogs if you are a renter 2. you can't take your dog along pearl street 3. dogs barely ever allowed in businesses 4. focus more on providing resources for dog training and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? management than not trusting people to handle their dog

I wonder whether it makes sense to designate some trails as "bike‐only," or "bike‐ targetted" to set expectations among hikers that they will encounter a lot of mt bikers. It's great that hikers can have such key trails as the Mesa Trail to themselves, but I have heard complaints from hikers about mt bikers on trails where bikes are allowed. (Hikers I see on Picture Rock are always very friendly to me on my bike. Perhaps it's because they know that's a trail that the gear heads RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? are likely to be on. Or maybe it's because I'm such a polite rider.) I would appreciate trails for horseback riding on days with no biking. Some folks actually read the rule book and then there are those that refuse to share the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trails. I would like to see more ranger led birding hikes. Also in May/June more ranger RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? led wild flower identification hikes.

I'd like the mountain bike community and advocacy groups like BMA and IMBA to have a seat at the table when discussing expansion of trails. We are ready to work for great trails in Boulder County and we're first in line to represent our interests when changes are discussed. We have a very small amount of rideable miles in Boulder County compared to other activities and those trails get busier every year. While our numbers have increased complaints about bikes have decreased significantly. Not many other groups can show success like that through their grassroots effort. Our community has proved that we're willing to put the time in RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to keep trail riding sustainable and accessible in Boulder County.

if trail restrictions for Mountain bikers came with access to more trails, it's a fair trade! taking away the limited access mountain bikes already have is not RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? progress. there's no group more active in trail maintenance and building. if we built more trails, people dogs and bikes would not be concentrated in such RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? small areas. JeffCo has done this very well Form Question Comment If you're going to enact time‐based separation or one‐way traffic for certain users, please make sure there are enough opportunities in the trail system to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? accommodate diverse interests, such as mountain biking.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? I'm not a fan of no dog trails, but waste management can be an issue.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? I'm okay with hikers also being restricted to certain days and certain directions. Implement a shuttle and neighborhood parking permits for Sanitas trails, as per RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Chautauqua, at least on a one‐year trial basis.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Improve awareness of the trails in the system to help spread the crowds Improve trailhead Parking capacity ‐ Construct new mountain biking trails so that the existing trails S of Eldorado Springs Drive/Marshall Rd can be reached without RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? driving to trailheads In my experience, hikers absolutely ignore time‐based separation, so that is an ineffective solution. Bikers play by the rules and their trail access is cut in half; hikers ignore the rules and face no negative consequences (of both the rule‐ RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? breaking and the decreased access).

Include educational signage, where appropriate, to educate the public why it's RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? important to stay on the trails and keep dogs on leash in certain areas.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Increase education of hikers to "get muddy" rather than walking off trail. Increase level of monitoring of recreational activities, pairing together volunteer reps from "typically" opposing recreation groups, i.e., an elderly hiker with an off‐ leash dog proponent; a birder with a biker; a young mother with a dog‐owner; an equestrian with a biker; etc. These observations on a well‐designed chart could provide powerful statistics on human behavior when we must make protection vs RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? use decisions.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Increase mtn bike trail system. Implement "parallel" tracks for hikers and bikers.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Increase nbr of "horse but no bikes" trails or days on trails

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Increase number of trails

Increase parking fee for nonresidents. Daily fee should be $10 and annual pass $100. Ensure wedding/other professional photographers many of whom appear to be charging for their work are either licensed or know not to go off trail. They do it all the time at S Mesa. I have tried educating them but they do not like to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? hear it. (Perhaps charge them a fee and educate them on dos and don'ts.)

Increase staff and make sure they are closely monitored . I have seen open space workers sitting on the job with 4 others on several occasions. Higher pay and a better system ensuring the use of employees is correct. For example, putting a sign up doesn't require 3 employees. The trails really need to be maintained better. Oregon and Washington get way more moisture than Colorado and if you RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? visit their open space trails you will notice a real difference in maintainability

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Increase trail access Increase trail access for bikes. This absolutely increases user dispersement and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? reduces user conflict! Form Question Comment Increase trailhead dispersement options. Optimize certain trail characteristics as a way to disperse user groups to certain trails without closing to other user RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? groups. Increased access for mountain bikers. This is an engaged and responsible user RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? group with many riders limited to few trails. Internal outreach program. City Council Members and other high ranking staff like City Manager need to understand that we are destroying OSMP resources and corrective action, while politically not popular, must be taken. Dogs and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? electric bikes are just two examples. It is unfortunate + difficult but we must be proactive in preserving habitats for RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? nature first, recreation second.

It seems like the attitudes and approaches taken by OSMP staff are not reflective of what the full community wants. I'm always surprised when people talk about how anti‐recreation the staff is when we are talking about Boulder, CO! It's a little embarrassing for our publicly‐funded team to be so one‐sided and not in sync RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? with what huge portions of the community want.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? It would be great to have more bike access on our current trail system.

Jeffco has had major success with staggering user groups by day and with one way trails. Betasso is a fantastic example as well. As the number of users in RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? different groups increases these measures will be more effective.

Just go ahead and fully implement the compostable dog waste program at EVERY TH. People need to expect the same service at every trailhead. Open and connect more of the existing portfolio of properties. We have too many properties where RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? public access is "discouraged" meaning not allowed in any practical sense Just to clarify an above question/answer, I think social trails/exploring can be one of the most rewarding parts of using OSMP. I fully support closing social trails/areas *IF* they truly harm habitats. However, I have serious questions about the process/data used to make those decisions. Thus I left my answer RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? above neutral on question 2. Just want to say I appreciate access at night or early morning so please keep it. RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Some of use need to get out in the dark due to our work hours.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Keep letting the horses and riders ! Use the trails Keep trails open at night please! It's the only way to get on trails during the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? winter season.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Keep trails open at night.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? larger parking areas (where appropriate )

Less rules and regulations. Don't empower nosey people to be dicks with stupid RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? regulations. Open areas of open space to hunting. Loosen rules on dogs limit dog access. they only need access to 50% of the trails, not 90%. ban pit bulls on or off leash from the trails. they're proven dangerous dogs and have no place RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? on open space. period. limit night‐time use of the park, especially as headlamps get more and more RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? powerful linking up trails as much as possible. creating a 'trail head' shuttle that operates regularly (every two hours?) up and down the front range. possibly funded by a RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? paid seasonal bus pass. Form Question Comment love the last one, we spent tons of money on dog parks, take dogs there, plus many dogs in no leash areas are disturbing the critters, people arent allowed to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? do that, why should they

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Maintain ban on motorized use.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? maintain trails better Make all trails gun‐free. No hunting allowed. Bear spray is OK. No shooting the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? moose.

Make it a priority to repair the bridge over Boulder Creek on the White Rocks trail and in the meantime, keep the public informed about the milestones needed to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? get this done. Why has it taken over four years? Where is it now?

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Make more mountain bike trails. Make sure climbers can access climbing! If you close social use trails then you are putting a climbing ban in effect. Remember that people travel from all over to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? climb the flatirons. Do not ban climbing there

Make sure the activities we allow open space land tote used for are actually the recreation activities people want. For example, there are significant communities in Boulder that don't use Open Space much because it is illegal to use it in their preferred manner. Thats a shame. Two particular instances of such a problem could be fixed: young people of boulder want to use open space to set up hammocks and chill with friends. This is not allowed anywhere on open space. Why? Young people recreating in open space is extremely important for its future. Also, picnics are an important cultural element for some of the latino community, another community that is underrepresented among visitors to our open space. However, there are very limited places where picnics are actually allowed, due to strange regulation that bans glass containers and things like that. Law enforcement hates enforcing that, and our community could recreate on open space more and in more diverse ways if we reevaluated the types of recreation that we want to allow and where on open space we want each type of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? recreation to be allowed.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Make the penalties for having a dog off leash with out a tag stiffer. Management must be based on facts and data. *Limits of Acceptable Change* is a proven management tool that OSMP used years ago and that provides transparency while preventing the impression that anecdotes, politics, or RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? favoritism played a role in decision making. Maybe publish/ social media a chart showing the times of max use so users with RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? flexibility can distribute their time of use Monitor the voice and sight tag program so that dog owners take better RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? responsibility. Getting knocked over by dogs is not an enjoyable hike. More "no dog" trails! Also fines for leaving dog waste; there are SO many dog RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? waste bags on the side of the trails. More and cleaner restrooms. Thomas lane is a great example of one that is well RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? maintained year round

More bike only or bike optimized trails. We do a majority of the trail work in the county and state, and we contribute incredible amounts of tax support to the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? local economies, we deserve to be represented better on the trails. Form Question Comment

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more bike only trails to relieve hiker/biker confrontations.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more bike parking at trailheads the shuttle is great

more bike trails please!!!!! greens, blues and blacks.... there just arent enough good bike trails that are challenging in boulder county. and the ones that are RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? open are packed all the time. safety is an issue. directional, hiker biker days.... More bike trails to disperse visitation and allow for bike travel away from RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? conflicts with cars/hikers/equestrians/other bikers. More biker access not less. Simplify the dog plan. Every 1/4mile the rules change RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? which makes is incredibly hard to stay within the rules.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More dog fines

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more dog off leash trails more mountain biking

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More dog trails

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More easy mountain bike trails to connect existing trails

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More enforcement of out of area payment for use.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More horse trailer parking at trailheads

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More lots where non‐residents pay to park

More miles of trails will spread out usage. Another idea would be to build more RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trails designed to be fun for mountain bikes in less crowded areas to the east.

more mountain bike only terrain! this will reduce the number of bikers on hiking trails. look at an area like duthie park outside seattle. they have crammed a ton RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? of great and challenging terrain in a small amount of space.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More mountain bike only trails. And better more fun trails.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More MTB trail systems linking up in the plains and mountains

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More mtn biking trails. More organized walks by Settlers Park and Eben G Fine Park, Maybe even a walk RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? that starts on Pearl Street

More ranger enforcement of Voice & Sight regulations ‐ I am a horseback rider with a well‐trained V&S licensed dog and am constantly amazed both by the dogs that are great stewards of the program (the majority, I'm happy to say) and those that are really not qualified to be V&S licensed. Additionally, more management/enforcement of dog waste pick‐up by owners would be great ‐ again, I mostly see responsible dog owners but the outliers ruin the trails for RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? everyone. Maybe more trashcans would help? More shuttle options, in addition to the Chautauqua one ‐‐ or maybe the Chautauqua shuttle could extend further up Flagstaff Rd to some of the other trailheads, to help residents access those trails when parking is limited and often RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? full. Form Question Comment

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More shuttles to trailheads?

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More signage that shows horses permitted.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More stories about successes (for example, the growth of raptor species).

More strictly enforce dog waste management. Of all the negatives, seeing (green) plastic bags of dog poop besides the trail is the worst. I have dogs myself, and use the voice & sight program, but pick up and carry out dog poop. There should be strict enforcement ‐ no abandoned dog poop bags. This is by far the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? largest area of non‐compliance that needs to be enforced.

More trail development to keep up with the areas population growth. People move here for outdoor recreation ‐ we need more trails to help disperse users, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? lessen the load on trails/maintenance, and create a better experience for all.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more trail need to be just for hiking and not hiking and bicycling

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More trails More trails and more variety of trails to spread out usage (especially at Marshall Mesa). Charge more for parking to encourage people to walk/bike/take transit RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to visit open space.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More trails closed to bikers, period.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More trails for biking

More trails that allow bikes Better signage specifically in the Chautauqua park area. There are no maps once you get to the base of the flatirons area and I've had to "help" many tourist by telling them where to go. Dog waste is a problem RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and it's only going to get worse so would love to see more done here if possible.

More trails that are NO Dog trails. Voice and sight program does not work!!! Very few of the dogs are trained to function in the program and no one knows which ones are trained well or not trained well until after an incident with another dog or human. Dog waste continues to be a problem that is poorly informed. Education about dog waste has not worked. Why not take DNA of dog upon licensing and then it can be matched to dog waste with significant fines. This RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? would be a self supporting program most likely eliminate the problem.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More trails with NO dogs. They disturb wildlife and people on the crowded ones. More trash cans for dog waste. More legal, off‐leash trails. Trails where people RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? can bike with their dog off‐leash.

More trashcans; easily accessible trails with relaxed enforcement for puppy / dog training. CU South is one of the most successful trails in Boulder because it draws those who need a short fof‐leash walk (and bikes + walkers) preventing them RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? from going deeper in the system. It serves the most people & has thrilling wildlife. More volunteer days. It would be great if there were more opportunities to help RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? give back to the osmp. Thanks for all you do.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? More water fountains. Form Question Comment Mount Sanitas is being destroyed by visitors/tourists (and recent transplants) who don't know how to follow the trail. Mt. Sanitas should have a parking fee RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and/or visitor fee for non‐Boulder residents. Mountain bikers are often too aggressive and when wearing earbuds and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? earphones have no idea of hazard they pose

Mountain bikers only have access to a small percentage of trails in Boulder. This is not fair and as the level of mountain biking has increased, the options for riding has not. I fully support nested trail systems to avoid any conflicts with other user groups, and additional access to disperse bikers. Mountain bikers stay on the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trails and love nature as much as other users (they often are other users, too). Mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A more fair and equal RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? treatment is in order. Mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles yet are vilified when access restrictions are considered. A more fair and equal treatment RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? is in order.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Mt Bike Trail from town to Eldo. Much faster reaction to and closure of social trails as they are created. Take the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? statutory duty to manage noxious weeds more seriously.

My concept of open space is not herding people,bikes horses on finely groomed trails, but as long as the world is so I love with growth it was bound to happen. I just hope we can have a few places where horses are welcome and not banned. As long as we can provide land for farmers, cattle and crops there should bea few RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? areas where horseback riders can "roam".

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? NA

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Need more parking. Especially from south mesa/doudy draw parking lots!

Need to significantly increase trail mileage. We need to spread population and different user types across a larger trail network. Simply changing the management of existing trails will only improve conditions temporarily. Plus, the aging system is dull and in dire need of upgrading. We are still on essentially the same trails as 20 years ago. Other counties have done much better! The best RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? ways to describe Boulder's trails are "Loved to Death" and "Same Old Shit (sorry)"

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? No bike days for trails that are also for horses.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? no comment No dogs on any trails. Designate fewer trails for mountain biking only and most RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? for hiking. Fee parking for out of county residents.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? No e‐bikes.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Noise and music rules on signage. More focus on education about wildlife.

Noise etiquette ‐‐ limiting loud voices (adult and child), loud music from RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? electronic devices that disturb the peace that others are trying to seek. off leash trails are something that sets your trails apart ‐‐ keep doing that, do it on RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more trails, let our dogs run a little Form Question Comment

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Off trail access, 24/7 access, less trail closures Off trail is not switchback cutting. I have no problems cutting off due to erosion control.' While I agree visitation should be dispersed.. but not via rule making. Your dog question is BIASED. Sure, pick up after your dog, but that is different than no dogs on certain trails. Come to think about it, your tails alignment RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? question is also BIASED> Often visitors to Boulder's open spaces are only mentioned in terms of their impacts and how we can erect barriers to their access. We are missing an opportunity to help visitors experience the benefits of living connected to nature, and encourage the spread of environmental stewardship throughout the US and the globe. The world needs these values, and visitors to Boulder can see the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? benefits.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountain bikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountain bike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountain bikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more fair and equal treatment is in order.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountain bikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education. Nevertheless, mountain bikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? discussed. A more fair and equal treatment is in order.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more fair and equal treatment is in order.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A more fair and equal treatment is in order. More needs to be done about dog waste. Additional disposal cans and more signage telling users why it is important RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to dispose of pet waste properly.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountain bikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more fair and equal treatment is in order. Form Question Comment

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountain bikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more fair and equal treatment is in order.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountain bikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A more fair and equal treatment is in order. there are bike‐only days like at JeffCo's Centennial Cone, but not at Betasso Preserve where there are no‐bike days and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? shared trail days.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more fair and equal treatment is in order.

OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more fair and equal treatment is in order. Form Question Comment

On bike trails, consider implementing all traffic yield to bikers. This has been done in other states/trail systems and has been shown to improve trail use experience. This would help improve interactions between bikers and hikers as well as improve safety. Hikers can much more easily move off trail to accommodate RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? passing bikes rather than the other way around. One small thing that really helps is discretion in enforcement. For example, my dog is pretty good but not perfect with voice and sight control but he's also not aggressive. Twice a ranger has warned me in stern terms. I both appreciate OSMP's policy and the rangers' position while also being thankful that the rangers realized my dog may be a bit slow to come but he's not hurting anything or RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? anyone. Open and maintain the Old Mesa trail that runs from Eldorado Springs up to the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Shadow Canyon trail.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Open more lands to use by the public.

Open more trails on more open space. The city has huge tracks of land closed to the public. Increase loop trails and more option from each trail head. I think Jeffco does a better job of having lots of options in it's parks. Continue to link to other trails under county, state, or fed management. Make all trail heads fee for RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? non residences. More restrictions severely decrease the users experience! open more trails to mtb use. This can be with time‐based separation and one way RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? designation, but would be great to have more options Opening and/or creating new trails for bike access as the trails we have are getting crowded. Dispersing bikes will help that issue along with creating trails that we can ride from town to avoid more emissions from driving and trailhead RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? parking.

Opening existing "closed" parcels scattered throughout Boulder (and Jefferson) counties and adding trails similar to Boulder Valley Ranch would decrease visitation to our current trail system. We own a LOT of land that could offer possibilities that are not as ecologically sensitive. Non‐city of Boulder residents would drive less (better for the environment) to get to trails. Many just want a place for their daily walk/run for their (and their dog's) health and well‐being. Not every trail needs to be a "mountain wonder" like Royal Arch or Green or Bear RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Mtn. Some of the prairie/ag lands could be fine places for trails. Osmp app with trail busyness by day/hour/season, based on activity monitoring RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? sensors, ranger reporting, etc. OSMP is stuck in the 60s like the DEA. Move forward! Recognize the younger RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? generation rather than being driven by the old hippies. OSMP needs to deals with the incontrovertible fact that when trails are opened to bikes they are largely taken over by this single user group at the expense of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? hikers, runners, equestrians, etc.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Particularly like certain days for hikers and equestrians only. Patrol trails and enforce guidelines to use EX:bikers can only ride on designated RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? days

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? pedal‐assist e‐bikes should be allowed wherever bicycles are allowed. Form Question Comment People go to spots that interest them. Sometime social trails are a result. OSMP should look at the value of these trails as they help disperse people more evenly over the parks. More access is important, people protect what they know and love. This value won't be created if we prevent people from experiencing all of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the OSMP lands.

People love their open space. Don't over regulate. It's true that the resource is heavily used and a bit abused. But most overuse is in a few highly travelled areas. The overuse is more aesthetic with minor ecological consequences. The one exception is dog regulations. As much as I like dogs, they really do harrass RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? wildlife. Please stay strict on dog policy.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Perform maintenance on climber access trails so they are more sustainable.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Please add more trails specific for Mountain Biking.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Please build bike only trails

Please do not allow electric bikes or other vehicles on trails. Please ticket dog owners who still believe in the Poop Fairy. Please post non‐emergency numbers at trailheads and encourage calls regarding observed issues like dogs not under RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? control, bikes on hiking only trails, etc. Keep up the great work!

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Please do not limit equestrian usage on trails Please do not restrict "social trail" access for climbers. Many of these trails have existed prior to the 50's, and restricting access now would be harmful to the relationship climbers have with OSMP, and would likely not be effective. In addition, restricting use of climbers (and other activities) to particular days would likely increase danger associated with the activity due to higher traffic and having to deal with more people on routes at once. This is particularly dangerous with RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? climbing.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Please enforce rules about dogs off‐leash Please enforce trail closure. The voice command does not work. Please require ALL dogs to be leased. Please stop the homeless from sleeping on trails and bike RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? paths

PLEASE ENFORCE your trail closures! It is ridiculous that I turn around upon seeing RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? a closure only to see people jumping your barriers. Do you mean it or not??? Please limit usage to those who have volunteered to maintain OSMP (actual hours of service) and who have a demonstrated record of land stewardship. No RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? exceptions. Please open up left hand to motorcycles. It will help keep them in that area, and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? help keep them off other areas Please provide dog waste containers intermittently along the trail and advertise at the beginning of each trail. Seeing more and more waste bags left on the side of trails that the owner is supposed to pick up though looks like many are left on RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the side. Please quit pitting user groups against each other. The above questions show how minds might already be made up on certain issues (e.g. close trails and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? disallow social trails)

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Please retain night time access. Form Question Comment Please stop catering to mountain bikers and other people whose recreation RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? disturbs the natural places.

Please take more existing trails and make them no dog (or require leashes) and no bikes. And HCAs should be bike free ‐ wildlife can't distinguish between a predator and (or always escape from) fast‐moving bikes. And we need more rangers. Since Mike Patton stepped down as Director, we have seen just one ranger over the many years. Dog owners don't comply with keeping their dogs under Voice & Sight, and bikers poach bike‐free trails at all hours, because they know there's no chance of being "caught" anymore, and this ruins the experience for the majority of users. We would like to enjoy our outings in Boulder's trails again, but now it's a frustrating experience because dog owners and bikers are non‐compliant. And please post a number one can call to report non‐compliance ‐ a number that will be answered by a human. Please limit use of headlamps, or at RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? least the brightness ‐ they're hard on eyes, human and animal alike. Preserve and/or develop unofficial trails in flatirons to access various climbing RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? areas.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Prohibit dogs and bikes. Have more on‐trail education and enforcement.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Provide more dog waste bag locations. Provide more information about, and improved transportation to, all the hiking trails. Restrictions on bikes may be needed on busy trails but not on quieter RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? areas.

Provide programs that help hikers who are unfamiliar with dogs know how to RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? react to them. Sometimes their fear can actually trigger anxiety in the dog... Put trash bins on trails that are basically dirt roads ‐‐ people will throw away poop and cans (CU kids) if bins are closer. Consider outhouses also off dirt roads where RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? maintenance vehicles can reach. Rather than buying more land, work to improve existing trails. Some trails are in dire need of maintenance. The construction of new trails on existing land is ok, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? but don't spend money on small parcels of land.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Rather than complete closures to users alternate use days. Rather then look to add more restrictions on dogs on OSMP properties, enforce RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the rules already in place. Reach out to low‐income families, and to teenagers to see what is preventing them to make more use of OSMP. Do not expect them to come to these meetings RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? or answer questionnaires online.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Reduce the number of off‐leash tickets issued.

Regarding dogs in Q5 above, I strongly agree with continuing the Voice and Sight program, agree with reducing the number of 'no dog' trails (i.e. I'd like to see RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? more trails opened to off‐leash dogs with a Voice and Sight tag). Regarding options 3 and 4: depends on the specific location whether these are RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? appropriate.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Regional connections. It's been a request from the public for decades.

Reopen some social trails. These trails helped to disperse users. More people are RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? going to come and that can not be stopped, so open more trails. Form Question Comment Restrict all music to headphones only, people talking, dogs barking already echo off the mountain you add the music and neighbors in the area get noise all day RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? long

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Restrict playing music out loud (on speakers, without head phones) Run shuttle from parking areas, such as Chautauqua, Bear Lake, Yosemite, Moose RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Junction (4th of July) et al. See above. Look at systems that work well like in the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont. Progressive fee system. ENFORCE current dog rules before proposing changes! There are plastic bags with shit everywhere. Why? Shift resources from RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? acquisition to management. See my suggestion above for an area quota system to help with resource RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? degradation from overuse.

Separate and parallel hiker/biker trails in heavy use areas. This is a system I have seen successfully implemented at other parks (Devils Backbone in Loveland). RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Trails with one way traffic requirements should be biker only. Separate trails for horses and bicyclists are safer ‐ bicyclists can be in training and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? go really fast around hidden corners.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? severely restrict bikes, both mountain and e‐bikes Should not increase the number of trails accessible to bikers. Allott certain days RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? for mountain biking... Signs at the beginning of trails educating hiker, bikers, etc. of the importance of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? staying on the trail and why. Similar to answers above, maintain existing blocks of undisturbed or less disturbed habitat. Minimal or no new trails other than reroutes. Increase education and enforcement. Include non‐native species in education such as cleaning boots and tires before going into new areas to avoid spreading non‐ RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? native organisms.

Since the requirement for V+S tags, and subsequently in‐person viewing of the V+S video, dog issues have been greatly reduced. There are always people who will complain at any use by dogs, but this issue has become almost non‐existent. To improve: A) Put more garbage cans, especially in high use dog areas for example, there used to be cans along the Sanitas Valley about 1/3 of the way up, but those were unfortunately taken away. Put cans along the Eagle Trail at the junction with the Boulder Valley Ranch loop. These are both areas that are easily accessible by ATV. I'm sure there are others that fit that bill. B) Return to online video for V+S, but have a 10 ‐ 15 question multiple choice test after video with requirement of 80% or above to qualify for V+S tags. Right now, even in‐person, there is no testing for understanding/comprehension of the rules and regulations. Doing it online saves staff time, having a test means people understand the regulations, which is the whole reason for the video in the first place. Another suggestion is to designate some Bike only trails. This will reduce conflicts. Along that vein, some trails should be marked as Dog Friendly trails, so people who don't want to interact with dogs know they will encounter a lot of dogs in this area. It doesn't mean dog people don't have to follow the same rules as always, they do. In both cases, have maps that show nearby no bike and no or on‐leash RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? only dog trails. Form Question Comment

Single purpose trails for bikes ‐ increases enjoyability and safety for both hikers RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? and bikers. See Longhorn trail at White Ranch in Jeff Co, Open Space

Social trails such as the steep eroded one up Stony hill above bear mountain drive should be rehabilitated and restored since there is already a more practical trail up the north side that should be made official. Social trails that lead to popular climbs should be built to last and made official so that there will not be multiple social trails going to the same place which has a greater impact on open space. For example, the trails to the flatirons climbs are great and limit impact. Also, it would be awesome to have a mountain bike trail From chataqua to Eldorado and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? through to walker ranch, not on pavement. Some directional trails and day designations like betasso work well but this is probably only a last resort for really crowded trail like betasso on weekends and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? should not be implemented until truly necessary. some enforcement of dog controls. I often have dogs off leach trip me up when RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? running.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Some fee areas on the trails most travelled with the most costly upkeep.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? some trails could be bike only and some walk/hike only

somehow get more volunteers to pick up trash ‐ dog poop bags are every f**ing where except where they are supposed to be. Make it a a major violation to leave what are essentially biohazardous waste bags all over the place. anyone can pick up a granola bar wrapper or a plastic bottle, but who the heck picks up somebody else's dog sh*t even if it is a bag? Punish poop offenders with medieval punishment, like public shaming, the stocks. No, really, punish them effectiviely, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? so rich peiople feel hurt by the punishment too. Impound their dog. Spreading mountain bikers out over a larger network of trails. This will reduce RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? trail impact and number of interactions in any given area

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Stop sanitizing local trails...flowy trails are lame and unchallenging!!! Stop with all the regulations and fine‐print policies. Huge turn‐off. Instead, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? promote education and individual responsibility.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? stricter limits on visitors/dogs/vehicles Strongly limit bikes in sensitive areas, and where possible keep them away from hikers. Our interests and trail usage is too different. They want to exercise at the highest pace possible and seem little interested in enjoying nature. They rarely, about 15%, bother to warn people that they are coming and assume trail RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? dominance. strongly suggest closing high‐use trails to mtn bikes on certain days. This way RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? hikers can have their time and so can we (mtn bikers). System wide on trail use with few exceptions and no new trails on HCAs or other RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? large, intact habitats should be the norm!

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Take better care to control weeds along trails Temporal restrictions for bikes should have parity with other users. The past excuses to formulate biased policy restricting bikes have been found to be unfounded/exaggerated. Don't treat responsible bicyclists as second class users RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? of OS. Form Question Comment

Temporal segregation needs to be equitable; if you provide hiking‐only (no bike) options, also provide bike only options. Currently cyclists (a large % of visitors) are allowed on only a very small % of trails; fix this. Allow cycling on trails than connect to neighborhoods so more of us can ride from home vs drive; these trails should provide connections to other multi‐use trails (i.e. Devils Thumb neighborhood to Dowdy Draw). Provide multi‐use regional connections to Walker RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Ranch, Heil Ranch, etc.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for all the great work you all do on the trails! The best way to address in the increasing visitation is by expanding the trail network ‐ especially for bikes. Our access is nothing like 155 miles ‐ ignoring RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? things like the Wednesday and Saturday blackout at Betasso.

The best way to handle increased visitation is to build and maintain trails so that RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? visitors are more likely to stay on trail and impact is less disperse The key is dispersal. Many trails, many opportunities. You guys know how to spread the word. Concentration on a few popular places is not so good. We have RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? lots to offer ‐ help people find the many places!

The Mountain Park, mountain backdrop trail system has not been expanded significantly for many decades (though a few popular social trails have been designated and constructed like the 1st/2nd flat iron trail). Busy trails such as those around Chautauqua are so busy that they are degrading the experience in the environment. The bottom line is that we need to find environmentally sensitive ways of expanding the trail system if we are to offer future generations RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? a comparable experience.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? The mtb trail system is disjointed and connector trails would be great. Thanks!

The one‐way traffic may be an improvement for equestrians as it is typically the bikes approaching from the rear that are going to upset a horse. Either because they have not been seen or because they are going too fast. If traffic is opposing then the horse will see the bike and the rider has the opportunity to ask that the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? biker slow down or get off the trail to avoid an accident. the sign that says 'dogs may be offleash' should also be directed at humans letting them know that dogs will be offleash and if they don't enjoy dogs, there are x,y,z RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? options for them to hike.

The survey question about dispersing people across the entire trail system is an interesting one. Earlier in the survey, I noted that Chautauqua has become highly crowded. On the other hand, the fact that so many locals and out‐of‐towners go to Chautauqua allows regular trail users to find peace and quiet on other trails that are not as well‐known. As I think about this, I think I prefer the current RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? arrangement, so long as Chautauqua is not loved to death. The Voice and Sight program is awesome and the number of trails in which dogs are allowed is also awesome. I hope the Voice and Sight program remains. I also hope that allowing dogs on most trails remains. For females, it does keep us safer. Education is key. Many people do not recognize the damage dogs and dog feces can cause. If they did, they would likely pick up after them and reign them RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? in more. The Voice and Sight program is good, but it needs to be enforced. This means more rangers on the trail. The dog waste issue is huge. People should be fined ‐‐ RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? but they need to get caught first. More rangers! Form Question Comment

The voice and sight program was a huge leap forward. Let's leave it alone. For multiuse trails, why not add a trail for biking close to the hiking trail? It RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? segregates uses and it isolates the wildlife/resource impacts to a disturbed area.

there are a lot of people out on the trails and OSMP does a great job. i love to mountain bike and some added mtbike areas would spread us out a bit. your RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? betasso model seems good for all...maybe a few more sites like that... There are hiker only days on some properties, but no biker only days. Please RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? consider bike only days where hikers are not present. There are plenty of volunteer trail builders waiting to develop trails. Connect trails together to reduce driving. More trails equals less driving to get to further RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? away trails. Dogs DO NOT need to be on every trail.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? There are way too many dogs on the trails in OSMP!

There have recently been long trail closures in South Boulder (e.g. Bear Canyon) with extremely little notice given (e.g. < 24 hours) of those closures. I would like to see better planning and communication of expected trail closures, with more RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? transparent explanation of the rationale.

There is a discriminatory policy against bike use that needs to be corrected. There are many miles of hiking only trails, NO bike only trails. There are 2 bike closure days at Betasso and no days where hikers are not allowed. I would suggest making Betasso bikes only Thursday and Sunday. I would also suggest opening a 2nd connector trail between Betasso and Benjamin to avoid 2 way traffic. The trail existed ‐ it was used during construction but was removed. Put signs up at multi use trail heads ‐ " all users share these trails. As a hiker, if you are upset by bicycles there are alternative trails suggested where there are not bikes". RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Remove the "yield" triangle plan. Change to a "all users share the trails" plan There is a lot of open space that is not available to us. As it gets more crowded, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? we need more trails and access to these trails This is from the mountain biker perspective, but I think it would be fun if people RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? added more bike‐specific trail features like jumps and drops. Time based/alternating days trails are good for technical trails which mountain bikers yearn for, but are dangerous to have two way traffic ‐ look to Apex trail for an example. In this situation I've found that hikers generally still hike up on "bike days" which is dangerous. Separating days on mid difficulty trails is generally unnecessary. While there may be bad actors the 95 percentile are responsible for RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? mixed use.

Time separation of activities is fine there just needs to be equity. Meaning bike days are bike ONLY day just like there are walker only days. Things are one sided in OSMP at this point. It would be desireable to have a "bike czar" who's just it is RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to represent cyclists interests and look for opportunities. To facilitate dispersal of mountain bikers, building optional features into easier trails would go a very, very long way towards families and mixed ability groups RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? using easier trails. To help manage restoration areas and to prevent people from going off trail, certain muddy sections of trail (especially along the Mesa) should be fixed and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the corridor very well defined to prevent off trail traffic. Totally separate bike and foot traffic. 99% or the people are responsible hikers. RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? 1% negligent bikers put people in hospitals. Form Question Comment trail connectivity will help disperse usage, delicate funding balance between prioritizing land acquisition for that vs ecological significance. both are very RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? important.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Trail head bathrooms. Possibly a few trash receptacles on crowded trails.

Trails need to be a) stacked loop systems branching from a main "spine" and b) DESIGNATED USE, horses go here, bikes go there, hikers go elsewhere, and c) RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? varied in difficulty for varying degrees of user experience.

RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Usage fees for visitors outside of Boulder County. Use cannabis tax dollars for a dog waste registry by dog, and then fines for dog RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? shit not picked up.

Use fruita 18rd as an example for trails that see massive use on low elevation loss land. Directional trails down, designed for bikes, people are ecstatic to ride them over and over again. If our trails were bike optimized, there would be much more cooperation around recreation management options because the mountain RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? bikers would feel loved and included. Voice control of dogs is a bogus notion. Leash laws every inch or trail is fair. Off RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? leash dog parks elsewhere would be fair to dogs. Warnings for riders on particularly low forward visibility areas. Clear designation RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? of yield rules. Dogs on a leash.

We have amazing access to our beautiful open space areas and the City of Boulder does an incredible job in making that access possible. It is extremely RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? important to continue this historic focus on Boulder's Open Space. We have wonderful trail systems in our area. Advocating a share the trails attitude together with basic manners goes a long way when working with RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? multiple uses!

We moved from Charlotte, NC to Boulder 4‐years ago. And we used the surrounding trails extensively from hiking to riding our horses. I have never seen such mayhem on trails where people simply don't care about their neighbor. It's a my trail, move out of my way mentality. No one even says "hello". For a state that embraces the Outdoors, it sure doesn't seem that way to us. And what's with the Prairie Dogs? Why so much land for a species that you cannot go near because RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? there so infectious. All I see is more acreage being destoyed by PD mine fields.

We need more miles of bike trails! I am only in favor of time‐based activity segregation if there are bike‐only days like at JeffCo's Centennial Cone, but not at Betasso Preserve where there are no‐bike days and shared trail days. OMSP's own studies have shown that the number of mountainbikers has increased while the number of complaints has stagnated. This is in no small part because of the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol and BMA's community outreach and trail user education, and there are no other trail user groups with similar success stories. Nevertheless, mountainbikers only have access to a small percentage of trail miles and are first in line when access restrictions are being discussed. A more RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? fair and equal treatment is in order.

What does "Disperse visitation throughout the 155‐mile trail system" mean? My level of agreement to the above suggestions is subject to my understanding of RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? their details. Q2 above: these themes should be treated equally. Form Question Comment When developing parking for horse trailers. Leave out decorative rocks, shrubs and raised separations. Not all trailers are the same size. Horses need to be tied RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? to the sides of the trailers. A big open lot is best. When Goshawk is closed due to muddy trails, keep Fowler to Eldorado open and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? put signage and chains across both ends of Goshawk

When I moved to Boulder, I really noticed how little trails there were for dogs and all the restrictions and I really don't think all of these restrictions are good for our community. It's good for people to go hiking with their dogs. It's good for people to exercise close to home without rule after rule. It makes sense to just stick to the trails and expand trails so that people are spread out. It doesn't make sense for the trails to be packed to the hilt with people. People want to get out into nature to meditate and to exercise, which both impact mental health and well‐ RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? being. Where dogs are allowed, keep all dogs on leash. Voice and Sight Tag Program is ridiculous. Very few dog walkers have voice control over their pets, that I have witnessed. Dogs off trail disturb animals (including other walkers and hikers), and RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? vegetation. Where possible, have a bike trail separate from a hiking trail to minimize conflict RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? within the same space

While i fully support strong enforcement of the sight and sound program, I would hate to see more no dog trails, and would prefer to have some trails (like lions lair) open to dogs even if there was a lease requirement. I love being able to get out with my family including our dog. I also worry about rumors of restricting RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? access in total. I hope 24/7 trail access is left in place.

While I would like to see improvements to current regulations regarding dogs, I do NOT want to see more trails closed to dogs. It severely limits my ability to hike. I want my dog with me. And specifically, why in the world is part of lower RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? McClintock closed to dogs??? Please restore access.

Why are all restrictions always made on mountain bikers? We pay taxes too. Here are things I see hikers doing: cutting the trails and walking through virgin grasslands. Leaving kleenexes on the trail. Letting their dogs chase cattle (at Marshall Mesa) and deer (skunk canyon) Leaving dog poop in bags on the trails. If OSMP plans on making some trail that are open to Mtn bikers now closed some days to bikes they really need to open more trails to bikes to compensate. For example, as Betaso is closed to bikes on Sat and Wed it means that Marshall Mesa and Doudy Draw have increased bike traffic on those days because bikers have been forced out of the other trails. Hikers are often disgruntled at sharing the trail, but we bikers don't have an option. (And please don't say Eagle trails and plains trails, they are not challenging and fun) Also, we bikers are always making the sacrifices. Why do we have to be the ones who only get forced to go one direction on the trail? It is fun to mix it up and boring to always have to go RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? one way. I feel like there is a lot of biker discrimination at OSMP. Willing to consider any type of dog management program that keeps my dog out RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? with me. Register me for DNA poop analysis :) Form Question Comment

With 6.2 million visitors to OSMP here are a few suggestions...boomboxes and phones that are playing music out loud are commonplace on the weekends‐‐ going up to Royal Arch...It is not cool and the kids need to wear earphones if they want to hear music... you can't ruin the experience for other people‐‐Also, you need signs in Chautauqua that show NO SMOKING...there are cigarette butts on the ground. You also should not make Boulder residents pay to park or tell them they are unable to park at Chautauqua...Why should my weekends change because Boulder wants to turn Open Space into an amusement park, all for monetary gain? John Muir would cringe at your direction. Some things in life are first come, first serve, and you should quit trying to control everyone's experience. And dogs are awesome, people not so much...Instead of having rangers out busting them for tags why not have places where they check to see if the person has a bag for poop?? Educate these people...Poop...Not organic. RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Other than that I love Open Space!!!! Work with the humane society and use advertising to discourage so many large‐ breed dogs. They require more area to exercise and are harder on the environment. And there is a false "macho" belief that only big dogs go with trail hiking, etc. With more people in denser housing (city policy), people need to adopt smaller dogs, or OSMP will have an even greater burden with more big RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? dogs.

You are doing a fantastic job! Of course, things can always be improved. I'd like to see more one‐way trails, they are safer for everyone and reduce conflict. They should change direction occasionally. *More trails!* This will reduce congestion, over‐use, conflict, and unsustainable off‐trail activities. More options! Existing trails could be improved by segregating traffic on steep sections: e.g. separate purpose‐built trails for bike/hike on Wapiti@Heil. Advanced options on moderate trails would be nice I'm very much against e‐bikes on the steeper trails. In my experience, the "downhiller" ethos does not care much for nature or other trail users, and allowing e‐bikes will most certainly bring in the gravity junkies. An e‐ bike could allow a inexperienced now to get in over their head! That said, I'm for allowing e‐bikes on the flatter trails, as it allows more people to enjoy the RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? outdoors. You have several"hiker only" trails but no biker only trails. It's nice to ride without the hassle of hikers just as it is for them. Also why can't we use the open space on RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? Kenosha road in Erie?

You work for the people, not against us. Start acting like the CIVIL SERVANTS that you are. The people want to have greater access to the parks, not less, so don't even think about creating ridiculous rules that make a city park more restrictive than a National Park. Any and all time restrictions, area restrictions, on‐trail designations, etc. WILL be disobeyed as an act of civil disobedience in opposition to the increasing tyranny of OSMP. We, the citizens of Boulder, are not visitors to this land, we are the owners. Keep this in mind, and realize that you work for us, RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? the owners. It is not our privilege to recreate on OSMP; it is our right.

Your question is leading and biased: "increasing visitation along the front range". I don't believe there is evidence of increasing visitation to OSMP, though that is RRSE Do you have any other suggestions? implied. Also, maintain the trails to decrease impacts. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic a variety of trails, numerous designated picnic areas, possibly more shaded areas RRSE areas, fishing piers? since it can get very hot

Do you have suggestions for improving ‐ Purpose‐built MTB trails (even if they're multi‐use) ‐ More picnic areas or pull‐ OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, offs to avoid social trails, or off‐trail usage. ‐ More educational materials to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic promote better trail etiquette (signage, etc.) ‐ More and better maps! ‐ Rating RRSE areas, fishing piers? system for trail difficulty on hiking and biking trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, * provide bike paths to trail head access (e.g., something like a trail to walker signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic ranch; a trail from the end of the bike path to the bottom of the link trail for RRSE areas, fishing piers? betasso

* Some of the trailhead parking lots get full (eg, Chautaqua, South Mesa) so if possible look at additional spaces. * Add a mountain bike trail from Eldorado SP Do you have suggestions for improving to Walker Ranch. * More picnic tables * Add a hiking trail from Bear Peak West OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Ridge to Eldorado SP/ Walker Ranch to increase options for longer loop hikes. * signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Better signage for dog/horse/bike accessibility * Bike ramps instead of fence RRSE areas, fishing piers? gates where possible

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic *DITTO(USA):"WETHEPEOPLE...Well,Yes‐ RRSE areas, fishing piers? Indeed:'Simplify,TheRule(s)/Regulation(s)AndENJOY'...AMEN..."!!!!!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic > Need purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes which are a majority user group in RRSE areas, fishing piers? those areas

> Provide more and better maps > Need more effort to educate people on the dos and don'ts > Use sandwich boards to present rotating messages on trail Do you have suggestions for improving etiquette > Need more picnic areas or simple lunch rocks > Need marked trails OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, to vistas and other destinations > Recommended hikes / bike rides for people signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic with different abilities > Need purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes which are a RRSE areas, fishing piers? majority user group in those areas

> Provide more and better maps > Need more effort to educate people on the dos and don'ts > Use sandwich boards to present rotating messages on trail Do you have suggestions for improving etiquette > Need more picnic areas or simple lunch rocks > Need marked trails to OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, vistas and other destinations > Recommended hikes / bike rides for people with signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic different abilities > Need purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes which are a RRSE areas, fishing piers? majority user group in those areas

> There are too many sign posts in some areas, and too few in others. > No signs/kiosks on NIST/NOAA trails although maintained by OSMP > There is too Do you have suggestions for improving much text on most kiosks > More maps are needed. > Need more effort to OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, educate people on the dos and donts. > Use rotating messages on sandwich signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic boards to present messages > Need more picnic areas or simple lunch rocks > RRSE areas, fishing piers? Marked vistas and destinations > Recommended hikes / bike rides

1) More bike racks at trailheads!!! 2) More education for visitors about different Do you have suggestions for improving areas of OSMP. 3) Cost aside, a shuttle system between all/most major trailheads. OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, 4) Overall I love OSMP and love that it is largely wilderness. I don't think more signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic "stuff" is needed. 5) Please don't make every trail a 1‐2% grade, perfectly RRSE areas, fishing piers? groomed sidewalk. Rough, steep, rocky trails are an experience some users want.

Do you have suggestions for improving 1. Storage lockers and bike racks at trail heads. What should I do with my stuff OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, when I bike or bus to the TH? I am often forced to drive just so I have a secure signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic place for my stuff while I run. 2. at THs near town, plumb in a water fountain / RRSE areas, fishing piers? water bottle filler

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? 4 Pines Trail. Garbage bin for poop bags at King /15th St Access point

Do you have suggestions for improving A new plasticized map of the entire systerm per the 2002 Open Space Map to be OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, sold at cost. ( They used to be free but I would pay for a new one) with all signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic regulations, trail exertion ratings (like ski areas), etiquette (horse vs hikers vs RRSE areas, fishing piers? bikers). Intro plaques at each trail to describe fauna, flora and geologic interest.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? A public restroom at NCAR

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic A simple difficulty rating system with rating at every trailhead? Winter warnings RRSE areas, fishing piers? about icy trails on heavy use trails like the Royal Arch trail. â€¢ MORE POSITIVE educational signage (flora, fauna, habitat, geology, history, Do you have suggestions for improving etc.) especially at trail heads. â€¢ Better signage along trail to guide with OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, wayfinding â€¢ Clean outhouse facilities at major trailheads â€¢ Restore section signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic of trail over, and on both sides of, Bluebell Creek (just south of where Mesa Trail RRSE areas, fishing piers? joins Bluebell Road) Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Add bike racks at all trail heads. Add public transportation option to access RRSE areas, fishing piers? popular trail destinations.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Add restrooms where there are none (if possible).

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Additional climber access trail signs, put up with the support and guidance of the signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Boulder Climbing Community, would be nice to have for some climbing areas in RRSE areas, fishing piers? the Flatirons and other OSMP lands.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Additional education opportunities‐ maybe other, smaller structures akin to the signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Chautauqua ranger station at the north and south ends of town where visitors get RRSE areas, fishing piers? information and have more touch points with OSMP staff/volunteers

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Additional trash receptacles

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Additional water fountains at all possible locations

All of my answers refer to the Flatiron hiking trails. I think how it is now is great! (minus the utility lines, haha) maybe a dog bag station at the NCAR trailhead. No Do you have suggestions for improving additional dog waste bins, it would definitely disrupt the natural setting to add OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, them ‐ people are very good at keeping the trails clean. I'm always picking up dog signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic poop, and the few dog bags along the trial ‐ and I noticed a lot of other people do RRSE areas, fishing piers? the same!

All of your goals and outcomes depend on having a solid, sustainable system of trails. Far too many trails are beyond reclaimation and are an embarassment to Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP and the city. Why should visitors respecft the land and obey rules when the OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, trails are neglected? OSMP must get serious about devoting new resources to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trail building and maintenance. The maintenance backlog has gotten worse and RRSE areas, fishing piers? will only continue to get worse until OSMP develops new st

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic All the above comments about dogs. Otherwise keep up the great work as OSMP RRSE areas, fishing piers? trails are one of the best parts of the City of Boulder. Form Question Comment

‐Any online information is very helpful for planning. Parking for example is hard to quantify, but if before going I could get an estimate of 1. how limited is the Do you have suggestions for improving space 2. where should I expect to park and otherwise find alternatives 3. Is it OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, suggested that I have a high‐clearance or 4x4 vehicle to access this area. 4. how is signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic it on weekends. ‐How traffiked is this trail. ‐Or even how much the trail is RRSE areas, fishing piers? occupied %‐wise by hikers or cyclists.

Do you have suggestions for improving Appropriate amount of parking and access the balanced and reasonable with OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, what the site will allow combined with appropriate amount of use. Consider signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic increasing the # of trails and types of trail use in an adaptive way that allows for RRSE areas, fishing piers? greatest flexibility of uses while managing the resource needs.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? As mentioned before, making sure appropriate trash bins are present.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic As noted previously, I think some added signage/propaganda could help educate RRSE areas, fishing piers? bikers and walkers.

Do you have suggestions for improving As stated above, I would strongly support on trail educational signs ‐ such as OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, "keep singletrack single". I would be happy to make or pay for signs, it really irks signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic me when people just go off into the grass to avoid yielding. Also, "Courtesy is RRSE areas, fishing piers? contagious" and "a smile goes a long way" or stuff like that would be great.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic As suggested earlier, please post some gentle 'trail etiquette' suggestions at trail RRSE areas, fishing piers? heads. Make it short and compelling (use humor).

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic As well as distances on trail maps, also show elevations, and indicate level of RRSE areas, fishing piers? difficulty.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic At trail heads include a trailer parking area like the one at the Cherryvale RRSE areas, fishing piers? operations center.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Bathroom maintenance should be improved.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Bathrooms as well as signage about the importance of packing out toilet paper if RRSE areas, fishing piers? going behind a tree. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Bathrooms at every trailhead Might try time limits on parking ‐ say 4 hours max

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Bathrooms at Heil Ranch are really nice and well maintained! Thank you.

Bathrooms!! How is that not even mentioned on any of these areas. It honestly Do you have suggestions for improving really pisses me off because the people who most need bathrooms are women, OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, pregnant women, kids and people who have injuries or age‐related issues that signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic require that they use an actual bathroom. The people who don't need it are RRSE areas, fishing piers? dudes who can just discreetly pee anywhere in open space.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? bathrooms, no trail cutting signage

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better bicycle parking. Less Cra parking.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better maps at trailheads, rating trail difficulties,

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better maps, picnic areas

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better sanitation for bathrooms, maybe composting? Natural solutions, please.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? better signage

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? better signage design/ consistent branding Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Better signage for closures, perhaps a quicker acting way to report trail closures RRSE areas, fishing piers? (due to weather) online. Better signage for trails that do not allow bikes‐‐and very hefty fines for poachers. Hitching posts for horses at the picnic area by the lake at Caribou Ranch. Horse Do you have suggestions for improving trailer parking wherever possible‐‐and hefty fines for violations. Adding a place to OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, horse camp with an online reservation system (ie Larimer County, a very horse‐ signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic friendly county) has a nice one at Hermit Park)‐‐perhaps at Beech Pavilion or RRSE areas, fishing piers? Caribou Ranch to start.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic better signage on trail etiquette (i.e. downhill traveler yields to uphill traveler, RRSE areas, fishing piers? etc.)

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Better signage when on the trails. E.g. Lobo Trail. signage at every intersection RRSE areas, fishing piers? with distances. Make all the signage not confusing through omission.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Better signs and maps on the trails. The stuff is getting old and disappearing. I RRSE areas, fishing piers? often find people lost.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better signs at trail intersections. (Sign with map and distances to parking lot)

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Better signs on trails with a common theme. Bathrooms and suck are usually RRSE areas, fishing piers? really well kept.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic better signs when trails are closed; bathrooms might be increased; fishing piers? RRSE areas, fishing piers? ?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Better social media about OSMP/ nature fun facts and values/ impacts of trail RRSE areas, fishing piers? activities. Improve signs for direction when on trail systems (e.g. Chautauqua).

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better trail maps at all trailheads. Better marking at trail intersections. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Better trail signage and directions within Chautauqua.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? bike parking

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Bird blinds on open space for bird hunting

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Birdwatching blinds. More nature education.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Bobolink should have a bathroom of some sort. Water fountains at some of the RRSE areas, fishing piers? trail heads should exist at some level.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Build and enforce designated horse trailer parking at all trailheads where horses signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic are allowed in the areas behind the TH (on‐trail as well as off‐trail). Build RRSE areas, fishing piers? restrooms at all trailheads. No exceptions.

Build fun trails that also hold up to weather and use. Drains on trails are a simple Do you have suggestions for improving feature that bikers love because it offers a small, safe jump feature when built OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, well. Put more curves in the trail you build. Quit passing off old roads as trails and signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic either re work them or build l funner, parallel running singletracks. Be creative. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Involve the biking community in trail design.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Can we get water spigots at more trailheads?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Catching up on deferred maintenance is more important than new RRSE areas, fishing piers? improvements, particularly with limited resources.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Cattle grates/guards instead of gates would be great. It takes the guesswork out signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic of "should this gate have been left open, and should I close it after I go through?" RRSE areas, fishing piers? and improves user experience for cyclists. Form Question Comment

Certain areas are way too restrictive, such as the Pyrite Way Trailhead above Do you have suggestions for improving Picture Rock in Heil Ranch. I live near here and enjoy walking that trail. It is closed OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, from Dec, 15th to July 15 th for Wildlife. That;s 7 months! I, and others enjoy signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic extremely low impact walking, while neighbors to the open space often shoot RRSE areas, fishing piers? guns nearby, an extremely high impact activity. Does not seem fair!

Do you have suggestions for improving Certain high traffic sections of trails that are prone to getting muddy should be OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, repaired and the corridor well strictly defined to prevent off trail traffic. This is signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic especially true along the Mesa trail, Chautauqua Meadow, South Boulder Creek RRSE areas, fishing piers? West, and Skunk Canyon.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Clearer signage on right of way when it comes to uphill travel vs downhill travel

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Color‐coding easier tourist loops. Restore the cabin on Long Canyon Trail for RRSE areas, fishing piers? programming and outreach.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Consider adding mileage indicators to signage. For example, in Rocky Mountain RRSE areas, fishing piers? National Park there are signs indicating (.75 miles to Lake Haiyaha).

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Continue the process of rerouting/modernizing old social trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Coote lake is a perfect facility that meets many needs and access issues with signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic relatively low‐cost amenities and infrastructure. Any amenities and infrastructure RRSE areas, fishing piers? greater then this location are unnecessary. It's nature. Please keep it natural.

Create signage with mileage/time to popular destinations drawing peoples' Do you have suggestions for improving attention to alternate and under used routes. Please don't close trails create OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, more and more linkages between areas and make them available to all user signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic groups. Please stop using the gravel on the trails it is unsightly and unnatural. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Please find other ways of armoring the trail beds where needed.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Despite the overabundance of signage, I would suggest including reminders to RRSE areas, fishing piers? "stay on the trail".

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Directionality of mountain biking trails as well as hiker/ biker only days would go RRSE areas, fishing piers? a long way toward managing different users of trails. Form Question Comment

Do better. Maintain it Rehab it Reroute it Replace dilapidated fence, gates and visitor amenities Pave heavily traveled trailhead parking lots Reduce sign clutter Do you have suggestions for improving Focus on quality workmanship Produce better trail plans that focus on and OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, prioritize trail sustainability, adequate and functional drainage, and durability. signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Not the same old TSA/CCG/OSBT/public opinion surveys Put money into the RRSE areas, fishing piers? actual amenities

Do you have suggestions for improving Do not keep adding to them. There are more and more signs everywhere. It OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, creates an artificial need for additional maintenance, which increases signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic maintenance traffic, which degrades the place and the experience. Stop inventing RRSE areas, fishing piers? jobs for yourselves.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Do not reduce the parking facilities that accommodate horse trailers.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Dog owners leave bagged poop on the side of trails ‐ provide more trashcans for RRSE areas, fishing piers? them to dispose of waste.

dog poop composting does not work well on S. Mesa. It's difficult to open the can, and many of those bags (that OSMP pays for) end up in the trash. In NH, Do you have suggestions for improving some of the local parks are removing trash cans and telling people to bring their OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, trash home. Can OSMP do this? i‐saving money to keep up trail maintenance, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic etc., and making people responsible for their trash. Mostly at S. Mesa, it's coffee RRSE areas, fishing piers? cups. Those people should bring their own cups!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Dog waste bags available

Do you have suggestions for improving Dog waste collection boxes at the start of trailheads where they are by OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, roads/parking lots. I often see bags on the trail (I know some dog walkers pick signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic them up on their return trips but it's not always clear) and would like to see that RRSE areas, fishing piers? reduced.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Dog waste.. citations may become necessary

Don't know how much infrastructure it would add, but I feel like adding a dog bag station at most THs where dogs are allowed along with a trash can .25 ‐ .5 miles in Do you have suggestions for improving (or a dog "warm up" loop back to the original trash can?) might help the waste OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, issue. We bag and carry his poop, or make a jaunt back to the TH trash, but many signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic dogs will poop within the 1st half mile, people are just too lazy (ironic since RRSE areas, fishing piers? they're being active) to take care of it. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Don't need amenities just well maintained trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Drinking water at more of the large trailheads in town and trashcans at the start signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic of some of the smaller and less frequented trailheads that don't currently have RRSE areas, fishing piers? any.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? easier access to fishing such as fishing piers would be wonderful

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic ecological significance and highlights of each areas. through brochures and more RRSE areas, fishing piers? permanent trail signs.

Do you have suggestions for improving Educate people on the dos and don'ts More bike racks at trailheads Need more OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, picnic areas or simple lunch rocks Need purpose‐built trails for bikes , in areas signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic where bikes are a majority user group , to make the user experience better for all RRSE areas, fishing piers? users.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Establish a low‐impact water trail along Boulder Creek through to US 287

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Every large trailhead should have at least a shelter and bathroom. Would like to RRSE areas, fishing piers? see a food/coffee truck area at some of the more heavily used trailheads.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Everyone be considerate of the next person. And say hello once in awhile instead RRSE areas, fishing piers? of muscling your weight around and trying to mow someone down.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Expand access to mountain biking on OSMP trails. Install cattle grates instead of RRSE areas, fishing piers? gates.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Expand, in whatever way possible, OSMP into the Gunbarrel area. The recent RRSE areas, fishing piers? acquisition of the property on 63rd street is progress. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Fewer signs after trail head

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Fewer signs, less restriction. I call Boulder the land of "No". I've been here 34 RRSE areas, fishing piers? years. Boulder is the Land of No. If it's fun, forget it.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Figure out how to increase areas for horse trailers on trails allowing horses. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Parking is almost always an issue.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Fine people who leave bagged or unbagged waste on trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Fix the bridge and open up White Rocks. Geez it has been closed forever.

Do you have suggestions for improving Focus on trail work more instead of pseudo‐conservation. I have done many days OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, of trail work with OSMP, and this is where OSMP should direct the majority of its signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic efforts. Trail work improves visitors' experiences, while your regulations detract RRSE areas, fishing piers? from visitors' experiences.

For better socioeconomic and racial inclusion, please consider additional facilities such as picnic and BBQ areas, fishing opportunities, stream side parks. Signs are Do you have suggestions for improving an eyesore; minimize them. Instead of "do this" or "do that," how about signs OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, that say "be excellent to each other" and "clean up after yourself." Use the home signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic at Joder Ranch as a coffee shop and visitor center. This would be an ideal RRSE areas, fishing piers? destination, make Joder more of a fun place too!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic For the Boulder 360 ride in 2017, OSMP refused to allow temporary route signs RRSE areas, fishing piers? for portions of the route that crossed OSMP land. This is absurd.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Free parking at trailheads for everyone, not just BC residents.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Generally think everything is good‐‐be sure there are places to recycle at RRSE areas, fishing piers? trailheads. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Hang a red flag on reg boards to alert visitors to new signs installed or a change in signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the regulations ‐‐ similar to what transportation does when they change the RRSE areas, fishing piers? speed limit. This will help repeat visitors from missing new alerts.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Have a good working app for trails linked to interactive map.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Have horse people (Boulder County Horseman's Association) advising when horse RRSE areas, fishing piers? trails, ie, type of gate, no steps for horses.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, have more community service projects and in the middle of boulder town. signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic really, boulder itself is beautiful. we do not have to travel to outer trails if we RRSE areas, fishing piers? really take care of our center town.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Have more distances hiked on the signs and total distances, not just mile markers RRSE areas, fishing piers? on the maps.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Have more volunteer opportunities

Here is a suggestion that has been on my mind for a long time: some trails have several gates to pass through because cattle graze on the property at certain Do you have suggestions for improving times of year. However, cattle may be on that property only for a couple of OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, months out of the year, yet every individual trail user must open and close all signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic gates year‐round. Would there be a way to create a system whereby gates can RRSE areas, fishing piers? remain open when cattle are not on the property?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I chose yes to write in that the signage it more than ample. Maybe spend less on RRSE areas, fishing piers? this and regulations, generally, and increase the options/miles of trails. I don't support ANY of these "amenities"! They are not part of the natural Do you have suggestions for improving habitat! I do not want to encourage more people in these areas! We need LESS OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, people in these areas! Please PROTECT the land from people overuse and signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic abuse!!! So many example of this, too many to list but you guys already know RRSE areas, fishing piers? this!!!!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I don't think we need visitor amenities. These are wilderness trails and already RRSE areas, fishing piers? too crowded Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving I enjoy the temporary exhibits at trailheads with interpretation by a ranger or OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, volunteer docent. I also like exhibits that discuss the historical importance of a signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic particular area. I also enjoy interpretative signs that bring visitors into the history RRSE areas, fishing piers? of the area as well as the importance of land‐management practices.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? I find fishing piers to be oxymoronic to protecting animals. I find it challenging to find a map that show all trail options within a 30 mile radius Do you have suggestions for improving from my home. One map with all options would allow me to choose among the OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, various trail options. It seems that most trail maps are specific to one or a few signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trails in one location, so I have to look at many different maps in order to find a RRSE areas, fishing piers? trail that suits my needs that day.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, I have an entirely new system of marking trails and I would be happy to share the signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic idea, if only I could somehow manage to volunteer for OSMP (tried a few times RRSE areas, fishing piers? and got sent around until I gave up for the season).

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, I like to go on trail runs. I'd like to not have to drive to these runs, but I need a signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic place to store my keys, water, or a backpack if I'm coming straight from work. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Lockers at the trailhead would be useful.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I love the trails where the trash cans are a little up the trail from the trail head. It RRSE areas, fishing piers? seems to decrease dog poo bags left on the trail.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I REALLY like when there are those bike‐rideable crossings at gates so that I can RRSE areas, fishing piers? ride over instead of having to stop and open and close a gate.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, I really dislike the online maps. They dont easily show names & distances. I would signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic think in Boulder we could find people with high quality GIS skills to improve RRSE areas, fishing piers? these.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I think purpose build mountain bike tails if these are considered visitor amenities, RRSE areas, fishing piers? would be greatly appreciated and enhance the experience.

Do you have suggestions for improving I think the City generally does a great job with so many conflicting interests. Such OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, huge challenges after the flood, you really responded. Did I mention dogs? signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Change the laws to Leash Only. The County can do it, so can the City. HIRE MORE RRSE areas, fishing piers? RANGERS with ticketing ability. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I think they are fine. biggest issue is ppl leaving the bagged poop on the side of RRSE areas, fishing piers? the trail and not picking it up.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, I would like trailhead signage to encourage users to silence their cellphones, use signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic earphones/headsets when listening to their devices, and converse quietly so that RRSE areas, fishing piers? other users can enjoy the natural soundscape as much as possible.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? If possible, more restrooms/porta potties and trash/dog waste bins

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Improve and increase parking areas, and do not charge for parking.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, In favor of informative displays/signage re history, wildlife, unique seasonal signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic features, geology, etc. Also contact info for concerns or questions‐maybe old RRSE areas, fishing piers? fashioned suggestion boxes.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? In multi‐use areas, create bike optimized trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic In recent years the horse people have been pushed out. This land is for the RRSE areas, fishing piers? enjoyment of all

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Include more information about wildlife encounters. As a visitor for 15+ years, it signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic seems like wildlife encounters (bears) are becoming more frequent and people RRSE areas, fishing piers? need to know what do to.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Include more social media handles for up‐to‐date information on closures, usage, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic etc. Please also consider using some hashtag campaigns, like #leavenotrace or RRSE areas, fishing piers? something to help track usage.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Increase access to drinkable water at trailheads where possible, improve parking RRSE areas, fishing piers? in the most popular areas so families can access open space with a long walk. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Increase educational signage to teach trail etiquette.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic increase non‐technical mountain biking trails for beginners and others that are RRSE areas, fishing piers? more risk averse

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Increased awareness of shuttle options to major trailheads; make folks more RRSE areas, fishing piers? aware that the trailhead will be busy and to plan ahead

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Increased horse trailer parking and equestrian access.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Increased trail signs, increased trails to Gunbarrel specifically east side, more RRSE areas, fishing piers? trash cans for dog waste at amenity sites.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Indicate distance to trash facilities and add more trash cans, this will lessen signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic people dropping bags of dog poop if they know a trash can is "100 feet ahead" at RRSE areas, fishing piers? juntion points.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Install dog waste bags/poles for bags at all trailheads where they are allowed.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Is it possible that developing more user amenities will promote higher visitation RRSE areas, fishing piers? by people from outside the city and county? Is that really what we want?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Is it possible to pave more trailhead parking areas? Many turn into a complete RRSE areas, fishing piers? swamp during wet weather.

It seems that many of the trails we hike on were built in an era when Open Space didn't know how to build environmentally sustainable trails. It's terrible to see the Do you have suggestions for improving degradation of our trails because the focus seems to be elsewhere. Please spend OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, the time/money to upgrade ALL existing trails to meet modern trail building signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic standards. Properly built and maintained trails will dramatically improve the user RRSE areas, fishing piers? experience (and will keep us on the trails!) Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic It would be awesome to see a steep downhill track built for downhill riders to RRSE areas, fishing piers? practice on.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, It would be great to have water access at some trailheads. This could be done at signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the trailheads or near the trailheads in conjunction with a nearby fire station. RRSE areas, fishing piers? This would be great at Heil, for example, if people are doing longer bike rides.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? It would be great to open up Viele lake to kayaking and SUPs if possible.

Do you have suggestions for improving It's great as is nowâ€”good signage and lovely interpretive signs. If there could be OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, a way to add a few more trash bins for dog poop, that might encourage people to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic pick up their bagsâ€”but honestly, the bag problem has improved quite a bit RRSE areas, fishing piers? recently.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic It's pretty good now but ensure that there are bike‐lock facilities at OSMP trail RRSE areas, fishing piers? heads

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? iuhkm

I've noticed less dog poop bags being left on the trails, so who ever is educating Do you have suggestions for improving and going through and picking those up at the end of the day should be highly OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, commended. The less development of permanent amenities the better, as signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic OSMP needs to stay as wild as possible. Although mitigating health, safety and RRSE areas, fishing piers? walking hazards should be a priority.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Jumps,Burms, rocks, roots!!!!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Just a question on a previous question‐ what is passive recreation?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Keep doing what you are doing. We have a great system. Thank you! Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Keep information current at trailheads and educate users using simple and short signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic language. E.g., is unclear at trailhead if Davidson Mesa trail in Louisville allows RRSE areas, fishing piers? dogs under Voice & Sight commands.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Keep it to an absolute minimum ‐ to save cost.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Keep maintaining trails to accommodate the heavy use they receive as you have RRSE areas, fishing piers? been doing for the past many years ‐ thanks!

keep maintenance crews and contractors off of the trails. closures are too Do you have suggestions for improving frequent and absolute. contractors/crews need to work around our schedules, OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, not the other way around. too often I see full closures of trails/sections for signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic durations that are too long. generally the work could clearly be done while RRSE areas, fishing piers? keeping the trail open if the contractors just handled the traffic.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Keep paragliding open in boulder.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Keeping existing horse trailer parking available at very overcrowded trailheads.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Kiosks, exhibits with things to read to learn about who lives there, history, RRSE areas, fishing piers? cultural features, our impacts etc. Detailed, science based information.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Leave no trace signs and do not go off trail

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Less is more. Leave the natural environment as it is and try to make parking lots RRSE areas, fishing piers? and other non‐natural intrusions smaller and less intrusive.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Less rangers Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Limit the maximum size of groups on trails to 7 people, unless they get a special signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic activity permit. No special events, like races or fundraisers. Maybe these are RRSE areas, fishing piers? already limited?

MAINTAIN. YOUR. TRAILS. I've lived here for decades and seen little to nothing Do you have suggestions for improving done to control natural wear and tear that gets worse every year. The flood did a OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, lot of damage, yes but the trail design pre flood led to a far greater impact than if signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trails had been consistently maintained and redesigned for adequate drainage. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Close, reroute and add erosion control features to damaged sections.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Make sure signage is bilingual‐‐we have a significant latino population in Boulder RRSE areas, fishing piers? and we need to recognize that and ensure information isn accessible to everyone.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Make the huge parking areas reserved for horse trailers available to cars at RRSE areas, fishing piers? weekends. I dont think I ever seen a trailer in these parking lots at weekends.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Make the signage more engaging and put signs up beyond just the kiosks. Make signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the sounds attractive and place them in locations where trail users will naturally RRSE areas, fishing piers? pause and look at them.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Make them prominent and useful.

Do you have suggestions for improving Make volunteering easier for regular Boulder residents and visitors by having OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, more visible sign‐up opportunities. Raise additional funds for maintenance from signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic non‐Boulder residents through parking or other visitor fees or the sale of OSMP RRSE areas, fishing piers? goods.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Making Picnic areas around the possible bigger parking lots

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Many OSMP multi‐use trails are unsustainable and boring. Add purpose‐built, RRSE areas, fishing piers? multi‐use trails for bikes, which are a majority user group in several areas.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Maps! Form Question Comment

Match the visitor infrastructure to the visitor experience you are trying to deliver. Do you have suggestions for improving This would require management objectives (still lacking from process); some sort OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, of recreational spectrum zoning for different types of user experiences; and signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic indicators and standards for measuring visitor impacts, actions for negative RRSE areas, fishing piers? impacts, and the police will to implement actions for negative impacts.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Mid‐trail trash cans in high use areas wild cut down on wrappers blowing around, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic left water bottles, and forgotten dog waste bags. Chautauqua and South Mesa RRSE areas, fishing piers? have wide trails where crews could use carts / vehicles to pick up collections.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? mileage markers would be nice

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Minimize development subject to avoiding trail damage of wet, muddy trails, etc.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More "Get Muddy" signs.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More actual on‐site workers & laborers and less staff / managers sitting in chairs.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More and better bike parking at trailheads. Marketing to push for bike‐to‐hike.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More and better restroom facilities!!!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More and/or larger signage for educating trail users for staying on the trail when signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic they encounter mud/wet areas. Perhaps some 'in your face' campaigns during the RRSE areas, fishing piers? wet seasons with multiple signs near trouble spots that get braided quick.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More bathroom facilities at trail heads, more benches on trail for rest stops, RRSE areas, fishing piers? good signage is always important. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More bathroom facilities, particularly along Mesa Trail.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more bathrooms

More bathrooms and trash receptacles at trail heads. Trash receptacles about Do you have suggestions for improving 800 yards into the trail. Most dogs poop at the beginning. If people saw a trash OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, receptacle ahead, they are more likely to pick up as opposed to having to walk signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic back to the start of the trail. More education at trailheads for visitors to practice RRSE areas, fishing piers? stewardship: human impacts especially regarding muddy trails; right of way, etc.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More biking access north of Boulder ie the trails around boulder valley ranch

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more cattle grates, vs gates.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More close by handicap parking and ADA accessibility; Mobility Scooters, Electric RRSE areas, fishing piers? Wheelchairs, etc.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More dedicated mountain bike areas like Valmont to decrease erosion on RRSE areas, fishing piers? sensitive osmp trails

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More designated Mountain Biking Trails

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more dispersed restrooms. trail runners are pooping out there.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More dog waste stations to encourage people to pick up after their dogs, signs signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic telling people to stay on the trail, and more clear signs telling cars registered RRSE areas, fishing piers? outside need to pay. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More education on species, ecology, what a healthy ecosystem looks like, riparian RRSE areas, fishing piers? health, soil health

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More facilities would be nice

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More garbage cans at junctions of trails, if possible.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More garbage cans.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More hike‐to cabins and/or camping areas. Also, I think that Mount Sanitas RRSE areas, fishing piers? should be closed for trail maintenance and habitat renewal.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More hiking and equestrian only days with no bikes. Definitely have RRSE areas, fishing piers? horses/hikers go the opposite directions of bikers. Keep bikes on trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More horse friendly areas and trails

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? MOre horse trailer parking is needed More interpretive signage re historic structures, geology, ecosystems, etc. More trail closure fencing. Rebuild, remove, or replace the worlds stinkiest outhouse on Do you have suggestions for improving Bluebell rd. Bigger "no dogs" signage and poop bag dispensers. More signs and OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, enforcement re closed and braided trails. More trail maintenance to stop signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic braiding. More police and law enforcement presence. More dog tickets and RRSE areas, fishing piers? enforcement in the news.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More Leave No Trace messaging. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More maps at intersections esp as you get deeper into the trails More mountain bike opportunities with loops of varying difficulties that have Do you have suggestions for improving trails built that will be maintainable. More access points to trails so that OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, communities are not cut off. (Ex) I live in Pine Brooke Hills and would love to see signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic a trail such as the Kiln trail opened to bikes so that I could easily access the RRSE areas, fishing piers? greater trail systems.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More mountain bike trails would be nice. Especially a 360 degree trail signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic circumnavigating Boulder. I prefer an emphasis long lasting trail work versus RRSE areas, fishing piers? more infrastructure with our limited resources.

Do you have suggestions for improving More mountain biking trails, be proactive about "fun" (see your goals in #2 OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, above...2 of them seem defensive!). As an older woman who now rides an ebike, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I'm interested in learning more about mountain biking. We need to do things to RRSE areas, fishing piers? engage kids so they will help us sustain Open Space in the future.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More of everything, it's all crowded.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More Open space staff at Chautauqua trailhead . Maybe a little hut like RMNP has RRSE areas, fishing piers? to give people direction and rules.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More parking

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More parking and trails

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More parking for horse trailers

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More pit toilets at trailheads‐ reduce impact of human waste on trails. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more places w signs about grasses and flowers

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More poop bags and cans, more bike friendly trails

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more porta johns

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More porta‐potties scattered in the vehicle‐accessible areas.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More ranger presence

More rerouted needed. It's often the only way to fix unsustainable trail design. Do you have suggestions for improving Seems like you don't like rerouted because they involve cutting into uncut land. OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Yes, they do increase physical area of trail and mean somewhat lower qty of signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic plants. But lower maintenance costs and more enjoyment and less sedimentation RRSE areas, fishing piers? of water courses are balancing factors.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More restrooms would be good

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More shade structures?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More signage about rules, leave No trace, and No drones.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More signage about the plants and wildlife of the area would make people think signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic more about connecting with and taking care of the natural world around them. RRSE areas, fishing piers? It's also really interesting stuff! Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More signage and trail blockers to show people where the trail is and keep them RRSE areas, fishing piers? from creating trail braids and from walking and biking on trailside vegetation.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More signage at the beginning: "Hello, visitor, here's our rules..." Also more RRSE areas, fishing piers? signage on trail for habitat closures, stay on trail, pack in/pack out

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More signage on trails for visitors. Expansion of trail system at Betasso, and on signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic OSMP land near Sunshine Canyon. Make it easy for people to use our beautiful RRSE areas, fishing piers? trails. People who use public land value public land!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More signage re: IMBA trail rules.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More signage would be helpful. Boulder Valley trails are an example where an signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic overall map would be nice. Include a non‐emergency number for reporting RRSE areas, fishing piers? violations.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more signs to promote trail etiquette

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More signs to reduce impact. More bathrooms because of the high traffic.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More stone benches No maintenance Attractive Extremely necessary as user RRSE areas, fishing piers? age increases

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More toilets

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More toilets at parking lots ‐ every one should have a toilet. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More trail etiquette outreach/signage. More picnic areas. More regional multi‐ RRSE areas, fishing piers? use trail connections.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, More trail maps or direction signs with mileage and difficulty rating info at trail signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic intersections. Marshall Mesa and Chatauqua trails are examples of where More RRSE areas, fishing piers? info would be useful..

More trail signs directing the path More formal trails to climbing destinations Do you have suggestions for improving Adding trail blazes in rocky terrain to keep users on the trail instead of trampling OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, all over the hill side (Mallory Cave trail in particular is a mess around the Der signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Zerkle area) More signs detailing outdoor etiquette (noise, disruptive dogs, etc.), RRSE areas, fishing piers? leave no trace principles, rules and regulations

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trailheads with more parking

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More trails and more trail variety to spread out use. Charge more for parking to RRSE areas, fishing piers? encourage more sustainable modes of access to open space.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More trails designed for young families. A loop like 1, 2 or 3 miles that interesting RRSE areas, fishing piers? but easy.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trails for bikes/ bike access.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic more trails for gravel cycling ‐ gravel/ CX cycling is the fastest growing segment of RRSE areas, fishing piers? cycling in the world

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic More Trails to spread out users. This would help with trail conflicts and RRSE areas, fishing piers? maintenance

Do you have suggestions for improving More trails with a mountain biking emphasis. Mountain biking is the fastest OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, growing sector of the outdoor recreation industry ‐ doctors, software engineers, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic people you want to attract to the area mountain bike. They will take jobs where RRSE areas, fishing piers? they have great recreational opportunities. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trails!!! Continue creek path to Chapman.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trails, especially in North Boulder

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trails, there aren't enough and there is plenty of acreage.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? more trash cans

Do you have suggestions for improving more trash cans on trails to encourage pet cleanup rangers (or volunteers) on OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, trails to enforce dog tag rules or change to leash trails. I hike with our dog several signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic times per day and follow the rules, but see many rules broken which is not ideal RRSE areas, fishing piers? for non‐dog people.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trash receptacles for dog poop bags.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More Water fountains

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More water fountains! @ NCAR, South Mesa, Chapman (Realization Point), etc.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? More ways for elderly or handicap to use trails.. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Most signage fantastic & educational! Just reiterating that signs for mud closures signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic could impress upon visitors that mud needs to be taken seriously to preserve our RRSE areas, fishing piers? beloved trails. Thanks!

Do you have suggestions for improving Mount Sanitas needs educational signage for visitors/tourists about how to follow OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, the trail (ie, travel on DURABLE surfaces, don't go off trail, timber dragged on a signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic social trail means "don't go here!", etc.) Mt. Sanitas should have a parking fee RRSE areas, fishing piers? and/or visitor fee for non‐Boulder residents to cover the costs of restoration.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? need better and bigger parking; need a few more trail signs

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Need more effort to educate people on the dos and don'ts Need purpose‐built RRSE areas, fishing piers? multi‐use trails for bikes which are a majority user group in those areas

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Need more effort to educate people on the dos and don'ts > Use sandwich boards RRSE areas, fishing piers? to present rotating messages on trail etiquette

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Need more effort to educate people on the dos and don'ts. Use sandwich boards RRSE areas, fishing piers? to present rotating messages on trail etiquette. Need more potty facilities at trailheads. Also, if transportation and parking Do you have suggestions for improving impacts are to be mitigated, we really need to open access corridors so people OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, can hike, run, or ride directly from town. In the interest of all groups, and signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic combined with the city's transportation goals, this should probably be the top RRSE areas, fishing piers? priority.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Need purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes which are a majority user group in RRSE areas, fishing piers? those areas

Do you have suggestions for improving Need to keep signage consistent between various departments of open space MP OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, & BC open space, city parks. Not a fan of a stake info sign post sign next to a signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic kiosk. Should be room on the kiosk if it is a true authorized signage or some fake RRSE areas, fishing piers? news. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic No nature centers needed. Give the local CO discounts on parking Take away the RRSE areas, fishing piers? photo van at the flat irons ‐ what a tourist trap joke.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Nothing needs to be improved here. Focus on trail building, not facilities.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic On high use trails, install garage cans for dog waste where they can be picket up RRSE areas, fishing piers? by ranger trucks. Such as intersection of Mesa Trail and Shanahan Ridge trail

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Open Space should purchase more land of high ecological value not low, duh!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Open the Annie U White trail soon with adequate parking

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Orient maps aligned with the visitor

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic OSMP amenities? What a concept? Even a little improvement would help. Maybe RRSE areas, fishing piers? go for a big stretch and put in bathrooms!

OSMP should begin placing benches on popular trails, not too far from trailheads, Do you have suggestions for improving to encourage more access by families with young children, those with limited OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, mobility, and seniors. This program could include "memorial benches" donated signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic by the public. Benches encourage real contemplation of our open space RRSE areas, fishing piers? resources and views, rather than just passing through.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Out of boulder county visitor fee

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Outhouses, and more educational signs. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Parallel bike trails to hiking? Bike going 10 hiker going 2 mph would be like RRSE areas, fishing piers? putting bikes in highway traffic.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Parking at popular areas can be a challenge. Perhaps working with RTD for public signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic transportation options would enable more people to enjoy recreational activities RRSE areas, fishing piers? in the parks. Or, dispersing the use to more areas. Parking for horse trailers at Boulder Valley Ranch is needed. A redesign of the gate bypasses for bikes is needed. Especially on the Left Hand Trail. They Do you have suggestions for improving discourage equestrian use because of the difficulty to us them. In Larimer County OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, all gates can be managed without dismounting. That is necessary not to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic discourage equestrian use which is historical, traditional and current at BVR and RRSE areas, fishing piers? on the Left Hand Trail.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? PARKING!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Pease see my note above regarding signage for equestrians

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Per the above, install dog waste receptacles mid‐trail in select places (i.e. at the signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic intersection of the Boulder Valley Ranch ‐ i.e. at the intersection of the Sage trail RRSE areas, fishing piers? and the Eagle trail that leads to the Boulder Res.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Perhaps more doggie bag dispensers at the access points

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Perhaps more signage about staying on the actual trail.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Perhaps some "easiest", "more difficult" route signage with elevation change RRSE areas, fishing piers? info.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? perhaps some better signage so we all know the rules. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Picnic areas are great at trail heads. Who doesn't love a good local beer after a RRSE areas, fishing piers? hard days bike or hike!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? picnic areas, nature center increase vegetation, esp trees

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Picnic tables ‐ at trailheads

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic pit toilets at trail heads, more parking at trailheads, more bike racks at trailheads, RRSE areas, fishing piers? shuttle options to trailheads with congested parking

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Play areas for the little guys‐toddlers, preschoolers, ... Outdoor performances in RRSE areas, fishing piers? the park‐concerts, plays, etc

Do you have suggestions for improving Please ban dogs . They are unable to understand human boundaries; they invade OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, my personal space, they chase precious wildlife, and they generally have self signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic righteous owners who actually believe their dog is great . There are poop bags RRSE areas, fishing piers? left on the trail on a constant basis

Do you have suggestions for improving Please do NOT succumb to expanding parking, but perhaps make availalbe the OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, ability for people to know that a lot is full remotely? Bring back the "get muddy!" signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic signs. Provide a "demo" area of what damage off‐trail shortcutting does? RRSE areas, fishing piers? Promote quiet evening use (bat/bird watching, star gazing).

Do you have suggestions for improving Please improve restroom facilities at some of the older trailheads, such as OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Boulder Valley Ranch. Increase enforcement (such as dogs off leash) perhaps signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic pair a ranger with a volunteer to cover more territory. Strongly support RRSE areas, fishing piers? biker/hiker day designations.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Please list and enforce existing rules such as no dogs or ebikes. Continue the RRSE areas, fishing piers? excellent job of taking care of these trails and ADD MORE!

Do you have suggestions for improving Please make trails tolerant to use. On the most popular trails, like the Mesa Trail, OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, please construct robust surfaces so people will stay on the trail‐‐like the popular signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trails in RMNP. Also, I am truly skeptical of sensitive area management‐‐why isn't RRSE areas, fishing piers? Anne U White open after 5 years! Don't close Open Space. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Please minimize signage to what is necessary. Visual pollution is rampant. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Sometimes feels like there are too many 'rules'.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Please put a port o potty by the Everett kids fishing pond!!!!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Please see above re: trash bins and outhouses.

Do you have suggestions for improving Please, please, please fix the bridge on East Boulder White Rocks Trail. It has been OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, 5 years since the flood and we still can't use that trail legally! Pit potties at more signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trailheads would be great too. As a pregnant lady hiking with a toddler, bathroom RRSE areas, fishing piers? options are much appreciated!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Post distances for one way or round trip on loops at the start of the trailhead.

Do you have suggestions for improving post signs explaining trail etiquette and fostering a united user orientation,,, OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, meaning, bikers and hikers do get along and are very happy to be in nature and signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic here are a few tips to consider so we all continue to respect and enjoy the RRSE areas, fishing piers? presence of others

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Prohibit dogs in more areas like Coot Lake to avoid conflicts with wildlife and start RRSE areas, fishing piers? explaining this now with educational signage.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Provide and implement horse trail usage. This would include adequate RRSE areas, fishing piers? trailer/truck parking areas separate from hikers and bikers.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Provide basic to 0 amenities so as to discourage overuse.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Provide bus routes that access trailheads. Give discounts to rideshare programs RRSE areas, fishing piers? (Uber) to access trailheads, Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic provide dog‐poo bag dispensers where, like in some city parks, people can share RRSE areas, fishing piers? newspaper bags, and drop off waste containers where they can be deposited

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Provide more and better maps Recommended hikes / bike rides for people with signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic different abilities Need purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes which are a RRSE areas, fishing piers? majority user group in those areas Provide some! OSMP has a massive budget ‐ higher than RMNP ‐ and spends it's Do you have suggestions for improving budget on acquisitions and a large staff managing giant planning processes. 1. OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Maintenance is key ‐ works for everyone ‐ solves many problems 2. Drinking signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic fountains, maps, and signs at major trail intersections ‐ standard amenities RRSE areas, fishing piers? elsewhere

Punish people who leave dog poop bags or unbagged poop. Punish them effectively, so the punishment will actually deter them doing it again. Make Do you have suggestions for improving citizen reporting an option, via cellphone...text reports w/photos Require that all OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, dog owners show their dogs registration tag to other members of the public using signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the recreational area upon request. This is a big one, but do that, and everyone RRSE areas, fishing piers? will start behaving. We do it with cars, and it kinda works Put Leave No Trace on all signage, train staff in Leave No Trace, ensure all OSMP Do you have suggestions for improving visitors know how to enjoy OSMP sustainably and responsibly. Also, enforce rule OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, with tickets. Hit the rule breakers in the wallet. Hard. The few who can't follow signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the rules ruin it for the rest of us who do our part to take care of our amazing RRSE areas, fishing piers? lands.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Put more time into maintaining and improving existing trails like Fern Canyon. RRSE areas, fishing piers? Increase the size of the parking lots by the S. Mesa trailhead.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Rather see more, simpler signs with basic directions and mileage, than elaborate RRSE areas, fishing piers? map/educational kiosks and displays. Rather than closing areas to off‐trail use, I think there should be more signs Do you have suggestions for improving educating visitors of the damage caused by off‐trail use. In addition, I am worried OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, about out‐of‐town visitors in summer who are unaware of the high fire danger signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic and would like to see more public outreach at trailheads regarding the no RRSE areas, fishing piers? camping and no fires rules.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Recently OSMP has been very helpful when I suggested repairing a broken fence signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic where a social trail was developing. Thank you. Might be helpful to keep an eye RRSE areas, fishing piers? on areas where crosscutting destroys our open space.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Reduce parking. If you are fit enough to hike, you are fit enough to get to the RRSE areas, fishing piers? trailhead under your own power. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Regardless of how well a trail is outsloped with frequent grade reversals, bare signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Pierre shale becomes a muddy mess when wet. The gravel caps on top of the RRSE areas, fishing piers? mesas stay drier and passable, while trails in the Pierre must be closed.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Regional connections

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Required all dogs to be leased. Do DNA to determine who is leaving all the poop RRSE areas, fishing piers? bags on a trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Resist the temptation to "improve" these areas by widening trails, providing signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic increase access, etc. It just increases visitation and further degrades their special RRSE areas, fishing piers? qualities.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Resource protection should be of higher value than visitor use. We may not have RRSE areas, fishing piers? another chance to get this right.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Restrooms at trailheads.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Review signage/map coordination to ensure congruency. Signage for 'no smoking' RRSE areas, fishing piers? and 'no glass containers' neede in flagstaff and possibly other areas.

Re‐visit signs in systematic sweep every couple years: some are missing, some Do you have suggestions for improving never were in places where they would be helpful; some need to be re‐oriented; OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, some could use very short "appreciation value" sentence about the character of signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the land. Visitor blind on east side of Culver Ponds wd be much appreciated by RRSE areas, fishing piers? birdwatchers. Fencing, signs there could prevent undesired encroachment. sanitas valley trail: Better placement of "get muddy" sign at north end after trail turns west. I suggest placing it smack in middle of mud‐avoiding social trail at its Do you have suggestions for improving eastern entrance. Replace highly questionable signage indicating goat trail is OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, suitable for horses (not a pressing problem given I've not seen anyone on signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic horseback on Sanitas for 25 yearsâ€”it just makes me wonder about staff decision‐ RRSE areas, fishing piers? making.)

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? see above Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? see above about dog recommendation

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? See above for Hiking Etiquette Signage.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? See above, regarding trailhead‐available data

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, See dog waste issue above. Pass out rules/expectations at THs during September signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic for new students and holidays for tourists. Get rangers out of trucks and on trail, RRSE areas, fishing piers? preferably without guns. Just patrol more and educate more.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Seriously? Are you suggesting that I should take my search for peace and solitude signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic and desire for interaction with/experience of a healthy ecosystem to a dump RRSE areas, fishing piers? you'll acquire for my "passive recreation."

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Several trails need to be expanded, like Boulder Valley Ranch, sage trail. Also, RRSE areas, fishing piers? add bathroom to more trailheads, especially those outside of the city.

Signage added to trails that are open to mtn bikers. Signs could explain to hikers that a small percentage of trails in OSMP are open to mtn bikers. Consequently Do you have suggestions for improving the trails that are open to mtn bikes are crowded, and this angers the hikers. The OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signage could point out to hikers the many trails they can take that are closed to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic bikes, and then they can hike and not be bothered by bikes. What about adding RRSE areas, fishing piers? bike trails that are closed to hikers?

Do you have suggestions for improving Signage and facilities are pretty good as they at snow, and we don't want a lot of OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signage or more facilities‐ we prefer a natural experience. But it would be nice to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic have an emergency phone number at trailheads, so violations can be addressed RRSE areas, fishing piers? in real time.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Signage in areas with multiple trails would be useful. Well‐drained trails. Maps on RRSE areas, fishing piers? display on different locations throughout long trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Signage is very poor. It is frankly difficult if not impossible sometimes to signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic determine if a user is in compliance or not. The solution? Fewer rules (NOT more RRSE areas, fishing piers? rules and signs, which is what OSMP usually does). Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Signage is WAY too complex. Simpler signing results in higher compliance.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Signage with "you are here" (particularly on Mesa Trail), benches, info on other RRSE areas, fishing piers? trails (to spread the crowds), expand paid parking for non‐Boulder county visitors

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Signs at trail junctions are always helpful

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Signs designating sticks across a trail as a legal closure or more quick and portable RRSE areas, fishing piers? social trail closure signs

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Signs signs signs! Tell me more about local history, trail & rec history and local RRSE areas, fishing piers? wildlife to look out for, e.g. Stellar's Jays, Brown Bears, Bats, et cetera

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Since Boulder is becoming an international travel destination you need to get signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic interactive boards that can translate the information into all languages ‐ like a RRSE areas, fishing piers? scan bar or something ‐ smart phone (if they get wi‐fi in that area)

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Since you are not mentioning any equine use, there are signs through signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic backcountry horse that help to identify equine safety and use. Helps bikers and RRSE areas, fishing piers? hikers to know they are around.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Smokers tend to congregate at the closest covered picnic area to the parking lots. signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic I get out of my car to hike and am inundated with smoke. Not what Inhad RRSE areas, fishing piers? intended. Just sayin'.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic some connectors could be added (Eldo to Walker, Long Canyon/Flagstaff to West RRSE areas, fishing piers? Ridge, Long Canyon to Chapman) Some of the signs on trails are very confusing. The ones that use square posts Do you have suggestions for improving and having different signs on each side of the post. Sometimes I can't tell which OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, sign is for which direction. Also, I have an old Boulder OSMP tshirt that I love. signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic OSMP maps are great. Can we do some marketing to our guests and buy more RRSE areas, fishing piers? land? ;) Form Question Comment Some repairs have not been made for several years: example ‐ the bridge on the Do you have suggestions for improving White Rocks Trail. That closure has been four years running. This trail also OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, receives zero maintenance and the bike damage has made this trail almost signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic unusable for runners/hikers. It's a shame because this is a major trail resource for RRSE areas, fishing piers? eastern Boulder.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Some trails (Flagstaff, Saddlerock) have social trails/shortcut trails that can be signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic confusing or result in erosion. Find ways to reduce/prevent this. To reduce trail RRSE areas, fishing piers? confusion (Flagstaff) consider use of cairns or blazes on trees.

Do you have suggestions for improving Special signage for trails where dogs are not allowed, or only allowed on leash. OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, The small signs placed on posts often go unnoticed. Perhaps the post could be signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic painted red for dogs not allowed, and yellow if they need to be on leash. This RRSE areas, fishing piers? would stand out more.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Spend more money on the trails themselves and less on parking lots.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Stated above..more trails, steeper trails, one‐way loops (for hikers), more RRSE areas, fishing piers? parking.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Stop over regulating

Do you have suggestions for improving Stop spending money on acquiring land outside the city and shift resources to OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, maintenance and experience. Consider progressive fee system for updates ‐ a tax signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic tied to square footage of someone's house and/or empty bedrooms in the house, RRSE areas, fishing piers? or both.

Do you have suggestions for improving Stop spending money to acquire more land and instead spend it maintaining what OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, you have. The OSMP budget is huge and if it was spent on trail building and trail signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic maintenance we'd have gorgeous trails everywhere. Instead we have gorgeous RRSE areas, fishing piers? open space and mostly very poor trails.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Storage Lockers and bike racks at trailheads. This would make it easier to bike to RRSE areas, fishing piers? trailheads and keep stuff secure.

Do you have suggestions for improving The addition of ridable cow gates is great! Can we add them to more or all gated OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, fence crossings. On any given Saturday at a popular trail like Marshall Mesa... signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic there might be hundreds of users opening and closing a gate over the course of a RRSE areas, fishing piers? few hours, even when there are no cattle to close them for. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving The biggest issue I see is the upkeep of the existing trails. Boulder County OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, mountain bike trails are all fairly well maintained ‐ even though there seems to be signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic a limited budget. City trails (especially hiking trails) seem to be falling behind ‐ RRSE areas, fishing piers? granted the flood didn't help matters.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, The biggest negative change is the proliferation of signs, almost all of which tell signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic you something you can't do. There are more signs than on any trail system I have RRSE areas, fishing piers? ever traveled. Enlarge overcrowded paking lots

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, The community ditch area would be greatly improved with stacked loop trails signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic running down the steep slope from Flatirons Vista North down to the Community RRSE areas, fishing piers? Ditch trail.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, The hikers have destroyed the close in parks with social trails, if this activity took signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic place where mountain bikes are allowed the Mtn Bikers would have been RRSE areas, fishing piers? executed, please control the hikers and fix their mess.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? The outhouses aren't very clean; it would be great if they were cleaner.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic The pull through trailer parking at trail heads is fantastic, I'd love to see more of RRSE areas, fishing piers? it, and to see it noted online for the trailheads that have it!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic The signs on trails, when they are under construction and open / closed, could RRSE areas, fishing piers? use some work. Less lengthy information and larger / bolder text for dates.

Do you have suggestions for improving The South Boulder Creek trail could use some rock clearing (smoothing out) ‐ it's OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, an ankle buster. Sawhill Ponds could use a little more signage, as it's easy to get signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic lost there. I'm not sure what all is needed or where you'd put them, but I'd like to RRSE areas, fishing piers? see more raptor nesting platforms throughout Boulder County.

The South Mesa and Doudy Draw parking lots seem to be the biggest problem areas in terms of not enough parking for desired usage. It seems like there's Do you have suggestions for improving room to expand the doudy draw parking area and an inordinate amount of space OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, reserved for horse trailers that I've only seen occupied once in my many dozen signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic visits there. It seems like there might be potential for constructing more RRSE areas, fishing piers? interesting trails from Flatirons Vista to alleviate crowding.

the trail signs generally are very good. trailheads are recognizeable. there is one area that could use a picnic table, west of boulder res, near the Eagle trail, on top Do you have suggestions for improving of ridge there is a metal roofed flat picnic area but no table . suggest continue OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, trying to link many trails together to create longer trails such as over the Divide signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic etc. when boulder canyon is expanded / redone should consider joint effort RRSE areas, fishing piers? bikepath from fourmile canyon to ned Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, The trails are built and maintained very well, but the trailhead outreach (Signage, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic naturalists, etc) could really ramp up the Leave No Trace messaging and RRSE areas, fishing piers? materials. There are lots and lots of places in which relatively inexpensive fixes of problem Do you have suggestions for improving areas could alleviate adverse impacts and promote visitor safety. For example, OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, adding steppingstones in areas where people are walking around big steps could signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic keep people on the trail, switchbacks around occasional steep rock scrambling RRSE areas, fishing piers? areas would promote safety.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, There is room for more trails ‐ I'd like to see the Marshal Mesa area expanded signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic into a trail system with a variety of trails to cater to different types of bike riders RRSE areas, fishing piers? and other users.

Do you have suggestions for improving There should be more water fountains (frost‐proof) so that people can refill their OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, bottles or give their dogs something to drink. So many THs are in neighborhoods, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic i.e. close to water, that this should be relatively inexpensive. The really stinky RRSE areas, fishing piers? dump toilets (i.e. Centennial TH) should be replaced with something else.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, There was supposed to be a raptor educational program with brochures for self signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic guided raptor viewing around Boulder County. That would be a wonderful RRSE areas, fishing piers? addition.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? they're great

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic This has definitely gotten better, but a dog waste compost bin everywhere there RRSE areas, fishing piers? are regular trash bins.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? those are all great visitor amenities, and much‐appreciated...keep 'em comin'!

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Those suggested above.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic To make people feel more connected to the work you are doing you should have RRSE areas, fishing piers? signs that describe new trail development and how "we" can get involved Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Trail signage with a map at intersections is very nice to have.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? trail signs could be better for those not familiar. Trail signs on etiquette ‐ guidelines. You have plenty for dogs, now do it for riders Do you have suggestions for improving + hikers ‐ like step off trails or go single file when someone passing. Do not sit in OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, middle of trail ‐ step off trail / stopping + looking @ wildlife. Be noise considerate. signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Elephant in room: Marijuana smoking off trails in open space ‐ how are you going RRSE areas, fishing piers? to address this?

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Trails for horses and trails for public and dogs on leach

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Trash cans ‐ c'mon, OSMP has been talking about this need for over 10 years! RRSE areas, fishing piers? More trails to visitors. Maintain trails so they're not as vulnerable to weather. Trash cans that are within recreation area‐‐people leave dog poop because they Do you have suggestions for improving don't want to carry it (stupid and selfish, I know) but WORK with the problem to OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, solve it. the trash can at Coot Lake is perfectly placed‐‐dogs do their business signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic within the first .25 mile and there's a trash can ready and waiting when you need RRSE areas, fishing piers? it.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Use "the authority of the resource" more effectively in education and signage ‐ RRSE areas, fishing piers? see https://lnt.org/blog/authority‐resource

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Use gravel on some trails to help with mud issues and lessen the need for closure.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Use sandwich boards to present rotating messages on trail etiquette Need signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes which are a majority user group in those RRSE areas, fishing piers? areas

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Visitor amenities are fine. Do not waste money adding anything else. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Water at trailheads

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Water bottle stations at trailheads

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic We do need a solution to the poop bags left everywhere. I'm a dog owner and RRSE areas, fishing piers? carry the poop with me but many don't. Are there ideas to help this situation?

Do you have suggestions for improving We don't always want the new amenities we want trail access without the need OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, to drive. Being able to connect North to South with only small road sections signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic would be amazing. Connecting from eldorado to chataqua should be an option on RRSE areas, fishing piers? a bike. Two trails, bike only, going in each direction.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic We have gotten turned around on a hike in the Flagstaff area (near Gregory RRSE areas, fishing piers? Canyon) when trail junctions weren't labeled.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic We need more multi‐use trails allowing bikes access to more trails especially RRSE areas, fishing piers? where bikes are the majority users.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic We need signs for hikers and bikers asking people to keep single track single, use RRSE areas, fishing piers? the Fruita Lean, etc.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic We really need purpose‐built multi‐use trails for bikes when they are a large RRSE areas, fishing piers? majority of user group in the area.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Well done, considering limited resources.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Where dogs are allowed and not allowed should be featured prominently. Some signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trails should be closed to dogs where they pose a health hazard to them, such as RRSE areas, fishing piers? Mt. Sanitas especially when it is hot outside. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, where social trails shortcut normal trails ‐ look at WHY, like the trail is climbs too signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic shallowly or in winter a corner is dangerous with ice so people cut around it. Fix RRSE areas, fishing piers? the problem. Where you do have "Trailer Parking" signs for horse trailers such as at Lagerman Reservoir, could you enforce that? Make the signs say Trailer Parking Only. When Do you have suggestions for improving we get there with a truck and horse trailers, the spots are frequently taken by OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, cars. The last time there was lots of car parking but some cars were still parked in signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic the Trailer spots. Could you make this more clear to people since they just don't RRSE areas, fishing piers? know.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic wider trails more info of all kinds on signage mid‐trail rest stops with more RRSE areas, fishing piers? signage

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, With increased trail traffic both walking and cycling there needs to be education signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic on how to use a trail, such as walk on the right pass on the left. Too many close RRSE areas, fishing piers? calls with unaware, inattentive people.

work to build connectors between trail areas by bike, that way users will not drive to trailheads so much, and will not concentrate on riding the same area over and Do you have suggestions for improving over again. For example, a short easy trail connection could be made between OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, dowdy draw/springbrook and south boulder, and south boulder to baseline. signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic Riders could ride from one area to another without going down into town, and RRSE areas, fishing piers? would be less apt to do 5 loops at batasso or springbrook

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Work with groups like Leave No Trace to increase educational signs near signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic trailheads. Show pictures of damage and how to avoid it, in such a way that they RRSE areas, fishing piers? are eye‐popping and easy to understand quickly without reading a bunch of text.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic RRSE areas, fishing piers? Yes ‐ see comments above

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Yes, DO NOT improve them. All you will achieve is attract more people. Leave signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic things natural. None of these things are needed or even compatible with the goal RRSE areas, fishing piers? of providing NATURAL areas to enjoy.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Yes.. signage to encourage people NOT to use trail or walk off trails if muddy. It signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic should be clear if you are out to recreate, the be prepared to walk in mud, RRSE areas, fishing piers? otherwise stay on the sidewalks.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, Yielding priorities. Low visibility stretches One direction trails. Bar coding of signs signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic for Phones. Would be great to be able to scan a bar code and find your spot in a RRSE areas, fishing piers? map. Specially for out oft owners. Looks at what Crested butte does. Form Question Comment

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic You have to add more parking. Its dangerous to try and find a place to park at RRSE areas, fishing piers? many on your open spaces.

Do you have suggestions for improving OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, You should add more signage for trail etiquette to reduce user conflicts. For signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic example, on mountain bike trails add a sign explaining the "Fruita Lean" so that RRSE areas, fishing piers? bikers can yield without riding off the trail.

Do you have suggestions for improving Your survey shows little interest in "education". Please stop spending money on OSMP visitor amenities, such as trails, outdoor experience intended for educational purposes. Schools are for signs, trailheads, nature centers, picnic education and we have a great school system. Trails are for playing in the RRSE areas, fishing piers? outdoors.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP CCEI should focus on to achieve this? accessibility improvements like more bathrooms

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Engage with Indigenous people here as well as the Arapaho and set assist in CCEI should focus on to achieve this? setting aside land for their use.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Ensure trail maintenance that includes reduced height steps so older folks can CCEI should focus on to achieve this? still access the steeper trails. Form Question Comment

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a Fix the trails so we can use them in North Boulder. If you want to be inclusive, broader range of community what about including older folks who want to use our open space. e need lightly members. What do you think OSMP motorized bikes to enjoy the trails‐ very quiet nondisruptive. Need a bridge CCEI should focus on to achieve this? replaced on our trail as well.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Frankly, I think you're wasting money and time. It's a great objective, but diverse CCEI should focus on to achieve this? communities are too focused on jobs and kids to engage in Open Space.

Gain city council and OSBT support to be inclusive, and to join the city culture in OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive welcoming people, all people, not just wealthy people that can affort to live in programming by reducing barriers and Boulder. Only welcoming residents is the opposite of being inclusive. Developing providing more opportunities for a policies that exclude people (paid parking for our of town people) is also not broader range of community inclusive. Developing strategies to dispace visitors from out of town is also members. What do you think OSMP exclusive. Even this question is exclusive because it states community members, CCEI should focus on to achieve this? not visitors to OSMP.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP High School teams foster future trail stewards, they need to view City public lands CCEI should focus on to achieve this? as friendly to their chosen recreational activity. Form Question Comment

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community I don't want to see trails widened and gentrified to support wheelchairs and e‐ members. What do you think OSMP bikes. I would rather see all funding spent on preserving land and protecting flora CCEI should focus on to achieve this? and fauna.

I have lived in Boulder since 1967. I have observed a degradation of City Open Space progressively throughout the years. I live near Chautauqua park and have owned a home near there for 40 years. This area has turned into a overused, degraded area as have most City Open Space areas. I volunteer for the County and have for 12 years due to the fact they have good policies and actually enforce leash laws, have rangers present on their lands and give tickets and don't cater to dog walkers and those who whin the loudest. The first mistake was allowing dogs OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive and esp. off‐leash dogs on City Open Space. It was all downhill from thereon. programming by reducing barriers and Boulder Open Space has been trashed and there is no going back. Chautauqua is providing more opportunities for a like a degraded amusement park. I am happy I experienced Boulder when it was broader range of community paradise. You people went way off track a long time ago. Why waste our time members. What do you think OSMP with these silly surveys and our tax dollars? Start actually preserving habitat and CCEI should focus on to achieve this? doing something effective‐‐once it is all gone, it is gone. Wake‐up!!

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP I would like to see some of the OSMP land returned to the Arapaho native CCEI should focus on to achieve this? peoples.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Include bike racks at trailheads Encourage public transportation to stop at CCEI should focus on to achieve this? popular trailheads Form Question Comment

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Inclusivity is a non‐issue for open space; it's there for anyone to use. I'd like to CCEI should focus on to achieve this? hear from those who are supposedly excluded.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Interpretive signage welcoming ALL forms of diversity plus more than one CCEI should focus on to achieve this? community liaison since there is more than one overlooked community.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP IT IS IMPORTANT THAT MANY TRAILS REMAIN FREE OF BIKES SO THAT PEOPLE OF CCEI should focus on to achieve this? ALL AGES CAN WALK WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING "RUN DOWN"

Ownership is critical to the creation of stewardship. People, young people in particular, need to feel that there are places they can be free to explore without adult micro‐management. This may be tough to jive with some regulations, and may not be feasible everywhere. But, what young people want most of all is the personal freedom to explore and make places their own. The public, and school group, events I've seen were very controlled and restrictive. Understandable. However, all outdoors‐people I've come to know over the decades became so bc such places felt like their own. Not a museum where you must walk in line and OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive cannot touch anything. Not sure how to make this happen while protecting our programming by reducing barriers and shared spaces... it will take some creativity. But, it is critical. In fact, it is the only providing more opportunities for a way to instill genuine stewardship. Through ownership. The idea of shared broader range of community ownership can work ‐is also a critical value‐ but it cannot steal young people's members. What do you think OSMP individual "thunder". They will look elsewhere and become stakeholders in other CCEI should focus on to achieve this? venues.

Parks&Rec is good at creating fun, inclusive gathering areas with facilities. I don't OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive see that as OSMP role. I do think combining Parks&Rec facilities with OSMP like programming by reducing barriers and Chautauqua with educational ranger stations at home base that teach and providing more opportunities for a encourage all levels to get out there on the trails and come back to a big lawn broader range of community with facilities breaks barrier's for teens, elderly and other underserved sectors. members. What do you think OSMP The poor house or other properties with potential "home park or farm bases" CCEI should focus on to achieve this? could be managed in a similar way to Chautauqua for example.

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a Reduce mountain biking on trails. I have had many negative experiences hiking broader range of community and now totally stay away from trails that allow mountain bikers. I even am members. What do you think OSMP sometimes almost run over by them on Wed. and Sat. no bike days at Betasso CCEI should focus on to achieve this? Trails! Form Question Comment

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Seems like too much emphasis on diversity ‐ remember who you are mainly CCEI should focus on to achieve this? serving are the general population of Boulder whose taxes purchased these lands

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and signage and educational programs that recognize the history of all of the area, providing more opportunities for a inclusing ancestral indigenous peopels, their stories, and the TRUE and FULL broader range of community history of the land. An effort to create an advisory board for council on members. What do you think OSMP indigenous lands and what indigenous folks want and need to rebuild and CCEI should focus on to achieve this? continue their cultural practices

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and providing more opportunities for a broader range of community members. What do you think OSMP Strive to instill respect for nature and our precious open spaces among all CCEI should focus on to achieve this? populations

OSMP wants to prioritize inclusive programming by reducing barriers and Through my work as a team leader in bring the learning garden toCasey Middle providing more opportunities for a school, I learned there are many more barriers and obstacles than i ever broader range of community understood. Some can't be overcome because of national policies on citizenship members. What do you think OSMP laws. Understanding this up front helps guide the list f what can be accomplished CCEI should focus on to achieve this? at a local level,and what really helps the things that cane helped. What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open Competitive events like a 5k or a mountain bike races were allowed for youth CCEI space and mountain parks? which I could help coach What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open CCEI space and mountain parks? Do serious work ‐ previous experiences have been fluff What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open CCEI space and mountain parks? Family friendly include parents and children What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open CCEI space and mountain parks? I was a Trail Guide but now I'm too old. Form Question Comment What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open If a friend or family member was willing to volunteer with me, it's usually just me. CCEI space and mountain parks? FYI, this question only allowed me to choose one option. What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open CCEI space and mountain parks? Many of the above ‐ but system only allowing one choice What would encourage you to volunteer to conserve and enjoy open CCEI space and mountain parks? physical limitations preclude this APPENDIX C PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED VIA EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA From: Phil Mislinski Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 3:58 PM To: Freeston, Jennelle Subject: Re: Master Plan: Recreation Workshop 11/5

Phillip,

I cannot make it to the workshop on 11/5. If I could here are the comments that I would provide:

1. Do not restrict night time access to open space. 2.Consider building more single track trails that are internal to the Dirty Bismark loop. 3. Consider building a "Parallel Mesa Trail" that would be open to mountain bikes.

Thank you,

Phil Mislinski

From: Mark Willuhn Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2018 10:25 AM To: Council Subject: Chautauqua Parking - Poorly planned, poorly implemented

Chautauqua Parking – Poorly planned, poorly implemented

• Increasing impacts of overtourism • Alienating long-term Boulder residents and supporters of OSMP • Does not follow Best Practices for managing visitor impacts • Makes a world-class open space program look like they don’t know what they are doing, and this is tragic.

Dear Council Members:

The article by Sean Maher in the Daily Camera’s Business Plus Section (Dec. 17) Visitors - and CVB funding - vital to city, its small businesses prompted me to write down my concerns regarding the pay- for-parking at Chautauqua.

First, thank you to the few council members who want to proactively address increasing visitor impacts to our community. Sean Mayer states “opinion of a few council members that Boulder has too many tourists”. We are in an overtourism crisis and there are many indicators – user conflicts, plastic waste bags, fields of stacked rocks (cairns) in critical habitat, increasing social trails, etc. There is a long-term effort and wide body of work to address unacceptable levels of visitor impacts by protected area professionals. While we are certainly in crisis, this doesn’t necessarily mean less tourists, but better managed tourists. The Pay-for-Parking at Chautauqua is an example of poor planning. Second, this article highlights exactly why destinations around the world are protesting against too much visitation that far exceeds acceptable levels of impacts. Business interests, be it cruise ships, AirBnB renters, Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau, etc. push for increased visitation levels for the increased economic benefits well past acceptable levels of visitor impacts. Determining acceptable levels of visitation must include more than one variable, in this case the article is focused on economic benefits only…how many dollars it generates. I expect all council members are familiar with and support the “triple bottom line” (environmental, social, economic) that this article does not address/support. Biophysical, social, administrative, and cultural impacts should all be considered along with economic impacts.

And finally, the Chautauqua Pay-for-Parking pilot program - this was obviously not developed by Open Space and Mountain Parks. A guess on my part is that some other city department pushed this through to benefit their program. It certainly did not benefit visitor experiences or OSMP. Here’s why….

Basic best practices for visitor management in protected areas where not followed. This was simply a deflection strategy to move people from the Chautauqua area to other areas of the OSMP system. While this is an accepted strategy when part of an overall plan with appropriate infrastructure in place and adequate administrative capacity (e.g. rangers, signage, etc.) at obvious second-option destinations when visitors decide not to pay. The deflection primarily focused on going up Flagstaff Road until first available parking and trail. Integrating the pay-for-parking into an overall visitor management plan was obviously NOT the case with the Chautauqua pay-for-parking. If any council members have visited, for example the West Ridge Trailhead – it was severely negatively impacted with no hardening of the parking site or trail. Nor is there increased administrative capacity to manage multiple trails exceeding their capacity design. This requires many more ranger hours, signage, trail maintenance, etc. to cover more sites as well as the main Chautauqua site.

I’ve lived here for 25 years, use OSMP on average 4 times a week and hike 1,000+ miles/year. All my OSMP hikes are on STRAVA (a fitness app). Buying this data would give the City of Boulder and OSMP great insights. After I identified 22 different fitness apps, I stopped counting. Point being is there is a lot of data available. This parking policy alienates long-term City of Boulder and OSMP supporters like myself. Hours are 8 AM – 5 PM, Saturday & Sunday/Memorial Day – Labor Day. Analyzing Big Data would clearly identify users like myself who typically have 2 – 3 hour loops. This time of year my user group begins their workouts around 6:30 – 7:00 AM and finish around 9:30 – 10:00 AM or evening when it cools down. Knowing local use patterns is just one example of best practices. Simply changing the hours to 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM would allow long-term OSMP users/supporters to complete their workouts and at the same time accomplishing the goal of reducing visitors at Chatuaqua. However this does not address the lack of planning and inappropriate levels of visitor impacts at the deflection trailheads.

The pay-for-parking uses a 3rd party app and this brings security issues. As a victim of identity theft, I am very resistant at downloading third party apps and this should be addressed at some level. Third party apps are where many security breaches occur.

Any revenue from parking should go directly into managing visitor impacts at Chautauqua and the impacted/deflection areas. I’ve been told it goes to pay for the buses – what’s that mean exactly and why is this considered a success? I believe there needs to be much more outreach to gain community input from actual OSMP users in regards to this pilot program. Not to get too technical but one user group with tolerance for higher levels of social interaction, noise, crowding, etc. push out user groups who are looking for solitude or other wilderness values. So when interviews are conducted on site – you are interviewing the group that is happy and oblivious that they have pushed out a previous user group with low tolerance for large- groups, noise, etc. So Big Data is a great tool to capture users who otherwise would not be interviewed. I’ve lived here 25 years and use the full OSMP system and have never been interviewed for example.

Thank you for your great work, long hours and for your consideration.

Sincerely - Mark Willuhn

From: raj4789 Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 7:16 AM To: Freeston, Jennelle Subject: Re: Master Plan: Recreation Questionnaire

Good morning I tried to connect to the survey link and it would not allow me so here are my thoughts. I am an Open Space Mountain Park Trail guide on Horseback and I absolutely adore doing my job. I usually ride on the South Boulder Creek Trail the Mesa Trail Shanahan Ridge Dowdy draw Community ditch and Beyond. It has been my experience as a steward of the land and the eyes and ears for open space that people love my interactions on Horseback as I answer their many questions about what's going on on the trails. I have even helped them maneuver through the herds of cattle safely and they are so very grateful for my assistance. The only thing I think needs attention is that some of the fence line along South Boulder Creek Trail is failing. There is still Fallen barbed wire from the flood strewn across the meadow north of South Boulder Creek and between the trail. I have also been asked if there is a way to manage the poison ivy that is close to the trails not sure if you can do anything about it just thought I'd let you know. You might also want to post rattlesnake signs along the Mesa Trail right before you get to the turn towards Shanahan Ridge lots of them guys are hanging out there hope this information helps happy trails Cindy Johnson

From: Rebecca Trafton Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 1:38 PM To: Freeston, Jennelle Cc: Davison, Mark ; Rebecca Trafton Subject: Re: Master Plan: Recreation Workshop 11/5

Dear Jennelle,

Thank you for this announcement. How I wish I could attend Monday’s meeting

You can imagine what I would say (and I will say a bit below) but I want you to know that the reason I cannot be there is important: On Monday evening we have a 6 pm neighborhood meeting to formulate plans as to how best to communicate with city staff and leadership about the violations that have already occurred on the 311 Mapleton site. They are removing almost every and have already cut down a number of healthy trees that are shown on a city map entitled “2018 City of Boulder Trees.”

We need to put a plan into place.

Here’s what I’d say about your plan in process, and specifically about this focus area:

Your input will shape how we can foster “Responsible Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment” for the OSMP Master Plan. Tell us about your favorite activities on open space and how we can improve your hiking, trail running, dog walking, biking, horseback riding, picnicking, photography, climbing and fishing experiences.

Responsible land use and stewardship is about EDUCATION. Trout Unlimited is an excellent example of a recreation-based non-profit that uses the tools, languages and processes of education to teach fishermen how to have more fun, care for the streams they fish, and create an environment of long-term stewardship of the fishing resources of our entire country.

Or think of various bike groups in Boulder County and surrounding counties and throughout the state Part of teaching children about riding on trails is teaching them how to ride safely and how to protect the stability of these trails for future use— their own and others’.

Is dog-walking consistent with wise stewardship of our OSMP resources? Yes, I believe it is! And because my dog and I walk Sanitas Valley and Dakota Ridge every morning of the 250+ days I am in Boulder each year, I know how much respect/abuse there is at that location of our OSMP/city of Boulder dog policies. I believe there is MUCH that could be done to help dog owners be wiser stewards and teach us all how to maximize our dogs’ experience on open space.

Education is how we grow! Education is the first choice of systems of public land all across our country, from NPS to National Forests and beyond. We ALL know well-designed welcome/education/visitors centers all across the country.

A critical piece of this focus area is education. PLEASE support and expand your education program to help us all foster responsible recreation, stewardship and enjoyment.

Thank you, Rebecca Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? Weʼll Have To, a New Study Finds

By Brad Plumer

Dec. 5, 2018

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WASHINGTON — If the world hopes to make meaningful progress on climate change, it won’t be enough for cars and factories to get cleaner. Our cows and wheat fields will have to become radically more efficient, too.

That’s the basic conclusion of a sweeping new study issued Wednesday by the World Resources Institute, an environmental group. The report warns that the world’s agricultural system will need drastic changes in the next few decades in order to feed billions more people without triggering a climate catastrophe.

The challenge is daunting: Agriculture already occupies roughly 40 percent of the world’s land and is responsible for about a quarter of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions. But with the global population expected to grow from 7.2 billion people today to nearly 10 billion by 2050, and with many millions of people eating more meat as incomes rise, that environmental impact is on pace to expand dramatically.

Based on current trends, the authors calculated, the world would need to produce 56 percent more calories in 2050 than it did in 2010. If farmers and ranchers met that demand by clearing away more forests and other ecosystems for cropland and pasture, as they have often done in the past, they would end up transforming an area twice the size of India.

That, in turn, could make it nearly impossible to stay below 2 degrees Celsius of global warming, the agreed-upon international goal, even if the world’s fossil-fuel emissions were rapidly phased down. When forests are converted into farmland, the large stores of carbon locked away in those trees is released into the atmosphere. “Food is the mother of all sustainability challenges,” said Janet Ranganathan, vice president for science and research at the World Resources Institute. “We can’t get below 2 degrees without major changes to this system.”

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Less meat, but also better farming The new study, the result of six years’ worth of modeling work conducted in partnership with French agricultural researchers, is hardly the first to warn that feeding the world sustainably will be a formidable task. But the authors take a different view of the most plausible solutions.

In the past, researchers who have looked at the food problem have suggested that the key to a sustainable agriculture system is to persuade consumers to eat far less meat and waste far less of the food that’s already grown.

The new report, however, cautions that there may be limits to how much those strategies can achieve on their own. The authors do recommend that the biggest consumers of beef and lamb, such as those in Europe and the United States, could cut back their consumption by about 40 percent by 2050, or down to about 1.5 servings a week on average. Those two types of meat have especially large environmental footprints.

But the authors are not counting on a major worldwide shift to vegetarianism.

“We wanted to avoid relying on magic asterisks,” said Timothy D. Searchinger, a researcher at Princeton University and the World Resources Institute and lead author of the report. “We could imagine a significant shift from beef to chicken, and that by itself goes a long way.” (Poultry production has about one-eighth the climate impact of beef production.)

So, in addition to actions on diet and food waste, the researchers also focused on dozens of broad strategies that could allow farmers and ranchers to grow far more food on existing agricultural lands while cutting emissions, a feat that would require a major shift in farming practices worldwide and rapid advances in technology. A farm in the Pays de la Loire region of France. Cows have an especially large environmental footprint. Loic Venance/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

For example, they note, in parts of Brazil, the best-managed grazing lands can produce four times as much beef per acre as poorly managed lands — in part owing to differences in cattle health and how well the grass is fertilized. Improving productivity across the board could help satisfy rising meat demand while lessening the need to clear broad swaths of rain forest.

The authors also pointed to possible techniques to reduce the climate impact of existing farms. For instance, new chemical compounds could help prevent nitrogen fertilizers from producing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. And scientists are exploring feed additives that get cows to burp up less methane, another big contributor to global warming.

The report notes that producing 56 percent more calories without expanding agricultural land could prove even more difficult if, as expected, rising temperatures reduce crop yields. But, Mr. Searchinger said, many of the recommendations in the report, such as breeding new, higher-yielding crop varieties or preventing soil erosion, could also help farmers adapt to climate change. Conserving the worldʼs remaining forests The researchers emphasize that strategies to improve the productivity of existing croplands and pastures will have to be paired with more rigorous conservation policies to protect existing forests in places like Brazil or sub-Saharan Africa. Otherwise, farmers will just find it more profitable to clear more forests for agriculture — with dire climate consequences.

“In the past, we’ve often seen agricultural policies and conservation policies moving in parallel without a lot of interaction,” said Linus Blomqvist, director of conservation at the Breakthrough Institute, who was not involved in the study. “The big challenge is to link the two, so that we get more intensive farming without using more land.”

In another contentious recommendation, the report’s authors call for a limit on the use of bioenergy crops, such as corn grown for ethanol in cars, that compete with food crops for land.

Money is also a hurdle. The report’s authors call for large increases in research funding to look at ideas like fertilizers that can be made without the use of fossil fuels, organic sprays that can reduce waste by preserving fresh food for longer, and genetic editing techniques that might produce higher-yielding crops. They also urge new regulations that would encourage private industry to develop sustainable agricultural technologies.

Over the past three years, 51 countries have spent roughly $570 billion a year to support food production, said Tobias Baedeker, an agricultural economist at the World Bank, which contributed to the new study.

If those subsidies were overhauled so that they helped support more sustainable practices, Mr. Baedeker said, “we could have a real game-changer on our hands.”

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Brad Plumer is a reporter covering climate change, energy policy and other environmental issues for The Times's climate team. @bradplumer

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 5, 2018, on Page A8 of the New York edition with the headline: Can We Grow More Food On Less Land? We Must

Boulder County Nature Association P.O. Box 493, Boulder, Colorado 80306

Our mission: “To educate, inform and inspire for the purpose of conserving and promoting resilient natural ecosystems in our region!”

11 October 2018

To our partners in preservation at OSMP,

As our “mission statement” above suggests, the Boulder County Nature Association (BCNA) is grateful for the opportunity to provide comment on the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Master Plan Update. We applaud your conscientious effort to develop and implement sound management practices that may forestall the negative influences of unchecked wildfires, population growth and climate change that are already prevalent and impactful on our wild lands and open space. BCNA and its considerable membership advance the following in support of your efforts:

• Biodiversity and Large Habitat Blocks:

1. Rampant population growth on the Front Range and corresponding, exponential increases in visitor use of OSMP lands attributable to OSMP’s singular, system wide policy of allowing dogs off-leash, a policy that directly and negatively impacts Ecological Health and Resilience, needs to be addressed by bringing the off-leash policy more in line with other land use agencies in the area. We know this will be a challenging task!

2. Require hiking on trail only, enforced by statute if necessary.

3. Strictly enforce no trails on Habitat Conservation Areas (HCAs) and other large, intact habitat blocks.

4. Prioritize native biodiversity, wildlife connectivity and habitat preservation over passive recreation.

5. Work in concert with other land management agencies in the region, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS/RMNP), Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), Boulder County Parks and Open Space (BCPOS) and private land owners to protect and preserve systemwide wildlife habitat connectivity and native biodiversity through protection of wildlife migration corridors, control of invasive, nonnative species and limited/restricted access to HCAs and other areas of high biodiversity and environmental value.

6. Shared, cross agency Research and Monitoring should be a natural biproduct of this partnership that should include the scientific and educational expertise and support of Colorado State University (CSU), the University of Colorado Boulder and other agencies and institutions in a position to provide guidance, staff and monetary support for an expanded ecological effort that covers the region and beyond through partnership and collaboration.

• Climate Change: It’s difficult to detach climate change from the Ecological Disturbance, fire, flood and drought, it visits upon our planet and region and, when paired with the impacts of rampant population growth, our task at hand seems daunting and urgent! Do not be deterred!

1. Continue your good and important work on fire mitigation, native grassland restoration and control and elimination of invasive, nonnative species.

2. To implement new and costly practices designed to stave off damage to ecosystems and species that is already occurring, it may be wise to slow the acquisition of new lands or guide limited funds only to lands deemed critical to achieving OSMP preservation goals of ecosystem health, resilience and natural wildlife habitat connectivity.

Again, thank you for your encouragement of community participation in this important exercise which BCNA will continue to follow and support with great interest!

Sincerely,

Sue Cass, President Boulder County Nature Association

Boulder County Nature Association P.O. Box 493, Boulder, Colorado 80306

Our mission: “To educate, inform and inspire for the purpose of conserving and promoting resilient natural ecosystems in our region!”

November 19, 2018

To the architects and administrators of the City of Boulder Open Space Master Plan,

As the critically important task of updating the Open Space Master Plan advances through well planned process and eager and urgent consultation with constituents, BCNA, again, thanks you for the opportunity to speak to this consummate issue that is the very reason for our being! Our focus is familiar, to be sure, but commands repeating!

We know we are approaching a precipice and, as the prescient beings we are, we know we must press hard on the brake…, and soon! To preserve and protect our hallowed open space, not only for future generations of our own species, but for the wildlife that has resided on this land far longer than we have, we must reconcile our open space management approach with the disruption of norms in the form of surging population and climate change we know are evident! To that end BCNA urges the following adjustments be incorporated in the updated Open Space Master Plan related to Recreation, Stewardship and Enjoyment.

Use of OSMP lands far exceeds that of other agencies in the area, including Rocky Mountain National Park, for one well understood and accepted reason. By allowing dogs off leash system wide, even with the theoretical checks of “voice and sight control”, “tags” and “required removal of feces”, frequently not adhered to, creates risk to the enjoyment of other user groups and, more importantly, to wildlife and the environment in general and is the singular cause of OSMP visitation out of proportion with other open lands on the Front Range. For the future good health of open space OSMP must bring its dog off leash policy in line with other agencies in the region.

With the increased pressures on open space we know are coming and, in reality, are already upon us, OSMP’s primary focus must be on “stewardship”! Trail placement should not infringe upon HCAs or other large, high value wildlife habitat blocks and off trail access must be restricted in most if not all cases. The prudence of preservation over personal pleasure must be instilled in all of us, be we hiker, dog guardian or mountain biker, if we are to succeed!

Sincerely,

Sue Cass, President

Boulder County Nature Association

Public Comment on the OSMP Master Plan focus area Responsible Recreation

To Whom It May Concern:

Since our inception, the Open Boulder’s mission has to connect people to our community’s treasured places in a sustainable manner and to assure that the voices of responsible citizens who enjoy recreating on our public lands are heard.

To that end, we have a two-prong mission to increase government transparency and access to our public lands. Local city (and county) government decisions are ones that impact us the most. Open Boulder supports and encourages initiatives that will improve representation for Boulder’s broader population and encourage openness and accountability in local government decisions. We applaud the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Park’s Master Planning process.

Open Boulder fully believes that environmentalism and outdoor recreation go hand in hand. Many of us actively use City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks to hike, climb, run, bike and walk our dogs, and we value the ability to experience nature so close to an urban environment. To that end, we gladly pay open space taxes and we want local land managers to promote and expand recreational opportunities to distribute and balance use more evenly across the system. We believe that connecting people to our community’s treasured places in a sustainable manner is exactly what we need to do to build support for conservation.

We are concerned that striking a balance between recreational access and habitat protection will be based more on politics and horse trading than good science and modern management strategies. No studies exist that show that any species has been eliminated or severely degraded due to any type of recreational activity on Boulder City open space. We fully endorse the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance position that “the Master Plan should require open space management be based on data that was acquired using science and management best practices, because what we are not measuring (monitoring) we will never be able to manage effectively. Only a science-based and data-driven approach provides transparency and accountability, which are required for people to have trust in the process and the results.”

Open Boulder appreciates the opportunity to weigh in on the Responsible Recreation, Stewardship, and Enjoyment Focus Area. It is our intention that the values of outdoor recreationalists need to be stated explicitly in the master plan: ● Promote plans, processes and budgets that promote long-term stewardship, excellent infrastructure, and encourage sustainable recreation. ● Promote and expand recreational opportunities to distribute and balance use more evenly across the system. ● Base management solutions on the best available data and science as well as monitoring protocols. ● Maintenance of current open space stock should take precedence over acquisition of new properties. Acquired properties should by default be open, accessible and strategic to connect open space for both recreation and habitat.

In Cooperation,

Open Boulder Foundation Board of Directors Michelle Estrella, Chair Alex Lindsay Bill Rigler Brady Robinson Buzz Burrell Jan Burton Jennifer Egbert Jessica Yates Shelly Dunbar

About Open Boulder We are a grass roots, nonpartisan movement of open-minded, pragmatic and moderate individuals of all ages, cultures and economic backgrounds who want to ensure that the amazing assets that brought them here are open for all for generations to come. We are a grassroots, nonpartisan movement of open-minded, pragmatic and moderate individuals of all ages, cultures and economic backgrounds. We are parents, we are young and not-so-young professionals, students and recent grads, long-time residents and recent arrivals. We are employees and business owners, entrepreneurs and technology workers. We are outdoor enthusiasts and outdoor athletes, we are animal lovers, and we are environmentalists.

CITY OF BOULDER OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN PARKS MASTER PLAN 2520 55th Street Boulder, CO 80301

18 December 2018

Public Comment on the OSMP Master Plan focus area COMMUNITY CONNECTION, EDUCATION, AND INCLUSION

To Whom It May Concern:

Mountainbikers have helped protect open space for recreation and public enjoyment for decades. Locally, the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance is donating hundreds of hours of volunteer labor by dozens of volunteers every year to make trails on open space more sustainable, improve the surrounding nature habitat, and connect people with nature. We know what it takes to develop relationships with land management agencies and engage our members and our volunteers.

We appreciate the opportunity to provide input on this focus area of the OSMP Master Plan.

Sense of Place and Reduce Stress and Increase Wellness

The physical and mental benefits of recreating outdoors are undisputed. People head onto open space to exercise, develop skills, recharge, enjoy themselves, and have fun. Recreating on open space has been proven to reduce digital addiction and nature deficit disorder among the young generation - the people who will one day take over open space protection and management from us. Outdoor recreation is an effective way of connecting people with the land and teaching them to be responsible and protect it as a precious resource. Folks who experience the benefits of open space are more likely to support raising taxes and spending public money on protecting more land.

We believe that OSMP has an active role to play and provide opportunities for people to enjoy open space in ways that help them reduce stress and increase wellness. Visitors should feel encouraged to build skills and take on new challenges which improve their personal connection to the natural world.

Opportunities for All and Youth Discovery and Appreciation of Nature

With the help from OSMP staff, BMA has provided opportunity for high school students to learn about open space and give back to the community by helping build and maintain trails. Developing a connection to open space while building skill and making trails more sustainable are benefits we are glad to see identified by OSMP staff in preparation for this focus area.

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Stewardship Opportunities to Connect People to the Land and Give Back to the Community

BMA has taken advantage of volunteer opportunities to serve and to develop skills, experience and leadership, and we are committed to continue working with staff to make this program even better. We understand that community members serve a vital role in supporting OSMP staff with the stewardship of open space.

The success of the many years of persistent community outreach and trail user education by the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol (BMBP) and the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (BMA) are undisputed. This again is a multi-level program that teaches people (patrollers) the value of open space and its rules and regulations, who then go out and help improve the experience of other visitors, reduce trail user conflict, and prevent damage to the treasured land by acting as eyes and ears of law enforcement.

Community outreach through organizations like BMA provide a greater reach and promises higher success rate when looking to build a stewardship ethic and a sense of caring for other trail users, plants and animals.

In conclusion

While promoting the benefits and joys of mountainbiking and seeking to establish equal and fair access for all trail users, BMA has always been primarily a land stewardship organization. We are actively working with the land management agencies in Boulder County to expand and protect our community's open space legacy.

When looking to the trail building work BMA volunteers have done recently on High Plains and Doudy Draw that resulted in more sustainable and fun trail segments while reducing their impact on nearby habitat, together with the continuing outreach and education by the Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol (BMBP), it is obvious we are already practicing successfully what has been proposed to be adopted in OSMP’s Master Plan.

People are more likely to protect open space when they feel connected to these wild places and when they value what it has to offer. Targeted education helps develop this connection and BMA and BMBP are committed to doing our share in close cooperation with OSMP staff.

Sincerely Hans Joachim Preiss OSMP liaison Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

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Boulder Mountainbike Alliance www.bouldermountainbike.org/ P.O. Box 4954 Boulder, CO 80306

CITY OF BOULDER OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN PARKS MASTER PLAN 2520 55th Street Boulder, CO 80301

16 November 2018

Public Comment on the OSMP Master Plan focus area RESPONSIBLE RECREATION

To Whom It May Concern:

The beautiful, wild, and refreshing scenery of our spectacular Colorado Front Range with the Rocky Mountain backdrop and our predictable weather has drawn a population to Boulder that is very focused on outdoor recreation. Allowing these people to recreate on open space from home instead of forcing them to drive elsewhere in their cars helps increase the quality of life in the community, reduce traffic, and meet ambitious climate protection goals set by the City of Boulder.

Outdoor recreation is an effective way of connecting people with the land that teaches them to be responsible and protect it as a precious resource. Folks who experience the benefits of recreation on open space are more likely to support raising taxes and spending public money on protecting more land.

Mountainbikers are better organized than most other recreational trail user groups and have helped protect open space for recreation and public enjoyment for decades. Locally, the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance is donating hundreds of hours of volunteer labor every year to make trails on open space more sustainable and improve the surrounding nature habitat. We have developed relationships with land management agencies throughout Boulder County, and we appreciate the opportunity to provide input on this focus area of the OSMP Master Plan.

Supporting Enjoyable Recreation and Maintaining and Improving Trails and Visitor Facilities

Visiting open space should be a positive experience from the moment people are researching the area online by getting detailed, accurate, and current information on their destination so they can make an informed decision on where to recreate. The visitor infrastructure and the trail system should allow them to have a safe and enjoyable passive recreation experience that may leave them tired but satisfied and happy.

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While OSMP is no Parks and Recreation department, we believe that it has a greater, more active role to play than simply support enjoyable recreation. Visitors should feel encouraged to build skills and take on new challenges which improve their personal connection to the natural world.

As more people settle in the Front Range, more land should be set aside for open space, more land opened for responsible passive outdoor recreation, more trail miles constructed to decrease crowding, and the existing trails made more sustainable.

The Master Plan should direct staff to continue acquiring land not only to protect it from development but also with the goal of adding many miles of new trails for responsible passive outdoor recreation. Trail density should be higher on parcels of lesser quality habitat with, for instance, a network of stacked loops as part of a trail system that offers different difficulty levels, so trail users can pick the route that best matches their abilities.

New trails should be carefully planned and laid-out taking people where they want to go while directing them away from important habitat. New trails should be built with sustainability in mind using modern techniques that result in reduced maintenance requirements. In the process, each trail segment should be evaluated how it could be made more interesting and fun and to increase the trail user experience based on the targeted user group, for instance by avoiding perfectly straight segments. A trail open for mountainbikes should have different features than a hiking- only trail, and, for instance, be outfitted with undulations, bermed turns, and interesting rock features, which are arranged if the terrain permits to offer alternate lines of increasing challenges if a rider desires to work on their skills.

The recent Trail Conditions Index identified nearly 2/3 of existing trails in the system as in need of significant repair, major restoration, or even a reroute or move. Many of these trails are in disrepair because in years past they were not built according to modern standards, they are old farm or mining roads, or former game or social trails that eventually were designated. This means that 2/3 of the trails on OSMP land offer the opportunity of undergoing significant improvement not only of the trail experience but also the surrounding habitat. Trails too close to sensitive habitat should be moved; trails in unsustainable location should be rerouted; and trails that require significant regular maintenance should be rebuilt to become more sustainable. In the process they should be outfitted with features similar to those discussed for new trails above to increase the trail user experience based on the targeted user group.

Trail building and maintenance should employ a diverse set of resources that includes staff, contractors, volunteers, youth corps, and partnerships with community-based organizations and agencies. Giving back to the trails and the open space is an important message that helps increase people’s connection with the land and deepens their sense of responsibility for its protection.

The Master Plan should further direct staff to address trail connectivity to town, as well as to other trail systems for example on Boulder County, Jefferson County, Grand County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, or US Forest Service land with the goal of establishing a robust regional trail network. This gives people an incentive to leave their vehicle in the driveway, not increase traffic, not require a parking space at the trailhead, but also reduce their carbon footprint.

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Boulder Mountainbike Alliance www.bouldermountainbike.org/ P.O. Box 4954 Boulder, CO 80306

BMA welcomes the recent introduction of the Trail Access Information and Difficulty as well as the Trail Management Objectives (TMO) systems for data collection. In addition, OSMP should continue conducting regular visitor surveys to gain an objective understanding of visitor experiences. Altogether this data should be used to improve passive recreation opportunities and identify barriers to access or enjoyment.

The Master Plan should require open space management be based on data that was acquired using science and management best practice, because what we are not measuring (monitoring) we will never be able to manage effectively. A proven management concept for the data driven approach is the Limits of Acceptable Change, which BMA submitted on 26 March 2018 as an earlier public comment on the Master Plan. Only a science-based and data-driven approach provides transparency and accountability, which are required for people to have trust in the process and the results.

Managing the Effects of Recreation

A well-planned and well-designed network of trails that are purpose-built in a sustainable fashion and maintained as required sets a solid foundation for greatly reduced effects of recreation on the infrastructure.

Property and trail management strategies should be developed in cooperation with other regional and national land management agencies as well as user groups such as BMA and be continually updated as needed.

For visitors to have high quality experiences, these property and trail management strategies should be employed only if and when the Limits of Acceptable Change are exceeded. Otherwise transparency is not provided and trust in the process and the results are compromised.

OMSP’s own studies have shown that while the number of mountain bikers has increased, the number of complaints about bikers has not. This is in no small part because of the many years of persistent community outreach and trail user education by the Boulder Mountainbike Patrol (BMBP) and the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (BMA).

Community outreach through organizations like BMA provides a greater reach and promises higher success rate when looking to build a stewardship ethic and a sense of caring for other trail users, plants and animals.

Building relationships and partnerships and coordinating messaging on social media as well as on the ground is a proven way to encourage greater self-compliance with regulations and heighten a sense of community stewardship of the land.

Promulgating awareness of how to effectively share trails, increasing awareness of mutual responsibilities such as the need of bicyclists to slow down and communicate when passing, the need for hikers to be aware of other trail users, or information on Leave No Trace practices, are examples of messages that are significantly more effective in their reach through identical broadcasting from multiple sources.

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In conclusion

When looking to the trail building work BMA volunteers have done recently on High Plains and Dowdy Draw that resulted in more sustainable and fun trail segments while reducing their impact on nearby habitat, together with the continuing outreach and education by the Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol, it is obvious we are already practicing successfully what we are proposing to be adopted in OSMP’s Master Plan.

Responsible recreation contributes to the health, both mental and physical, of those who get to visit our wild places, but it relies on a healthy and resilient ecosystem. This is what we hope the overarching theme of the Master Plan will be when complete.

Sincerely Hans Joachim Preiss OSMP liaison Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

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From: Yates, Phillip Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 4:55 PM To: Bonnell, Juliet Cc: Wagner, Deryn Subject: Master Plan social media comments this fall

All told, There were 12 comments. See below. Thanks!

NextDoor

· Shirley F., Heatherwood (11/17/2018 – Ag, Connections): I live in Gunbarrel with city and county properties. The open spaces need regular patrols to see how many dog owners have their dogs off leash and their dogs are not voice/sight trained at all. Enforce the leash laws please.

· Janine C., Four Mile Creek (11/7/2018 – Recreation): Ride more horses.

· John D., Rural North Boulder (09/18/2018): Hi - I don't like signing in to Nextdoor as it collects my information. Do you have another link that allows participation without going through ND? Thanks, John

· Shirley F., Heatherwood (09/18/2018): What are the names of the Open Space Board of Trustees? Who exactly are we dealing with over this? The same elected officials that TLAG (Twin Lakes Action Group) have been taking to court for a few years now over open space issues? "Community Connections" and "Inclusion" is not what is happening now so what is really the purpose of these meetings?

· Victoria H., West Gunbarrel (09/18/2018): Hi, We need block by block compost locations, and places to pick up composted soil to revive gardens with.

· Daniel B., Rural North Boulder (09/18/2018): What's with millions to buy and hold open space in Jefferson Co.? Why not sell to do maintenance on Boulder's parks?

Twitter

· Clayton Barrows11/28/2018( ‏ – Ag, Connections) Replying to @boulderosmp @boulderbma: If Boulder’s agricultural heritage is predicated on robbing water fro@ the western slope, can it really be called “preservation”?

· Paul Turner11/7/2018( ‏ – Recreation) Replying to @bouldercolorado Beautiful! I would like to see alot less people! Getting crowded even on open space.

Facebook

· Mike Ranellone (10/5/2018 - Ecosystem): Love the notion of community involvement and the level of detail, but I’ll throw it out there that I got halfway through the survey before deciding that I don’t really have the background in environmental science to be answering a lot of these questions—I want to be able to entrust these decisions to people with more expertise than me.

· Austin Michel (10/5/2018 - Ecosystem): How about you stand up for yourselves and not let CU Boulder South destroy 180 acres of Open Space?

· Jethro Grant (9/19/2018 – 10/5/2018 - Ecosystem) Can’t make the meeting, but it’s essential to keep the wildlife corridor open from the boulder creek basin north through Gunbarrel, and ultimately up through Wyoming into Canada!!

· Diana Devine (9/19/2018 – 10/5/2018 - Ecosystem) More fracking on open space.

Phillip Yates Communications Specialist III – Open Space and Mountain Parks

OSMP.org APPENDIX D COMPILED MICRO-ENGAGEMENT SUMMARIES: YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES ADVISORY BOARD, EL CENTRO AMISTAD, & PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DISABILITiES Open Space & Mountain Pa Master Plan Youth Engagement and Analysis

By Lily, Quan, and Rango Engagement Process

➽ Creating the Survey ➽ Engagement Window ● Determining areas of focus ● Platforms for Engagement ● Review questions provided by OSMP in action ○ Social Media team and with YOAB (Snapchat, ● Write questions in areas of focus we felt Instagram) needed more input ○ Classrooms ● Eliminate wordy/ confusing or time consuming ○ Sp or t s Te a ms questions ○ National Honor ● Limit survey to ten questions (8 content, 2 Society (NHS) demographics) ● Total number of responses: 545 Demographic Data: Age

● 13 and under (15, 2.8%) ● 13-14 (45, 8.3%) ● 15-16 (222, 40.7%) ● 17-18 (234, 42.9%) ● 19+ (6, 1.1% ) ● No answer (8, 1.5%) ● Other (15, 2.8%) Demographic Data: Ethnicity

● Black/ African American (17, 3.1% ) ● Indian American/ Alaskan Native (16, 2.9%) ● White (410, 75.2%) ● Asian (104, 19.1% ) ● Middle East ern (11, 2% ) ● Me xi c a n / Me xi c a n Am e r i c a n (31, 5.7%) ● Puerto Rican (13, 2.7%) ● Hispanic/ Latino (32, 5.9%) Q1: Surveyee Land Usage Freque

⬤ Never ⬤ 1-5 times a month ⬤ 5-10 times a month ⬤ 10-20 times a month ⬤ 20+ times a month Q2:Land Usage Boulder is well known for its proximity to natural spaces. What is Concerns your biggest concern regarding use of OSMP land? Land Use & TAKEAWAY ➔ Urban sprawl, degradation of trails, and Management mistreatment of land are the biggest concerns for youth regarding the use of OSMP land POTENTIAL COURSE OF ACTION

➔ Use zoning regulations to develop responsibly to avoid sprawl, but not hinder growth ➔ Use regulations and signage limit degradation of trails and mistreatment of land Q3: Preservation and When considering how to restore disturbed or degraded lands, which of the following Ecosystem Health approaches do you think are most beneficial?

10.8% TAKEAWAY 6.8% ➔ Expected answer of restoration. Implications/ability for city to do so in terms of funds and resources unknown.

POTENTIAL COURSE OF ACTION ➔ Restore lands to past conditions through restoration and zones of conservation ➔ Adapt lands to current and future climate conditions by promoting hardy natives/keystone species. Q4: Preservation and Ecological disturbances can play an important role in ecosystem health. Using fire and forests as an example, which of the following approaches do you Ecosystem Health prefer OSMP use to maintain and improve forest health while also lowering the risk of catastrophic fires. Choose one approach.

TAKEAWAY ➔ General consensus to continue maintenance and regulation of forest health.

POTENTIAL COURSE OF ACTION ➔ Continue with current approach, accelerate only if necessary/ in response to future climate changes (drought, fire season, etc...) It is very important to OSMP that all people in our community have access to nature and Q5: Open Space feel invited to participate. What community do you feel is in need of the most support Opportunities from OSMP?

TAKEAWAY ➔ Youth feel that youth and young adults, persons with disabilities, and low income families need the most support from OSMP ➔ Youth felt that picking one community was limiting, and that all choices implied lower socioeconomic status

POTENTIAL COURSE OF ACTION ➔ Give support to all groups by leading hikes in different languages, improving accessibility, etc... OSMP wants to prioritize expanding inclusive programming, reducing barriers Q6: Open Space to accessing nature, and providing opportunities for all. What do you think Opportunities OSMP should focus on to achieve this?

TAKEAWAY ➔ Educational programs in different languages and at different ability levels, programs to slowly increase comfort in Open Space, and the adjusting of signage are all relevant in reducing barriers to Open Space

POTENTIAL COURSE OF ACTION ➔ Create diverse programs to reduce barriers to Open Space, including different language programs, clearer signage, etc... OSMP wants to support safe and adventurous passive recreation (refers to Q7: Open Space non-consumptive uses such as wildlife observation, walking, biking, and Opportunities canoeing). In what ways do you think OSMP can improve in supporting this?

TAKEAWAY ➔ According to youth, improving facilities is the most important way to support passive recreation, followed by increased educational opportunities POTENTIAL COURSES OF ACTION ➔ Improve infrastructure such as trailheads, restrooms, etc.. ➔ Increase educational opportunities in Open Space, such as guided nature hikes Q8: Ecosystem Regulation: Invasive Species

TAKEAWAY ➔ General consensus to some form of control/preemptive measure to prevent outbreak (harming ecosystem trophic levels) POTENTIAL COURSE OF ACTION

➔ Due to the impracticality of physical removal, efforts to adapt ecosystems/restore native plants should be advanced Thank you for your time!

City of Boulder Inquiry on the Needs and

Preferences of Spanish Speakers Visiting Open Space and Mountain Parks

REPORT OF FINDINGS

Study conducted by:

Jetzabel Martinez Leticia Abajo

December 2018

El Centro AMISTAD 2222 14th St. Boulder, CO 80302

City of Boulder Inquiry on the Needs and Preferences of Spanish Speakers Visiting Open Space and Mountain Parks

REPORT ON FINDINGS

I. INTRODUCTION

This report reflects the findings from two focus groups conducted with Spanish-speaking people living in and around Boulder, held on November 13 and 17, 2018, at El Centro AMISTAD, Boulder, CO.

To put the results in context, it is worth mentioning that the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks department (OSMP) has designated economic resources and human talent in its Master Plan process in 2018-2019 to study the needs and preferences of the Spanish-speaking Latino community regarding their attendance and use of open space, green areas and mountain parks that are part of the 45,000 protected acres that the City of Boulder makes available for the responsible enjoyment of its residents and visitors.

Since 2001, El Centro AMISTAD has established influence, trust and respect within the Spanish- speaking Latino population in Boulder. Based on this expertise, OSMP contacted El Centro AMISTAD to gather information and suggestions from the community about their opinions related to open space and mountain parks.

II. PARTICIPANT RECRUITING AND METHODOLOGY

The methodology used to facilitate the focus groups was a qualitative research type, based on open-ended questions designed to encourage each participant’s honest participation and highlight their personal experience and knowledge on the subject. El Centro AMISTAD incorporated interactive activities, such as ice-breakers, to establish trust between the interviewees and facilitators. In an effort to be competent and objective observers, the interviewers allowed the participants to express their opinions without influencing their responses.

As a theoretical reference, qualitative research seeks to analyze phenomena or social subjects in a deep and detailed way to produce knowledge that can be used in a place and with specific characteristics, in a specific place and time. In contrast to quantitative research, qualitative research does not pursue the accuracy or generalization of social facts. For this reason, it is advisable to implement the results of this study within 1 to 3 years. This time frame favors a more successful and effective intervention because human processes are naturally changing and multifactorial.

According to the theorists, the focal group technique "is a meeting with an open and structured group interview modality, where a group of individuals selected by researchers discuss and elaborate on a thematic or social fact based on personal experience." This approach is based on a collective representation at the micro level of what happens at the macrosocial level, since the participants’ stories detail the images, concepts and common places that belong to their community. This process is ideal to look at the changes in a community, using between 6 and 10 guiding questions that go from the general to the most specific, from the simplest to the most complex, in a maximum period of 2 hours, helping the group to feel that their opinions have been validated and understood.

City of Boulder Inquiry on the Needs and Preferences of Spanish Speakers Visiting Open Space and Mountain Parks

REPORT ON FINDINGS

After establishing these theoretical hypotheses, the first step in September 2018 was to design a flyer to promote the project and invite people to participate in these group sessions. The flyer outlined the objectives, relevant information about Open Space and Mountain Parks, contact information, meeting location and participant incentives for their contribution to the project. These flyers were primarily delivered during three activities where both AMISTAD and OSMP were present.

The second step was to develop a questionnaire to determine the participant profile. The questionnaire included demographic data such as age, place of residence, number of children, occupation and/or educational level, availability to participate and contact information. This questionnaire helped to organize the groups by date and special needs such as childcare. It was not intended to create a homogeneous group, but rather to facilitate diversity.

As part of the promotion, facilitators used digital and social media resources such as Facebook (Latino Outdoors, Latinos of Boulder County, Compañeras, etc.), websites directed to the local Latino community, emails to allied organizations, and a presentation on “Pasa la Voz” (Spread the Word) a community radio program on KGNU directed to Spanish speakers in the Front Range area. Facilitators also communicated with those interested in participating by phone or text messages to invite participants to participate as well as to remind them of the date and time of their group meetings.

Concurrently with the invitation process, AMISTAD and the OSMP teams held exploratory and informational meetings to determine the themes for the focus group sessions which were informed by the focus areas of the OSMP Master Plan and designed to help develop and refine strategies to achieve the desired outcomes for these focus areas. In these open and collaborative meetings, the teams set dates and defined the parameters and fundamental concepts that were incorporated in the interview guide.

III. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

Given that this is the first focus group engagement approach with the Spanish-speaking community as part of the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks’ Master Plan process in this case only basic demographic data and general population characteristics were taken into account. In later phases, new parameters could be established, such as more specific participant characteristics, based on OSMP needs and interests.

The demographic variables for this project were: • Gender • Age • Place of residence

City of Boulder Inquiry on the Needs and Preferences of Spanish Speakers Visiting Open Space and Mountain Parks

REPORT ON FINDINGS

• Country of origin • Occupation and/or education level • Whether participants had children or not

Based on the participation of 27 people from the Spanish-speaking community in two focus groups, here are the most important variables, focusing on the Spanish speaking Latino and Hispanic community and regardless of their place of residence:

•23 female participants

Gender •4 male participants

•Boulder County and Fort Collins Residence

•12 Mexicans, 4 Peruvians, 3 Chileans, 2 Ecuadorians, 2 Spaniards, 1 Venezuelan, 1 Country of Colombian, 1 Guatemalan and 1 Bolivian Origin

•Participants of different ages attended: teenagers, adults and seniors, between 16 and 60 years old. The majority were between 30 and 45 years old, with school-age Age and teenage children

•Participants were students, professionals and homemakers, as well as retired Occupation citizens

Centro AMISTAD believes that one of the transcendental aspects of this study was the diverse multicultural representation of the Spanish-speaking community living in Boulder, with almost 45% from Mexico and 55% from countries in Latin America and Spain. In this regard, there was an excellent sample of the opinions and behaviors representing the Latino population in terms of their use and needs of Open Space and Mountain Parks.

IV. FINDINGS

“Going to the mountains gives me peace. It motivates me because I can let all my stress out even if it is just a path near my house; just being in contact with nature creates a change in me.”

Within both focus groups several themes came up in a very natural way:

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- Participants shared their feelings of gratitude and quickly developed a sense of ownership when they were provided with information about the system established to acquire and protect land that everyone can responsibly enjoy. “It makes me feel visible when I learn that my taxes make this wonderful project possible.” “Now, if I see someone leaving their dog’s poop there, I can tell them that’s not okay.” - Participants immediately shared an emotional connection to nature when remembering their childhood. Most of the emotions were positive, happy and relaxing “I just traveled to my grandparents farm were we ate really good food in front of the fire.” “I can hear the birds and smell the air just as if we were playing outside again as kids.” Some emotions, however, incorporated an aspect of fear of the unknown and/or a sense of insecurity when being alone in the wild: “I am scared of wild animals, what do I do if a bear attacks me?” - Language seemed to be the most important barrier when participants talked about their visits to Open Space and Mountain Parks. Not having language access to the written materials in the parks, not being able to understand the information already there, as well as not understanding the “unwritten” cultural rules when one goes to the outdoors. - As for information sharing, participants all agreed that signage, posters and other graphic information needed to be more prominent and visible, as well as more attractive. - Cultural differences were shared by all. In Latino cultures, going to the outdoors is mostly a family activity such as fishing or picnicking. “Hanging out with my family, with my extended family not just my immediate family, is the most important thing for me. I only have one day off a week and I want to spend it with my family”. Along these lines, other suggestions were to have more play areas for children, better parking spaces, and better access to parks by bus. - Participants felt that they needed more education about the animals and plants in the area, safety precautions, and facts and statistics. They also felt they needed more education on what type of equipment is needed when going outdoors; what is absolutely necessary and what can I get by without: “In my case, I don’t even know which kind of shoes are better. Are tennis shoes okay?” - Many participants felt there was a great lack of understanding about some ecological concepts such as the use of plastic, using reusable water bottles, or if recycling is available at parks. - Some participants felt the lack of lighting in the parking lots may be a barrier for certain people. “My teen goes to the parks with his friends... at night! Is that dangerous?” Parking spaces are very scarce, so having a station to safely park bicycles would help with that. Most participants also felt there were not enough trash receptacles in the facilities. - More accessible facilities, such as changing tables in both men’s and women’s bathrooms, more bathrooms, more drinking fountains, better kept facilities, and perhaps an area to take cover if weather suddenly becomes colder.

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- One comment with which everyone agreed is that the name “Open Space and Mountain Parks” is not intuitively or broadly understood. In Spanish, an open space is a place where there are no buildings and where one can do what they want. In Spanish “open space” is more broadly called “green areas”, although this can create some confusion. The same goes for the name Mountain Park. In Spanish, the word park is more associated with childrens’ play areas. Participants suggested developing a more descriptive name for the entire department.

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V. FACILITATORS’ RECOMMENDATIONS

In conclusion, El Centro AMISTAD wants to provide OSMP with recommendations that it considers a priority for future departmental plans in order to continue on the path of integration, inclusion, recognition and respect for the differences of all the people, including the Spanish-speaking community, who live close to and enjoy the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks. As the first step on that path, El Centro AMISTAD proposes the following recommendations which incorporate comments and needs indicated by the participants during the sessions of the focus groups. El Centro AMISTAD feels these recommendations can help OSMP more effectively engage with and serve the Spanish-speaking community. These recommendations are stated in order of importance as determined by the participants.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Translate all trail and trailhead signs, announcements, invitations, maps, or other printed information found in open space and mountain parks. The website and any other forms of communication should also be translated. The signs in open space and mountain parks should be more visually pleasant with more graphic information, which would benefit all non-English speakers and those who do not read. Signs should be attractive in their design to capture the interest of all visitors to the area.

Provide educational information in Spanish at the entrance to each park about the animals, required equipment, facilities, rules of conduct, possible dangers and what to do in case of emergency, etc.

Keep public restrooms open and functional throughout the year and keep them cleaner. Include changing tables for babies in both female and male facilities or provide family restrooms. Increase the number of public restrooms in OSMP.

Increase the number of picnic tables, covered areas for resting, relaxing and family social activities, keeping larger families in mind.

Incorporate public transit routes or improve parking spaces, especially on weekends, to make the parks and open spaces more friendly to those who need transportation support.

Promote all activities and publish the OSMP calendar of events on Facebook, in both Spanish and English.

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VI. IMAGES FROM FOCUS GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES

Global view of focus groups on November 13, 2018

Juanita Echeverri, OSMP Education Coordinator, explaining some of the facts about the use of City of Boulder open space and mountain parks, while participants listen and take notes.

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Participants, discussing and listening attentively to other opinions and ideas on how their experiences could be improved.

Informational tables at the OSMP Master Plan Community Workshop on Community Connection, Education and Inclusion and Agriculture – Today and Tomorrow on December 3, 2018

Promotoras de Salud, Amelia and Lupita, from El Centro AMISTAD informing community members about the amount of sugar in sugary drinks and its effects on our health.

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VII. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND QUESTIONNAIRES

Invitation to the general Spanish- speaking public:

We want to listen to you, come tell us what your needs and preferences are.

Come participate in these focus groups, your voice is important!

Did you know…

Your taxes contribute to the purchase and maintenance of all the 45,000 acres of land owned by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks?

Children, adults, elders, people experiencing disabilities, pets, families, loners, youth, artists, dreamers, sports lovers, laid back people, type A people… ALL ARE WELCOME!

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Invitación para participar en el taller de Recreación Responsable, Cuidado de la Tierra y Diversión en

Los Espacios Abiertos y Parques de Montaña los Invitan

Los miembros de la comunidad están invitados a unos talleres comunitarios que exploran las estrategias para el manejo de los Espacios Abiertos y Parques de Montaña (OSMP)

El próximo taller será a cerca de la Recreación Responsable, Cuidado de la tierra y Diversión. La información de estos talleres la encuentran en: OSMPMasterPlan.org.

• Evento: Taller comunitario de Recreación responsable, Cuidado de la tierra y diversión. • Fecha y hora: lunes 5 de Noviembre de 5:30PM a 8:000PM • Lugar: En el Centro Comunitario Judío, 6007 Oregon Avenue, Boulder CO 80303

• Habrá interpretación simultánea. comida gratis y actividades para niños.

OSMP los motiva a usar transporte público. Para los que no puedan asistir habrá un cuestionario en línea para que ustedes lo contesten desde la comodidad de su casa.

¡Los esperamos!

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

“The City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks” along with “El Centro AMISTAD”, invite you to a group interview to get to know your opinion about the free, open all year-round green areas that surround the City of Boulder for the enjoyment of our community.

The results from this study will help inform Boulder’s directors about your needs and preferences Come and participate, your voice is important!

We offer child care, snacks and a gift card. For more information, read the back of the invitation

Did you know?

That you, as a Boulder resident are the owner of more than 45,000 acres of open spaces not farther than 10 minutes from your house.

A portion of the taxes you pay when you buy a product goes to protect and maintain your parks, green areas, trails and nature surrounding Boulder.

Kids, adults, seniors, people experiencing disabilities, families, pets, youth, artists, dreamers, sports people, stressed and relax…ARE ALL WELCOME!

How, when and where participate?

Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

The interviews will take place in the month of November of 2018 (dates to be determined), with an estimated duration of two hours.

We have a 30 people capacity.

Place: CENTRO AMISTAD, 2222 14TH St Boulder, CO

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Nosotros, Espacios Abiertos y Parques de Montaña (OSMP) de la ciudad de Boulder y El Centro AMISTAD, estamos agradecidos por su interés en participar en una de las Entrevistas Grupales que estaremos realizando en el mes de noviembre del año 2018. Le solicitamos que por favor llene este sencillo cuestionario, para poder registrarse en algunos de los tres grupos que estamos organizando. Los datos suministrados son confidenciales y su único propósito es comunicarnos directamente con usted. (NO SE ENTREGARÁ SU INFORMACIÓN A NINGUNA ORGANIZACIÓN NI PERSONA)

RELLENE O MARQUE CON UNA EQUIS (X) LAS SIGUIENTES PREGUNTAS:

1. NOMBRE COMPLETO: __Mariana Bastías___

2. CORREO ELECTRÓNICO o TELÉFONO DE CONTACTO: [email protected]__

3. ¿EN QUÉ CIUDAD DEL CONDADO DE BOULDER VIVE?: __Superior__

Por favor, indique su código postal: __80027__

4. EDAD: __16__

5. TIENE HIJOS: SÍ _____ NO _X____

Edades 0-5 años ______6-11 años _____ 12-18 años ______19 y más años ______

6. OFICIO O PROFESIÓN: __Alumna/Estudiante__

7. NIVEL DE EDUCACIÓN (opcional):

Primaria: ______Secundaria: ______Preparatoria : __10º grado___ Estudios universitarios: ______

8. DISPONIBILIDAD PARA ASISTIR A ESTA ACTIVIDAD (en noviembre):

. Solo fines de semana _____ Mañanas (10:00 a 12:00) _____ Tardes (3:00 a 5:00) _____

. Días de semana (tardes 5:30 a 7:30) ___X______

. Todos ______

9. NECESITA CUIDADO DE NIÑOS ENTRE 2 - 12 AÑOS: Sí ____ Edades _____

No _X___

¡Muchas gracias! Con su participación estará ayudando a la Ciudad de Boulder a conocer sus necesidades y preferencias para disfrutar de las áreas verdes y espacios abiertos. Le contactaremos para comunicarle el día y la hora seleccionada para asistir a la entrevista grupal (si resulta elegido).

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PREGUNTAS Y GUÍA PARA EL FOCUS GROUP

FOCUS GROUP AGENDA

BLOQUE UNO

1. Bienvenida y Presentación de los organizadores y Facilitadoras (propósito de la actividad) 2. Presentación de los participantes - Nombre, País de origen, años viviendo en Boulder 3. Establecer las normas del grupo • Respetar la ideas y opiniones de los demás, para crear un espacio seguro • Queremos escuchar todas las voces, dar oportunidad a los demás para que hablen • Crear turnos de participación • Entender que cada uno tenemos una visión diferente de la vida y todas las experiencias son válidas 4. Rompehielo Actividad: hagamos un viaje….Por favor cierra los ojos, respira profundo, relaja los músculos y ahora trata de recordar un lugar o experiencia agradables que viviste en la naturaleza (aire libre) cuando eras niño. ¿Es de día o de noche? ¿Qué temperatura notas en la piel? (hablar de los 5 sentidos) Qué hacías? Cómo te sentías? Quién estaba allí contigo? Qué es lo que más te gustaba? que no te gustaba tanto. Quieres compartir la experiencia? Cómo te hizo sentir? 5. Cuándo fue la última vez que estuviste en contacto con la naturaleza y alguna área verde? Fue en Boulder? Por qué fuiste allí? 6. Conoces algún Parque de Montaña o Sendero aquí en Boulder? Levanten la mano: En los últimos seis meses has salido a la Naturaleza? Cuántas veces? Cuántas veces has ido en el último mes? En los últimos 15 días? Hace 1 semana? El fin de semana? Hacer una tablita en el pizarrón con esa información. 7. Si has ido al menos una vez, qué te gustó de la experiencia. Qué te motiva a ir al parque o subir el cerro? Qué cosas se te hacen cómodas para asistir a ese lugar? Qué te parece incómodo o qué pudiera mejorarse en los espacios abiertos? 8. Qué te gusta hacer cuando estás en la Naturaleza? Sabías que la existencia de esos espacios son gratuitos para todos porque se compran las tierras y se mantienen con nuestro dinero de los impuestos a las compras? Por tanto tenemos derecho de usarlos y disfrutarlos cuidándolos responsablemente.

DESCANSO DE 10 MINUTOS

BLOQUE DOS 9. Sientes que estás aprovechando los parques y los senderos de la forma en qué te gustaría? Por qué no? Cuáles son los obstáculos para utilizarlos con más frecuencia? 10. Si tuvieras una varita mágica, qué le quitarías y qué le agregarías a esos lugares para hacerlos más agradables y confortables para ti? (llevar varita o palito) 11. Los directivos del Departamento de Espacios Abiertos y Parques de Montaña de la Ciudad de Boulder están interesados y comprometidos contigo, con toda la Comunidad Latina para atraerlos y hacerlos participantes activos de los parques, senderos, áreas verdes que están a su

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alrededor. Hay programas educativos, oportunidades de voluntariado, visitas planificadas, seguridad, guardaparques. cuando acabemos el grupo, Juanita les puede dar detalles de estas oportunidades. Y están ofreciendo este proyecto para conocer qué más necesitas? Qué te hace falta para asistir con más frecuencia? Qué quieres encontrar en tus parques para visitarlos más?. Es tu momento de hablar y contarnos. Y si se te ocurre algo después de este encuentro, luego de pensarlo mejor y hasta comentarlo con tu familia o amigos, pues puedes escribirnos a Leticia o a mí y darnos más ideas, que son completamente bienvenidas. 12. Ahora bien, después de compartir y escucharnos, te sientes más dueño de estas tierras? Ves posible asistir al menos una vez a la semana? A quién llevarías contigo? 13. Para finalizar, juega con nosotros: Si yo digo una palabra , tú debes decir lo que asocias con esa palabra: Montaña – Pesca- Naturaleza- Parques- Oso- Risas- Relajarse- Tiempo- Puma- Familia- Ardillas- Árboles- Aire fresco-

14. ¿Quieres brevemente compartir lo que aprendiste hoy sobre la Naturaleza a tu alrededor?

15. Distribuir la información sobre “Conexión con la Naturaleza” y la bolsita de agradecimiento.

Question Group/Location Response 1. Have we missed anyone that Topher/Mid- we should focus on to be more Boy Scouts of America, Girl November Program inclusive? Scouts of America. 1. Have we missed anyone that Topher/Mid- we should focus on to be more November Program inclusive? Rural. 1. Have we missed anyone that Topher/Mid- we should focus on to be more CIRCLED: (3) Seniors. African November Program inclusive? Americans, students, teachurs. 1. Have we missed anyone that Topher/Mid- we should focus on to be more November Program inclusive? Blacks, veterans

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing opportunities for all? Ramble on Pearl No parking lot, no transportation

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing opportunities for all? Ramble on Pearl transportation

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing opportunities for all? Ramble on Pearl transportation, location

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Provide a shuttle service to the opportunities for all? Ramble on Pearl parks

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- Talk about Down-Syndrome more opportunities for all? November Program information.

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- opportunities for all? November Program Research and outreach. 2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- opportunities for all? November Program Classes.

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- Outreach, attending programs opportunities for all? November Program the groups participate in.

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- opportunities for all? November Program Go to high school.

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- Talk to the above named groups opportunities for all? November Program via regular presentations.

2. How do you think OSMP should More out groups to non- focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- accessible/ accessible trails. High opportunities for all? November Program schools.

2. How do you think OSMP should focus on inclusion and providing Topher/Mid- Solicit advice from those in your opportunities for all? November Program target populations. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing perceived and actual barriers to Ramble on Pearl access OSMP lands? Put a bus stop identification sign 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing perceived and actual barriers to bus stations/stops (RTD) near the Ramble on Pearl access OSMP lands? park 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing perceived and actual barriers to Ramble on Pearl access OSMP lands? good advertising 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing perceived and actual barriers to Ramble on Pearl access OSMP lands? Shuttle service 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? More park rangers on the staff. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? Open meetings to the public. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? Grants, follow up. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? Outreach. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? Places to sit and rest. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? Newspaper coverage. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to November Program access OSMP lands? Do more research. 3. How do you think OSMP should invest resources into understanding and addressing Topher/Mid- perceived and actual barriers to We need more benches for November Program access OSMP lands? resting.

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs no smoking, local trashcan, local that ensure diverse communities’ bathroom, trashbag for dog benefit from nature? Ramble on Pearl waste

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Water features (pond), lots of benefit from nature? Ramble on Pearl trees

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs education opportunities to learn that ensure diverse communities’ about geology, wildlife and plant benefit from nature? Ramble on Pearl history

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- benefit from nature? November Program Low vision [illegible] state parks.

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- benefit from nature? November Program Grand openings and reopenings. 4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs Open houses, free programs, that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- provide transportation to benefit from nature? November Program informational events.

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- benefit from nature? November Program Parties.

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- Public covering when trails are benefit from nature? November Program made accessible.

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- benefit from nature? November Program Meet new people.

4. How do you think OSMP should create facilities and programs that ensure diverse communities’ Topher/Mid- Go to schools talk to kids, news benefit from nature? November Program paper coverage.

5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access Topher/Mid- Make them user friendly: ie, that meet their needs? November Program accessible paths.

5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access Topher/Mid- More presentations, outreach to that meet their needs? November Program organizations. 5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access that meet their needs? Ramble on Pearl gathering

5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access observatory or place to view that meet their needs? Ramble on Pearl nature

5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access Topher/Mid- that meet their needs? November Program Research.

5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access that meet their needs? Ramble on Pearl more handicapped access

5. How do you think OSMP should welcome and attract diverse audiences by creating facilities, programs and points of access Topher/Mid- that meet their needs? November Program Make new friends.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- Wheelchair lifts and more hand invited to use OSMP lands? November Program held walkers. 6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel invited to use OSMP lands? Ramble on Pearl keep it looking nice

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- Wide paths, shade, accessible invited to use OSMP lands? November Program restrooms, flat trails.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- Transportation- free and regular invited to use OSMP lands? November Program routes.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- Get public support and funding invited to use OSMP lands? November Program by the public.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- invited to use OSMP lands? November Program I don't know about OSMP trails.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel pet friendly, soft playground invited to use OSMP lands? Ramble on Pearl surface 6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel invited to use OSMP lands? Ramble on Pearl water fountains

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel invited to use OSMP lands? Ramble on Pearl animals observation tower

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community Notification of events, have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- explanation if they are invited to use OSMP lands? November Program accessible, more assistance.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- invited to use OSMP lands? November Program Try new things.

6. Are there specific needs OSMP should be aware of that would help all people in our community have access to nature and feel Topher/Mid- I need a walker and would have invited to use OSMP lands? November Program trouble on a hike.

7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: The trails I want to go below describe barriers to your to are not accessible for people enjoyment of Open Space and experiencing disabilities; I don't Mountain Parks (OSMP)? Ramble on Pearl have transportation 7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: too crowded, trails are below describe barriers to your not interesting, trails I want to enjoyment of Open Space and go on are not accessible, I am not Mountain Parks (OSMP)? aware of rec opportunities. Ramble on Pearl WRITTEN IN: too dusty

7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: too crowded, trails are below describe barriers to your not interesting, trails I want to enjoyment of Open Space and go on are not accessible, I don't Mountain Parks (OSMP)? Ramble on Pearl have transportation

7. Do any of the statements below describe barriers to your enjoyment of Open Space and CHECKED: too crowded, I can't Mountain Parks (OSMP)? Ramble on Pearl find parking

OTHER: Trails are not well 7. Do any of the statements marked at intersections got on a below describe barriers to your [illegible] trail accidentally from enjoyment of Open Space and a [illegible] trail by accident that Topher/Mid- Mountain Parks (OSMP)? was only marked [illegible] at the November Program top.

7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: (1) It's too crowded. below describe barriers to your OTHER: My only complaint is enjoyment of Open Space and Colorado is crowded. Off-leash is Topher/Mid- Mountain Parks (OSMP)? less common or easy on a November Program crowded trail.

7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: (1) It's too crowded, below describe barriers to your (4) The trails I want to go to, and enjoyment of Open Space and (5) I don't have transportation. Topher/Mid- Mountain Parks (OSMP)? OTHER: More sight seeing and November Program bird watching. 7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: (1) It's too crowded, below describe barriers to your (3) I can't find parking, (4) The enjoyment of Open Space and trails I want to go on, and (6) I Topher/Mid- Mountain Parks (OSMP)? am not aware of recreational November Program opportunities.

7. Do any of the statements CHECKED: (3) I can't find parking, below describe barriers to your (4) The trails I want to go to, (5) enjoyment of Open Space and I don't have transportation, and Topher/Mid- Mountain Parks (OSMP)? (6) I am not aware of November Program recreational opportunities.

7. Do any of the statements below describe barriers to your OTHER: Have people without enjoyment of Open Space and Topher/Mid- difficulty walking attempt to Mountain Parks (OSMP)? November Program travel in wheelchair.

7. Do any of the statements below describe barriers to your CHECKED: (5) I don't have enjoyment of Open Space and Topher/Mid- transportation. OTHER: I need a Mountain Parks (OSMP)? November Program walker.

7. Do any of the statements below describe barriers to your enjoyment of Open Space and Topher/Mid- CHECKED: (4) The trails I want to Mountain Parks (OSMP)? November Program go to.

8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support CEHECKED: a stunning landscape, enjoyable recreation, which of safe and adventurous rec, clear the following are important to guidance on where and how to you? Ramble on Pearl access recreational opportunities 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of the following are important to CHECKED: stunning landscape, Ramble on Pearl you? WRITTEN IN: amazing trails

8. When considering how OSMP CHECKED: A stunning, close-to- can continue to support home landscapre that inspires enjoyable recreation, which of recreation and enjoyment; Clear the following are important to Topher/Mid- guidance on where and how to you? November Program access recreational opportunities 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of CHECKED: (2) Safe and Topher/Mid- the following are important to adveturous. OTHER: It would November Program you? help. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of Topher/Mid- the following are important to CHECKED: (2) Safe and November Program you? adventurous. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of CHECKED: (2) Safe and Topher/Mid- the following are important to adventurous, and (3) Clear November Program you? guidance. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of CHECKED: (2) Safe and Topher/Mid- the following are important to adventurous, and (3) Clear November Program you? guidance. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of OTHER: Have people without Topher/Mid- the following are important to difficulty walking attempt to November Program you? travel in wheelchair. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of CHECKED: (2) Safe and Topher/Mid- the following are important to adventurous, and (3) Clear November Program you? guidance. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of Topher/Mid- the following are important to CHECKED: (2) Safe and November Program you? adventurous. 8. When considering how OSMP can continue to support enjoyable recreation, which of Topher/Mid- the following are important to November Program you? OTHER: Safety. 8. When considering how OSMP CHECKED: (1) A stunning, close- can continue to support to-home landscape, and (2) Safe enjoyable recreation, which of and adventurous. OTHER: Dogs Topher/Mid- the following are important to allowed (not a requirement, but November Program you? nice). 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance on where and how to access CHECKED: Educational programs, Ramble on Pearl those opportunities? informational signs 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance on where and how to access Ramble on Pearl those opportunities? CHECKED: more rangers/staff 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance on where and how to access CHECKED: Informational signs, Ramble on Pearl those opportunities? More rangers/staff 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance Topher/Mid- on where and how to access CHECKED: (2) Informational signs, November Program those opportunities? and (4) More rangers/staff. CHECKED: (1) Educational 9. How can OSMP provide programs, and (4) More clearer, more effective guidance rangers/staff. OTHER: More on where and how to access picnic tables and recyclabes Topher/Mid- those opportunities? [illegible] and outhouses/ November Program bathrooms. 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance OTHER: Regular presentations at Topher/Mid- on where and how to access facilities where the groups November Program those opportunities? gather. 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance Topher/Mid- on where and how to access November Program those opportunities? CHECKED: All. 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance Topher/Mid- on where and how to access CHECKED: (3) Webpages November Program those opportunities? dedicated to safe recreation. 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance Topher/Mid- on where and how to access CHECKED: (1) Educational November Program those opportunities? programs. 9. How can OSMP provide clearer, more effective guidance Topher/Mid- on where and how to access CHECKED: (3) Webpages November Program those opportunities? dedicated to safe recreation. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP All of the 5 they do not support November Program land? no exclusions. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe More sight seeing. More seating Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP benchs. Bring in more [illegible]. November Program land? A bird watching. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP Bring different trial opportunities November Program land? to see if people like it. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP November Program land? Skiing. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP November Program land? Bird watching, soccer. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP November Program land? Bake off. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP Sking swimming golf, ATV, November Program land? playgrounds. 10. Are there any activities that you would like to see OSMP support that you do not believe Topher/Mid- are currently supported on OSMP November Program land? Slides of animals. 12. What other ideas do you have to provide enjoyable recreation Topher/Mid- experiences and protect Post them on an accessible November Program Boulder's open space? website.

12. What other ideas do you have CHECKED: (3) Re-routing, and (4) to provide enjoyable recreation Education. OTHER: To have more experiences and protect Topher/Mid- outhouses and more picnic tables Boulder's open space? November Program and more recyclables [illegible]. 12. What other ideas do you have to provide enjoyable recreation Topher/Mid- experiences and protect CHECKED: (3) Re-routing, and (4) November Program Boulder's open space? Education. 12. What other ideas do you have to provide enjoyable recreation Out reach to more youth to pass Topher/Mid- experiences and protect on appreciation of nature, November Program Boulder's open space? especially low income.

13. Do you have other ideas that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to Topher/Mid- conserve Boulder's open space? November Program I love dogs.

13. Do you have other ideas that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to Topher/Mid- More park rangers, benches to sit conserve Boulder's open space? November Program on, bathrooms picnic tables.

13. Do you have other ideas that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to Topher/Mid- To have more outhouses and conserve Boulder's open space? November Program picnic tables for camping.

13. Do you have other ideas that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to Topher/Mid- conserve Boulder's open space? November Program Benches.

13. Do you have other ideas that would help us to improve your open space experiences and to conserve Boulder's open space? Ramble on Pearl Host Concerts APPENDIX E DRAFT GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

OSMP Draft Guiding Principles The following guiding principles describe HOW staff will carry out implementation of final strategies in the OSMP Master Plan. They are not strategies in and of themselves. Instead, they describe common approaches or general agreements about how work will be done across all focus areas and strategies.

The guiding principles also articulate what leadership in land management looks like in the 21st century. Boulder has a long legacy of leadership in land conversation. Staff want to honor this impressive history through innovative and science-driven land management over the next 50 years.

As OSMP staff advance implementation of the Master Plan, we seek to . . .

Unite conservation and recreation We support and conserve healthy ecosystems, without which Boulder would not be Boulder. Everything begins with land conservation. It underpins all aspects of enjoying and protecting open space. In turn, responsible recreation is beneficial to the health of the land as it builds understanding and commitment to land stewardship. In short, recreation and conservation need each other. Together, both are stronger and better.

Innovate and lead in sustainability and resilience Ensuring an environmentally, economically and socially sustainable future is an overarching priority for the Boulder community. OSMP wants to be a leader in developing, using and promoting sustainable practices in every aspect of supporting ecosystems, agriculture and recreation.

Think regionally Wildlife corridors, ecosystems, creeks and local and regional trails all extend well beyond OSMP boundaries into nearby cities, counties, and federal lands. OSMP is a part of that larger system. Seeing our lands through that lens fosters regional collaboration with other departments throughout the city and neighboring land managers to explore shared challenges and opportunities.

Partner to conserve and enjoy Collaboration with partners and community-based organizations will enhance service delivery in support of City of Boulder Charter Purposes for Open Space.

Engage the community meaningfully Boulder’s open spaces are a way of life for many community members, and we all have a civic duty to take care of them. Community engagement, therefore, is central to how OSMP operates. Staff make better decisions and provide better services when the communities we serve have a meaningful voice and a shared sense of responsibility to the land.

Include all voices in the process Fostering a conservation ethic while promoting diverse, inclusive and next-generation engagement is essential for future protection and use of our public lands. All voices of the Boulder community,

including youth, Spanish-speakers, people experiencing disabilities and other underserved populations, will be welcomed, heard and incorporated into planning, decision-making, programming and ongoing management. And – the voices of nature will be heard, too. Plants and wildlife have fundamental rights that should be recognized and defended.

Zero in With limited resources and growing needs, we can’t do it all. Therefore, we intend to zero in on where the biggest needs are and where we can make the biggest difference – whether it be targeting restoration efforts in certain parts of the system or focusing maintenance on certain trails. Let data inspire stewardship We will continue to research, monitor and use best available science and data to inform and increase confidence in land management decisions, even in the face of uncertainty. We also seek to encourage community stewardship and collective action by broadly sharing data and research results.

Track and communicate progress towards shared goals Have we made progress? Which projects have advanced broader strategies and outcomes? As staff gets to work on implementing all the great things we have ahead, we will develop clear metrics to measure success. And we’ll share regular updates about how we’re doing and where we’re headed next.