OSBT public comment - Gopinath Twin Lakes Slides - 05.09.16Juliet Gopinath
Comments in support of request #36
for Twin Lakes to be converted to
Open Space
5/09/16
TWIN LAKES FIELDS SATISFY ALL FIVE OF THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE CRITERIA FOR OPEN
SPACE ACQUISITION
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
•Land threatened by development that is near or adjacent to existing open space
−Land on the south of Twin Lakes Road abuts the Johnson Trust Open Space
−Land on north abuts the Twin Lakes Open Space.
−Proposals to develop the land exist (Boulder County Housing Authority
website)
•Prime agricultural land
−Properties designated as prime agricultural land by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
•Wildlife habitat
−These properties have a large diversity of wildlife including species of special
concern
•Riparian and scenic corridors
−Both parcels have designated wetlands and riparian areas.
−Land provides corridor from Walden/Sawmill ponds to Twin Lakes
•Land that could provide trail connections.
−These properties could easily be integrated with the existing Twin Lakes Open
Space. Spur trails can provide easy access to the LoBo trail from the south.
WILDLIFE SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN AT TWIN LAKES AREA
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
WILDLIFE SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN AT TWIN LAKES AREA
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
LOCATION OF WILDLIFE CAMERA ON SOUTHERN TWIN LAKES PARCEL
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
WILDLIFE CORRIDOR ON TWIN LAKES PARCELS
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
12/06/15 11:41 am
Coyote enters fields
12/06/15 8:32 pm
Coyote exits fields
LOCATION OF WILDLIFE CAMERA ON NORTHERN TWIN LAKES PARCEL
COYOTE ENJOYING CHRISTMAS DAY ON PARCELS
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
BLUE HERON
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
FOX
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
BIRD OF PREY
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
BLUE HERON BULDING A NEST?
Johnson
Trust Open
Space
1977 BVCP IMAGE SHOWING PLANS FOR AREA TO BE A GREENBELT
Johnson
Trust Open
Space