Bring your 2-5 year old for a morning filled with nature exploration, stories, and connection with our amazing natural world. We all poop, right? Well, so do animals! They also leave behind footprints, just like we do. This month, we'll explore the different tracks and scat wild animals leave behind- do they all look the same, or are they different? Can we find any real scat or tracks while we walk near the river? Let's find out!
Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Do you have an adventurous spirit? Do you enjoy long hikes in nature but yearn to learn more about what you see? Join Naturalist Rob Pickett for a wild wander through Larimer County Open Spaces. These 4–5-mile hikes will reveal fascinating aspects of the local flora, fauna, geology, and landscapes, making it not just a physical journey but an educational one too! Learn insights that you can carry forward into your future outdoor explorations and deepen your connection with nature while expanding your understanding of the environment around you.
This program is canceled due to to poor viewing conditions. Please check out events calendar for future dates.
Bring your 2-5 year old for a morning filled with nature exploration, stories, and connection with our amazing natural world. We all poop, right? Well, so do animals! They also leave behind footprints, just like we do. This month, we'll explore the different tracks and scat wild animals leave behind- do they all look the same, or are they different? Can we find any real scat or tracks while we walk near the river? Let's find out!
Devil's Backbone Open Space has been used in many ways by a variety of people, so how did it become an Open Space? Historic trends and individual actions have created what we know of today as Devil's Backbone Open Space. Find out about how humans have stewarded this place from ancient times to the modern day!
Enjoy an evening with members of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society (NCAS) for an up-close look at the night sky over the Rockies. Telescopes will be available for viewing stars, galaxies, planets and more! Bring the whole group to connect with the wonders of the night sky.
This open house-style program is located at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space (entrance on County Road 38E). Telescopes will be set up in the paved parking lot. Program is free but a parking pass is required. Registration is encouraged.
LOVELAND – Larimer County Department of Natural Resources (LCDNR) is seeking public input for proposed management plan recommendations of Chimney Hollow Open Space (CHOS). Public input will be collected beginning Oct. 22 through Nov. 15 via an online survey as well as at a virtual public open house on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.
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DENVER, Colo. – NoCo Places, a collaborative of eight federal, state, and county land management agencies in the northern Colorado Front Range, has released a Conservation and Recreation Vision for the region, an effort two years in the making. The Vision describes current conditions, shared values, desired future conditions, a shared management philosophy, and management strategies and activities to achieve conservation and recreation goals. The visioning process also informed the development of an action plan to guide key projects for the next several years.
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Carter Lake re-opens to all recreation
Recreators are welcome to return to Carter Lake for all standard recreation as of Friday, 9/20. This includes paddlecraft and motorized boating in all zones. We thank our community members for their patience while we partially restricted access to make way for fire scooper planes fighting the #PearlFire earlier in the week. Please be aware that fire suppression efforts are still ongoing and the status of Carter Lake recreation is subject to change.
Enjoy an evening with members of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society (NCAS) for an up-close look at the night sky over the Rockies. Telescopes will be available for viewing stars, galaxies, planets and more! Bring the whole group to connect with the wonders of the night sky.
This open house-style program is located at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space (entrance on County Road 38E). Telescopes will be set up in the paved parking lot. Program is free but a parking pass is required. Registration is encouraged.
