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Parks & Open Space

5201 St. Vrain Road
Longmont, CO  80503
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tel (303) 678-6200
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Agricultural Management

Cattle on Rock Creek Farm, a lease back agricultural property.Boulder County's Parks and Open Space Agricultural Resources Division has two essential elements for a successful agricultural program: sound land management and a large pool of competent operators willing to lease open-space agricultural properties. They oversee 120 leases with 75 tenants. Staff time is spent negotiating lease terms and tracking rent and crop production, as well as:

  • Evaluating and exercising water rights, lining and maintaining irrigation ditches and reservoirs on County Open Space
  • Installing center-pivot irrigation systems to cut water use in half and reduce soil erosion by 95%
  • Fencing cropland and riparian areas to reduce damage from grazing livestock
  • Re-vegetating lands taken out of production and converting marginal cropland back to grassland
  • Mapping properties using GIS to track and compare farm yields and efficiencies
  • Combating noxious weeds on open space and throughout the County.

The Agricultural Resources Division also works cooperatively with the Colorado State University Extension Office on agricultural issues, master gardening, beekeeping, composting, food preserving, and small acreage management.

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