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Community Forestry Sort Yards to open in May
Mar 20th
“Spring is a great time of year to get out on your land and begin preparing your property for wildfires.”
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Forest Health Initiative is pleased to announce the Community Forestry Sort Yard operating schedule for 2013. Two sort yard locations are open each summer to provide residents a free of charge location to dispose of logs and slash cut from their land.
The sort yards do not accept yard clippings, raked up pine needles, root balls, construction materials, dirt, furniture, household trash or wood with metal in it. Sort yard staff will refuse loads that contain unacceptable items.
Allenspark/Meeker Park Sort Yard
- Spring hours: Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 24th thru June 15th
- Summer/Fall hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 30th thru Oct. 19th
Nederland Area Sort Yard
- Spring hours: Tuesday thru Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1st thru July 6th (closed July 4th)
- Summer/Fall hours: Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20th thru Oct. 12th (these dates are tentative)
The Community Forestry Sort Yards may have additional closures during the open season due to weather, staff training or other administrative requirements. To check the operational status of a sort yard please call 303-678-6368.
Boulder County encourages all of its residents to be good stewards of their backyard forest and to implement effective wildfire mitigation on their land.
“The spring is a great time of year to get out on your land and begin preparing your property for wildfires,” said Ryan Ludlow outreach forester with the county’s Land Use Department. “Simple actions like picking up downed branches, raking away all pine needles within 5 feet of your structures, cutting tall dead grass and moving leftover winter firewood piles off of porches and placing them at least 30 feet away from the home can really help improve the chances of your home surviving the next wildfire.”
If you want to learn more about how to implement effective wildfire mitigation on your land join us at the Nederland Community Center on May 11 for a half day workshop focused on “Firewise Landscaping.” Learn how to transform your home’s perimeter into an area that you can not only use, but also looks good and helps protect your home from wildfire.
For more information about the sort yard program or how to implement proactive wildfire mitigation on your land, contact Ryan Ludlow, Boulder County Forest Health Initiative’s outreach forester, at 720-564-2641 orrludlow@bouldercounty.org.
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Boulder County drive-by ballot drop-off sites will open early
Oct 31st
Boulder County, Colo. – Due to the large number of mail-ballot voters returning their ballots this week, the Boulder County Elections Division is opening two of its drive-by ballot drop-off sites early.
Drive-by drop-off, originally scheduled to start Saturday, will begin Thursday at the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s main office, 1750 33rd St. in Boulder, and on Terry Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Longmont.
The Steinbaugh Pavilion in Louisville, 824 Front St., will also serve as a drive-by drop-off site beginning Saturday. Lyons Town Hall, 432 Fifth Ave., and the Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72 North, will offer drive-by drop-off on Election Day only.
Schedule for Boulder County drive-by drop-off locations:
- 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1-2 (Boulder and Longmont only)
- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 (Boulder, Longmont and Louisville)
- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 (Boulder only)
- 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 (Boulder, Longmont and Louisville)
- 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6 (Boulder, Longmont, Louisville, Lyons and Nederland)
Through Tuesday, 69,014 Boulder County voters have returned mail ballots for the Nov. 6 election.
All voters except overseas and military voters must return their ballots to the Clerk and Recorder’s Office no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.
More election information and additional drop-off sites: 303-413-7740 or www.BoulderCountyVotes.org.
Key remaining dates for the 2012 General Election:
- Friday, Nov. 2: Last day to request a mail ballot for the General Election if the ballot is picked up at the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s office.
- Friday, Nov. 2: Last day for early voting.
- Tuesday, Nov. 6: Election Day. Polling locations will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All ballots must be in the hands of the Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m.
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Mountain residents urged to review insurance policies
Jul 16th
Boulder County and Foothills United Way to host two free insurance workshops
Boulder County, Colo. – Recent fires all along the Front Range have served as catastrophic reminders of the need for foothills and mountain dwellers to make sure they are adequately insured before disaster strikes.
Now is a critical time for mountain residents to check their insurance policies and ensure their homes are adequately covered and to take some easy steps to prepare for any disaster.
Foothills United Way and Boulder County are holding two free educational workshops to help residents make sure they are properly insured and to learn how to be prepared for any natural disaster:
- Nederland – Monday, July 23, 7-8:30 p.m.
Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72
- Boulder – Tuesday, July 24, 6:30-8 p.m.
Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Boulder County Courthouse, third floor, 1325 Pearl St.
The workshops will cover several topics, including:
- Lessons learned from Fourmile Canyon Fire Survivors
- Tips from United Policyholders’ ‘Roadmap to Preparedness’ Program (www.uphelp.org)
- How to ensure your insurance policy accurately reflects the real cost of rebuilding in the mountains west of Boulder
- Practical ways your family can be prepared in the case of a natural disaster
Often, the cost to rebuild, especially in the mountains, exceeds the amount of coverage policyholders carry for their homes and other property. Adding to this problem is the homeowner’s lack of awareness that the policies they carry are inadequate.
“One of the hard lessons of the Fourmile Canyon Fire was that more than 60 percent of property owners were underinsured,” said Garry Sanfaçon, Boulder County’s Fourmile Fire Recovery Manager. “These workshops will give people the tools they need to make sure they are adequately covered.”
