Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks news
Jun 7th
Rangers responded to an assault on a photographer, a wounded mountain lion, grabbed a fugitive who was illegally camping, a new coyote attack, among others.
Specifically:
• A report of a sinkhole forming in the middle of the Teller Trail. Collapsing edge was fenced off until repair could begin.
• A series of wildfires that occurred near Celestial Seasonings caused by a train creating sparks. A Ranger tied in with local crews to put out the string of small conflagrations.
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• A mountain lion in a yard on a cache in the 700 block of Juniper. The lion was seen to have experienced some type of trauma. Rangers worked with CPW to tranquilize the cat in an attempt to relocate. The lion did not survive and upon examination had massive injuries consistent with a fight with another lion. Awaiting necropsy results.
• Rangers located a wanted subject camping along the S. Boulder Creek on the Van Vleet Property. His warrant was from Aurora for trespassing when he attempted to hitch a ride on a train.
• Another coyote attack on a dog. This one was on the Gunbarrel trail. RP was walking with 2 dogs one of which was attacked. The other dog attempted to help his buddy. No serious injuries.
• Injured hike in Bear Canyon. Twisted ankle. Rangers worked with AMR and Boulder Fire to evacuate the hiker from Mesa Trail at Bear Canyon.
•Two ill hikers at once. A Ranger assisted AMR and Boulder Fire evacuate an adult male who had overheated. The same ranger then assisted an 11 month old who had been hiking with his mother. No serious injuries.
•A Ranger happened upon an injured raccoon that needed to be put down.
•Rangers were called to an assault in progress on the Baseline Trail. A 67 year old male was photographing the Chautauqua meadow when an unknown subject approached him from the area of the Ski Jump Trail. The unknown subject had a 3 foot stick which he used to strike the victim on the left side of his head. The suspect struck the victim a second time but he was able to fend off that blow with his arm. The suspect then fled back up into the woods. A massive search was conducted by Rangers and the BCSO including a K-9. The suspect has not yet been located or identified. The victim did get 2 blurry photos of the suspect prior to being hit. Investigation on-going.
Towhee/Homestead
Seasonal employees have been in the area to remind people of these changes.
Outreach staff to hit the trails
As of the afternoon of 5/28/2013, the new regulations went into effect. We will be conducting outreach on the Towhee & Homestead trails. On Old Mesa we will not be conducting outreach, at least not now. We are going to break with tradition and have outreach staff hike the trails as we conduct outreach, rather than set up at the South Mesa Trailhead. The focus will be Towhee, as that’s the big change. Everything should be up to date as far as signs. Please keep me aware of contact numbers, public feedback & compliance. Here are the long awaited changes:
Towhee Trail: Will change to “NO DOGS”. There is a short section at the start of the Towhee trail that will remain voice and sight, until visitors come to the junction with the Homestead trail. That is where Towhee becomes “No Dogs”.
Homestead Trail: This trail will remain “Dogs must be under voice and sight control with a green voice and sight tag”, until you get to the bridge where it crosses the Towhee drainage. That small section (approx. 20 feet from either side of the bridge) will become “dogs must be leashed”.
If you have not been on this trail since the reroute, you should hike up there and take a look.
Old Mesa Trail: This trail (and surrounding drainage area) will now be “dogs must be leashed”, from the social trail just off the shadow canyon trail, down to our property line near Eldorado Springs. FYI there is no public access from the Eldorado Springs side as the trail leads you down to private property.
Visitors should consider this a down and back, not a destination trail.
We are now implementing regulations that were decided on during the West Trails Study Area planning process (WTSA) which included the Community Collaborative Group (CCG) which was an extended community input process. The input process began in 2009 was completed in 2011. Only recently have the regulations and signs been changed. If you would like to learn more about how that process worked, you can go to our website OSMP.org
The Towhee Trail’s new regulations help protect the riparian area it goes through. It is a heavily traveled wildlife corridor. The changes also provide a “no dog” experience for hikers. Most of the surrounding trails allow dogs.
The Homestead trail’s regulation change was made to protect the riparian area and sensitive vegetation through the Towhee drainage.
Trails news:
On Saturday, June 1st, we had 22 volunteers help construct the new trail re-route at Upper Big Bluestem as our National Trails Day project. (National Trails Day is a national trail volunteer event sponsored by the American Hiking Society.)
This year, OSMP volunteers constructed 240 feet of the new trail re-route, and installed a new pedestrian gate in the fence line. The weather was great; volunteers worked hard, and completed a lot of great work. It takes a small army to pull off these projects. Manythanks go to:
–Trails staff John Leither and Frances Boulding for project planning and logistics.
–Kristin Weinberger for promoting the project, recruiting volunteers, implementing day-of logistics (food, registration, etc), and arranging for great food from Black Cat!
–Trails crewmembers Sean Murphy, Beau Clark, Alex McClellan, and John Goepel for doing a great job of leading volunteers on crews!
–Jennelle Freeston and Lisa Dierauf for supporting project logistics and planning.
Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol is kicking off their trail work season by helping OSMP maintain the Springbrook Loop. The Bike Patrol worked on Prairie Vista Trail with us in 2011 and 2012, and is taking on a number of trail maintenance projects on Springbrook for 2013. Their goal is to do projects at least once a month, typically the last Thursday of the month during the evening hours. OSMP trails staff plan trail maintenance work, and meet up with the group to lead the project. On Thurs, May 30th, we had eight volunteers work with us for the first project of this year. They completed eight rolling drainage dips on Springbrook North to help shed water off of a roughly 500-foot section of trail that is experiencing moderate erosion issues.”
OSMP press release
CU’s Emma Coburn is running for the gold–again
Jun 7th
EUGENE, Ore. – Emma Coburn will have a chance to win one last NCAA 3,000-meter steeplechase title for the University of Colorado after cruising to an easy win in the semifinals on Thursday night at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field.
Emma chasing steeples
The 2012 Olympian clocked a time of 9:46.76 to win not only the first heat, but the semifinal round as well. She outran the rest of the field by more than nine seconds as Cornell’s Rachel Sorna had the next fastest time at 9:55.84. (Sorna was also in the first heat with Coburn.) The second heat was won in 9:58.82 (Weber State’s Amber Henry).
The finals are on Saturday at 2:57 p.m. PT and will be broadcast live on ESPNU.
Coburn went to the front of the pack at the start and put about 10 meters between her and the rest of the field. After that, she was able to run a very smooth and controlled race as she continued to put distance between her and her competitors. Entering the bell lap, Coburn had built up a commanding lead, approximately 50-meters, and was able to cruise to the finish.
Earlier in the afternoon, senior Joe Morris competed in his second event of the championships as he raced in the third section of the 200-meter semifinals. Morris ended up seventh in the heat and 22nd overall with a time of 20.81. Pac-12 Champion Bryshon Nellum (USC) won the semifinals in 19.99.
Although Morris did not advance to the finals in either event, he wrapped up one of the best sprinting careers at CU, finishing as the second best performer in the outdoor 200 (20.45) and tied for third in the 100 (10.27). He is also CU’s indoor 60-meter record holder (6.57) and won a pair of 2013 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation indoor track and field titles in the 60 and 200 in February. This past May he was named CU’s Male Career Athletic Achievement Award winner. He also became the first Buff since Devlon Dunn in 1988 to qualify for both the 100 and 200 races at nationals.
Action at the NCAA Championships will continue on Friday for the Buffs, starting with sophomore Mark Jones in the high jump which starts at 3:20 p.m. PT and the beginning of the meet will be streamed on the Pac-12 Live Stream (pac-12.com/live/goducks). Senior Aric Van Halen will be on the track at 5:40 p.m. PT for the finals of the men’s steeplechase. That final will be televised live on ESPNU. Live stats will also be available at www.flashresults.com.
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Aloe vs Alzheimers..the winner is…
Jun 7th
A particular aloe vera product can reverse symptoms in some Alzheimer patients, says a University of Miami study. Manufacturer warns against jumping to conclusions.
The one year long University of Miami study measured the effects of an Aloe polymannose multinutrient complex on cognitive and immune functioning in advanced Alzheimer’s disease patients. The study suggests potential cognitive benefits of the daily consumption of an Aloe polymannose (a.k.a. Acemannan) multinutrient complex.
While Lorand Labs’ management was extremely encouraged by the results of the study, they were quick to caution that much more research needs to be conducted to determine if any benefit can be derived from the long term use of an Aloe polymannose multinutrient complex that uses BiAloe® as the Acemannan component.
“We do not want our industry audiences or the public to think that Lorand Labs believes that BiAloe® is in any way a treatment, cure or prevention of any disease. We know and believe that the results of this pilot study are very interesting and show promise; however, we are looking forward to more independent research to determine if any long‐term benefit can be derived from the daily use of a BiAloe® multinutrient complex.” said Dr. Santiago Rodriguez, CEO of Lorand Labs. A brief overview of the study and Lorand Labs’ position is attached.
Lorand Labs was founded in 2004 by Dr. Santiago Rodriguez, a Ph.D. in Chemistry that currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the International Aloe Science Council. Lorand’s mission was to develop an Aloe vera processing method to cost‐ effectively produce commercial quantities of a high quality Aloe polymannose powder. Dr. Rodriguez utilized his 20 years of experience in growing, harvesting, processing and packaging natural products to achieve the highest quality bio‐available Aloe polymannose powder in the world. The result of his efforts was the creation of BiAloe® ‐ The Perfection of Aloe vera ProcessingTM.
Please visit www.lorandlabs.com for more information or contact Lorand Labs’ North American distributor: Barrington Nutritionals at 941‐381‐3500 or please visit the Barrington website at www.barringtonchem.com.
The study:
The Effect of an Aloe Polymannose Multinutrient Complex on
Cognitive and Immune Functioning in Alzheimer’s Disease
(Lewis, JE; McDaniel, HR, et. al.; J Alzheimers Dis. 2013;33(2):393‐406. doi: 10.3233/JAD‐2012‐121381)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22976077
Lorand Laboratories, LLC, Houston, Texas comments on a landmark study recently published by the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease:
In January of 2013 the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease published a year‐long University of Miami study that measured the effects of an Aloe polymannose multinutrient complex on cognitive and immune functioning in advanced Alzheimer’s disease patients. The study suggests potential benefits of the daily consumption of an Aloe polymannose multinutrient complex. The mechanism of action is believed to be due to the Aloe polymannose multinutrient complex providing micronutrients that are missing in the modern American diet. This novel, nutrition‐ based approach could help provide relief from the current burden placed on our society by an aging population.
Chronic degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have placed an enormous physical, mental, and economic toll on United States society. Approximately 5.5 million people suffer from AD and it is the only condition among the top 10 causes of death that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. Today, AD is estimated to affect 17 out of every 1,000 of our population, but increases to 130 out of every 1,000 for age 65 or older. Currently, treatment cost is estimated at $200 billion a year including $140 billion to Medicare and Medicaid spending. If no cure is developed and present population trends continue the Alzheimers’ Association estimates that as many as 41 out of every 1,000 or 16 million people in the United States will have AD by the year 2050, with an estimated treatment cost of $1.1 trillion dollars per year.
In the University of Miami study, unprecedented improved cognitive function was observed in 46.2% of the subjects completing the study using the ADAS‐cog cognition score. Additionally, on average there was a 377% increase in stem cell production measured as CD14+ cells in the blood of the subjects completing the study. The study began with 34 subjects but was reduced to 26 due to non‐compliance with the protocol and the death of 3 subjects unrelated to the protocol. Minor adverse reaction to the protocol was noted from 2 study participants but quickly subsided. It is also important to note that there was no change in 23.1% of the subjects, while the remaining 30.8% of subjects had worsened during the course of the year‐long study.
Over an eleven month period, four times per day, the subjects orally consumed approximately 2.5 grams of an Aloe polymannose nutrient complex containing 125 milligrams of BiAloe® combined with a dozen other complementary nutritional ingredients.
The findings of the University of Miami study seem to indicate that diet supplementation with elements not commonly consumed in the average diet, such as this Aloe polymannose multinutrient complex, may provide micro‐nutrients that could improve the quality of life in an aging population. Lorand Laboratories believes that this pilot study is noteworthy; however, more research needs to be conducted on a larger patient population for a longer duration to determine the full impact and potential benefit, if any, of Aloe polymannose nutritional supplementation in Alzheimer’s patients.
The statements and ingredients referred to throughout this document have not been evaluated by the FDA. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or condition.
