I kind of have a handle on significant wetland impacts on the Front Range, so when I saw these emails I had to check it out. I was going to contact the Corps but then decided to Google it. This is representative of what I found (development but not in wetlands):
District Councilwoman Johnson explains that she voted to support the zoning change because the 100-acre Westerly Creek dam wetlands are currently unavailable to most of the public. She reiterates that Lowry Vista will provide a 13 acre buffer of open space between the development and the wetlands, which will allow pedestrians to walk up to the edge of the wetlands. Hopefully the Westerly Creek dam wetlands will be an accessible preserve the scope of Bluff Lake Nature Preserve—a wild refuge in an urban landscape. Still several weeks of emails, phone calls and letters from a number of District 5 residents came to the City opposing the Lowry Vista redevelopment. “It was never easy to tell if the comments were from fully informed individuals (clearly some were) or from people responding to erroneous information. An example is that rumors persist that the development will pave over the wetlands. Not true.” (Readers may view the January 25, 2010 Council rezoning meeting on www.denvergov.org/denver8tv or read YourHub.com for data on traffic mitigation and reasons for rezoning support. Pete Plage Broomfield -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
