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BOCC Public Hearing – Elk Management Plans

Commissioners' Hearing Room Downtown County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl Street, 3rd Floor, Boulder

The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on May 20 to provide a status update and consider the reauthorization of the elk management plans. Boulder County Parks and Open Space has been implementing elk management in two areas of the county to address on-migrating elk populations that are causing resource damage on valuable natural landscapes at Ron Stewart Preserve at Rabbit Mountain (8 years) and Red Hill (5 years). This management includes using licensed, approved hunters to attempt to harvest elk from open space properties to reduce the refuge created on our open spaces and encourage the elk herds to migrate. This is the 2024-2025 update on elk management, including numbers and movement of elk and the progress on meeting our plan objectives. Staff will ask for the reauthorization of both management plans for five more years. Staff will also discuss the following actions moving forward: pausing hunting for the foreseeable future at Ron Stewart Preserve at Rabbit Mountain based on meeting management plan objectives and changing the hunt boundaries for Red Hill on the west side of US 36. Action requested: Decision Opportunity for live virtual and in-person public comments will be available. In-Person Comment Registration […]

Tabled: BOCC Public Hearing – Docket LU-23-0018: Haarburger Vacation Rental

Board of County Commissioners public hearings and meetings are convened in a hybrid format where attendees can join through Zoom or attend in-person at the Boulder County Courthouse, 3rd Floor, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder. For questions regarding in-person hearings or technical assistance, please email hearings@bouldercounty.gov or call 303-441-3500.Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Public Hearing - Docket LU-23-0018: Haarburger Vacation Rental, scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 1 p.m., has been tabled indefinitely. View Tabled Notice of Docket LU-23-0018: Haarburger Vacation Rental Community Planning & Permitting Department - Docket LU-23-0018: Haarburger Vacation Rental Limited Impact Special Use Review to permit a Vacation Rental on a parcel larger than 5 acres in size. The application is submitted by Greg Haarburger (applicant/property owner). The subject property is in the Forestry (F) zoning district at 14383 N. St. Vrain Drive, accessed via a private driveway that intersects N. St. Vrain Drive approximately 2 miles west of the intersection of N. St. Vrain Drive and Longmont Dam Road, in Section 3, Township 3N, Range 71W. Public testimony will be taken. Opportunities for live virtual public comment will be available. Written comments can be emailed to planner@bouldercounty.gov, please reference Docket Lu-23-0018.