FIDOS - Friends Interested in Dogs and Open Space

03/20/2024

12/20/2023

12/20/2023

Looks like a local dog park here.

12/07/2022

We've been watching all the work at Twin Lakes for a while and it looks like the work will be done next week. The "formal entry ways" should still provide access to the lake once the work is done.

TRAIL CLOSURE ALERT: Starting Dec. 8, the West Lake at Twin Lakes will be closed Monday through Thursday for a maintenance project. The East Lake will remain open. boco.org/twinlakes

09/04/2021

The plans for CU South is a huge issue in Boulder at the moment. As the area is not "Open Space" FIDOS is keeping an eye on the progress rather than getting involved in what is a complex issue. However, just from the visitors and their dogs perspective (its not a Voice and Sight area) the link below discusses the subject in a few succinct lines. "https://www.colorado.edu/cubouldersouth/facts-fiction?utm_source=paid_social&utm_medium=fbig&utm_campaign=cubouldersouth&utm_content=CU_Boulder_South_LP1_C1&term=Facebook_Desktop_Feed&https%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fcubouldersouth%2Ffacts-fiction%3Futm_source=paid_social"

Throughout this period, the land has remained within the jurisdiction of Boulder County—not the city itself. Through a yearslong process that was first formalized in the 2017 update to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, the city of Boulder and CU have jointly agreed to negotiate in good faith ...

07/30/2021

Little nonsense for the day

07/15/2021

May be interesting to get their positions on the lack of opportunities for V&S dogs in the county forcing all the residents to come to Boulder V&S Trails.

Boulder County Parks & Open Space is hiring a new director to provide strategic leadership and management for the sound stewardship of the county’s public lands, natural resources, and amenities. After a rigorous national recruiting effort and a thorough interview process which involved Boulder Co...

08/20/2020

FIY: New law in Germany impacting dogs and their owners. Dogs must be walked twice a day under new rule:

"Pets are not cuddly toys," German Agricultural Minister Julia Klöckner said. The new rules, if passed, would also limit the number of dogs owned by breeders and introduce maximum temperature for pets' living quarters.

07/18/2020

Reported today in the Camera, we'll be keeping an eye on the restriction to make sure it doesn't stay in place too long.

Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks has implemented leash restrictions for the Community Ditch Trail to protect a coyote den and its pups.

06/02/2020

Just a general reminder about rattlesnake to dog owners at:
https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/06/02/boulder-county-wildlife-officials-warn-of-rattlesnake-activity/
The old Homestead Trail was particularly dangerous on early summer mornings, but there are reports from all over the Open Space.

04/21/2020

Just received this which may be of interest to folks as we are out on our trails pretty much every day and spring is just getting started.

Help us show the world how wild the Denver-Boulder region is by making as many observations of as many species as possible during the 2020 City Nature Challenge