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Cherry Creek Basin Greenprint

Photo by: Robert Franz

The Cherry Creek Basin Open Space Conservation and Stewardship Plan is the direct result of a Legacy Planning Grant awarded to TPL in cooperation with the City and County of Denver, Arapahoe County, Douglas County and other municipal, agency and public partners by the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund. Over the course of 14 months, the Cherry Creek Basin Steering Committee, made up of public and private stakeholders throughout the Basin, met monthly to develop the information and guidelines in this Plan.

Photo by: Robert Franz

Recognizing the inherent natural and recreational value of the Basin, in addition to the ongoing pressures of growth and development, one primary purpose of this effort has been to establish a cross-jurisdictional relationship among the various local jurisdictions in the Cherry Creek Basin. Through this partnership, a plan to guide the creation of an inter-connected open space and recreation system aimed at protecting key riparian, upland, and aquatic zones has been designed. The following is a summary of key goals for this basin:

• Create a vision for the future of parks and open space in the context of continued growth and development. This vision is dependent upon the multi-jurisdictional relationships and partnerships that have proven to be effective in the past.


• Develop recommendations for integrating stewardship and management policies of the key stakeholders. The goal is to achieve a consistent "look and feel" or identity in the Basin, and ensure long-term sustainable management of its resources.


• Establish a framework to leverage limited resources of multiple partners into land conservation and stewardship projects with maximum effect. the tools created in this Plan will assist the local jurisdictions to move specific projects forward.

The Greenprint and supporting documents can be downloaded from the links below.

Cherry Creek Basin Open Space Conservation and Stewardship Plan (1.3M)
Front Range Counties Parks and Open Space Map (83K)
Land Conservation Tools (82K)
Complete list of Integrated Stewardship Practices (250K)
Funding Sources (91K)

Photo by: Robert Franz

For more information on the Cherry Creek Basin Open Space Conservation and Stewardship Plan contact Justin Spring or Nissa Maddox, (303) 837-1414, or visit the Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners Web Site

Posted 10/2003

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FILE ATTACHMENTS:

Cherry Creek Composite Map (2M)

Cherry Creek Area Vulnerability Map (2.3M)

Cherry Creek Subwatershed Vulnerability Map (1.8M)