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April 15, 2021

JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 37 | ISSUE 40

Land swap offered for South Table trailhead Exchange involves six properties, including part of Pleasant View Park BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A pig that was recently at the Foothills Animal Shelter.

Shelter in Golden, the facility also takes in a much broader range of animals, including several creatures that people probably associate more closely with farms than houses. “We take everything from sheep and goats to pigs, rabbits and chickens,” said Connie Howard, the shelter’s executive director. “During last summer’s Morrison Road fire, we had 24 chickens.” Doing so, however, presents quite a challenge for the shelter, which Howard said is not currently set up to provide sufficient habitats for the

From varied trails and gorgeous views to easy access to downtown Golden, South Table Mountain has always had a lot to offer to hikers and bikers. But if there is one thing the trail currently lacks, it’s a main trailhead that can serve as a central access point for the droves of people who come to the mesa from all over the metro area. Hillary Merritt, the Deputy Director of Jefferson County Open Space, said that agency has spent the last 20 or so years to identify a possible location for such a trailhead without much success. “We just haven’t been able to come up with a good solution because South Table Mountain Park is surrounded by residences about 280 degrees,” she said. That situation that has left several of those neighborhoods bombarded with the cars and traffic that result from people coming to access the existing trailheads that are not designed for that level of use. But change could soon be on the horizon as JCOS held a virtual com-

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRIAN FUNKE

Old FCA had a pig, ducks, sheep, etc. Shelter paying for new spaces for chickens, pigs and more with funds matched by civic foundation BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A rooster that was recently at Foothills Animal Shelter.

When most people think of an animal shelter, they probably think of cats and dogs. But while there are certainly plenty of each at the Foothills Animal

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