Tom Schweich  

2025

January, 2025

Thursday, 2 January 2025

Walked the Cottonwood Natural Area with several residents and members of Stewards of Golden Open Space.

View to the north across Cottonwood Natural Area.	View to the southeast, high school at left, surge pond in center, Lookout Mountain Youth Services at right.	Berries of a Lycium, either L. barbarum or L. chinense, in Kinney Run.	View to the south across the Cottonwood Natural Area.	Golden High School as seen from the end of the social trail through Cottonwood Natural Area.

Friday, 3 January 2025

Kinney Run South

Continuation of Kinney Run Trail at the end of Tripp Drive.	Just the north side of the bridge.	Along the trail.	Coarse sediments over fine.	Winter scene in Kinney Run South.
Discarded desk chair in Kinney Run South.	Discarded bicycle in Kinney Run South open space.	Method of connecting a barbed-sire fence to the cliff.	View north through Golden Valley.	View south through Kinney Run South.

Monday, 3 February 2025

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

I made Fix-It report #32913

Planted the following seeds:

• Asclepias incarnata
• Arnica fugens
• Helianthus pauciflora subrhomboidea
• Senecio integerrimus
• Erysimum capitatum
• Astragalus drummondii
• Monarda pectinata
• Mentzelia muda
• Leptodactylon pungens
• Ipomopsis aggregata
• Eriogonum effusum
• Sphaeralcea coccinea
• Mirabilis multiflora
• Penstemon secundiflorus
• Penstemon virens
• Penstemon virgatus
• Achnatherum hymenoides
• Sporobolus cryptandrus

Thursday, 6 February 2025

Fix-It report 32943.

Someone has been riding their mountain bikes through the park and surrounding open space (creating new "social trails"). I think some simple signage, filling the hole, and blocking their current paths with simple "do not enter" held by a couple of wooden stakes tape would hopefully discourage further destruction of our park and open space.

Friday, 7 February 2025

Mountain bike jump and trails in New Loveland Mine Park.

Fix-It Report #32971.

Someone has been riding their mountain bikes through the park and surrounding open space (creating new "social trails"). I think some simple signage, filling the hole, and blocking their current paths with simple "do not enter" held by a couple of wooden stakes tape would hopefully discourage further destruction of our park and open space.

The response on Fix-It was:

Thank you for your report. Two previous reports about this trail were already submitted to FixIt! so staff are aware. Staff will be adding signage to that entire area identifying it a s sensitive area and asking to people to stay out. The signs will be located in way that would deter use of this specific trail. It is likely that additional steps may be required but are working to get the signs in place ASAP. Specific to the jump, this afternoon staff worked to remove or replace the material. ~ Parks Staff

Downhill runout from mountain bike jump.	Mountain bike jump.	Mountain bike trails in New Loveland Mine Park.