BOARD02292

• Board Meeting Date: 3/29/1999
• Description: Directors' Reports
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

The Mount Emmons Iron Bog is an area that contains a wetland that consists of a forest and a pond that .
provides habitat for nesting birds and waterfowl. The Iron Bog is actually an Iron Fen, which is a
wetland that primarily receives its water from iron-enriched ground water sources. The Iron Bog's
wetland and its unusual ecology are the primary features resulting in the proposal for the area to be
designated as one of Colorado's Natural Areas. The margins of the wetland support One of only two
populations known in Colorado of the insect-eating round leaf sundew.

LAKE PARKS OPEN FOR 1999 SEASON: The ice has melted at many state parks and they are open
for boating:

. Highline Lake opened Mar. 6;
. Jackson Lake State Park is free of ice and open to boating;
. Eleven Mile State Park opened to boating Mar. 19;
. Spinney Mountain State Park opened to boating Mar. 24.

CAMPING RESERVATION PHONE LINES OPEN APRIL 1: Campground reservation phone lines
open Apr. I for the summer season. To make a reservation, call (303) 470- I 144 in the metro Denver area
and I -800-678-2267 outside of Denver. The lines are open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:45
p.m. Reservations may be made 90 days in advance and no less than three days prior to arrival. All other
camping is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Campers can also go to the State Parks website. Campers
can view and print updated campground maps from this site. The State Parks website is located at
www.coloradoparks.org.

The nightly camping fee and the $7 reservation fee are both due upon making a reservation. Campers .
may reserve up to six sites per call. Camping fees', which have not changed from last year's rates, are:

Class A-Deluxe Campsites $16 per night
Class B-Improved Campsites, w/electric $12 per night
Class B-Improved Campsites, no electric $9 per night
Class C-Basic Campsites, w/electric $11 per night
Class C-Basic Campsites, no electric $7 per night
Class D-Semi-primitive Campsites $5 per night
Class E-Primitive Campsites $3 per night

. $4 daily vehicle pass or $40 annual vehicle pass also required ($5 and $43, respectively, at Cherry
Creek State Park). "',

COLORADO NATURAL AREAS COUNCIL MEETING IN DENVER: The Colorado Natural
Areas Council will hold its quarterly meeting on Mar. 26, at the Denver Museum of Natural History.
Agenda items include an update on the Council's reauthorization, a review of de-designation and
amendment policies, the de-designation of a portion of the Plains Conservation Center Natural Area,
South Boulder Creek Articles of Designation and registration of a private property at Elephant Rocks
Natural Area.

Natural Area updates will include the results of the Mt. Emmons Iron Bog public hearing, Indian Springs
Trace Fossil Locality protection and status of the Owl Canyon property lease.

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