2024 Memorial Day Bird Count
Douglas Land Conservancy and Douglas County Open Space partnered once again to take advantage of the holiday weekend and conduct a survey of the avian diversity at DuPont Open Space. We counted 60 distinct species! Check out some of the photos below, and take a look...
DLC plays key role in new Castle Rock open space
By Richard Bangs Douglas Land Conservancy (DLC) leaders have expressed gratitude for being part of a successful effort to preserve Lost Canyon Ranch, 681 acres on the southeast edge of Castle Rock in unincorporated Douglas County. The land...
Douglas County in Bloom: Berberis repens
By Sharon Sjostrom If you see me wandering along the trail with dried leaves in my hair this time of year, I may have been crawling under Gambel oak to greet the Oregon grape that’s bursting out in bright yellow flowers. The Oregon grape is an evergreen shrub that’s...
Hooray for Volunteers
By Alan Clarke E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. This traditional motto of the United States of America symbolizes how the fifty states of the union, working together towards common purpose, are far stronger than the fifty states working separately. It has also come...