Four yellow bulldozers and chainsaws revved up and removed cottonwood trees this week in Barr Lake State Park, alarming wildlife researchers in the process of an annual bird-banding blitz and raisi…
officials to minimize the destruction by sparing as many of the park’s towering 80-year-old cottonwoods as possible.
“Our concern was the method and the speed at which FRICO was moving,” said Sherry Nickolaus, the conservancy’s education director, who participated in a meeting Thursday with CPW and FRICO officials. “All of the Barr Lake habitat is important to us. It is a stopover for migratory birds, a place to rest and refuel. It is a great place for birds that live here year-round with the water and the prairie around the reservoir. It is good nesting habitat,” Nickolaus said. “We were very concerned with the speed” of the cutting, she said. “We were assured they will work with us. We got answers we needed and assurances that they are hearing us, hearing our concerns.
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