OSMP Focus Areas

After reviewing about 1,500 comments about the future of City of Boulder open space, Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) staff drafted five focus areas – or management themes – to guide the development of the future OSMP Master Plan. Based on your input, OSMP is proposing to focus staff work over the next five to 10 years on the following major themes:

Ecosystem Health: Using the best available science, we protect healthy ecosystems and mend those we have impaired.
Resilience to Environmental Change: By helping nature endure and thrive, we ourselves endure and thrive.
Enjoyment and Recreation Management: We are united by our enjoyment of nature and our obligation to protect it.
Community Connections and Inclusion: Together, we build a community of stewards and seek to find our place in open space.
Financial Sustainability: Preserving our legacy land system requires preparing for the future.

How well did we hear you? Help us confirm the way we analyzed your comments and incorporated staff experience to develop these draft management themes.

Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree

4. What would you change?

Space Cell	Far too little	Too little	Just right	Too much	Far too much
Ecosystem Health	Ecosystem Health: Far too little	Ecosystem Health: Too little	Ecosystem Health: Just right	Ecosystem Health: Too much	Ecosystem Health: Far too much
Resilience to Environmental Change	Resilience to Environmental Change: Far too little	Resilience to Environmental Change: Too little	Resilience to Environmental Change: Just right	Resilience to Environmental Change: Too much	Resilience to Environmental Change: Far too much
Enjoyment and Recreation Management	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Far too little	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Too little	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Just right	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Too much	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Far too much
Community Connections and Inclusion	Community Connections and Inclusion: Far too little	Community Connections and Inclusion: Too little	Community Connections and Inclusion: Just right	Community Connections and Inclusion: Too much	Community Connections and Inclusion: Far too much
Financial Sustainability	Financial Sustainability: Far too little	Financial Sustainability: Too little	Financial Sustainability: Just right	Financial Sustainability: Too much	Financial Sustainability: Far too much

Space Cell	Very Important	Fairly Important	Important	Slightly Important	Not important at all	No Opinion
Ecosystem Health	Ecosystem Health: Very Important	Ecosystem Health: Fairly Important	Ecosystem Health: Important	Ecosystem Health: Slightly Important	Ecosystem Health: Not important at all	Ecosystem Health: No Opinion
Resilience to Environmental Change	Resilience to Environmental Change: Very Important	Resilience to Environmental Change: Fairly Important	Resilience to Environmental Change: Important	Resilience to Environmental Change: Slightly Important	Resilience to Environmental Change: Not important at all	Resilience to Environmental Change: No Opinion
Enjoyment and Recreation Management	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Very Important	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Fairly Important	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Important	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Slightly Important	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: Not important at all	Enjoyment and Recreation Management: No Opinion
Community Connections and Inclusion	Community Connections and Inclusion: Very Important	Community Connections and Inclusion: Fairly Important	Community Connections and Inclusion: Important	Community Connections and Inclusion: Slightly Important	Community Connections and Inclusion: Not important at all	Community Connections and Inclusion: No Opinion
Financial Sustainability	Financial Sustainability: Very Important	Financial Sustainability: Fairly Important	Financial Sustainability: Important	Financial Sustainability: Slightly Important	Financial Sustainability: Not important at all	Financial Sustainability: No Opinion

Thank you! The following questions are optional and only intended to help city staff understand how well we're reaching various aspects of the community.