Experts Discuss Flooding and Flood Mitigation
on South Boulder Creek
Annexation is NOT a done deal, although CU and City Council would like you to believe otherwise. Citizens can repeal the deal by voting YES this November.
#repealcusouth
Vote YES in November to repeal the bad deal
@repealcusouth
Vote YES, for the measure on 2F to #repealcusouth annexation. Let's #repealabaddeal for Boulder and our natural floodplains. Gone forever? Not on our watch! Tell all your friends and neighbors.
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Learn more at www.repealcusouth.org
Vote YES, for the measure on 2F to #repealcusouth annexation. Let's #repealabaddeal for Boulder and our precious wetlands. Gone forever? Not on our watch! Tell all your friends and neighbors.
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Learn more at www.repealcusouth.org
Vote YES, for the measure on 2F to #repealcusouth annexation. Let's #repealabaddeal for Boulder and our precious wetlands. Gone forever? Not on our watch!
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Learn more at www.repealcusouth.org
Vote YES, for the measure on 2F to #repealcusouth annexation. The spookiest thing you'll hear all day: when land is gone, it's gone forever. Let's #repealabaddeal for Boulder and our precious wetlands. Happy Halloween, friends!
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Learn more at www.repealcusouth.org
This hiker knows! Vote YES on 2F to #repealcusouth and #repealabaddeal for Boulder.
Paid for with major funding from Save South Boulder, PLAN Boulder and Alan Boles.
www.repealcusouth.org
Vote YES, for the measure on 2F to #repealcusouth annexation. Let's #repealabaddeal for Boulder and our precious wetlands. Don't pave paradise.
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Learn more at www.repealcusouth.org
Vote YES on 2F: For the measure to #repealcusouth. Let's #repealabaddeal for our already strained roadways and housing availability.
Traffic and Housing video created by Save Boulder's Wild Spaces.
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Learn more at www.repealcusouth.org
The CU South Annexation agreement is a one-sided deal that favors CU. The arrangement asks Boulder citizens to pay for major expenses and CU gets cheap water and sewer hookups for their 2,500,000 square feet of development. Growth should pay its own way. Repeal the bad deal. Vote yes.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
The 2022 IPCC report on climate change points out substantially increased risks of flooding and fires. CU South sits just a few hundred yards from the ignition point of the Marshall Fire. We should not build 2,5000,000 square feet of development in the floodplain in the most critical fire zone. The Marshall Fire was a warning. Will we heed it?
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Vote YES (for the measure) on 2F to repeal the CU South Annexation agreement.
Environmental Impacts video created by Save Boulder's Wild Spaces.
Paid for with major funding by Save South Boulder, PLAN-Boulder County and Alan Boles.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #boulder
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Experts like Gilbert White have recommended 500-year or more flood mitigation for this site. The current flood mitigation proposal is based only on a 100-year design storm that occurs over Eldorado Canyon - very different from what occurred in 2013.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
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Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
CU South is critical habitat for the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse. Preble's mice occur only in Colorado and Wyoming, and are listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In Colorado, they are listed as a threatened, Tier 1, Species of Greatest Conservation Need. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program considers the subspecies to be globally imperiled.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Vote YES, for the measure on 2F to repeal the CU South Annexation agreement. CU South Annexation - Flood Mitigation video created by Save Boulder's Wild Spaces.
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
Ute Ladies' Tresses Orchid is a rare species found throughout the interior west in riparian and wetland habitats. The South Boulder Creek floodplain and CU South are prime habitat for this beautiful and threatened plant.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Imagine this land, the gateway to Boulder, with 2,5000,000 square feet of development. That's equivalent to 52 blocks and a new downtown level of density. This property was originally intended for open space because it is in the South Boulder Creek floodplain.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Vote YES on 2F to repeal the CU South Annexation agreement. The History of CU South created by Save Boulder's Wild Spaces. Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
The flood mitigation project has been projected to cost $40 to $60 million... BEFORE the pandemic. Since then, costs have skyrocketed for goods like concrete and steel. The City doesn't plan to update the real costs of the flood mitigation project until AFTER the election. They don't want to tell us the truth about the real costs.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
A good neighbor would readily cooperate with flood mitigation in the interest of public safety. CU has done the opposite and forced the annexation of CU South as a pre-condition for cooperating.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Vote YES on 2F to repeal the CU South Annexation agreement.
Intro to CU South video created by Save Boulder's Wild Spaces.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
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CU refuses to cap enrollment at the Boulder campus and has grown beyond past forecasts. CU's plans for CU South call for 750,000 square feet of non-residential buildings - enough for more than 3,000 students or employees, but only 1,100 residential dwelling units - including luxury single-family houses. 2,500,000 total square feet of development at CU South only makes Boulder's jobs/population imbalance worse. It is not a housing solution.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Evening moon over the South Boulder Creek Floodplain. Protect Boulder's last undeveloped floodplain. Vote YES on 2F to repeal the CU Annexation this November.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
A massive campus and housing development at CU South will create more traffic problems on Boulder's already overcrowded roads. A proposed new intersection on Highway 93 is flat out dangerous.
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Join hydrologist Jeff McWhirter tomorrow morning at CU South. Open to all Boulder and non-Boulder residents. Explore the land under threat of development from a poor annexation agreement, specifically highlighting the issues in the 100 - year flood mitigation plan.
Saturday, September 17 9am-11am
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
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Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Vote YES to #repealabaddeal this November.
#repealcusouth
#dontpaveparadise
#boulder
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Paid for with major funding by Save South Boulder, PLAN-Boulder County, and Alan Boles.
DATE CHANGE due to weather: Join hydrologist Jeff McWhirter for a two day event at CU South. Open to all Boulder and non-Boulder residents. Explore the land under threat of development from a poor annexation agreement, specifically highlighting the issues in the 100 - year flood mitigation plan.
Sunday, September 11 9am-11am
Saturday, September 17 9am-11am (new date!)
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Join hydrologist Jeff McWhirter for a two day event at CU South. Open to all Boulder and non Boulder residents. Explore the land under threat of development from a poor annexation agreement, specifically highlighting the issues in the 100 - year flood mitigation plan.
Saturday, September 10 9am-11am
Sunday, September 11 9am-11am
#repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
Build houses in a floodplain? Not on our planet.
Destroy and develop rare and delicate ecologies? Not on our planet.
Prioritize profit over people? Not on our planet.
Believe greenwashed and under-researched proposals? Not on our planet.
Speak for the land. Vote YES to repeal the CU South annexation on November 8th, 2022. #repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise #boulder
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
The proposed flood mitigation project at CU South, constrained by CU’s acreage demands, threatens critical habitat for a number of threatened and endangered species. A failure of the proposed groundwater conveyance system risks permanently destroying hundreds more acres of City Open Space and Colorado Natural Area land. #repealcusouth #repealabaddeal #dontpaveparadise
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Paid for with major funding by Save South Boulder, PLAN-Boulder County, and Alan Boles.
Repeal CU South volunteer Bob Porath brought a fantastic sign to the Boulder Theater on July 26. Attendees at CU’s Boulder Theater event were greeted by a boisterous team of Repeal volunteers. Everyone entering the Boulder Theater learned about CU South and the referendum to #repealthebaddeal .
#repealcusouth
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A massive campus and housing development at CU South will create more traffic density on Boulder's already crowded roads. A proposed new intersection on Highway 93 is flat out dangerous.
#repealcusouth
#repealthebaddeal
www.repealcusouth.org
CU's Big Lie: CU's 1,100 new housing units will help Boulder's housing shortage.
The facts: It will house maybe 40% of the new positions they are adding that will need housing, thereby increasing the housing shortage. CU South is NOT a housing solution.
#repealcusouth
#repealthebaddeal
www.repealcusouth.org
Milkweed on CU South. Milkweed is the only feeder plant of Monarch butterfly caterpillars. Protect this land by voting YES to #repealcusouth this November.
#repealthebaddeal
#dontpaveparadise
www.repealcusouth.org
This Boulderite knows what's up. We must repeal the CU South Annexation. Vote YES to #repealabaddeal this November.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
The wetlands of CU South provide critical habitat for a variety of species. Protect our wetlands by voting YES to #repealcusouth this November.
Paid for with major funding by PLAN-Boulder County, Save South Boulder and Alan Boles.
#repealthebaddeal
#dontpaveparadise
www.repealcusouth.org
The CU South annexation is a seriously problematic deal for Boulder that fails to mitigate against 500-year flooding, ignores climate change, and ignores treaty rights.
Join us for a virtual Empower Hour tomorrow, Tuesday, August 16th at 6pm. Register at EmpowerOurFuture.org/Events
For more information: www.repealcusouth.org
#repealcusouth
#repealthebaddeal
Remember to join us TOMORROW for the popular Mushroom and Ecology Walk with Zach Hedstrom, a repeat of the great walk Zach led in May! Meet at the parking lot at CU South at 9 a.m. Please wear walking shoes and bring water.
#repealcusouth
#repealthebaddeal
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Golden hour at CU South. Vote YES to protect this open space in November. #repealcusouth
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August 14, 9:00 a.m
Mushroom and Ecology Nature Walk at CU-South.
Join us for the popular Mushroom and Ecology Walk with Zach Hedstrom, a repeat of the great walk Zach led in May. Meet at the parking lot at CU South at 9 a.m. Please wear walking shoes and bring water.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
There were more than 33,000 students at CU Boulder in Spring 2022. CU refuses to cap enrollment at the Boulder campus and has grown beyond all past forecasts. CU's plans for CU South call for 750,000 square feet of non-residential buildings - enough for 3,000 students or employees, but only 1,100 residential dwelling units. CU South only makes Boulder's job/population imbalance worse. It is not a housing solution. Together we can #repealthebaddeal .
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams?
- James Taylor, Sweet Baby James
#repealcusouth
#repealthebaddeal
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Make the strongest and best fashion statement in Boulder this campaign season! Get a Repeal CU South Annexation T-shirt. Supplies are limited.
Contact us at www.repealcusouth.org to place your order, or meet us at an upcoming event or the Farmer’s Market.
#repealcusouth
#repealthebaddeal
CU South is critical habitat for threatened species like the Bobolink, the Preble's Mouse, and Ladies Tresses orchids. CU's plans for 2,500,000 square feet of development will do irreparable harm to wetlands and habitat in South Boulder Creek.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Wetlands are vital ecosystems, supporting birds, fish, plants, amphibians and more. Yet the #wetlands of the South Boulder Creek floodplain are threatened by CU Boulder's quest for massive development. Vote YES this November to #repealcusouth and protect our precious wetlands.
www.repealcusouth.org
From bluebirds in the spring to elk in the fall, come experience some of the amazing wildlife among the life-giving #wetlands of the South Boulder Creek floodplain. Vote YES to #repealcusouth this November.
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County and Save South Boulder.
Don't pave paradise.
Vote YES in November to #repealcusouth
repealcusouth.org
Can you imagine all of this open space gone forever? Neither can we.
Let's preserve the land we love for future generations of humans and wildlife.
Vote YES in November.
#repealcusouth
repealcusouth.org
This beautiful land is under threat.
Stop CU's endless expansion.
Vote YES in November to #repealcusouth
repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder, Save South Boulder, and Alan Boles.
The CU South Annexation agreement is a one-sided deal that favors CU. The arrangement asks Boulder citizens to pay for major expenses and CU gets cheap water and sewer hookups for their 2,500,000 square feet of development. Growth should pay its own way. Repeal the bad deal. Vote yes.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
CU South sits just a few hundred yards from the ignition point of the Marshall Fire. We should not build 2,500,000 SF of development in the floodplain in the most critical fire zone. #repealcusouth repealcusouth.org
Ute Ladies' Tresses Orchids (Spiranthes diluvialis) is a rare orchid found throughout the interior west in riparian and wetland habitats. The South Boulder Creek floodplain at CU South is prime habitat for for this beautiful and threatened species. #repealcusouth repealcusouth.org
The 2022 IPCC report on climate change points out substantially increased risks of flooding and fires. CU South sits just a few hundred yards from the ignition point of the Marshall Fire. We should not build 2,5000,000 square feet of development in the floodplain in the most critical fire zone. The Marshall Fire was a warning. Will we heed it?
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Houndstongue on the CU/South Boulder Creek floodplain. This flowering plant is valued in gardens for its beautiful maroon flowers and low-care resilience. It attracts and supports our native pollinators. Vote YES to #repealthebaddeal this November and protect pollinator-friendly flora like Houndstongue.
#repealcusouth #dontpaveparadise #boulder www.repealcusouth.org
Looking East on the CU/South Boulder Creek Floodplain. Vote YES to #repealthebaddeal this November.
#repealcusouth #dontpaveparadise #boulder www.repealcusouth.org
CU South is critical habitat for the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse. Preble's mice occur only in Colorado and Wyoming, and are listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In Colorado, they are listed as a threatened, Tier 1, Species of Greatest Conservation Need. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program considers the subspecies to be globally imperiled.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Ute Ladies' Tresses Orchid is a rare species found throughout the interior west in riparian and wetland habitats. The South Boulder Creek floodplain and CU South are prime habitat for this beautiful and threatened plant.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Native to the Rocky Mountains, this Common blanketflower adds a little sunshine to the CU South floodplain. The blanketflower's bright blooms attract butterflies and its seeds are favored by goldfinches. Vote YES this November to protect our local wildflowers and birds. #repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Join us in the West Field adjacent to the tennis courts for FREE Solstice community activities, including: music, poetry, song, dance, land reconnection ceremonies, and finally a call to action for the Repeal CU South Annexation Campaign. Let's enjoy the longest day of the year with our community!
TONIGHT, Tuesday, June 21st 7pm-9pm at CU South Loop Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
#repealcusouth #repealthebaddeal #dontpaveparadise www.repealcusouth.org
Floodplains are natural flooding outlets for rivers, creeks and streams. They should be protected from development. Vote YES in November to repeal the bad deal. #repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Join us in the West Field adjacent to the tennis courts for FREE Solstice community activities, including: music, poetry, song, dance, land reconnection ceremonies, and finally a call to action for the Repeal CU South Annexation Campaign. Let's enjoy the longest day of the year with our community!
Tuesday, June 21st 7pm-9pm at CU South Loop Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
#repealcusouth #repealthebaddeal #dontpaveparadise www.repealcusouth.org
Imagine this land, the gateway to Boulder, with 2,5000,000 square feet of development. That's equivalent to 52 blocks and a new downtown level of density. This property was originally intended for open space because it is in the South Boulder Creek floodplain.
#repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Vote YES in November to repeal the bad deal. #repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
The beautiful Venus Penstemon, found on the CU/ South Boulder Creek floodplain, is native to the northwestern United States. The bell-shaped flowers attract hummingbirds, as well as numerous types of insect-eating birds, which feed on the insects found inside. Vote yes this November to #repealcusouth and protect our native wildflowers.
www.repealcusouth.org
The flood mitigation project has been projected to cost $40 to $60 million... BEFORE the pandemic. Since then, costs have skyrocketed for goods like concrete and steel. The City doesn't plan to update the real costs of the flood mitigation project until AFTER the election. They don't want to tell us the truth about the real costs.
Boulder residents treasure our open space lands. When land is gone, it's gone forever. Let's not lose this beautiful place. Vote YES this November to #repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Join our next ecology walk this Sunday, May 29th! You will learn about the birds, plants and animals that call this precious place home, including the stunning Bullocks' Oriole above! #repealcusouth
www.repealcusouth.org
Wetlands are vital ecosystems, supporting birds, fish, plants, amphibians and more. Yet the #wetlands of the South Boulder Creek floodplain are threatened by CU Boulder's quest for massive development. Vote YES this November to #repealcusouth and protect our precious wetlands. #americanwetlandsmonth
www.repealcusouth.org
From bluebirds in the spring to elk in the fall, come experience some of the amazing wildlife among the life-giving #wetlands of the South Boulder Creek floodplain. Vote YES to #repealcusouth this November. #americanwetlandsmonth
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County and Save South Boulder.
May is American Wetlands Month. Protect our local wetlands from destruction by voting YES to #repealcusouth this November. #americanwetlandsmonth
www.repealcusouth.org
Paid for with major funding from PLAN-Boulder County and Save South Boulder.
Don't pave paradise.
Vote YES in November to #repealcusouth
repealcusouth.org
Can you imagine all of this open space gone forever? Neither can we.
Let's preserve the land we love for future generations of humans and wildlife.
Vote YES in November.
#repealcusouth
repealcusouth.org
This beautiful open space is under threat.
Stop CU's endless expansion.
Vote YES in November to #repealcusouth
repealcusouth.org
Remember to join us tomorrow, Saturday, May 7th at 11:30am for an enlightening hour-long, guided nature walk with local mycologist/field guide Zach Hedstrom! See you at the CU South parking lot. Get ready to discover the amazing mushrooms and fungi of the South Boulder Creek floodplain! #repealcusouth repealcusouth.org
Ute Ladies' Tresses Orchids (Spiranthes diluvialis) is a rare orchid found throughout the interior west in riparian and wetland habitats. The South Boulder Creek floodplain at CU South is prime habitat for for this beautiful and threatened species.
#repealcusouth repealcusouth.org
Discover the mushrooms and fungi of CU South! Join us for a fascinating hour-long, guided nature walk with local mycologist/field guide Zach Hedstrom this Saturday, May 7th at 11:30am. Meet at the CU South parking lot, see you there! #repealcusouth
A good neighbor would readily cooperate with flood mitigation in the interest of public safety. CU has done the opposite and forced the annexation of CU South as a pre-condition for cooperating. #repealcusouth
CU refuses to cap enrollment at the Boulder campus and has grown beyond past forecasts. CU's plans for CU South call for 750,000 square feet of non-residential buildings - enough for more than 3,000 students or employees, but only 1,200 residential dwelling units.
2,500,000 total square feet of development at CU South only makes Boulder's jobs/population imbalance worse. It is not a housing solution.
A massive campus and housing development at CU South will create more traffic problems on Boulder's already overcrowded roads. A proposed new intersection on Highway 93 is flat out dangerous.
Easter egg hunt on a beautiful spring day on the CU South floodplain. #repealcusouth
Ice this morning on the floodplain. 📷 by @helenburnside
Lovely capture by @rosemaryhegarty. This November let’s #repealcusouth.
“The city will strive for no net loss of wetlands and riparian areas by discouraging their destruction[…]”
- From the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, adopted 2017
It’s a beautiful morning to #repealcusouth!
Protect our floodplain. Vote yes this fall to #repealcusouth.
Spring is coming and Halo’s not mad about it.