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Home My WebLink AboutBRIDGEFIELD P.U.D., PHASE I - FINAL - 45-94A - MEDIA - (5)THU. FRI. MCITS SH/TS High 69 High 62 Low 39 Low 35 � 1 hoow yesterday 50/35 Ph/low last year 66/34 cord high/year 80/1942 cord low/year 8/1893 24 hours (End 8 p.m.) 0.0 rd/year 10.8/1945 this month 4.2 this season 52.7 ial, season to date 53.4 I WED. I THU. I FRI• Source: Mountain States Weather Services High today/overnight lowlforecast F_E_1W_ 1Os -05 Os 1Os 203 30s 40S 50S 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s II0s /PS 69/38/Ts 62/35/TS Today's sun and /PS 61/30/TS 54/30/fS moon activity: /PS 58/28/TS 50/28ITS Sunrise: 6:22 a.m. /PS 70/40/TS 63136/TS Sunset: 7:39 p.m. /PS 72/41/TS 65/37/TS Moonrise: 5:05 a m. Moonset: 5:32 p.m. Int Standards Indelt br Sunday. First: April 25 U Full: May 3 Last: May 9 • New: April 17 NATIONAL FORECAST adoan Weather Hotline: $$ Avalanche Information center $ Local forecast recording Cost is 95 cents per minute. 482-0457 484-8920 ��'ca Condmred from Page Al crash site, Rohla said. "Phis reminds us how precious life is," said Cheyenne Mayor Leo Pando, who with civic center staff organized the ser :lice. Contimtred from Pam Al published a free brochure and is in the process of developing a computer program to assist devel- opers and land -use planners in avoiding disturbance to wildlife. The Natural Resources De- partment has made available en- vironmental planners to work with developers in the early plan- ning stages to lessen impacts on wildlife. Although neither agency has decision -making power over land -use decisions, officials from both agencies said they feel the idea to develop with wildlife in mind is catching on. "I'm actually pretty thrilled at how many are coming up with their own ideas early in the pro- cess," said Susie Gordon, an en- vironmental planner with the At the service, local pastors en- couraged the audience to learn from young Jessica — her enthu- siasm for life, her courage to dream and her willingness to take risks. Rockwood said he hoped each person in the audience could touch others as Jessica had touched them. Natural Resources Department. "It's not as hard a sell to devel- opers on this idea as it was four years ago. It's no longer a brand- new thought for many of them." Jon Prouty, president of Fort Collins -based Lagunitas, which is developing the area north of Heatherridge Lakes Condomini- ums, said his company did exten- sive planning with the city to in- ventory the wildlife in the area. He also sold nine acres to the city to add to its adjacent Red Fox Meadows Natural Area. Prouty said although he puts a high price on wildlife when developing a property, not every developer does. "I have to be careful not to gen- eralize because you have the old way of doing business and you 7111nlnt FnG Wyoming — Sunny and warmer. Utah — Sunny and wanner. Increas- Nebraska — Mostly sunny and Breezy far easL Highs: 50s to and 60s, in afternoon high clouds. Highs: 60s lo warmer west Chance o snows veers 40s to m d-SOs mountains. Monty dear lower 70s. Becanrg mostly cloudy to- east, and windy, then deaeasi g clouds. the loright. Breezy areas. Lows: in Lipper right. Lows: 35-45. Hghs: mid-40s northeast to the lower 20s to upper 30s, upper leers to upper 60S parts of panhandle and southwest. 20s mountains and far west. Lows: 30s NATIONAL TEMPERATURES AND FORECASTS Sunday Today Tuesday Sunday Today Tuesday Hi Lo Prc h Lo OBk Hi Lo 011k Hi Lo Pre K Lo Otlk N Lo OW ",N.Y. 44 37 .65 60 33 Ck 52 43 Rail Loisvik 58 41 65 53 Rain 51 42 Belo Muetuer" 60 37 72 33 Ck 75 42 Ck Memphis 77 52 59 57 ClJy 65 40 Clely, Anchorage 43 32 51 34 City 49 35 Clely Miami Beach 82 73 84 71 City 81 11 ClJy ALanta 84 55 75 60 Rah 63 49 Ck Miwakee 38 33 39 35 Rain 49 32 Ck Atlantic City 60 43 52 41 Cldy, 51 43 Ran Mpk$t Paul 38 30 41 26 Clely 59 28 City Austin 88 69 77 48 Ck 81 47 Ck Nashvle 76 40 65 59 Rain 62 42 Cldy- Baltimore 65 5D 60 42 Cldy 60 52 Ran New Onloaris 79 61 1.71 70 65 Cloy 70 49 Ck' BiNxis 61 31 70 36 Or 80 43 COY Ww Yak City 54 41 58 42 CUy 53 45 Ran Bamuck 53 33 .06 58 31 Ck 71 30 Ck NAA,Va. 68 51 6B 52 CBy 70 62 Rah Bdse 62 35 70 42 Cl; 67 50 Ran OYJahane Cry 62 52 64 36 Ck 71 39 Ck Boston 39 37 .18 47 35 Ck 49 40 Rail Omaha 36 33 .88 50 30Srtar 63 31 Ck Brownsville 94 71 79 63 Ck 82 53 Ck Orianed 89 63 84 66 Cldy 75 65 Cldy. 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Warren Air Force Base here, applauded Jessica's men- tors. "God bless the mother, the fa- ther, the flight instructor that taught that child how to dream," Cleveland said. "Jessica had lived more at 7 than some people live in a whole lifetime. In her mind, have the progressive way," Prouty said. "Historically, developers looked at houses, lots and streets first and called anything left that was undevelopable open space. My thinking is that should be re- versed. That way you will get bet- ter density and end up with more quality and more livability." Ayers said he doesn't expect the development of a subdivision to be stopped for one family of foxes. But he said the issue is much big- ger and needs to be addressed now. "One of the main reasons why people move to Colorado is that they want to get back to nature," he said. `But we keep pushing na- ture farther out. I know we can't close the door behind us, but it would be nice to be more sensitive to wildlife when we develop." nothing was impossible." Jessica, her father and flight in- structor will be remembered as "mountain climbers," said Sam Reid, minister of Second Baptist Church. They died doing what they loved most, he said. And Jessica's older brother, Joshua, 9, agreed. "If I had to lose (my father), Pm Helping hand Here are tips from the Colorado Di- vision of Wildlife for land -use plan- ners, developers and individuals to help them develop with wildlife in mind: ■ Open -space area — Leaving large contiguous blocks of open space is of greater value than smaller, isolated parcels. This is effectively done by clustering development. Open areas with native grasses, shrubs and trees can support a diver- sity of wildlife even if they are located close to residential areas. ■ Trails — Hiking/biking trails can impact wildlife by direct replacement of habitat by trail construction and dis- turbance of wildlife by users of the trail. Trails should be routed away from high -value wildlife habitats such as riparian zones and nesting sites. ■ Wildlife corridors — Leaving corridors in developments can be good. Corridors may follow streams or other highly valuable habitat. ■ Landscaping — Planting native Tr Road conditions Statewide, (303) 639-1234, glad he was helping one of his children pursue a dream when it? happened," said Joshua in a letter read by a tearful Pando. "I'll never forget the sparkle in (Jessica's) eye when she looked over her shoulder at me as she flew," the letter continued. The note ended: "I love yoz:, Dad and Jessica. Fly free forever." flowers, shrubs and trees, as well as creating wildlife wetlands, is beneficial. ■ Fences — Solid rail fences pro- vide high, visible boundaries that are 1 easy for wildlife to overcome. Spacing smooth or barbed wire 16, 22, 28 or 40 inches from the ground allows for passage of deer, elk and pronghom antelope while keeping in livestock. Leaving a 12-inch gap between the two highest wires will help reduce en- tangling wildlife attempting to cross. Avoid chain -link fences. ■ Education — The Colorado DOW has available a free brochure ; called "Developing With Wildlife in Mind" as well as personnel who can help minimize impacts to wildlife. The DOW's Northeast Regional Office is at 317 W. Prospect Road. The phone number is 484-2836. The city of Fort Collins Natural Re-. sources Department has available people who can help developers in the planning process. The phone number is 221-6600. Computer program could pinpoint possible problems By MILES BLUMHARDT The Coloradoan Nearly 90,000 acres, equivalent to a mile -wide strip stretching from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, is being developed each year in Colorado, and most of that land is valuable wildlife habitat, says a local research scientist Tom Hobbs, who works with the Colorado Division of Wildlife's office in Fort Collins and Colorado State University, knows trying to stop development doesn't make practical or economic sense, so he's doing the next best thing. Hobbs is working on a com- puter program that will tell land - use planners and developers about potential conflicts a devel- opment might have with plants and wildlife. A pilot program of a System for Conservation Plan- ning, or ScoP, is being developed for Larimer and Summit counties. Hobbs hopes to have the Larimer County program available by fall. "The program will flag those areas with unusually high biodi- versity or where rare vegetation types occur or areas of critical wildlife use to help in the plan- ning process," Hobbs said. "It's not saying don't develop in these plac- es, but it identifies potential wild- life issues." Hobbs said he sees the program being used in many different ways. He said it can be used by ' anti -terrorism bill lacking expedite the deportation of known terrorists. Reno, speaking on NBC s "Meet the Press," did not say whether Clinton would sign the bill in that form. Me president will need to look at the whole bill, see just what's key provisions of the bill, said he supported the compromise being worked out by House -Senate ne- gotiators. "It will provide the government very necessary tools, narrowly crafted tools, but also, impor- tantly, it will not trample on civil wended through the process that the bill would virtually do noth- ing" Retained in both the House and Senate bills are a number of anti - crime measures, including one that would limit appeals by death -row inmates and other in - teachers as an educational tool to help students learn the habitat requirements of wildlife. Another use would be to help developers understand potential issues early in the process to avoid costly prob- lems later. The program could also be used by citizens who could go to the county planning office and pull up a map where a proposed devel- opment was to take place to see its potential impacts on wildlife. "I think the most exciting as- pect of the program is the simula- tion model that looks at how dif- ferent actions will affect preserv- ing and protecting wildlife habi- tat," Hobbs said. "It will help us get involved early in the process. Hobbs said in addition to hav- ing the program available in this county planning office, he hopes that individuals will be able to ac- cess the information on the Inter- net. SLEFQ'n 4OMFonirs 4 I verage 'r cents weeks, mainly tic rise in in- e oil prices over ths, an ai iridus= unday. 'ce, including all es, was 131.39 'Friday, according Survey of 10,000 1 nationwide. That he average 124.39 22. increase at the the West, where n average 9 cents ke in the Midwest cents a gallon. 3ublished L970 suspect Ted Kac- shed his anti- rs in at least one ;ne long before the e started, USA rued. blished a letter in 'euieu on Feb. 28, red ideas remark - those in the Un- 10-word manifesto member. ord letter, he at - ding of highways Vs. better solution nge the structure .t it becomes pos- rople some of the dependence that re," he wrote. s among anti- ngs spanning 30 3mily of the sus - .ins tour ►orea resident Clinton South Korea on weeklong foreign includes a state nd a summit on rg and safety in rn the island of I will meet with President Kim reaffirm U.S: urity ties. 'p is a key issue in light of three s by North Ko- the demilitarized two countries. then travel to t three-day state 3o focus on secu- adets ball ACADEMY — als helped lead teams to two unday, conclud- search in cold, ead of El Paso nd Rescue, said s JonJ. Waathan F. hael F. - to the academy >I them on the Trail near the at about 3 p.m. oroscope ... B5 oral ......... B1-5 ovies ......... B5 bit. ....B2 pinions ......A4 ports...... D1-4 eather....... A6 Ile adoan,1996 By SONJA BISBEE The Coloradoan CHEYENNE, Wyo. — More than 800 tearful toddlers, teens, parents and grandparents gath- ered Sunday afternoon to cel- ebrate the life of a 7-year-old girl most had never met. These strangers adorned the Cheyenne Civic Center with pink balloons, stuffed rabbits, tricycles and airplane -shaped bouquets to honor the memory of young Jes- sica Dubroff, her father, Lloyd, and her flight instructor, Joe Reid. Their cross-country flight attempt ended tragically in a resi- dential driveway here last week. "She was here a day, yet over and over, Pve heard people say how much she touched them," said David Rockwood, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. "Per- haps for just that day we were all children again." Everybody felt the tragedy, said Cheyenne resident Pam Robla, who helped coordinate the service. The local impact was obvious in the full auditorium. It also was visible in the steady stream of cars visiting and building the me- morial of flowers, stuffed animals and pictures in a yard near the See JESSICA, Page A6 The fox and the house: Can wildlife, development co -exist? FOXES FACE AN UNFORTUNATE FUTURE A mother red fox and one of struction workers arrive near the fox den, below, and are approached by her kits play atop an embankment while another kit stays close to their den Heatherridge resident David Ayers, left. He is concerned. about plans for near the Heatherridge Lakes Condominiums. About 30 minutes later, con- development in the area. 'Intelligent planning' essential By MILES BLIJMHARDT The Coloratloan For the past two months, David Ayers and Chris Hardy have awakened each morning around sun - Computer aid/A6 r i s e a n d How to help/A6 peered out their third - story condominium window in the hope of catching a glimpse of a red fox and her three kits on a nearby vacant lot. More often than not, their cu- riosity was satisfied and they would watch the mother return from a hunting foray to feed the kits. After breakfast, the kits would entertain one another, as well as Ayers and Hardy, by wrestling in the grass, just north of the Heatherridge Lake Con- dominiums, 1705 Heatheridge Road. So imagine Ayers and Hardy's displeasure when they woke one recent morning to find survey stakes encompassing the fox den and a diesel -spewing grader rip- ping up their little view of the natural world. "I think it's sad, even though it's just one fox family," Hardy said while watching a large earth mover pile dirt closer and closer to the den this past week "I know foxes aren't endangered, but this one is." Said Ayers: "I'm concerned be- causd it's atiiiMx lol3s of a natu- ral area, not to mention the poor life habitat in Fort Collins and foxes. I just don't think develop- Larimer County, the agencies ers see what's out there as far as have stepped up efforts to en - wildlife before they start plow- courage developers to build with ing over it.' wildlife in mind. The Colorado Division of "In my view, there is no doubt Wildlife and the City of Fort Col- that development is the stron- lins Natural Resources Depart- gest agent of ecological change ment are hoping to change that. there is in Colorado," said Tom In light of the significant impact Hobbs, a research scientist with development is having on wild-', the DOW i in Eor,f< Collins and Colorado State University. "We are in the midst of very, very rapid change that is affecting our wildlife, and I don't think anybody would argue that the only way we will arrive at a fu- ture of our choosing is by intel- ligent planning." To that end, the DOW has y Sttw COEXIST, Page A6 1sra( cost offer By The Associated Pres BEIRUT, Leh warplanes you strongholds in st knocked out a p the capital's ea Sunday, escalatin offensive against guerrillas. Thousands of dents fled the so city of'lyre as till ent.�rl separate air In northern Isr by Hezbollah € crashing down a one every 20 nsil ternoon. An 1», at ported damaet; b In Beirut, Isr•: the relay power hour east of tht after midday. T two direct hits. The attack on the sprawling hill the Lebanese D, cut Ixrwer to man in the city and its The Israeli mi said the raid wa Hezbollah rocket knocked out el( northern Israeli Kiryat Shemona. 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