I thought I would share a few tidbits on BCPOS:
- $357M+ spent on acquisitions (actual $, not adjusted for inflation)
- Nearly 88,000 acres acquired
- 35% of all land is conservation easements
- Visitors may not set foot on 79% of all BCPOS land !!!
- 69% of Heil Ranch is CLOSED to all visitor access.
- 90 miles of trails. Trail density is 0.7 miles of trail per square mile of land, which is lower than RMNP and IPW, and only 35% of that of OSMP. Even subtracting out CEs, BCPOS has less than 1/2 the trail density of OSMP (which is already lower than other major near-urban parks).
Does BCPOS have the highest level of visitor restriction of any major park / park system in the world ????
-- Peter Bakwin
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