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	Podcast:		Aspen Public Radio Podcasts
	Episode:		Pitkin County To Consider Juniper Hill Land Donation
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:19
	Publish Date:		2019-11-20 07:37:24
	Description:		Molly Dove, Morning Edition Host : In its meeting a couple of weeks ago, the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners talked about whether or not to accept a piece of donated land, just upalley of Woody Creek off of Juniper Hill road. When they first considered accepting the donated land, there were some questions raised as to whether or not the county should do so. To help break it down, we're joined by reporter Alex Hager. Give us some background on this, where exactly is this land that we're talking about? Alex Hager, Reporter: Yeah, so it's a pretty small piece of land. It's just 2.3 acres, and it's just upvalley of Woody Creek, like you said, off of Juniper Hill road. And it's within a subdivision. And the county usually wouldn't take land like that. They like taking control of land and keeping it as open space. But if it's small like this and not really contiguous with other land, they're less into it. But, here's the catch. It is rare wetland. And that's not super common to find it
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