It's a bit frustrating watching some of the so called Friends of Evergreen Dog Park shrug their own responsibilities and lay blame solely on Jeffco .
1. "Jeffco should have enforced the pet waste pick up issue." Sure, but just maybe y'all could have been better pet owners and picked up after your own pets! No, you waited until hundreds of pounds had to accumulate then 'volunteered' to pick it up.
2. "Jeffco could have monitored the trails and landscaping better." Maybe you owners could have not created short cuts and social trails or hopped fences, or trespassed on neighboring properties. Maybe not letting the dogs go right to the creek and screwing up the creek bed and bank. By the way the 80 step staircase on the back side is a death trap in winter. So now there are steep eroded cuts on either side.
3. "Jeffco ignores the Stagecoach Blvd. parking issues." They added a whole new parking lot. Maybe if the users learned to park and realized they shouldn't be using the shoulder in 'NO PARKING AREAS' along the roadway. If the lots area full, go somewhere else.
The place became too popular and all are to blame. Jeffco
should have closed parts of this park down 3 years ago to re-vegetate but no doubt they would have been barked at for that too.
The entitlement mentality is on full display in my opinion. Especially those that don't think that their dogs will survive without being off leash.
Dogs have the incredible ability to get exercise while on a leash. The only problem is that it requires that the owner get exercise too.This new plan with membership dues and DNA testing of pets and dog poop? No thanks. You did such a poor job policing yourself before when it was under Jeffco control, how are people s'posed to believe that you will do even a slightly better job on your own? Colorado is too big to be stuck in one small, overused and overpopulated dog park. Get out and explore. You probably don't know what you are missing.