When Mountain Lions Meet People  

A message from Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Mountain lions are generally quiet, and elusive. They tend to live in remote, primitive country with plentiful deer and adequate cover. Such conditions exist in mountain subdivisions, urban fringes, and open spaces. Much of Colorado, including the Front Range, is prime mountain lion country. This simple fact is a surprise to many residents and visitors. There's been a recent increase in mountain lion sightings in areas of Boulder and Larimer Counties. Some reports also include deer that have been cached by lions. If you live/recreate in lion country, please remember it's YOUR responsibility to take necessary precautions to COEXIST with these creatures:

- Avoid times lions are most active (dusk & dawn).
- Never leave pets unattended and keep on leash at all times.
- Do not attract wildlife, feeding animals such as deer is not only illegal, but also attracts their natural predators as well. Predators follow prey. 
- Make sure areas where you come and go are well lit.

Learn more about living near Mountain Lions on the CPW website.

Local Sales Tax Receipts for 2022

A Snapshot of Sales Taxes in Lyons

Each month the Finance Director reports on revenues including sales tax receipts to the Board of Trustees. For fiscal year 2022,  sales tax remittance for Lyons was up approximately 7.8% ($128,000) over 2021. When you shop locally, you’re showing your support of our local businesses, helping your community and making an impact. 

Public Transportation Options

In Lyons

The Town of Lyons has partnered with Boulder County for over a decade to ensure public transportation for the community of Lyons.  The Town of Lyons is a part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and in Lyons there is a 1.0% sales tax collected and remitted to RTD.  This pays for  much of the public transit in the region. Lyons use to have RTD bus service, but  the pandemic together with driver shortages and service reductions, the service for Lyons ended. However, this gap has been filled by Boulder County.

Lyons now has the Lyons Flyer which provides the same service, as the previous RTD Y route,  of two trips to Boulder in the morning and two trips to Lyons in the afternoon/evening, Monday - Friday. The service is free to all riders and is paid for by Boulder County and reimbursed by RTD.

In addition, the Town contracts with zTrip, which provides ADA accessible transportation for residents to/from  Longmont (daily from 5 am - 7 pm) and to/from Boulder on weekends (5 am - 7 pm) and weekdays, when there is no Lyons Flyer service. This program is paid 75% by Boulder County and 25% by the Town of Lyons. 

Boulder County has planned for approximately $30K annually for the zTrip program. RTD did reimburse half the costs in 2021, but due to tighter insurance requirements they were unable to reimburse anything in 2022.  

Finally, Lyons purchases an annual community EcoPass program for all of its residents, which is a program offered by the Regional Transportation District.  The eco pass allows riders to take any RTD bus or light rail (for example from Boulder to Denver or to DIA) for free with a valid annual pass. The annual service level price fluctuates, but in 2023 the cost is a little over $10k.  To offset the program cost, the Town charges residents a small fee to have a pass:  currently $40 for adults, $15 for seniors (65+) and $15 for youth under age 18. 

If residents want to take the Lyons Flyer to Boulder, there is no fee and no pass needed. 

If residents want to take the AB (the RTD airport bus, say from Boulder to DIA), an eco pass is required to ride for free or passengers may pay the trip fare. 

For residents who would like to use the  zTrip voucher, please come to town hall and/or reach out to Lisa Ramsey with the town (lramsey@townoflyons.com) with any questions and/or to receive a voucher(s). 

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