Superior residents have several options for managing leaves sustainably. Keep leaves out of storm drains, where they can cause clogs and contribute to algal blooms.

1. Compost them
   If you have curbside compost pickup, add leaves to your compost bin for easy disposal. You can also add leaves to a backyard compost pile. Composting leaves prevents harmful decomposition byproducts at a landfill and instead creates a valuable soil amendment.
   
   
2. Bring leaves to the Town’s Yard Waste Site
   If you don’t have curbside compost pickup, bring your leaves to the Town’s Yard Waste Site at 2125 Honey Creek Lane. The site is open Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to dusk and Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to dusk.
   
   Note: Construction on Rock Creek Parkway and Honey Creek Drive continues nearby through early November. Allow extra travel time, follow all posted construction signs, and bring proof of Superior residency.
   
   
3. Sign up for leaf pickup
   For an easy, hands-off option, the Girl Scouts of Superior troop will collect your bagged leaves and deliver them to the Town’s Yard Waste Site for composting. Fill 30-gallon leaf bags and place them curbside by 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. A suggested donation of $10 to $20 goes directly to the troop. Register for leaf pickup.
   
   Need leaf bags? Residents can pick up a free bundle at the Superior Civic Space, 2250 Main St., thanks to the Town’s Advisory Committee for Environmental Sustainability (ACES). Bags are available while supplies last.
   
   
4. Leave the leaves
   Leaves can benefit your yard, too! Spread them in garden beds and around trees and shrubs to insulate soil, return nutrients to the ground, and provide food and habitat for pollinators and other wildlife. You can also mulch leaves with a lawn mower to nourish your grass. Check your neighborhood rules before leaving leaves in place, and avoid piling them too deeply or too close to fences.

After a record-breaking hot summer, heat pumps are a highly efficient, all-electric technology that can both heat and cool your home. Switch Together makes it easier and more affordable for residents to upgrade to a highly efficient, all-electric heat pump at home. Participants can expect to save about 20% off the market price for their installation, or about $4,500 off an average-sized 3-ton system.

Visit the Switch Together website to learn more and sign up through Dec.16, with no obligation to purchase a heat pump. Participants will complete a brief survey about their home, which the Switch Together team will use to provide a personalized heat pump installation recommendation and offer. A $150 fully refundable deposit secures your place in the program.

As fall arrives and watering needs decline, the Town of Superior asks residents to conserve water by voluntarily stopping lawn watering for the rest of the year.

The ongoing drought continues to affect Superior’s water supply. September water use was the highest ever recorded Town-wide, which affects how much water the Town can carry into the 2027 water year. Taking a break from lawn watering now will preserve water for next summer, when irrigation needs are highest.

The Town will also reduce its irrigation use and prioritize high-use areas, such as athletic fields, while reducing or eliminating irrigation in other areas where it is not needed.

Thank you for helping conserve water and protect Superior’s water supply for the year ahead. Learn more about drought mitigation and water conservation at SuperiorColorado.gov/DroughtMitigation.

On Oct. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the City of Boulder and Boulder County’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. The lawsuit seeks to hold the oil companies responsible under state law for harms resulting from the companies knowingly contributing to climate change while concealing the dangers of their products. The plaintiffs argued that the case should be allowed to move forward, and that the Court should reject Exxon's argument that the company is immune from Boulder's lawsuit.

Boulder County and the City of Boulder originally sued Suncor entities and ExxonMobil in April 2018. Since 2018, the lawsuit has won at every stage and survived repeated attempts by the companies to move or dismiss it.

Since 1983, average temperatures in Colorado have risen more than 2°F and are continuing to warm, according to a report from the University of Colorado. More heat waves, destructive wildfires, severe droughts, and changing precipitation exacerbated by climate change will affect fragile mountain ecosystems and hit at the heart of the local economy, damaging roads, forests, homes, the agricultural sector, the ski industry, and open space. Adapting to such a wide range of impacts requires local governments to undertake unprecedented levels of planning and spending.

For more information on the lawsuit, visit the Boulder County website. A recording of the arguments is also available online.

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