The Cucumber Overly Protection District was established by a Town ordinance in 2000 for the protection of the sensitive natural resources within Cucumber Gulch. The ordinance required the Town to do the following:

• Establish a Preventive Management Area (PMA) around the important resources of the area, including wetlands, endangered wildlife habitat, and wildlife corridors.
• Have scientific studies conducted on the identifies resources of concern in the area.
• Prohibit certain potentially harmful activities within the PMA until the ordinance can be revised based on the studies.
• Require that development meets certain standards.
• Provide that Best Management Practices be applied through restrictive covenants to new development within or adjacent to the district.
• Require new roads have wildlife passageways if constructed within the district but outside the PMA.
• Provide that a recreation plan for the area be adopted by the Town in conjunction with other agencies, based on the result of scientific studies.
• Allow for relief from the ordinance under certain circumstances.