15 boulder county resources transportation commercial service airports none general aviation municipal longmont vance brand reliever interstate highway miles 0 military bases federal facilities and prisons base nist national telecommunication information administration noaa aeronomy laboratory environmental technology forecast systems erl space environment nesdis geophysical data center state higher education main campus four year university of colorado at two front range community college private acc naropa ski areas casinos parks eldora rocky mountain np natural energy oil production barrels 99 706 gas million cubic feet 1 722 838 coal short tons co2 wind level rating 5 outstanding 4 good biomass potential 2 500 001 mmbtu 16 overview us people population 2001 estimate 297 686 417 714 284 8 m percent change april 2000 july 7 1990 to 29 3 30 6