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Conservationists cap 30-year preservation effort with protection of Banded Peak Ranch in southern Colorado
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
A world-renowned climate research site near Crested Butte is now protected by a conservation easement
By Jason Blevins Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Neguse’s 21st Century Conservation Corps will create positive outdoor experiences for all
By Simone Christopherson Opinion
Sweetwater Lake closer to conservation as Forest Service land
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
GOCO’s transition to new grant distribution strategy creates avenue for Colorado coronavirus relief
The lottery-funded trust hopes to streamline its grantmaking process to allow larger-scale projects and equitable distribution of funds
Despite coronavirus, I’ll continue to cultivate my garden — and the garden that is Colorado
Colorado authors, thinkers and readers share their thoughts on living through historic times as the state fights the progress of coronavirus
Opinion
Summit County’s plan to end a conservation easement to build senior housing is riling locals and land trusts
The development-prohibiting easements theoretically last forever. Critics of the housing plan worry an exception will undermine the rule.
Plan to buy remote Sweetwater Lake and transfer it to Forest Service gets boost from Eagle County communities
With nearly $1 million in donations, the Eagle Valley Land Trust is moving ahead with plans to purchase the 488-acre, privately-owned property surrounded by National Forest land
Conservationists hope to tap Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve land and water on Sweetwater
Historic Sweetwater Lake and 488 acres of land around it near Dotsero has been in the sights of residential developers. But now it could be saved for public access.
Opinion: Funding for public lands remains in jeopardy
Congress needs to include full, permanent, mandatory funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Opinion
Could a massive southern Colorado ranch become a state park? It’s an idea just “crazy” enough to work.
The City of Trinidad, The Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Land, GOCO and Colorado Parks and Wildlife are fine-tuning a plan to turn the 19,200-acre Crazy French Ranch into a new economic engine.
