Colorado Open Lands

Text Box: “I recognize that the resale value of the property may be significantly diminished. However, I genuinely believe that it’s more important to preserve open lands and rivers for their natural beauty and to provide habitat for wildlife of all kinds, particularly trout.” Don Holmes, Holmestead Ranch

Our Donors

Since 1981, Colorado Open Lands has been preserving some of Colorado’s most important farms, ranches, scenic vistas, wildlife habitat, and river corridors.  Your support has been a critical component of our success.

We hope that you experience the personal satisfaction of knowing that you have each contributed directly to our efforts.  Equally important, we can confidently say that your gifts are being used wisely, efficiently and to sustain the work you believe in strongly enough to financially support.

That’s why we want you to know that 98% of Colorado Open Lands’ 2008 resources went to support our programs!  In fact, to date, we have protected over 226,000 acres in 39 counties of stunning Colorado landscapes.  Thank you for your tremendous support of our efforts!

Colorado Open Lands gratefully acknowledges its many contributors in the year 2008.  In addition to those listed below, we also thank our many donors of under US $100 who were too numerous to list.

Conservation Easement Donors

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Mr. Bruce Alexander
Jim and Susan Ayer
Ms. Myra Benjamin
Chris & Kim Burke
Roy Christenson Family Limited Partnership
Richard E. and Marilyn L. Curry
Mr. Thomas Curry
Ms. Maud Duke
Eberl Ranch, LLC
Mr. John Eichhorn
Ms. Jaelene Eyre
Flying Horse Ranch, LLLP
City of Fountain
Ms. Gail Frank
Joe & Gail Hawkins
Dr. Charles Hanson MD
Ms. Connie Hubbell
Ms. Doris Hubbell
Mr. Gary Hubbell
Mr. Ralph Hubbell
Mr. Thomas Laughlin
Gerald and Rochelle Leiser
Lenz Family Partnership
Lawrence and Melissa Medill
Orchard Ranch LLC
Mr. Carl Palmer
Ms. Sharon Pattee
George & Lisa Pigg
Mr. Gregory Peterson
Mr. Bert Reissig
Roy and Linda Roper
Soap Creek Ranch LLC
Kent and Peggy Swedlund
Todd and Nichole Swedlund
Danny & Monita Todd
Ms. Helen Whinnery
Steve Wolcott and Linda Lindsey
Betty Wooten
Steve and Joy Wooten

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Foundation & Government Grants

Elinor Patterson Baker Foundation
L.P. Brown Foundation – Special Fund
Caulkins Family Foundation
CO Division of Wildlife
CO State Parks Trails Program
Deane Family Fund
William H. Donner Foundation
The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation
Enterprise Rent-a-Car Foundation
ESRI
FirstBank
Great Outdoors Colorado
Heider Family Foundation
Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation
Land Trust Alliance
John P. McBride Family & the ABC Foundation
Dusty and Kathy Loo Fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation
Ludlow-Griffith Foundation
Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation
The Moore Charitable Foundation
Park County Land & Water Trust Fund
Tax Credit Connection, LLC
The Nature Conservancy
Trescott Foundation
Xcel Energy

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US $10,000+

Mr. and Mrs. P J Anderson
Aspenstand
Ms. Myra Benjamin
Christopher & Kimberly Burke
The Conservation Fund
Mr. Larry Hauserman
Mr. Joe Hawkins
Ms. Karin Heine
Mr. Thomas E. Laughlin
Larry and Melissa Medill
Mr. Greg Peterson & Ms. Kathleen Curry
Mr. Burt Reissig
Todd & Nichole Swedlund
The Jenesis Group

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US $3000 to $9,999

Bruce and Joan Cantrell
The Color People, Inc.
Mr. Kirk Eberl
Sandy and John Elliott
Mr. Samuel Gary
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Slifer
Carl and Karen Spina
Kent and Peggy Swedlund
Dennis & Joanna Trescott

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US $1,000 to $2,999

Ms. Catherine H. Anderson
Mr. Thomas E. Berg
Mr. James Carey
Catto Charitable Foundation
Mr. David I. Caulkins
Mr. David Dasher
Ms. Stasia W. Davison
Rob and Barbara Deline
Edward and Laura Dombrower
Lee and Katherine Driscoll
Mr. Daniel M. Elsner
Mr. Hubert A. Farbes, Jr.
Louis and Peggy Fass
Alan and Katie Fox
Ms. Rebecca Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hazelrigg
Mrs. Joy R. Hilliard
Mr. Philip J. James
Sam and Carolyn K. Johnson
Ms. Claire Faust Keeler
Walter A. and Gene N. Koelbel
Mr. William E. Lewis
Ms. Helen L. Moore
Mr. Daniel E. Pike
Mr. Richard L. Robinson
Mr. Richard Scudder
Ms. Mary M. Udall
Mr. Robert K. Walker
Mr. George Wiegers
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wright

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US $500 to $999

Mr. Brett Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bansbach, III
Mr. Robert M. Collins
George and Margo Earley
Ms. Cheryl Fox
Mrs. Charles H. Hewitt
Mrs. Katherine H. Loo
Mr. David Peterson, Sr.
Mr. Anthony Rangel
Ms. Elizabeth Richardson
Bob and Sandy Righter
Dave & Nancy Roeder
Steve and Laura Rossetter
Mr. Robert Schulein
Ms. Elizabeth Searle
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Segelke
Mr. Michael Stratton
Christine and Todd Strickland
Judi and Joe Wagner
Mr. Mark Weston
Wright Water Engineers
Mr. George S. Writer, Jr.

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US $250 to $499

Various Anonymous
Alexander Capital Management
Brownell Bailey Family Fund
Mr. Allan C. Beezley
B. Lawrence and Joan S. Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Decker
Christine Dickey & Steve Griffith
Gregory and Amelia Durocher
Mrs. Mary H. Eiseman
Mr. Mo Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederickson
Ms. Helen H. Freemyer
Beverly and Hal Haddon
Mr. Larry D. Harvey, Esq.
Mr. Donald J. Hopkins
Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C.
Travis Clark and Jessica Jay
Mr. and Mrs. Erik M. Jensen
Mr. Lawrence Kueter
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kurtz, Jr.
Ms. Heidi Ochis
Russ and Linda Olson
Mr. Leonard M. Perlmutter
Patrick & Jan Rutty
Dr. Gail S. Schoettler & Mr. Don Stevens
Mr. Randy Schroeder
Ms. Ariel Steele
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Swanson
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Mr. Richard F. Walker
George and Nancy Wallace
Western Land Group

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US $100 to $249

Ms. Marilyn Alkire
Steve and Jennifer Allard
Mr. J. Richard Allen
Mr. James H. Anderson
Mrs. Sue Anschutz-Rodgers
Mr. David M. Armstrong
Bayless Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Beardsley
Ms. Melinda Beck
Mr. Andrew Blemker
Mr. Clay Boelz
Mr. John Brejcha
Barbara Bridges Family Foundation
Mr. Alan Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Carpenter
Mr. Willis V. Carpenter
Ms. Katherine A. Cattanach
Ms. Ellie Caulkins
Mr. and Mrs. John Chafee
Ms. Laurie Chahbandour
Ms. Barbara B. Chappell
Mr. and Mrs. Alan N. Charnes
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ciruli
Mr. Monty C. Cleworth
Ms. Anne Collins
Ms. Susan Heider Coleman
Colorado Conservation Trust
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Conover
Frederic and Jacquelyn K. Conover
Thom and Sharon Cox
Mr. Allen A. Cranmer
Mrs. Lucy Black Creighton
Mr. Richard O. Curley
Peter and Cathy Dea
Mr. Stanley Dempsey
Ms. Clara Deser
Ms. Joanne Ditmer
Mr. Stuart P. Dodge
Mr. Michael P. Dowling
Mr. Jack E. Edgington
Ms. Jodie Epperson
Dieter & Melanie Erdmann
Neal Etre and Kendra Kinscherf
Mr. Ernest F. Fazekas
John and Leslie Ferguson
Mr. Jason Feser
Mr. John Fetcher
Mr. John Fielder
Mr. Sam Freedman
Mrs. Sigrid H. Freese
Mr. F. Charles Froelicher
Ms. Ferris Frost
Caleb and Sidney Gates
Mr. Russell E. George
Ms. Sarah Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. William Gordon
Mr. Thomas A. Gougeon
Great Outdoors Colorado
Mr. John R. Green
Mr. Thomas T. Grimshaw
Ms. Mary C. Hacking
Mr. Dave Hallock
Mr. David L. Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hart
Ms. Sherron R. Helms
Mr. Ollie W. Hickel, III
Mr. Kent H. Holsinger
Dr. and Mrs. Carter T. Jackson
Mr. Barrett Johnson
Mr. Lee H. Johnson
Mr. C. Thomas Kaesemeyer
Mr. Jeffrey J. Kahn
Ms. Heather Karlson
Mr. James P. Kelley & Ms. Amie Knox
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kemp
Mr. Howard Kenison
Mrs. Susan C. Kirk
Susan and Allan Kirkpatrick
Ms. Heidi Krauth
Mr. Charles Kurtz
Mr. Mark Kutzbach
Mrs. Barbara W. Lee
Legacy Land Trust
Mr. Harry T. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Penny Lewis
Ms. Patricia MacMillan
Tom and Sydney Macy
Ms. Elizabeth M. Matsch
Mr. John P. McBride
Mr. James L. McKesson
Mrs. Sylvia Cranmer McLaughlin
Mr. Albert G. Melcher
Mr. Charlie Meyers
George Meyers and Merrill Wilson
Ms. Rebba Miller
Mr. Stuart L. Miner
Mr. Ken Mirr
Mr. Randy Moore
Ms. Cynthia Nagel
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Norris
Mr. Christopher Nowak
Ms. Danielle B. Okin
Rob and Tracy Olson
OppenheimerFunds
Mr. and Mrs. William Pauls
Mr. Adam Poe
Robert and Myra Rich
Mr. A. Gordon Rippey
Tim and Kathryn Ryan
Mr. Peter E. Sartucci
Mr. Theodore A. Schaal
Mr. William Schmidt
Mr. Alan Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Schwenke
Buz and Judith Sellers
William and Erica Shafroth
Mr. Kevin Shea
Mr. Jeff Shoemaker
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Silberstein
Mr. Dean Singleton
Mr. James A. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Smith
Mr. Craig L. Sommers
Mr. Peter G. Spanberger
Ms. Kathleen Staks
Ms. Barbara Sternberg
Mr. John Stulp
Erik and Amy Swanson
Mr. Thomas Swanson
Mr. John Swartout
Sonnie and Dick Talley
Bill and Mary Tanis
Mr. Bill Trampe
Mr. William Vollbracht
Ms. Cheryl Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wallach
Charles and Emma Warren
Waterbury Philanthropic Trust
Robert and Diane Weaver
Ms. Barbara C. Welles
P.J. and Dick Wenham
Mr. Christopher M. West
Dr. Ronald F. Whitney
Mr. Ralph C. Wieleba
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wilfley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Wohlgenant
Mr. David A. Wollard
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wrench
Mr. John A. C. Wright
Fran and Lynn Yehle
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick van Mulken

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Memorial Gifts

In 2008, Donations were made in Memory of the following people:

Mr. Charles H. Hewitt
Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis
Mrs. Beverly Ricks
Mr. Robert H. Udall
Mr. Ned Steele

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Honorary Gifts

In 2008, donations were made in honor of the following people:

Devon Campbell
William and Marie Feser-Abbema
Don and Audrey Fleisher
Linda and Charles Hamlin
Mr. Dan Huerter
Karen Humphreys and Michael Russell
Ms. Jessica Jay
Mr. Brian Kurzel
Mr. Sean MacMillan
Mr. Jonathan Moore
Mr. Daren Mueller
Ms. Elizabeth Richardson
Karin and Paul Stayton
Mr. Bill Vollbracht
Robert and Ann Whiteley
Wedding of Julie Wilson and Bryan Stahli
Ms. Ann Zwinger

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In-Kind Gifts

Mr. Alan C. Beezley
Ms. Beulah Cherne
Faegre & Benson
Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C.
Rocky Mountain Rotorcraft
Mr. Gates Scott
Cecelia & Thor Thomas

We would like to extend a special “THANK YOU” to all who contributed through work place giving campaigns and through Community Shares!
Your support is greatly appreciated!