COL partnered with Southern Plains Land Trust to expand Heartland Ranch by protecting an additional 17,899 acres of shortgrass prairie in Bent County! Southern Plains Land Trust owns and manages the property as a wildlife refuge focused on five priorities: American...
As the drought in the San Luis Valley continues, Colorado Open Lands has explored creative approaches to help the community maintain viable water levels in its aquifer. One option we are employing is a groundwater conservation easement – applying our primary...
In March 2022, COL and Westervelt Ecological Services officially closed the Front Range Mitigation Bank conservation easement in Morgan County. This 104-acre parcel lies just east of Fort Morgan and adjacent to I-76, and features a channel of the South Platte River....
The 122-acre Wegert Property is located in the City of Gunnison and provides an important open-space buffer for adjacent public open space properties that include an active Gunnison Sage-grouse “lek,” the term for the area in which animals engage in...
COL is pleased to announce the completion of Phase 1 of the Waggener Farm conservation easement in December. The Waggener Farm is located between I-25 and the Town of Berthoud, a fast-growing area with high development pressure. Now this productive farm will forever...
