Colorado Open Lands is thrilled to once again partner with Southern Plains Land Trust (SPLT) to add additional protections on the shortgrass prairie of southeast Colorado! SPLT’s mission is to preserve these lands for the native species – both plant and animal – that...
See more at the link below about how our economic impact study estimates that the Monte Vista Crane Festival brings millions of dollars of tourism impact to the San Luis Valley each year! Unharvested grain on local farms is critical to this stopover in the cranes’...
In March, COL completed a conservation easement on 1,545-acres of the Flying W Ranch, southwest of the City of Gunnison. Twenty years earlier, the owners had protected the other 2,433 acres of the property with The Nature Conservancy, and now protection of the...