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Rock Ridge Ranch – Permanently Protected!
The 2,564-acre Rock Ridge Ranch property is located in Moffat County between Meeker and Craig. The property consists of sagebrush shrublands, montane meadows, rock outcroppings, and gambel oak shrubland. Exceptional wildlife habitat is provided for bald eagle,...
Rosalie – Permanently Protected!
This 72-acre property near Bailey is adjacent to the Woodward family’s home ranch, Deer Valley Park Association, a Centennial Ranch that was previously protected with COL. The Woodwards operate Hi-Altitude Cattle, LLC, raising beef on their ranch and other leased...
Arroyos del Sol – Permanently Protected!
This nearly 1,000-acre property in the Town of Greeley has now been forever protected for public open space and recreation. An intensive public engagement period is shaping future uses, which include multi-use trails with scenic bluffs and prairies, central gathering...
Rito Seco Park Expansion – Permanently Protected!
Opportunities to acquire land for public access are extremely rare in the San Luis Valley. COL collaborated with a private landowner to conserve 398 acres adjacent to Rito Seco Park. Now conserved, the landowner has sold the land to Costilla County to expand the park....
Texas Creek Ranch – Permanently Protected!
Texas Creek Ranch is north of Westcliffe in the Wet Mountain Valley. It includes two miles of Texas Creek and associated senior water rights among rolling grasslands, riparian wetlands, and aspen groves. A small herd of elk camps out on the property all winter. The...
Occidental Farm – Permanently Protected!
This 593-acre property is situated between Fort Collins and the Pawnee National Grasslands and operates as a dryland wheat farm. The farm is an important piece of the scenic viewshed from local county roads, given the relatively flat topography of the area. The farm...
Stromberger Farm – Permanently Protected!
This property is a third-generation farm located on the edge of Windsor in Weld County. The family purchased the 152-acre farm in 1943 and have since grown a variety of crops, including sugar beets, beans, corn, alfalfa, and even hops. With prime soils and a variety...
Cochetopa Dome Ranch – Permanently Protected!
The ranch consists of 1,609 acres and features outstanding senior water rights. It is surrounded on three sides by Gunnison National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land, making for excellent habitat and migration connectivity. The ranch features irrigated...
Lower Pasture of the HG Vickerman Ranch – Permanently Protected!
This property south of Westcliffe in Custer County encompasses 1,232 acres. It features a mosaic of montane grasslands, piñon-juniper woodlands, stands of conifer and aspen forests, a small canyon with rocky outcroppings, and wetlands along Lapin Creek which traverses...