Protecting land and water for people and wildlife

Protecting land and water for people and wildlife

Protecting land and water for people and wildlife

What We Do

Colorado Open Lands believes that Colorado’s lands and waters are critically important to our unmatched quality of life.  Our work is dedicated to ensuring their continued preservation for future generations.  Our conservation successes to date include:

710,304

Acres of land

797

Projects

50

Counties 

3,372

miles of waterways

Latest News

Rito Seco Park Expansion – Permanently Protected!

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....

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Texas Creek Ranch – Permanently Protected!

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...

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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...

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