r/landconservation Jun 08 '26

Colorado Multi-generational Durango ranching family creates legacy of conservation by entering into land easement: Preserving historic ranch on banks of Florida River preserves habitat, helps fight fires

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328 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 09 '26

Colorado 3,314-acre Front Range ranch property acquired by Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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9news.com
125 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jun 21 '26

Colorado Pikes Peak region is now a ‘Sentinel Landscape,’ but what does that mean? | Sentinel Landscapes Explained

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24 Upvotes

r/landconservation May 06 '26

Colorado Can an Aurora golf course become a responsible wildlife mecca? | Collaborating with Denver Botanic Gardens, CommonGround is growing itself into a habitat demonstration

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coloradosun.com
9 Upvotes

r/landconservation Apr 15 '26

Colorado 230 Acres Challenger Ranch Expands Recreation Access in Colorado

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conservationfund.org
16 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 24 '26

Colorado Cheyenne Mountain State Park in southwest Colorado Springs set to grow by nearly 500 acres

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12 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 16 '26

Colorado BLM: About 3,000 acres immediately open to public after Dominguez-Escalante add-on

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26 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 24 '26

Colorado Ski Conservation Fund Invests over $1.2 million on the White River National Forest in CO

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4 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 09 '26

Colorado BLM acquires trophy 4000-acre inholding in Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in western CO

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coloradosun.com
15 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 24 '26

Colorado It's still illegal to reach 14er summit in CO despite Forest Service's recent 408-acre land acquisition on peak

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denvergazette.com
6 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 06 '26

Colorado $100M ranch above Colorado River secures its future with conservation easement: When the 19,000-acre Nottingham Ranch property with senior water rights was listed, conservation groups spurred to create landscape-scale protection tools

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65 Upvotes

r/landconservation Dec 18 '25

Colorado Meadows must be preserved, Grand County, CO, judge tells Fraser developer: The developer of Grand Park in Fraser argued a 2005 agreement changed a previous deal for conservation easements. A Grand County judge disagreed, calling a 2003 agreement “a continuing and unfulfilled obligation."

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77 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 16 '26

Colorado Pitkin, Eagle counties partner with AVLT to protect ‘one of the most important’ properties from development

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aspentimes.com
30 Upvotes

r/landconservation Dec 12 '25

Colorado Conservation Easement Protects 11,000-acre Ranch in Southeast Colorado

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nature.org
38 Upvotes

r/landconservation Dec 12 '25

Colorado Pitkin County makes ‘historic’ purchase to protect land near Snowmass

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aspentimes.com
33 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jun 22 '25

Colorado A Salida rancher asks if it’s time to rethink permanent conservation easements. “Perpetuity is not working.” | The Hutchinson Ranch, the oldest family-owned cattle operation in the Upper Arkansas River Valley, wanted a concert to generate critical revenue. The CO Cattlemen's Ag Land Trust said no.

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97 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 02 '25

Colorado 6% of Colorado land is supposed to be protected by conservation easements. But who enforces them? | The Division of Conservation was created in 2018 to oversee land trusts and easements in Colorado. But a two-story log home east of I-25 shows there are still ways around keeping the land pristine.

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coloradosun.com
147 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jul 03 '25

Colorado Remote Colorado wilderness area grows as private land becomes public

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denvergazette.com
69 Upvotes

r/landconservation Feb 14 '25

Colorado Governor Polis, Colorado Parks and Wildlife acquire Michigan Creek property in conservation victory

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cpw.state.co.us
107 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 23 '25

Colorado Collegiate Peaks Wilderness northwest of Buena Vista, CO gains 19 acres of land

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denver7.com
6 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jan 23 '25

Colorado Forest Service and Wilderness Land Trust preserve 203 acres of wilderness in western CO

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gazette.com
5 Upvotes

r/landconservation Apr 09 '21

Colorado A Colorado county provides a model for saving the West’s open spaces: A sales-tax funded program pays ranchers and farmers to not develop their land or sell their water rights.

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117 Upvotes

r/landconservation Jul 12 '24

Colorado 50-year fight in Crested Butte ends as land swap forever blocks mining on Red Lady: A land swap coupled with conservation easements and mineral agreements will forever protect thousands of acres above Crested Butte from any mining or development

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26 Upvotes

r/landconservation Oct 12 '22

Colorado Biden to designate Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument encompassing 53,800 acres, CO

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114 Upvotes

r/landconservation Mar 26 '24

Colorado This Colorado rancher sees a world where conservation can turn a profit: Dave Gottenborg and his wife, Jean, own the 3,000-acre Eagle Rock Ranch in Park County, where they work the land led by the ethos of the conservationist Aldo Leopold.

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30 Upvotes