Our Mission is
to preserve the significant open lands and diminishing natural heritage of Colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation techniques and strategic leadership.
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Keep up to date with what is going on at Colorado Open Lands!
Our Latest News:
- Case for the Private Partner: Landowners ease into conservation: On a bluebird spring day, Jeff Crane stands beside Highway 92 where it crosses the North Fork of the Gunnison River just outside of Hotchkiss, a small town on Colorado’s Western Slope. With his hands tucked in the pockets of comfortably-worn Levis, Crane looks up and down the river, surveying the results of his handiwork.
- Here's a list of public parks and open spaces that Colorado Open Lands has assisted with permanently protecting, and on which we hold a conservation easement.
The Colorado Great Outdoors (GOCO) Board has awarded Colorado Open Lands (COL) $452,043 for the Prewitt Reservoir Conservation project in Logan and Washington counties. Read more....
- Trinchera Ranch's owner responds to Chieftain editorial.