Tag: The Conservation Fund
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‘A great place for hiking’: Plan shaping for Lost Canyon between Colorado Springs, Denver
A plan is coming together for one of the newest, largest open spaces between Denver and Colorado Springs. Lost Canyon Ranch is the largest open space ever acquired by the town of Castle Rock — 681 acres on the southeast edge of town bordering a similar, rocky mosaic: Castlewood Canyon State Park. Privately held for generations,…
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‘A miracle’ 30 years later: Advocates celebrate Douglas County open space program
Along Interstate 25 between Colorado Springs and Castle Rock, urban sprawl ends and land and sky prevail. Driving this stretch means more to some people. People like Mark Weston. He looks out to the cattle, out to the mesas and buttes along the way, out to the more distant mountains, and he feels proud. “That…
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Forest Service adds nearly 130 acres of public land in Pikes Peak region
Public land is expanding in the foothills west of Colorado Springs. The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday announced acquiring nearly 130 acres of previously private property — a swath of stream-fed pine and aspen with wildlife-frequented meadows and mountain views. The acreage is being referred to as the Wagon Tongue Co. property, just south of Lake…
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Purchase of Colorado 14er praised as ‘landmark transaction’ for future of access
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Access to a controversial cluster of 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado has a new fate thanks to a “landmark transaction,” in the words of one advocate. The Conservation Fund, a leading nonprofit in land and water conservation across the nation, announced Thursday it had secured nearly…
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‘Immense potential’ for Mount Tom and 2,000 acres acquired outside Denver
A landscape boasting “immense future recreation potential” has been acquired by Colorado groups that also describe the deal as “once in a generation.” The deal is $25 million for about 2,000 acres northwest of Denver, near Golden, as recently announced by collaborators with The Conservation Fund, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Jefferson County and Great Outdoors…
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Added land a ‘treasure’ in western Colorado red rock country
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Conservationists are celebrating land recently acquired in red-rock country of western Colorado. The 160-acre addition to Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area is small in the grand scope of the 209,000-plus preserve spanning the Uncompahgre Plateau between…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…
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New, hopeful future for cherished lake in Colorado
A scenic lake in western Colorado is poised to become the public destination admirers have long envisioned. That’s after the announcement of Sweetwater Lake entering the U.S. Forest Service portfolio. A recent press release promised wildlife protection and new recreation access to the 488 acres in a remote pocket between Garfield and Eagle counties, backdropped…