Colorado

Antelope Creek, CO

In partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, the Fund acquired the 1,772-acre Antelope Creek natural area to protect habitat for the imperiled Gunnison sage grouse.  Read more>

Barr Lake State Park, CO

For seven years, the Fund has partnered with Colorado State Parks, Adams County and Great Outdoors Colorado to implement A Conservation Vision for Barr Lake State Park, a strategic plan to protect the area's natural resources.  Read more>

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO

Dramatic rock formations called the Pinnacles define a 1,480-acre inholding that the Fund protected in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management and Gunnison County, and with tremendous support from the National Park Service.  Read more>

Blue Mountain Conservation Area, CO

Culminating a six-year effort to protect open space and wildlife habitat in this area, the Fund collaborated with Larimer County and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to acquire 3,400 acres here from Hewlett Packard Company.  Read more>

Capitol Creek, CO

Joining forces with the Aspen Valley Land Trust and the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails, the Fund conserved a 1,585-acre working ranch, which allows the landowners to continue their ranching traditions while permanently protecting the property's important wildlife habitat and scenic values.  Read more>

Craig Bair: Protecting a Family's Ranching Heritage

The Conservation Fund partnered with third generation rancher Craig Bair to protect nearly 5,000 acres in Colorado’s Vail Valley, thus safeguarding spectacular landscapes and a family’s ranching heritage.  Read more>

Hayden Ranch, CO

In 2005 The Conservation Fund worked with the city of Aurora and Lake County to protect more than 1,400 acres of sweeping ranchland, culminating a seven-year effort to preserve wildlife habitat, scenic vistas and recreation areas within the Upper Arkansas River Basin and along the Top of the Rockies National and Historic Scenic Byway (U.S. 24).  Read more>

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, CO

In a gesture of healing, the National Park Service in April 2007 dedicated the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in remote Kiowa County. The Conservation Fund worked with the National Park Service, the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, the Colorado Historical Society, and private landowners to acquire three tracts totaling 920 acres that created the new park unit in southeastern Colorado.  Read more>

Stone Ranch, CO

In partnership with the Palmer Land Trust and with support from Great Outdoors Colorado and USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Fund secured a conservation easement that protects the ranch, its scenic vistas and wildlife habitat from development.  Read more>

True Mountain and Colorado's I-25 Corridor

In 1996 the Fund launched the I-25 Conservation Corridor Initiative to protect 25,000 acres along this 12-mile corridor. Since then the Fund and its partners, Douglas County and Great Outdoors Colorado, have protected more than 33,000 acres, including the 577-acre True Mountain, the last of six properties identified as a high priority for wildlife and open space.  Read more>