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Click here to read the letter announcing the merger between Colorado Headwaters Land Trust and Colorado Open Lands

Dear Jeremy D.,


Shortly after you receive this letter, we hope to announce the closing of the long-awaited Granby Highlands-Trails Conservation Easement. This accomplishment is many years in the making and the resulting conservation area will be significant in our quickly growing county.


Conservation easements are a major tool in the movement to protect the open spaces and working lands that define our landscape. They are voluntary and negotiable, and as perpetual easements, their benefits are long-lasting and far-reaching.


There is a financial benefit to the landowner who grants the easement, but their conservation ethic is what drives the deal. Whether they care most about protecting agricultural land, significant habitats, historically significant structures, recreation areas, or just beautiful scenery, the incentive to grant an easement comes from a love of the land and our relationship with it.


When any landowner, but especially a town board, grants an easement on their property, they demonstrate the priorities of their community, and Grand County prioritizes conservation.


From the repeated success of passing the Open Lands, Rivers, and Trails fund to the steady increase of conserved land in the county, we continue to show that we care deeply about conserving our landscape and natural resources.


Colorado Headwaters Land Trust, like all land trusts, believes strongly in community representation. Our mission is to conserve and steward the open lands and natural character of the headwaters of the Colorado River, in partnership with the local community.


Your support of Colorado Headwaters Land Trust shows that conservation is a priority in Grand County.

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Other ways to support CHLT

Looking back on the last few months, this fall the land trust again participated with Fraser Valley Arts for Plein Air at Altitude, working with easement landowners in Grand Lake and Fraser to allow artists to paint the unique landscapes of their conserved properties. The winner of the land trust category was painted by Daniel Bedell on the Heins Property, a conservation easement in the Fraser Valley.


We also teamed up with Headwaters Trails Alliance, local businesses, and public lands agencies for another great National Public Lands Day in September! Over 200 volunteers worked on nearly a dozen projects throughout the county. The land trust worked with the Town of Hot Sulphur Springs and other volunteers to remove an old fence on the Jones Creek Ranch Conservation Easement, also known as Himebaugh Gulch.

Looking forward, the Fraser Valley Lions Club Festival of Trees is on Friday, December 06. We love participating in this event and enjoy seeing so many people come to support their favorite local nonprofits, and the community with seasonal cheer. We can’t wait to show you the theme of the tree this year!

And finally, Colorado Gives Day is on Tuesday, December 10. This annual event is the biggest 24-hour giving movement in the state and one of the most successful giving days in the country! You can be a part of it by going online now to give. CHLT is also a proud member of Grand County Gives, supporting over 20 local nonprofits.


Early donations have already begun!


You can be a part of it by going to:

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/coloradoheadwaterslandtrust

Be a Part of Colorado Gives Day TODAY!

We are thankful for all your support and look forward to another year of conservation in 2025!


As you have been advised, in 2025 CHLT will be moving forward in partnership with Colorado Open Lands. Nevertheless, any tax-deductible donations made to CHLT will be exclusively dedicated to the ongoing mission of protecting the land, water, and natural resources we love in Grand County.


To make your gift, please use the enclosed envelope, visit our website, or call our office.


With your help, we can continue conserving Grand County’s land and resources, educating others about the value of open spaces, and bringing the community together over protecting the land we love in Grand County.


Visit www.coloradoheadwaterslandtrust.org to give today.

With thanks,
Jeremy D. Krones
Executive Director

Stewart McNab

President, Board of Directors

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