Protecting our land
for generations to come
A bright future dawns
San Isabel Land Protection Trust and Colorado Open Lands are excited to announce they have merged operations, energizing conservation and stewardship efforts in this special part of Colorado.
Colorado Open Lands and San Isabel will work to keep our region wild and beautiful, with abundant wildlife, productive agriculture, flowing water and thriving rural communities.
More than 42,000 acres protected. Help us do more.
Private lands are important to our health, wealth and heritage. We work with landowners to protect the precious resources that define our region.
Conservation Easements
A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement between a private landowner and a land trust that permanently restricts and defines the amount and type of development permitted on a property. When a landowner’s vision for their property is one of little change, a conservation easement can be a useful tool. We don't tell landowners how to manage their land, but focus on the big picture by preventing subdivision, inappropriate industry and the sale of agricultural water rights.
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"My family put 720 acres under conservation easement in 2009. We did it to protect the integrity of the property and to help secure the water rights to the irrigated hay land in perpetuity. In this age of agricultural and economic uncertainty, conservation easements are the thing to do."
– Larry Vickerman, executive director, Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield
San Isabel News & Events
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San Isabel and Colorado Open Lands merge operations
Colorado Open Lands and San Isabel Land Protection Trust announced today they have merged operations, effective Dec. 31. The two nonprofit organizations share a mission – to permanently protect Colorado’s… Continue Reading
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GOCO awards $28,350 for wildfire recovery project
Great Outdoors Colorado has awarded $28,350 to San Isabel Land Protection Trust for wildfire recovery and mitigation work to be completed next fall. Mile High Youth Corps crews will remove… Continue Reading
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San Isabel partners to protect Taylor-Oswald Ranch
San Isabel Land Protection Trust, the Trust for Public Land, Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, Great Outdoors Colorado and the Natural Resources Conservation Service have partnered to protect the 2,727-… Continue Reading
We have protected more than 42,000 acres through 134 conservation easements.
Conservation easements guarantee long-term protection – through generations of landowners.