Who We Are

San Isabel Land Protection Trust is a nationally accredited 501(c)3 non-profit, non-political conservation organization working with landowners to protect their land and water in Custer, Fremont, Pueblo, and Huerfano Counties. To date, we’ve protected over 40,000 acres, 174 water rights, and approximately 61 miles of stream frontage with 133 conservation easements. Our focus is on protecting working ranches, agricultural and forest lands, water resources, wildlife habitat and scenic open spaces. We also support our community by facilitating parks and trails.

At San Isabel, we respect private property rights and believe that private landowners can be the best stewards of the land. We seek to partner with landowners to exercise their rights for the benefit of land and water conservation.

Our vision since 1995 remains clear: that our region forever remains a beautiful, wild and working landscape with a strong agricultural foundation and vibrant, healthy communities.

  • “We are situated along the Gold Belt National Scenic Byway, where several land trust organizations are involved with protection of lands. San Isabel was extremely well informed. We, and our neighbors, are very pleased with the end result, and the annual monitoring process is unobtrusive. I wish more folks would take the time to learn about the benefits San Isabel offers.”

    – Curt Sorenson, PhD, Fremont County

We have protected more than 42,000 acres through 134 conservation easements.

Conservation easements guarantee long-term protection – through generations of landowners.