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Easement Questions
- If I Want to Donate an Easement in Montezuma or Dolores Counties, Who Should I Contact?
- What are the Costs of Completing a Conservation Easement?
- How Can Giving an Easement Reduce Taxes?
- How Is The Value of A Conservation Easement Determined?
- What Does The Land Trust Do?
- Who May Give, and Who May Accept A Conservation Easement?
- How Long Does A Conservation Easement Last?
- Does A Conservation Easement Allow Public Access?
- How Restrictive Is A Conservation Easement?
- What are the “Conservation Values” that qualify?
Category Archives: In the News
Lawmakers OK Conservation Easement Review
To hear the latest on the ongoing dispute between some conservation easement donors and the state, check out this article from the Durango Herald.
Conservancy expands acreage
Staff Report | Cortez Journal
A view of Wendy Benjamin's ranch on Road 39 near Mancos
Montezuma Land Conservancy closed the last two conservation easements of the year during the week of Christmas.
An additional 1,367 acres went into conservation ease ments this year, which brings Montezuma Land Conservancy’s total protected lands to 10,170 acres of historic ranches, family farms, wildlife habitat and scenery in Montezuma and Dolores counties, according to a statement from the conservancy. These lands are protected through partnerships between willing landowners and the conservancy.
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Montezuma Land Conservancy Earns National Recognition
Accreditation Awarded by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, announced today that Montezuma Land Conservancy has been awarded accredited status.
“Accredited land trusts meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever,” said Commission Executive Director Tammara Van Ryn. “The accreditation seal lets the public know that the accredited land trust has undergone an extensive, external review of the governance and management of its organization and the systems and policies it uses to protect land.”
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Businesses Help Conserve Land
Program will raise money to fund efforts Montezuma, Dolores counties
By Stephanie Paige Ogburn | Cortez Journal Staff Writer
Customers shopping at area businesses will soon have the opportunity to pay a little extra and preserve open space in Montezuma and Dolores counties.
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New law helps land conservancies
Staff Report | Cortez Journal
A new state law enacted by Gov. Bill Ritter on June 5 supports Colorado’s incentives for preserving unique natural and agricultural lands by sending a strong message that abuses of the program won’t be tolerated, according to conservation advocates, according to a statement from the Montezuma Land Conservancy.
Ritter signed House Bill 1353 at a State Capitol ceremony with the legislation’s sponsors, House Majority Leader Alice Madden and Sen. Jim Isgar, as well as land conservation organizations including the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts, the Nature Conservancy, the Colorado Conservation Trust, and the Trust for Public Land, according to the statement. Montezuma Land Conservancy participated on the task force that shaped the legislation.
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State funds help conserve open spaces in Montezuma County
By Joe Hanel | Cortez Journal Denver Bureau
A horse pushes through the snow looking for food Tuesday at the Redburn Ranch at Stoner. The ranch is part of the land conservancy program.
An additional $4.2 million will pay for protection of two ranches on the Upper San Juan River in Archuleta and Mineral counties.
The awards are part of $75 million in grants announced Monday by Great Outdoors Colorado and Gov. Bill Ritter. GOCO distributes money raised by the state lottery to pay for parks and open space.
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Property owners, conservancy help maintain wildlife habitat
By Shannon Livick | Cortez Journal Staff Writer
Dick White and his wife, Pat Johnson, take a walk along the Mancos River recently with their dog Sunshine. The couple has added their land bordering the historic Alamo Ranch to the Montezuma Land Conservancy’s list of conservation easements.
The property, which is bisected by the Mancos River, will remain a home for deer, turkeys, hawks, frogs and the countless number of other wildlife that make their homes in the property’s 105 acres of canyons, pastures and riparian habitat.
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