Montezuma Land Conservancy Earns National Recognition

Posted on October 2, 2010

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.”  Read more...

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2010 Dolores River Festival

Posted on June 5, 2010

We had a great time at this year’s Dolores River Festival at Joe Rowell Park on Saturday, June 5th. It was a beautiful day, and we set up our booth.

We raffled off a great fly fishing package for two on the Dolores river on one of our landowner’s private stretches of river. It is prime fishing territory and the lucky winners got a guided fly fishing tour with all equipment provided.

For more info about the Dolores River Festival, see www.doloresriverfestival.com.

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1st Annual Members Picnic – A tasty good time!

Posted on July 14, 2009
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A good time was had by all at MLC’s first annual Member Picnic. Special thanks to Val and Deanna Truelsen for generously hosting the event, to Dan and Anita Fernandez for grilling, to Geisinger Feed and Grain and the Dolores Food Market for providing discounted local beef and condiments, and to staff and board for the delicious side dishes. The cherry cobbler was a particular hit!

Members were treated to lunch, magnificent scenery, and perfect weather. Val led a tour along the abandoned railbed of the Rio Grande Southern and later Galloping Goose railroad,  to a natural spring that feeds a series of wetlands at the site of an abandoned fish hatchery.  MLC member Al Schneider identified plants – there were numerous wildflowers blooming – and we saw baby spotted sandpipers.  Read more...

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Businesses Help Conserve Land

Posted on June 19, 2008

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.  Read more...

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New law helps land conservancies

Posted on June 12, 2008

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.  Read more...

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State funds help conserve open spaces in Montezuma County

Posted on December 6, 2007

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.

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.

DENVER – Almost $4.4 million in lottery money is headed to Southwest Colorado to pay for land conservation along the San Juan Skyway.

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.  Read more...

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Saving irreplaceable lands responsibly

Posted on December 1, 2007

By Dave Nichols & Nina Williams

Recent coverage of Colorado’s conservation easement tax credit has raised questions about this important program that is helping to conserve irreplaceable lands in Colorado. No one is more concerned about possible abuses of the tax-credit program than the Montezuma Land Conservancy (MLC) and other responsible land trusts. Colorado’s land trusts must demonstrate that we are using conservation easements for real public benefit. That is why we are working to ensure that tax benefits go only to worthy transactions.  Read more...

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Property owners, conservancy help maintain wildlife habitat

Posted on March 27, 2007

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.

After living on her Mancos farm for 42 years, Marilyn Colyer is happy the land she has grown to love will stay the way it is today – forever.

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.  Read more...

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