Next month there will be a celebration of land conservation. Conservation: the word comforts me; it has no negative charge. It is green, noncontroversial, popularly embraced and non-partisan. The Oxford dictionary defines conservation as “prevention of wasteful use of a resource.” Property owners may have the will to conserve but seek the means to conserve. […]
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AVLT to purchase Marble Outward Bound campus
On July 17, conservation organization Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) announced that it signed a contract to purchase the historic Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS) Marble Base Camp. This purchase of 42 acres of open land, wildlife habitat and COBS’s historic campus is scheduled to close on Oct. 3. Although under contract, AVLT is searching […]
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AVLT scores conservation wins
Over the past few months, Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) has successfully conserved hundreds of acres of land, spanning from a conservation easement on a Capitol Creek Valley ranch and another private easement on the Roan Plateau to a connective corridor between the Lazy Glen and Wheatley open spaces. All three are now protected for […]
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AVLT strives to protect 50,000 acres by 2032
Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) has recently published a 10-year strategic plan which lays out the organization’s ambitious goal of conserving 40,000-50,000 acres in the next 10 years. AVLT was the first land trust in Colorado and, in its 55 years, has helped conserve 69 square miles of land from De Beque to Aspen. The […]
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Cada árbol es un ecosistema en miniatura
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Este 29 de abril, en el Día del Árbol, los amantes de los árboles tuvieron una buena razón y amplias oportunidades para celebrarlo. La historia del Día del Árbol en Estados Unidos data de la década de 1870. Julius Sterling Morton, editor del Nebraska City News, fue un ferviente partidario de […]
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Every tree is a mini-ecosystem
This Arbor Day, April 29, tree enthusiasts have good reason and ample opportunities to celebrate. The history of Arbor Day in the United States reaches back to the 1870s. Julius Sterling Morton, editor of the Nebraska City News, was an avid proponent of planting trees and often wrote on that very subject. Later, leveraging his […]
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Learning about ‘the power of place’ at Marble Base Camp
Last week when Brian Hightower took down the white canvas tents and tucked the Chapin Wright Marble Base Camp in tight for the winter, he did so knowing that the site’s unofficial purpose had finally achieved permanence. The 47-acre camp, located two miles from Beaver Lake at 9,500 feet in elevation, is where Aspen Middle […]
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Habitat and working ranch conserved near Carbondale
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, a handful of giddy Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) staff members gathered at the Coffman Ranch, 1.5 miles east of downtown Carbondale. They were there to celebrate the organization’s purchase of the verdant property from longtime owners Rex and JoAnn Coffman. The Coffmans purchased the property in the 1950s from the […]