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    The view from Dooley Creek Farm

    The view from Dooley Creek Farm thumbnail Mollie and Jake Shipman and family care for land purchased by Mollie's grandparents in 1949. "We like the concept of stewarding the land so it can restore itself and rejuvenate and then produce even more," says Mollie. "It’s an ideology of abundance, rather than scarcity.” Courtesy photo.

    Hiking a particularly steep trail from the valley floor, you can face east to gain a spectacular view of Mount Sopris, river to peak. And there, towards the lower left, lies a vision from the pages of a children’s storybook: a green jewel in the wilds.

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