You are receiving this email because you signed up for the CHLT listserv. This email is about our Annual Event, our scholarship, and fun ways to get involved with our social media!
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We know that this is a difficult time for everyone.
We at Colorado Headwaters Land Trust are still working hard to protect the land we love.
Our plans for 2020 - our
25th year of working to conserve Grand County's open spaces - have been cut back, but we are continuing to pursue our mission of
preserving and stewarding open lands within the headwaters of the Colorado River for agriculture, water, wildlife, and vistas, in partnership with landowners and for the benefit of all.
This means that current conservation projects in Granby, Hot Sulphur Springs, and elsewhere are still underway; we will fulfill our obligation to monitor the 64 easements (nearly 9,000 acres) we have throughout the county; and we are looking forward to 2021 and beyond to continue serving this community as we have for the last quarter-century.
If you have any questions or concerns about CHLT's current status, please don't hestitate to contact us.
For the time being, give a look at the few activities listed below to stay engaged on social media, and keep our Annual Event in mind!
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Spring Nature Scavenger Hunt
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Feeling a bit cooped up? Well, nature is open and adventure awaits. We've created a Spring Scavenger Hunt for kids of all ages!
While some public lands are closed, we can still go for an adventure in our own backyard.
Search for these signs of spring. How many can you find?
Share your adventures with us on
Instagram
or
Facebook
using #ExploreOutsideYourDoor .
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April is National Poetry Month
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Happy
#NationalPoetryMonth
! We know you're doing your hardest to stay engaged with the outside world while being locked in, so for this month we're going to be sharing our favorite nature, ranching, or outdoor-related poetry!
If you have a poem to share, whether it's your own or by someone else, please send it along to
info@coloradoheadwaterslandtrust.org
and we'll post it. Please include your name, and a relevant photo to post alongside your poem.
Our
first poem of the month
is a favorite of our executive director, Jeremy Krones. The photo is from a hike he did in the Willow Creek area up Hwy 125 last year.
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Animals From Mountains
W.S. Merwin (1927-2019)
When I was small and stayed quiet
some animals came
new ones each time
and waited there near me
and all night they were eating the black
they knew me they knew me
nobody saw them
I watched how they watched me
they waited right there
nobody heard them talking laughing
laughing
Laugh they told me nobody will hear
and we went out one time
onto one mountain
all the way and nobody knew we went
we went together we sounded like chewing
the next day the mountain was gone
we went out onto two mountains
we made no noise
no more noise than smoke
nobody saw us far away
the next day those mountains were almost gone
we went out
onto my dead grandmother's mountain
there an old wind lives
that's never been away
it lives on and on there alone
but the mountain's gone
and some of us
never came back all the way
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Save the Date for Our Annual Event
**SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
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Our Annual Event is getting closer!
However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic we are evaluating best options for alternative dates and activities.
For now, it will be on
Friday, July 10
, at the
B Lazy 2 Ranch
in Fraser. As in previous years, there will be plenty of food and drinks, an entertaining raffle and auction, and plenty of friends both old and new!
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Do you know a high school senior in Grand County?
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Are they interested in pursuring land and resource conservation and/or management in their college or professional careers?
If so, they should apply for the Carolyn Hackman Education Fund Scholarship! It is the privilege of the Colorado Headwaters Land Trust to offer a total of $2000 in scholarships to graduating Grand County high school seniors!
This funding is available due to a donor’s request to create the Carolyn Hackman Education Fund for students of Grand County who wish to increase their knowledge of land conservation and management and carry such knowledge into their adult years.
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Follow Us on Social Media!
Here are some of our posts from March, but find more on our pages!
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Mar 19:
While
this is a situation
we have not been in ourselves, the end result is the result for which all land trusts throughout the country strive: "It . . . will be a model for how rural communities can sustainably manage a mixed-use community forest while protecting native plants, wildlife habitat and cultural resources." Conservation happens through collaboration, and for public land the end result affects stakeholders at every level: recreation, ranching, wildlife (flora and fauna), heritage, and open space. We embrace what we have, and work hard to keep it.
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Mar 30:
While our everyday life may feel a bit different now, Colorado Headwaters Land Trust's commitment to our community is unwavering. The CHLT family wishes you and yours the best in these uncertain times. We are continuing to work to preserve the land we love.
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Mar 31:
Earlier last week the trail access crossing the Weathertop-Urban property (referred to as Ridge Trail) was closed due to continued disrespectful actions by recreators. Some have questioned the right of the landowners to close a trail on their property with a conservation easement. While the property is permanently conserved with a Deed of Conservation Easement, held by CHLT, a conservation easement does NOT guarantee public access unless explicitly stated. In fact, the publicly-recorded document states that affording public access is at the sole discretion of the landowner, provided that such access is consistent with the terms of the Easement.
Landowners can receive financial or tax-based benefits from conserving their property, but the public benefits go beyond recreation or access. The stewardship of open space, free-flowing rivers and streams, and wildlife habitat are vitally important components of land conservation that benefit everyone, in Grand County and beyond.
There are of course people who treated the trail well, and the landowners appreciate them greatly. However, continued abuse of the allowed access was too much to handle and therefore the access is closed for the foreseeable future.
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Shop Our Conservation Partners!
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Support local land conservation by shopping our Conservation Partners. Our partners believe in the mission of the land trust and that open space enriches our quality of life, protects landscapes, and brings visitors and residents to Grand County. Protecting open space is an investment in our environment, our culture and our economy.
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Are you interested in becoming a Conservation Partner with no cost to your business?
Click here
for more information!
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PO Box 1938, Granby CO. 80446 - (970) 887-1177
info@coloradoheadwaterslandtrust.org
www.cohlt.org
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