CCLT was established in 1991 by concerned citizens and land trust practitioners to promote land conservation at a state level and to provide coordination, collaboration and professionalism among the state’s land trusts and governmental organizations involved in land conservation.

Today the organization is governed by an active twelve-member board consisting of representatives from member organizations across the state as well as other conservation professionals and individuals who care passionately about preserving Colorado’s urban parks, open spaces, and working farms and ranches. cclt.org

ALT was formed in 1995 by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) to help Colorado’s ranchers and farmers protect their agricultural lands and encourage the intergenerational transfer of ranches and farms.  CCA was the first state livestock association in the nation to form a land trust. Five other state livestock associations have followed suit, including Wyoming, California, Kansas, Texas, and Oregon.

Since 1995, CCALT has partnered with landowners across Colorado to protect productive agricultural land.  This work has helped agricultural families to achieve their estate planning goals, pay down debt, save for retirement, pay for long-term health care and college education, diversify and expand operations, and preserve their agricultural heritage.  It has also helped to preserve the natural resources that make Colorado such a special place to live and visit. ccalt.org

Colorado Open Lands is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that exists to protect the treasure of Colorado’s land and water resources. We work primarily with private landowners to place voluntary agreements called conservation easements on their property. Their ranch stays their ranch, their farm stays their farm. The process is driven by the wishes of the landowner with the goal of protecting open space, water, and wildlife habitat – forever.

We believe that the unmatched quality of life that Colorado offers is directly tied to our natural resources. With projected growth of over 1 million new residents in the next ten years*, we believe we can preserve that quality of life by protecting the most special places in Colorado while we still have the chance. coloradoopenlands.org

Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy (GRCL) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization based in Gunnison County, CO.  Acting on behalf of landowners in conjunction with established land trusts,  GRCL works with ranching families to protect their lands with conservation easements.

GRCL was started in 1996 by two individuals with different backgrounds but similar concerns and objectives for protecting agricultural lands in their area:  Bill Trampe, an area rancher, and Susan Lohr, the former director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.  Together, they began investigating the opportunities and services that a traditional land trust might offer to ranch families.  In the end, they realized that the best way to protect agriculture was to keep families on the land by raising the funds necessary to purchase conservation easements.

GRCL strives to meet landowners’ needs and offer information to further understanding of the conservation easement process.
gunnisonlegacy.org

Colorado Headwaters Land Trust supports its mission to preserve and steward open lands within the headwaters of the Colorado River for vistas, wildlife, agriculture and water, in partnership with landowners for the benefit of all.

The land trust was incorporated in 1995 as a Colorado non-profit corporation and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. The land trust was established in 1995 as the Grand County Land Conservancy. The name was changed to Middle Park Land Trust in 2000 to avoid confusion that the land trust was a Grand County government entity. Then, at its April 2013 board meeting, the Board of Directors unanimously voted to change the name to Colorado Headwaters Land Trust.
coloradoheadwaterslandtrust.org