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November
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Since
1967, AVLT has been working with the landowners and communities
to protect open spaces for agriculture, recreation, and wildlife
habitat. Originally founded in Aspen as the Pitkin County Parks
Association, a succession of talented, distinguished community leaders
who have served on the AVLT Board of Directors has made AVLT one
of the largest and most respected land trusts in Colorado. Today
AVLT has helped conserve almost 12,500 acres in the Roaring Fork
and Colorado River valleys. In 2005 we expect to conserve more than
3,000 acres, the most in AVLT's 38-year history! |
 Dancing for the Land |
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Land conservators Rex Coffman (left)
and Mike Strang
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Generous
donors and party goers made the second annual Save
the Land Dance, held again this year at the Strang
Ranch, a foot-stomping success. Jim Chaffin, auctioneer extraordinaire,
kept the enthusiasm high and Rodeo Cool’s swinging dance music
added flare to the festivities. Mike and Kit Strang
provided the hospitality, and a host of volunteers made the
party run smoothly. Some 300 guests helped AVLT raise more
than twice as much money as the previous year.
 Special
thanks to our Mountain-level sponsors: Alpine Bank,
Bald Mountain Development and Obermeyer Asset Management;
to our Mesa-level sponsors: Carol Ann Jacobson Realty,
Sopris Engineering, and Isaacson, Rosenbaum,
LLC; and to our Meadow sponsors: Community
Banks, Carol Dopkin Real Estate, Ken Ransford, Attorney and
CPA, Land Title Guarantee, Mason & Morse Real Estate,
and Vectra Bank.
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| Water and Oil & Gas Development topics of conference |
 AVLT
will host the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts' winter conference
February 27 and 28 at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs.
The first day of the conference will include a tour of oil
and gas development in the Silt and Rifle area, followed by
sessions on conserving land in regions with oil and gas potential.
The second day will be devoted to water issues and how to
assure that water is available to preserve conservation values
on conserved properties.
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Conservation
Update (as of 11/1/2005) |
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 At
the base of Mount Sopris on a stunning parcel of land,
lives an amazing diversity of wildlife supported by
thousands of acres of untouched vegetation. With their
most recent donation and land exchange, Richard and
Debbie Jelinek have protected over 1,000 acres of spectacular
Colorado landscape on their Crystal Island Ranch outside
Carbondale. Dale Will of Pitkin County Open Space and
Trails was instrumental in helping complete the most
recent conservation project which connects conserved
private and public lands from the Crystal River to the
peak of Mount Sopris. For more information, click
here.
- Patrick
and Lynn Dwyer own a beautiful corner of the world overlooking
the town of New Castle and the Colorado River (surrounded
on three sides by the 13,000-acre Garfield Creek State Wildlife
Area south of New Castle) that is also home to their nursery
and landscaping business, Dwyer Greens & Flowers. The Dwyers
preserved 80 acres of pristine wildlife habitat this year,
protecting land visible from I-70 on rolling hills covered
with junipers and pinions. Visitors to their nursery (hint,
hint) get a first hand view of this beautiful land!
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 Mike
and Kit Strang have been busy not only hosting AVLT's Land
Dance, they've added 100 acres to the conserved portion
of their Missouri Heights ranch. Nearly half of the stunning
Carbondale-area ranch is now conserved - and the Strangs
plan to add more in coming years.
- Dr.
Mike and Maci Berkeley, long known for providing much-needed
medical care in rural areas of Mexico, have added land conservation
to their philanthropic efforts. The Berkeleys own the Rivendell
Sod Farm in the heart of fertile Spring Valley near Glenwood
Springs. For the second year, a section of their property
has been placed in a conservation easement ensuring that
it will continue to be devoted to agricultural uses.
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 The
Ute Indians found Sage Canyon such a special place that
they left their mark through petroglyphs on the dramatic
stone walls. Oni Butterfly found the canyon equally captivating
and preserved it for perpetuity. Sage Canyon is located
on Divide Creek in the Dry Hollow area south of Silt.
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 In
other news from Dry Hollow, AVLT's conserved acreage
in this large, sweeping basin
south of Silt has increased to 1,032 acres thanks to the
donation of a conservation easement on Rosemary and Pat
Patterson’s beautiful cattle ranch. We anticipate several
hundred more acres of conserved land on adjacent ranches
to close by the end of the year.
For more profiles of AVLT's conserved
lands, click
here.
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| Board News |
Sue
Rodgers named Citizen of the West 2006!
 Carbondale
rancher, noted philanthropist and ALVT Board member Sue Rodgers
has been honored as the Citizen of the West 2006. The following
is an excerpt from a Rocky Mountain News article dated September
27, 2005:
The award is given by a committee of community leaders to
someone who "exemplifies the spirit and determination
of the Western pioneer," according to the National Western
Stock Show, which will honor Anschutz-Rodgers at a dinner
Jan. 11.
Sue grew up in Kansas and spent most of her summers on her
family's ranches.
"I loved to ride, loved to work cattle. I started riding
when I was 3 or 4. On my father's first ranch, I would ride
with the guys whether they wanted me to or not," said
Anschutz-Rodgers, who owns the Crystal River Ranch and is
president, executive director and trustee of the Anschutz
Family Foundation.
"With my background in the West, the title Citizen of
the West is a title that means an awful lot to me. It's very
much of an honor to have that bestowed on me."
The first woman named to the National Western Stock Show's
executive committee, she was among the founders of the Colorado
Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust. She serves on the boards
of the Boy Scouts of America-Denver Area Council, Crow Canyon
Archaeological Center, Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy of Kenya, Denver Police Foundation,
Jane Goodall Institute, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,
Aspen Valley Land Trust, and National Stroke Association.
"Sue Anschutz-Rodgers has been a great friend of the National
Trust and preservation for many years," Richard Moe,
president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation,
said in a statement released by the National Western. "Her
dedication to protecting the legacy of Colorado and Western
heritage for future generations is evident through her work
with the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, the Anschutz Family
Foundation and countless other worthy projects. I can't think
of a more fitting title for Sue than Citizen of the West."
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Our
Business Supporters |
This
AVLT Report is made possible with support from
the following conservation professionals. Please
help support these businesses:
Appraisal
Services
APPRAISAL ASSOCIATES
Pam Sant
128 North Sixth Street, Grand Junction,
CO 81502
970.256.7019 / 970.248.9843 fax
pamsant@frontier.net
General and conservation appraisals for
agricultural, residential and commercial
property
APPRAISAL
OFFICE - ASPEN LTD.
Dave Ritter
406 P ABC, Aspen, CO 81611
970.920.1002 / 970.925.3603 fax
appoff@sopris.net
Real estate appraisals, conservation easements,
feasibility studies and consultation services
Environmental
Assessment Services
BIO-LOGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
Steve Boyle
635 East Main Street, Ste. 100, Montrose,
CO 81401
970.240.4374
sboyle@bio-geo.com
Baseline studies, mineral assessments,
environmental assessments and consulting
throughout Western Colorado
NEWLAND
PROJECT RESOURCES, INC.
Tom Newland
417 Original Road, Basalt, CO 81621
970.927.4645
tomn@sopris.net
Baseline studies, environmental audits
and assessments, land planning and public
process/ issue analysis
RARE
EARTH SCIENCE, LLC
James Armstrong
Dawn
Reeder
844 Grand Avenue, Grand Junction 81501
970.241.1762
jim@rareearthscience.com
dawn@rareearthscience.com
Baseline studies and monitoring; mineral
assessments; environmental assessments,
design and consulting services for the
Western Slope
ROCKY
MOUNTAIN ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, INC.
Eric Petterson
0222 Bobcat Lane, Redstone, CO 81623
970-963-2190
ericpetterson@msn.com
Baseline studies, environmental assessments
and consulting, land management and natural
resource planning
WEST
ELKS CONSULTING
Dawn Barton Keating
2079 Crystal Springs Mountain Rd., Carbondale
81623
970.963.3023
westelks@sopris.net
Management and protection of mountain
ecosystems through biological inventories,
mapping, monitoring and conservation planning
Land
Planning Services
LAMONT PLANNING SERVICES, LLC
Leslie Lamont
725 Melissa Lane, Carbondale, CO 81623
970.963.8434
llamont@sopris.net
General land planning and development
review services
STAN CLAUSON ASSOCIATES, LLC.
Planners, Landscape Architects
Stan Clauson, AICP, ASLA, Principal
Suzanne Bott, AICP, Senior Planner
Devin Gardiner, Landscape Architect
Tanya Stevens, Staff Planner
200 E. Main Street
Aspen, Colorado 81611
970.925.2323/ Fax: 970.920.1628
info@scaplanning.com
www.scaplanning.com
Conservation-Oriented Planning, Permitting
and Design Services for Communities and
Private-Sector Clients
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Land
Planning Services (Cont.)
THE
LAND STUDIO, INC.
Douglas J. and Julie J. Pratte
Box 107, 1002 Lauren Lane, Basalt, CO
81621
970. 927.3690 / 927.4261 fax
landstudio2@comcast.net
Conservation-oriented land planning services
OTAK,
INC.
36 North Fourth Street, Carbondale, CO
81623
970.963.1971
www.otak.com
Land use master planning, development
entitlements, conservation planning, environmental
design, landscape architecture & water
resources engineering
TG
MALLOY CONSULTING, LLC
Tim Malloy
402 Park Dr., Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
970.945.0832
tgmalloy@sopris.net
Land use planning, site design, conservation
planning, public process
DESIGN
WORKSHOP
120 E. Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611
970-925-8354
www.designworkshop.com
Landscape architecture, land planning,
strategic services, conservation and green
development solutions
Legal
& Financial Services
BALCOMB & GREEN, P.C.
Scott Balcomb & Larry Green, Attorneys
Drawer 790, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
970.945.6546
larry@balcombgreen.com
scott@balcombgreen.com
Conservation easement, tax credit, real
estate and land development law
KEN
RANSFORD, ESQ., CPA
Ken Ransford, P.C.
132 Midland Avenue, Suite 3, Basalt, CO
81621
970.927.1200 / 970.927.1300 fax
kenransford@comcast.net
Legal and tax planning services for businesses
and landowners in the Roaring Fork Valley
LEAVENWORTH
& KARP, P.C.
Lee Leavenworth, Attorney at Law
P.O. Drawer 2030, Glenwood Springs, CO
18602
970.945.2661
lel@lklawfirm.com
Conservation easements, land use, real
estate and water law
NOONE
LAW FIRM
Robert M. Noone, Attorney at Law
Noone Law Firm
1010 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, CO
81601
970.945.4500
rmn@noonelaw.com
Conservation easements, Colorado tax credits,
real estate law
New
Media Marketing
Blue
Tent Marketing
Peter Scott
PO Box 1063, Basalt, CO 81621
970.927.7081
peter@bluetent.com
www.bluetent.com
Web sites, e-mail marketing, and search
engine strategies.
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Carbondale, CO 81623
970.963.8440
avlt@avlt.org . www.avlt.org
AVLT
2005
Board of Directors
Jim Cardamone, President
Chuck Vidal, Vice President
Cathy Porter, Treasurer
David Bellack, Secretary
Susan Hassol
Sandy Jackson
Chuck Johnson
Louis Meyer
Wally Obermeyer
David Parker
Sue Rodgers
Steve Smith
Lathrop Strang
AVLT Staff
Martha Cochran,
Executive
Director
Shannon Meyer,
Associate Director
Suzanne Fusaro,
Project Specialist
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