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It has been a year of challenges but also a year of learning. We hope you are enjoying conserved open spaces while we continue working to improve the health our lands and our community.
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White Owl Ranch in the snow
Aspen Daily News GOCO grant
Aspen Daily News TD Ranch
Citizen Telegram Silt Preserve
Garfield Creek ranch conservation aids wildlife protection south of New Castle
Post Independent 2/8/21: "Uninhibited wildlife movement and cattle grazing will be the big beneficiaries of the latest private land conservation easement coordinated through efforts of the Carbondale-based Aspen Valley Land Trust."
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Garfield County supporting AVLT ranch project
​Western Slope Now 1/20/21: "Garfield County is backing the Aspen Valley Land Trust’s (AVLT) purchase of a ranch property near Carbondale for use as an educational resource for local schools that also provides public access to a remote stretch of the Roaring Fork River."


​Thompson Divide conservation agreement is a step forward for Pitkin County, AVLT
Aspen Daily News 12/7/2020: "A recently finalized conservation framework for a 406-acre parcel in the Thompson Divide purchased in July by Pitkin County represents a “more sophisticated approach” to the potentially troublesome issue of whether — and, if so, how — to allow human activity in ecologically sensitive terrain."
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Aspen Valley Land Trust to use grant money to improve Silt Preserve
Citizen Telegram 12/2/2020: "​Hard to think some 133 acres just south of the Colorado River in Silt were infested by noxious weeds.When a prospective developer who planned to erect not only housing but two golf courses in the area went bankrupt, it left the property fallow."





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AVLT has conserved over 43,000 acres from Independence Pass to the Roan Plateau. Check out your 2019 impact!


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You spoke up and we listened. See the results of AVLT's Your Land Trust Listens listening sessions.


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Our 2020 in-person events were cancelled due to COVID-19, but we hope to gather again when safely possible.​


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