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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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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."


ANNUAL REPORTS
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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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