Category: Land

This exciting landscape preservation project in the Lake Creek valley is another partnership between the Eagle Valley Land Trust, US Forest Service and Eagle County’s Open Space Department. A permanent conservation easement saves and protects this important vista and view-shed in Lake Creek. This 167-acre parcel of land rests on the ridgeline between the neighborhoods of Cordillera and Lake Creek and is a highly visible landscape towering over Edwards and the entire Lake Creek valley.

The Walden easement on Yarmony Mountain consists of 75.6 acres north and east of Bond along Copper Spur Road, near the Routt County border. This beautiful site features a varied terrain. A band of cliffs and rocky outcrops rise from …

The Eagle Valley Land Trust often has opportunities to visit remarkable open space properties in the more remote parts of Eagle County . Even with our strong commitment to conservation, our county-wide orientation usually means that we don’t get a …

In 2009, Eagle Resident George Roberts decided to place a donated conservation easement on his 17+ acre property in the Terrace neighborhood of Eagle, Colorado. Instead of developing five previously approved home sites, Mr. Roberts forever protected this beautiful property …

Steward Level Underwriters: Anonymous   Conservation easements can be used to define the character of a neighborhood as the Potato Patch Partners demonstrated in 2003. Located on the last switch-back near the top of Potato Patch Road on the north …

Sustaining Council Level Underwriter: Jenny and Flip Maritz     The McCoy Springs conservation easement covers 32 acres along McCoy Creek and the hillsides above Cresta Road in the Arrowhead neighborhood. The easement protects 2.7 acres along the pristine and …