By Bergen Tjossem, Eagle Valley Land Trust Four years ago, a beloved local property, Sweetwater Lake, went up for sale after development plans failed to materialize once again. It had been on the...
By Keri Inouye The words “community” and “conservation” are two of my favorites in the English language. Individually, they represent many of the values that I (and I suspect many of you) hold dear:...
Alpine Bank is continuing their ongoing support of the Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT) by sponsoring the nonprofit’s annual Farm to Fork event. The employee-owned bank headquartered in Glenwood Springs, Colorado operates in communities...
GYPSUM, Colo. – Nearly two years after the announcement of Colorado’s 43rd State Park at Sweetwater Lake, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT), and USFS White River National Forest (Sweetwater Partnership) reflect...
Conservation has come a long way since the days of Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir. Simply acquiring large swaths of land isn’t enough to protect wildlife and other conservation values, nor does it maximize...
Trust Our Land: The Local Businesses Protecting Lands & Watersheds By Bergen Tjossem It’s been almost 5 years since Sunrise Minturn, Alpine Quest Sports, and Minturn Anglers started contributing on a...
1-Acre property and building to become center for community conservation [Edwards, CO, November 18th] The Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT) purchased 33601 Highway 6 on November 17, 2022 to serve as a...
By Bergen Tjossem. Photo by Eaglevalleywild.org Well, it happened again. Summer gave way to fall which is transitioning into early winter faster than many of us are ready to accept. We’re not the...
By Rachael Brard. Photo by Eaglevalleywild.org If public land is all around us, why isn’t everyone in our community able to enjoy it? This is a question that the Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT)...
By Adde Sharp Just for a moment, imagine a community, our community, without open lands and wild spaces. Then imagine the opposite – abundant land, but without the ecological and human communities...
By Torrey Davis I’ve taken my little Subaru, Pearl, as I fondly call her, many fantastic places over the years. We’ve deftly (and maybe a bit foolishly) crawled over rocks, barrelled through conglomerates...
Photo by Eaglevalleywild.org The White River National Forest completed its acquisition of the 488-acre Sweetwater Lake Ranch in western Colorado. This new land acquisition, facilitated between The Conservation Fund and the U.S. Forest Service,...
En medio del bullicio del verano nuevamente aquí en Colorado, uno puede ser perdonado si no se tiene en cuenta el seguimiento de la legislación estatal. Afortunadamente para el lector, nuestros amigos y virtuosos...
[Dotsero, CO] The Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT) and Walking Mountains Science Center have closed on a 224-acre Conservation Easement off Sweetwater Road five miles north of Dotsero, with support from Eagle County...
Wildlife is one of our community’s most treasured resources. Deer, elk, and our other furry friends inspire and give us a reason to tread lightly in the backcountry. Like many in Eagle County, wildlife...
International agreements can be rife with challenges. Some may say that nations will always choose to act in their rational self-interest in the short term, even if over the long term, collaboration is in...
Despite a laggardly start to winter in Colorado, the joys of snowy recreation are here. From skiing to snowball fights to snowball fights while skiing, there’s no shortage of fun to be had. Yet...
Photos By Todd Winslow Pierce Mulroy Ranch se conserva ahora, para siempre, gracias a los propietarios Tom y Colleen Mulroy. La servidumbre de conservación de 1,900 acres, que es parte de la propiedad privada...
Photos By Todd Winslow Pierce Mulroy Ranch is now conserved, forever, thanks to landowners Tom and Colleen Mulroy. The 1,900-acre conservation easement, which is part of the 2,300-acre private property, straddles Eagle and Grand...
Let’s try out a thought exercise. Close your eyes and begin to imagine the Eagle River Valley, but with a caveat — the year is 1500 CE. Unrecognizable? Maybe. Now let’s begin a...
****** Eagle Valley Land Trust Community Forum December 3, 2020 | 6:30-8pm via Zoom All are welcome! Click Here to Register Door Prizes from Alpine Quest Sports, Moe’s BBQ, and more! ****** Change can...
La jerga financiera como el ROI (Retorno de la Inversión), el servicio de la deuda y la mitigación de riesgos es algo común entre las salas de juntas corporativas, pero no tanto en los...
Investment in the conservation of the lands our community cares about most is a formidable economic driver, study says. Todd Winslow Pierce | Special to the Daily Financial jargon such as ROI, debt servicing,...
Todd Winslow Pierce is accustomed to the long game. Getting the perfect shot often requires hours upon hours of waiting, readjusting, fine-tuning, and waiting some more. And for Pierce’s favored photography – landscapes...
