Diamond Star Ranch - Eagle Valley Land Trust

The 10,500 acre Diamond Star Ranch, located south of I-70 and several miles east of Eagle, stretches south along rolling hills above the Brush Creek Valley. Since the 1890’s, the property has operated as a working cattle and horse ranch. An old stagecoach route that ran west from Denver cuts through the property. The remains of an original homestead cabin and a school house still exist on the ranch as do nearly 60 other structures, constant reminders of the ranch’s past.

To assure that Diamond Star maintains its western heritage forever, management is committed to putting much of the Ranch under conservation easements. Phase one of the conservation project secured 1,400 acres of the property. Currently, the Eagle Valley Land Trust holds easements on two parcels, totaling 1,630 acres.

Recognizing the importance of protecting this region’s western heritage, in 2003 the owners of the Diamond Star Ranch development added 180 acres of ranchlands to the 1,450 acres already protected on its expansive property east of Eagle and south of I-70. Both of these easements combine for 1,630 acres of protected land.