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...
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...
Note: Sweetwater Lake is in transition between private and public ownership. Please give managers time to activate the property. Signage, infrastructure, and access projects are in progress. US Forest Service trails surrounding the property...
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,...
[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...
