2008 Annual Report - Aspen Valley Land Trust

A s p e n Va l l e y L a n d T r u s t
times, the land remains
constant. Those of us who
own businesses or work
for someone else may
feel trepidation about
the future, but those who
work the land have always
known economic ups and
downs, and
they know that the land withstands the
wor
world’s changes.
As always, we at Aspen Valley
Lan
Land Trust regard with awe and
resp
respect the landowners who choose to
per
permanently conserve their land. Even
in u
uncertain times, they are certain about the need to
hav
have open land for wildlife and for growing food. They
feel blessed to own their land and feel responsible for
assu
assuring that it remains productive.
At AVLT, 2008 was an unusual year. Being
amo
among the first land trusts in the U.S. to achieve
accreditation was a huge honor. Publishing a book was a
acc
hug
huge project – and a rewarding one. It was the first year
photo by Michael Brands
before – but that is only when measured by numbers
of acres. In conservation, size matters but so do other
characteristics such as location, quality of vegetation
and the connection to other conserved lands to create
landscape-scale habitat corridors and ranches. When
looking at those factors, 2008 was a very good year.
AVLT relies on the generosity of landowners
who donate conservation easements. We also rely
on those of you who reap the benefits
of others’ vision – each time you drive
past an open meadow, pause at the sight
of young calves in the spring or watch
wintering herds of elk. Without open
space, we would have none of these daily
pleasures.
Difficult times can create hardship but also
opportunity. As development slows and there is less
pressure to turn working ranches into subdivisions,
it allows us to take a deep breath and reconsider how
we think about the future. All of us know that it must
include open spaces, productive ranches and critical
wildlife habitat. Thank you for standing by us in this
mission.
“Difficult times
can create
hardship but also
opportunity.”
2008 Conserved lands:
From Basalt Mountain to the base of the Roan Plateau
Sixteen landowners and their families preserved more than
2,600 acres of important local ranchland and wildlife habitat in 2008.
The addition of these special properties brings Aspen Valley Land
Trust’s conserved lands to over 30,000 acres – and represents the
wide spectrum of places and natural resources that AVLT protects.
photo by Rare Earth Science, LLC
2008 Annual Report
A Word From Our Executive Director, Martha Cochran
Even in unsettled since 2002 that we conserved less land than the year
F P / B / E -
At the base of Basalt Mountain above El Jebel, Pat and
Patsy Dowdy conserved a mountain wonderland surrounded by the
White River National Forest. This 85-acre family retreat is covered
by quaking aspen groves, rolling meadows and sparkling streams
that double as elk calving grounds in the spring.
Dowdy property, Basalt Mountain
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Lynde Uihlein’s spectacular Tie Camp property, located
up Fryingpan Road from Basalt, includes a picturesque stretch of
the Fryingpan River, as well as emerald green pastures, pristine
forests, and piñon and juniper covered hillsides bordering
national forest land. The property provides an important
forest-to-river corridor flanking both sides of the Fryingpan
River. Lynde uses the property as a fishing haunt and falls more
in love with this beautiful ground with every visit.
Bob and Sue Pietrzak conserved 56 acres of Flatbush
Farm in the rolling hillsides and farm country of Emma,
southwest of Basalt. Operated as a small horse farm flanking
the Crown region at the base of Mount Sopris, this easement
Tie Camp, Basalt
conserves irrigated agricultural meadows as well as threatened
sagebrush communities within the Crown “Potential Conservation Area,” designated as a conservation priority
by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (for more information on this program, see related article page 7).
photo by Rare Earth Science, LLC
In partnership with Pitkin County, Eagle County, the
Town of Basalt and Great Outdoors Colorado, the final phase of
Grange Ranch was conserved, resulting in preservation of over
216 acres of historic ranchland and scenic open space adjacent
to Basalt town limits. Linking the important habitats of adjacent
Bureau of Land Management lands and the Lake Christine State
Wildlife Area, the ranch creates a buffer to urban development
and also provides public access via the Rio Grande Trail that
crosses through the heart of the property’s pastures.
Flatbush Farm, Emma
C, M H  S V -
Dee Blue conserved her Sunnyside Ranch in memory of her late
husband Jean Blue. It was always Jean’s wish to conserve his property
as a working ranch, and this year Dee donated an easement across
165 acres of scenic piñon and juniper hillsides and agricultural land
highly visible from Carbondale and Highway 82. The pasture land is
a key winter elk habitat and offers stunning views of Mount Sopris.
With grant funding from Eagle County and AVLT, Wendy
McNulty and her family preserved an additional 220 acres of the
Sunnyside Ranch, Carbondale
grand Quarter Circle 8 Ranch north of Carbondale. The working
ranchlands and exceptional natural habitat include wetlands and riparian areas along Cattle Creek, creating a
conservation reserve of nearly 600 acres.
The Jim and Sharon Nieslanik family completed the conservation of their 630-acre upper ranch in the
Coulter Creek area of Spring Valley, southeast of Glenwood
Springs. These rugged high mountain pastures and lush
forestlands are now preserved for the good of ranchers, cows,
and critters alike.
Mike and Maci Berkeley donated development rights
on eleven lots of the platted Lake Springs Ranch subdivision
in Spring Valley. The conserved property includes portions of
a large wetland meadow complex of paramount importance to
area waterfowl and many migratory bird species. The Berkeley
family has extinguished a total of 67 lots in the subdivision
and conserved much of the important agricultural land on the
valley floor.
Rivendell Farm, Glenwood Springs
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photo courtesy of Carol Dibrell
M - The final phase of the Darien Ranch conservation
easement in Marble was acquired as part of the Great Outdoors
Colorado Crystal River Watershed Legacy Grant, with additional
funding from Gunnison and Pitkin counties and AVLT. This
historic cattle and horse ranch was once platted for more than 600
residential units. The ranch’s scenic meadows, which have starred
in several ads and the occasional major motion picture, are highly
visible to anyone travelling to Marble or on Highway 133 over
McClure Pass.
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C - Carol Dibrell completed conservation of her 1,513acre Rocky Hill Ranch near Collbran. This massive rolling mountain
property includes pristine natural habitat and irrigated pasturelands
fed by often-raging streams. Rocky Hill Ranch adjoins several other
conserved properties, creating more than 11,000 acres of privatelyheld wildlife habitat and ranchland adjacent to public lands.
C
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photo by West Elks Consulting
Peter and Patrice
Knobel completed
Rocky Hill Ranch, Collbran
conservation of their
spectacular 495-acre
Okanela Ranch in Canyon Creek, west of Glenwood Springs.
Longtime area residents remember this property as the site of
the Okanela Lodge guest ranch and this easement now protects
important BLM inholdings, scenic land and habitat linkages to
other AVLT conserved lands.
D H / D C / M C -
Danny and Marsha O’Connell conserved an additional
90 acres of their cattle ranch south of Silt, adding to the 140 acres
O’Connell Ranch, Dry Hollow
previously conserved. Bordered by BLM land and possessing
important irrigated soils as well as wildlife habitat, the O’Connell Ranch is a vital piece of the conservation
puzzle that AVLT has been working to assemble in the Dry Hollow/Divide Creek region for several years.
photo by Rare Earth Science, LLC
Don and Beth Fulton, conserved 146 acres of their
historic Record Ranch south of Silt. This remarkable cattle
ranch includes a splendid riparian stretch along West Divide
Creek and irrigated pastureland recognized by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture as important farmland. The ranch
has been in the Fulton family since the 1940s.
Record Ranch, Silt
Sidney and Richie Malone conserved an
additional 94 acres of their ranch along East Mamm Creek
south of Rifle. Once occupied by the Ute Indians, the Malone
Ranch boasts several outstanding petroglyphs, in addition to
big game habitat and productive meadowland.
D B - Chris and Kathryn Bedell have conserved 280 acres of their picturesque Roan Creek Ranch north
of De Beque. The conservation of their section of the valley insures there will always be open spaces for the
Bedell’s beautiful daughters and menagerie of dogs, cats, chickens, hunter/
jumper, draft, and retired-polo horses, sheep, and Belted Galloway cattle.
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Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
AVLT’s new book, Our Place
This fall brought the release of Aspen Valley Land Trust’s labor of love, Our Place: People and
“Just wanted you to
know that I received my
‘Our Place’ book, read it
from cover to cover, then
started over again.”
- Pam Szedelyi
Darien Ranch, Marble
“Two nights ago I read
your book. The inspiring
resolve of each of the
donors came through
loud and clear.”
- Bill Spence
The project was conceived by Castle Creek
Valley resident Lois Abel Harlamert, and her beautiful
photographs bring each family’s story to life. She
envisioned the book as a way of thanking those who have
conserved their land.
AVLT
Executive
Director,
Martha
Cochran crafted the stories through a lengthy interview and editing process.
The result is a beautiful, hardbound 10” x 10” coffee table book with fullcolor area maps. We are so grateful for Lois and her great ideas, talent, and
tireless devotion to a project that
consumed hours of scheduling,
driving, and location shooting in
every season over four years.
Lois
has
already
started working on Book Two,
photographing the next round of
landowners for a planned release
of September 2010.
photo by Lois Abel Harlamert
Our Place
“The book is stunning!
It’s an emotional tug for us
to turn the pages and see
so many of our friends.”
- Dr. Renny and Judy
Schoonmaker
photo by Lois Abel Harlamert
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Conservation in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys. The book was released at the Save the Land Dance
in September and has been receiving accolades ever since. Through the stories of 48 individual, family and
corporate landowners who have placed conservation easements on their properties, readers learn about the
lands they have protected and their reasons for conserving them.
Dottie Fox
“The photography is
truly magnificent!!
In so many cases it
appears almost
three dimensional.”
- Chuck Johnson
Our Place is for sale at www.avlt.org, Explore Booksellers & Bistro and Carl’s Pharmacy in Aspen, Novel Tea Book
Store and the Roaring Fork Valley Co-op in Carbondale, and Book Train and Through the Looking Glass in Glenwood
Springs. It is also available at www.amazon.com (though AVLT receives fewer proceeds from these sales).
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
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Understanding what AVLT does.
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VLT staff are often asked what we do. It seems the biggest misconception is that we buy property,
or that once a property is conserved, AVLT owns or manages property. Here is a simplified explanation of
how our mission is carried out:
Private landowners voluntarily place deed restrictions (known as “conservation easements”) on their
properties that limit or eliminate their development rights. Other private property rights remain in place,
and most do not provide public access - other than as a resting spot for one’s eyes. With very few exceptions,
such as projects funded through grants or partnerships with government agencies, we do not purchase
these easements. Most landowners donate their easements and AVLT then monitors them annually and
enforces the terms of the agreements in perpetuity.
Conserved properties might be working ranches, scrub oak forests, or riparian
corridors. They are often home to a wide array of wildlife species, some of which are
endangered, threatened or listed as a Colorado Species of Concern, such as this northern
leopard frog found on Don and Beth Fulton’s Record Ranch in West Divide Creek.
“Saving land” is an abstract concept. By sacrificing what often equates to millions
of dollars in property value, these landowners are giving a huge gift to wildlife and the rest of us who live
here and continue to enjoy scenic views and open space.
of special note
“L
T
h
e
Lathrop
Strang
Memorial
Fund
helps
defray
some of the costs
landowners incur
in
donating
a
conservation
easement.
The
funds are used to
conserve working
ranches that have
been in one family
for at least 25 years. Two ranch owners received
awards in 2008. (See page 15 for a list of fund donors.)
Lathrop is no longer here to advocate for
ranchers and ranching, but he continues to help
ensure that ranching remains in the Roaring Fork
and Colorado River valleys.
photo by Kirsten Newhard
perilous run down a chute atop Mount Sopris took
the life of Lathrop Strang. His death shocked and
saddened the valley and a void lingers where his
intellect and energy contributed so much.
Lathrop served on the board of Aspen
Valley Land Trust for six years, and before that
was a member of the board of Western Colorado
Agricultural Heritage Fund, which merged with
AVLT in 2002.
Land conservation, particularly that of
working ranches, was Lathrop’s passion. He felt
strongly that humans as well as animals need open
spaces and land to grow food and fuel.
Lathrop’s parents Mike and Kit, brother
Scott and sisters Laurie and Bridget, asked that in
lieu of flowers, people make a donation to selected
non-profits, including AVLT. Since then, AVLT
has received, and continues to receive, a significant
amount of money in Lathrop’s name.
“
Lathrop Strang Memorial Fund
On a perfect Colorado spring day in 2008, a
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
Focus on Conservation:
Stranahan creates another legacy as Lenado lands go public
In the early 1970s, George Stranahan began buying land
working together
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in Woody Creek to prevent development – a process he terms
“defensive buying.” This included buying hundreds of acres of mining
claims in and around the old mining camp of Lenado, when he heard
whisperings that it might be turned into the next Aspen ski area. He
also acquired the iconic Flying Dog Ranch, where he resided with his
family until recently.
Anyone who knows George knows he is always on the cutting
edge, and shortly after Congress enacted conservation easement
legislation in the late 1970s, George became one of the first easement
Lenado, Woody Creek
donors in Colorado by conserving 550 acres of mining claims above
Lenado. He followed up by conserving 422 acres of the Flying Dog Ranch in Carbondale in 1981. Since then,
and in his rare spare time away from being a physicist, activist, benefactor, businessman and rebel, George has
moonlighted as a cattle rancher, microbrewer, whiskey distiller, artist, publisher, and biofuel pioneer.
In grand style, George Stranahan culminated both his Woody Creek tenancy and conservation endeavors
in 2008, with a “deal for the ages.” He placed a second conservation easement over 88 acres of his Woody Creek
Flying Dog Ranch and is donating 335 acres of his upper Lenado property to Pitkin County in 2009. Having
single-handedly conserved more than 675 acres in Woody Creek, George headed down valley for the “warmer
climates” of Carbondale. He leaves behind a legacy of splendid forests, scenic, wide open spaces, and a historic
playground of public land for all to enjoy.
Saving a gem in Castle Creek Valley
It took the generosity of Fritz and Fabienne Benedict, the commitment of Pitkin County and Aspen
Valley Land Trust, the financial support of Lynne Mace, John Wilcox and other private donors, the cooperation
of the federal government, approval of Pitkin County voters, and finally, an act of Congress, to make the “Ryan
parcel” part of the White River National Forest. After almost ten years, Pitkin County and the U.S. Forest
Service are ready to sign the papers assuring that the Ryan parcel, near the ghost town of Ashcroft in the Castle
Creek Valley, will remain open space.
After Ashcroft’s gold rush ended in the late 1800s, the Ryan
parcel was used as training grounds by the famed 10th Mountain
Division, and in 1971 – while owned by the Ted Ryan family – the
property became an integral part of Ashcroft Ski Touring’s trail
network. In 2000, with development imminent, Pitkin County Open
Space and Trails and AVLT responded to a plea by the Forest Service
to buy the parcel.
The plan was simple. Pitkin County and AVLT would buy the
parcel and trade it to the Forest Service for another piece of land that
they could sell to recoup their costs. Finding land to trade proved
difficult and the project stalled until Congress finally passed a bill in
2007 directing the Forest Service to complete the trade.
The final exchange involves eleven parcels – including two
mining claims high on Smuggler Mountain donated to AVLT by Fritz
and Fabienne Benedict in 1981. Those claims will become part of the
White River National Forest.
The Benedicts – keystones in Aspen’s social and architectural
The Ryan parcel meadow as it will remain, development as well as the “spiritual parents” of the 10th Mountain
snow clad and undeveloped.
Division Hut System (Fritz originally came to the area as a member
of the Division) – were dedicated conservation benefactors. It is fitting that their philanthropy 28 years ago is
now enabling the conservation of this special piece of land.
So the next time you visit Ashcroft or ski to the Pine Creek Cookhouse, take a moment to thank the
Benedicts, Pitkin County’s dedicated staff and Commissioners, AVLT’s donors, and all those who helped turn a
beautiful meadow into a lasting part of our commons. We are all the richer for it.
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Map of AVLT conserved lands
“Interactive Map” in the sidebar, and from there you can choose how to explore properties conserved through
AVLT – by Google Maps© or Google Earth© (the latter allows you a virtual “fly over” of the properties in 3D).
Also viewable in Google Earth is a map layer devoted to the Colorado Natural Heritage Program
(CNHP) “Potential Conservation Areas” (PCAs). The PCAs are areas with significant natural resources and are
a high priority for protection.
You can learn about the status and condition of the local PCAs as of 2005 and 2006, when CNHP’s 1999
Roaring Fork Watershed Biological Inventory and 2001 Survey of Critical Biological Resources of Garfield County
were updated by West Elks Consulting. The update was funded by the Cirila Fund and AVLT, and provides a
snapshot of the current condition of the areas and recommends changes to their status.
This information has helped AVLT identify priority areas for conservation, including important habitat
linkages and territory for rare or endangered species.
Updated reports and maps are available online at www.avlt.org/sitepages/pid55.php. For more
information, including the original CNHP reports, please visit www.cnhp.colostate.edu.
Look up maps, get information, purchase a book, or make a tax-deductible donation on our website!
on the web
Aspen Valley Land Trust interactive map &
Colorado Natural Heritage sites online
Check out Aspen Valley Land Trust’s new interactive map of conserved lands at www.avlt.org. Click on
Aspen Valleyy Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
AVLT receives national accreditation
It’s official. Aspen Valley
“Accreditation is
an essential way
to demonstrate to
the public that land
trusts are operating
at the highest
standards.”
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New rules and regulations in conservation
Governor Ritter and the Colorado state legislature reaffirmed their commitment to conservation
in 2008 through a series of legislative and regulatory changes aimed at encouraging conservation of private
land and stopping abuses of the state’s tax credit program. While the new regulations add complexity to each
conservation transaction, they provide a new standard of best practices for the industry and will assure Colorado
taxpayers that tax benefits are being used wisely. Significant changes in the past year include:
•
The 2007 Legislative Task Force, including AVLT Executive Director Martha Cochran, drafted and passed
House Bill 1353, which gave the Colorado Division of Real Estate (DRE) and Department of Revenue
(DOR) the authority to work together to regulate the conservation industry and appraisers.
•
The DRE investigated program abuses in eastern Colorado involving excessive tax benefits based on
inflated appraisals. This led to some appraisers losing their licenses and the indictment of one attorney
alleged to be promoting fraudulent easement transactions.
•
AVLT’s Martha Cochran was one of nine members appointed to the Governor’s Colorado Conservation
Easement Oversight Commission, which was created to establish certification requirements for Colorado
easement holders and act as a review board for easement transactions.
New board member: Rosemary Patterson
Rosemary Patterson was welcomed to the Aspen Valley Land Trust
photo by Mike Brinson Photography
conservation news
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Land Trust has been awarded national
accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent
program of the Land Trust Alliance. At the
program’s inaugural award ceremony last
September in Pittsburg, 39 land trusts from
across the country received this distinction.
Representing less than two percent of land
trusts nationwide, these newly accredited
land trusts were participants in the first
round of a rigorous review process designed to evaluate the organizations’
standards and practices.
“Accreditation is an essential way to demonstrate to the public
that land trusts are operating at the highest standards,” stated Rand
Wentworth, president of the Land Trust Alliance.
Rand Wentworth,
AVLT staff spent the better part of last spring buried under
president of the
accreditation “homework,” but the process proved worthwhile and at
Land Trust Alliance
times enlightening – and the public now has a standard by which to
evaluate land trusts and rest assured of their commitment to conservation
permanence and the highest ethical, practical and fiscal standards in land conservation.
“This was a major accomplishment and a testament to AVLT’s long and respected history as a leader
in conservation,” said Executive Director Martha Cochran. “It is gratifying to have outside recognition of the
quality of our work.”
Board of Directors in April 2008. Rosemary grew up in Boulder
and received a degree in biology from Colorado State University in
Fort Collins. She has spent the last 20 years raising livestock, hay
and angora goats and sheep (for yarn fiber) on her ranch in Divide
Creek, south of Silt. She and her husband Pat, recently conserved
their land with AVLT and Rosemary has been a great advocate for
conservation in the Divide Creek and Dry Hollow area. Rosemary
also sits on the Cayton Ranger Station Preservation Board.
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
Mixing conservation with oil & gas development
Mineral Development and Land Conservation may seem like an odd title for a book. However, it is the
newest publication available from the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts. Primarily authored by Great Outdoors
Colorado Open Space Program Director Kathleen Staks, attorney Melinda Beck and AVLT Executive Director
Martha Cochran, and with contributions from many others including AVLT Project Specialist Bethany Collins,
the mineral handbook was two years in the making, and is a first step in helping energy companies, landowners
and land trusts work together.
Landowners often ask if placing a conservation easement on a
property prohibits mineral development, particularly oil and gas, or if
Mineral Develop
ment
Land Conservatio and
a property can be conserved if there is oil and gas development already
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present. To both questions, the answer is “it depends” and, as in all mining
law, it is complicated. While federal law is clear that surface mining is
prohibited on eased lands, the door is open for subsurface mining of
oil and gas that “may have a limited, localized impact ... but that are not
irremediably destructive of significant conservation interest.”
By working with energy companies and conservation donors, land
trusts stand to help protect huge swathes of land that would otherwise be
ignored by the conservation community, and to guarantee their protection
in the future, after the rigs have packed up. This new handbook provides
insight into complicated situations and important opportunities, while
A Handbook for
Conservation Profess
ionals
providing technical guidance on conserving land subject to subsurface
oil and gas development.
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Colorad o Coalition
of Land Trusts
West Elks Consulting: Visiting every property, every year
So much time and attention is paid to the process of conserving a property that many lose sight of
what happens after all the documents are signed and recorded. Aspen Valley Land Trust is required by law to
monitor each property at least once a year to ensure that the terms of the easements are upheld. The monitoring
process enables AVLT to maintain relationships with landowners, provide guidance on restoration projects,
and when requested, help implement new technologies or management objectives. West Elks Consulting has
conducted AVLT’s monitoring program for the past seven years.
specializing in the wildlife and ecosystems of the Rocky Mountains. Co-author of an
award winning field guide to the Roaring Fork Valley, she started her career working for
the U.S. Forest Service as one of the agency’s first female wilderness managers, and has
won awards from the Sierra Club for her efforts in protecting the environment. Dawn is
a first-class nordic ski racer and Alpine guide.
Andrea Sever is an entomologist and biologist with West Elks Consulting. She has
photos on this page courtesy of subjects
extensive experience surveying for raptors and is well versed in invertebrate biology,
having traced the life histories of two native Colorado insects. Andrea’s extensive
experience includes study of the environmental impacts of the ski and oil and gas
industries, roadways and transportation, and urbanization. She is an avid skier, climber
and explorer.
Richard Compton is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) wizard at West Elks
Consulting. He has participated in several large-scale mapping projects including the
White River National Forest’s revised forest management plan and the Wilderness
Workshop’s roadless areas maps. Richard’s extensive conservation work on public land
deepened his appreciation of the conservation values found on private land. A Roaring
Fork Valley native, he now lives in Pagosa Springs.
resources
Dawn Barton, owner of West Elks Consulting, is a Colorado native and biologist
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
The 5th annual Save the Land Dance was a fabulous
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gathering of supporters and neighbors with food and
festivities. The 2008 event, held again at the Strang Ranch,
featured the debut of AVLT’s book, Our Place: People and
Conservation in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys.
The party was especially poignant for friends and family of
Lathrop Strang, to whom the book is dedicated (see page 5).
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thank you to
our sponsors!
Party Hosts:
Sponsors:
Left: “Our Place” available for sale.
Above: Photographer Lois Abel Harlamert with
book author and AVLT Executive Director
Martha Cochran.
“Aspen to Parachute”
Left: Y’all know these two faces:
Easement donors
John Nieslanik and Rex Coffman
our fabulous volunteers!
save the land dance
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Special thanks to:
Terry A. & Julie Kirk
Fusion Catering
Alex Kim & Laura Foster of Dragonfly Ranch
Felix & Sarah Tornare of Milagro Ranch
Lydia McIntyre, Flying Dog Ranch
Aspen Times / Post Independent
Mountain Parent Magazine
and of course...
AVLT Board
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Patsy B
Batchelder
Oni But
Butterfly
Kelly C
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Betty C
Collins
Marcia & Tony Fusaro
Barbara Hanrahan
Curtis Hemenway
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Lemons
Rye Lem
Heather McGregor
Heathe
Jennifer Michaud
Mills
Steve M
Linda & Mark
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Kate Sc
Shelley Spalding
Jeff Stephens
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Board President Wally Obermeyer visits with
easement donors Linda & Tom Clark
Honored guests Leno Montover (left) and
Bubbles Starbuck (right) with easement
donor and auctioneer Jerry Fazzi (middle)
AVLT supporters
Michael & Natalie Carricarte
gussy up for the occasion
All photos this page by Jennifer Michaud
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Mai
Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
Earth Day: The Art of Conservation
Please join us for the 5th Annual Earth Day art show featuring over 30 local artists whose
work reflects the landscape which AVLT helps to preserve. Half of all sales benefit AVLT.
There will be an opening reception Friday, April 17 at 5:30 p.m.
at the Glenwood Springs office of Aspen Community Foundation, 8th St. and Grand Ave.
The show will also run Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
S
minar
AVE THE DATE for an informational seminar on Friday, May 1 at the Glenwood
Community Center. This free session will run from 9 a.m. - noon and will focus on conservation
easement issues from a landowner standpoint. Along with AVLT staff, there will be a panel of
landowners who have conserved their properties describing their experiences and answering
questions. Interested professionals are also welcome. Continuing education credits are not offered.
Please pre-register at www.avlt.org, call 963.8440 or e-mail [email protected].
Professionals interested in a more technical presentation and continuing education credits,
please check out www.avlt.org for suggested courses.
Club Offset: Land Rover commits to conservation
Club Offset, an innovative program started by Land Rover Roaring Fork,
invests money into
conservation each time a vehicle is sold. The program is the brainchild of Randy Tuggle, Manager of Centre of
the Rockies, which owns the Land Rover dealership.
Customers purchasing new vehicles have the option of joining Club
Offset by donating $100 to Aspen Valley Land Trust and $100 to the Roaring
Fork Conservancy. The funds are used to conserve land and protect water quality
in the area.
Randy hopes the idea will spread to other area dealerships as automakers
and dealers seek to “offset” some of the environmental impacts of the industry.
The Little Nell supports AVLT
The Little Nell is doing it right.
Aspen’s only Five-Star, Five-Diamond luxury
hotel, “The Nell” is taking after its parent company, the Aspen Skiing Company – well
known for its environmental efforts to lessen its carbon “ski boot print” – with green
initiatives of its own. The Nell offers the innovative Hotel Open Space program and
the newly-launched Eco-Luxe program.
For six years The Little Nell has supported AVLT through a voluntary program
whereby guests pay $2 per night to benefit land conservation. To boost the effort,
The Nell now matches these donations with its own $3 per night donation to AVLT
each time a guest chooses to participate in the Eco-Luxe program. The result: The
Nell and its guests have donated more than $131,000 to AVLT since 2003.
According to Matthew Hamilton, Sustainability Manager of ASC, “The charm
of The Little Nell hotel is not only its top-notch staff and service but its surroundings. Our partnership with
AVLT recognizes the importance of our surroundings and leverages our guests’ connection to the lands they
enjoy to preserve those lands for future generations.”
Our sincere thanks to The Nell, and to every one of its guests who have made a commitment to helping
conserve the beauty that makes Aspen so special.
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events & supporters
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To
T participate or find out more, contact Martha Cochran at 963.8440 or Mary Noone at 945.4500.
4.17.09
earth day art show
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440
3.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
AVLT Conserved Lands
conserved properties
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1967-1999
Freddie Fisher Park - Aspen
Stein Park (Fisherman’s Park) - Aspen
Aspen Alps Park (Lot 21, Ute Addition) - Aspen
Center Lode Mining Claim - Aspen Mountain
Millionaire Lode Mining Claim - Aspen Mountain
Flying Dog Ranch West - Carbondale
Ty-Bar Ranch - Carbondale
Fox Family - Snowmass
Aspen Chance - Aspen Mountain, Aspen
Lenado Mining Claims - Lenado
Red Butte (Ute Butte) - Aspen
Verena Mallory Park (Hammerhead Park) - Aspen
Castle Creek Valley Ranch - Aspen
Emilee Benedict Park - Hunter Creek, Aspen
Hunter Creek/Estamar - Smuggler Mountain, Aspen
Acreage
0.42
1.57
0.14
4.03
1.5
224.0
198.0
59.65
2.8
560.0
35.58
10.71
8.5
10.06
52.76
Stillwater Ranch - Aspen
Sopris Mountain Ranch - West Sopris Creek, Emma
Faranhyll Ranch (Williams) - Glenwood Springs
Windstar - Snowmass
Aspen Village - Snowmass
Dart Family - Snowmass
Larsh - Carbondale
Price I - Dry Hollow, Silt
Central Ranch - Missouri Heights, Carbondale
Crystal Island Ranch - Carbondale
Hummingbird Lode - Hunter Creek, Aspen
Watson Divide - Snowmass
Barbee (Ajax Trail) - Shadow Mountain, Aspen
Rock Bottom Ranch - Emma
Acreage
5.9
280.0
437.73
957.0
13.7
292.0
8.0
279.3
101.18
1,067.42
9.3
860.0
13.56
77.98
2002
Brackett - Sopris Crown, Emma
Lazy H/11 Ranch (Jackson) - Glenwood Springs
Northstar Preserve - Indpendence Pass, Aspen
Price II - Dry Hollow, Silt
Wilson / Eck I - Redstone
48.49
292.42
175.0
160.0
0.73
34.0
7.8
148.5
100.0
57.0
740.0
38.0
288.14
168.0
139.29
Holy Cross (City of Aspen) - Aspen
Independence Pass Property - Aspen
Kinstead Ranch - Dry Hollow, Silt
LaLone Family - Redstone
Marble Ski Area Lots 44 & 47 - Rikkers Family
Marble Ski Area Lots 42 & 43 - Walden Family
Springridge - Dry Park, Glenwood Springs
Strang Ranch - Missouri Heights, Carbondale
Wilson / Eck II - Redstone
0.94
4.35
194.53
31.97
6.48
3.38
308.75
297.69
2.6
2004
Canyon Creek - Balcomb Arbaney
Canyon Creek - Elk Canyon Ranch (Robinson)
Canyon Creek - Engeler
Canyon Creek - Little River Ranch (Armstrong/Alford)
Canyon Creek - Que Sera Ranch (Beard/Szedelyi)
Fischer - Three Mile, Glenwood Springs
Happy Day Ranch Lot I (Parker) - Emma
Harris on the Roaring Fork - Glenwood Springs
La Bodega del Rio - Rio Grande Trail, Woody Creek
Last Dance / 7H Ranch - Dry Hollow, Silt
Lester Family - Redstone
Little Chief Lode Mining Claim - Hunter Creek, Aspen
41.11
32.21
24.64
50.55
44.5
86.83
25.5
1.12
3.0
217.18
0.63
9.87
Marble Ski Area Lots 29 & 55 - Harris Family
Morris Ranch - Dry Hollow, Silt
Philly Wolf Ranch (Arbaney) - Carbondale
Ranch at Coulter Creek - Carbondale
Redstone Coke Ovens - Redstone
Rivendell Farm - Spring Valley, Glenwood Springs
Seven Star - Brush Creek, Snowmass Village
Stormking Hunting Ranch (Ingelhart)- Glenwood Spgs.
Turgoose Ranch - Rifle
Wieben Ranch - Capitol Creek, Snowmass
Wilson/Eck III - Redstone
4.86
142.15
80.0
305.25
14.63
143.07
231.59
126.0
84.2
212.7
30.6
2005
Blackman Ranch (Lowery) - Rifle
Broker Load (Goldsmith) - Avalanche Creek
Canyon Creek - Carter
Cozy Point South - Brush Creek, Snowmass Village
Daley-Myers Ranch - Dry Hollow, Silt
Dwyer Family - Alkali Creek, New Castle
Fazzi Ranch - Dry Hollow, Silt
Grand View Ranch (Patterson) - Dry Hollow, Silt
Harvey Ranch - Snowmass
Hood Ranch - South Canyon
Knaus Ranch - Taughenbaugh Mesa, Rifle
Little Ajax - Shadow Mountain, Aspen
Little Muddy Gulch (Ingelhart) - Divide Creek, Silt
720.0
10.33
33.88
135.42
70.0
80.0
284.03
283.89
1,820.0
160.0
85.68
0.65
70.0
McCray Ranch - Divide Creek, Silt
Morrisania Ranch (Michaelis) - Parachute
Nieslanik Ranch (John) - East Mesa, Carbondale
O’Connell Ranch - Dry Hollow, Silt
Quarter Circle 8 Ranch (McNulty)- Carbondale
Rocky Mountain Institute - Sheild O Mesa, Snowmass
Sage Canyon - Divide Creek, Silt
Singletree Ranch (Daley) - Dry Hollow, Silt
Smuggler Mountain Mining Claims - Aspen
Smuggler Mountain B & M Mining Claim - Aspen
Vallario - Dry Hollow, Silt
W/J Ranch (Areas A & B) - McLain Flats, Aspen
W/J Ranch (Area F) - McLain Flats, Aspen
307.75
36.65
166.96
230.0
597.24
35.76
65.38
70.0
160.0
10.0
35.34
29.42
86.60
2000
Hardy - Castle Creek Valley, Aspen
Stein Ranch I - Sunny Side Trail, Aspen
Stein Ranch II - Rio Grande Trail, Aspen
Stout Ranch - Baldy Creek, New Castle
90.0
148.1
83.7
1,300.0
2003
Aspen Skiing Co - Creek Valley, Snowmass Village
Aspen Skiing Co - Ridge East, Snowmass Village
Aspen Skiing Co - Wildcat Ridge, Snowmass Village
Burlingame Ranch East - Aspen
Burlingame Ranch West - Aspen
Capitol Creek Ranch (Child Family) - Snowmass
Coffman Ranch - Carbondale
Colorado River Preserve & Island Park - Rifle
Cozy Point Ranch - Brush Creek, Snowmass Village
Hole-in-the-Ground Ranch (Crawford) - El Jebel
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
Okenala Ranch (Knobel) - Canyon Creek
Rocky Hill Ranch (Dibrell) - Collbran
Rowe Ranch - Divide Creek, Silt
Scott Ranch - Roan Cliffs, De Beque
Taucher Place (Fales/Perry) - Carbondale
West Divide Ranch (BriAnn) - West Divide, Silt
West Divide Ranch - West Divide, Silt
West Rifle Creek Ranch (Belgum) - Rifle
Young Ranch - Collbran
495.79
1,513.0
446.87
147.29
80.0
1,114.74
96.67
655.0
881.0
2007
CRMS River Parcel - Carbondale
Dunn-Galloway Ranch - Divide Creek, Silt
Emma Farms (Waldeck) - Emma
Flogus Pond (Barnes) - Marble
Flying Dog Ranch (Stranahan) - Woody Creek
Grange Ranch - Basalt
Malone Ranch - Mamm Creek, Silt
Montover Ranch - East Divide Creek, Silt
Parry Pond (Baldwin) - Marble
Peterson Ranch - Missouri Heights, Carbondale
Roan Creek Ranch (Bedell) - De Beque
18.5
75.79
58.03
160.0
123.55
280.78
194.73
320.0
160.0
78.0
280.0
Smuggler Contraband Mining Claim - Aspen
Smuggler Della S Mining Claim - Aspen
Smuggler Result Mining Claim - Aspen
Snowmass Divide Property - Snowmass Village
Spring Creek Fish Hatchery - Upper Fryingpan Valley
Streamside at Crown Peak (Kelley) - East Divide Creek
Toomer Ranch - Divide Creek, Silt
Triple J Ranch - Garfield Creek, New Castle
Una (Grand River Ranches) - Parachute
1001 Ute Avenue (Ajax Trail) - Aspen Mountain
W-T Ranch (Witt) - Missouri Heights, Carbondale
9.3
10.33
6.9
124.98
80.21
79.61
80.0
2,063.18
163.0
4.11
79.48
2008
Dowdy Property - Basalt Mountain
Flatbush Farm (Pietzrak) - Emma
Record Ranch (Fulton) - West Divide Creek, Silt
Sunnyside Ranch (Blue) - Missouri Heights, Carbondale
Tie Camp (Uihlein) - Fryingpan, Basalt
85.2
56.43
146.0
165.4
143.0
TOTAL CONSERVED ACRES
Total Number of Conserved Properties
30,441.19
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This newsletter is generously sponsored by
thank you 2008 easement donors!
Chris & Kathryn Bedell
Mike & Maci Berkeley
Dee Blue
Larry & Dana Darien
Carol Dibrell
Pat & Patsy Dowdy
Don & Beth Fulton
Grange Family Ranches
Peter & Patrice Knobel
Sidney & Richie Malone
Wendy & Gary McNulty,
Katy Sorli, and Meg McNulty
Jim & Sharon Nieslanik
Danny & Marsha O’Connell
Bob & Sue Pietzrak
George & Patty Stranahan
Lynde Uihlein
Growth in Conserved Lands
Record Ranch, West Divide Creek, Silt
Acres
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1967
1970
1973
1976
1979
1982
1985
1988
1991
1994
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2008
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conserved properties
2006
Acreage
Clark Ranch - Emma
120.0
Crown Mountain Ranch (Fender Ranch) - Emma
559.9
Darien Ranch - Marble
159.41
East Canyon Creek Ranch (Slappey) - Glenwood Spgs. 320.0
Farnum Ranch - Roan Cliffs, De Beque
130.84
Fischer Out Parcel - Three Mile, Glenwood Springs
3.17
Hood Ranch (J&J) - South Canyon, Glenwood Springs 80.0
Hunter Valley Way - Hunter Creek, Aspen
9.59
Nieslanik Ranch (J&S) - Buck Point, Coulter Creek
630.0
photo by Rare Earth Science, LLC
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
Lifetime Members
Anonymous
HRH Prince Bandar bin Sultan
Over $75,000
River Valley Ranch Master Association
donors
$5,000 and Over
Anonymous
Bighorn Toyota
Ruthie & Darcey Brown
Michael & Natalie Carricarte
William Joy
Obermeyer Asset Management
Shenandoah Foundation,
Mr. & Mrs. Johnstone
The Little Nell
$1,000 - $4,999
*We apologize for any misprints or omissions
These accomplishments brought to you
by AVLT’s generous donors*
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Liz Armstrong & Michelle Alford
Alpine Bank
Anonymous
Aresty Family Advised Fund
Edward & Priska Berkheimer
BF Foundation, Sarah & Richard Shaw
Bill Barrett Corporation
Molly Brooks
Centre of the Rockies, Inc., Club Offset
Mark Taché & Christin Cooper
Carol Craig
Dalby, Wendland & Co., P.C.
Bill Spence & Sue Edelstein
Elizabeth Fergus Foundation,
Elizabeth & Robert Fergus
JATH, LLC - James H. Slappey
Mike & Laura Kaplan Advised Fund
Richard E. & Marianne B. Kipper
Foundation
John P. McBride Family
& the ABC Foundation
Ann Nichols Living Trust
Lynn Nichols & Jim Gilchrist
Advised Fund
Martha Cochran & Steve Mills
Michael Rosenberg
Western Land Group
Patsy Batchelder & Andy Wiessner
William B. Wiener Jr. Foundation
Advised Fund
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Wallace
Advised Fund
$500 - $999
Charlie & Kathleen Cole
Lee & Donna Dale
Richard C. Goldstein Private Foundation
Gouger, Franzmann & Hooke, LLC
Gordon & Lillian Hardy
Sandy Jackson
Chuck & Beverly Johnson
Mollie L. & Garland M. Lasater, Jr.
Charitable Fund of the Community
Foundation of North Texas
Shannon Muse
Jim & Sharon Nieslanik
Sue & Randy Parker
Donald G. Price
Anne Rickenbaugh
Jeff & Marilyn Seltzer Advised Fund
Mike & Kit Strang
Fred Wooden
King Woodward
$250 - $499
Elyse Elliott & Jeremy Bernstein
Laura Kirk & David Carpenter
Travis Clark
Brian & Stephanie Davies Family Trust
Caroline Duell
Barbara Allen & Bill Dunaway
Hetta & Jesse Heath
Walter Gallacher & Sarah Hess
Henry Lord
Thad & Tonya Nieslanik
Brooke A. Peterson & Diane T. Peterson
Advised Fund
Jay & Marnie Webster
Susan Fleet Welsch Advised Fund
Cathy Porter
Rifle Falls Ranch, Craig & Patti Jo Wilcox
Alan & Sen. Gail Schwartz
Susan & Warren Sheridan
Carolyn & Dick Shohet
Carl & Karen Spina
Stan Clauson Associates, Inc.
Scott & Tammie Stuart
John Taylor
Betty Weiss
Lara & Marc Whitley
Zanin Family Foundation
Up to $99
Anonymous
Molly Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Bates
$100 - $249
D. John Stickney & Lee Beck
Anonymous
Stephen Bershenyi
Rebecca Ayres
Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting
Bank of the West Employee
Dee Blue
Giving Program
John & Myra Bone
Bea & Tom Beckley
Steve Boyle
Michael Behrendt
Roger & Helen Carlsen
Bluegreen Landscape Architecture,
Mark & Jeanie Clark
in honor of their clients
Sue & Chris Coyle
Chelsea Congdon & James Brundige
Jen & Dave Cramer
Bob & Janet Buck
Barb & Doug D’Autrechy
Michele & Jim Cardamone
Dr. Nancy Thomas & Dr. Roger Davis
Susan Rhea & Dave Carver
Nancy & Bob Dederer
Christine Chisholm
Walter L. & A.C. Elliott
Conservation Law, PC, Jessica Jay
Michael & Valorie Erion
John & Susan Cottle
John & Mary Fangman
Jack & Gesine Crandall
Dorothea Farris
Pam Cunningham
John & Mary Lou Flynn
Robin & Dick Danell
Richard & Susan Gessner
Paula Derevensky, in Honor of
Jon Gibans
Judey Dubey & Dennis Lightbown
Shelley Supplee & Hawk Greenway
Maggie DeWolf
Steve Hach
Floyd & Lavonne Diemoz
David Hamilton
Anne & Phil Freedman
Richard Hart
James & Pamela Graham
Sarah & George Hart
Bill and Joyce Gruenberg
Adele Hause
Mark & Karen Hedstrom
Jim & Sharill Hawkins
Bob & Sue Helm
Andrea Holland-Sears
Casady Henry
Christy & Nathan Hunter, in honor of
Kristen Henry, in honor of
Patrick Hunter
Casady M. Henry
Tom Isaac
Judith & Stanley Hoff berger
John Isaacs
Glen & Lynne Jammaron
Jim Jensen
Julie, Michael & Hayden Kennedy
Greg & Sean Jeung
Loyal Leavenworth
Jackie Kasabach
Reed Lewis
Susan & Jerry Katz
Bill & Melanie Livingston
John Elkins & Susan Kaye
James & Abby Lochhead
Dan & Mary Ann Keating
Laurie Loeb
Mary Jo Kimbrough
Amory Lovins & Judy Hill Lovins
Dr. & Mrs. Sumner C. Kraft
Max MacDonell
Tom & Scottie Leddy
Michelle & Keith Marlow
Peggy Mason & Mark Lee
Mike & Martha McCoy
Terry Lee
Barbara & Bill McElnea
Ken & Joani Lubrant
Steve Smith & Heather McGregor,
Lisa Manzano
in memory of Forrest L. Smith
Cathy Markle
Peter & Wendy Moore
Nancy Marsh
Tom & Carolyn Moore
Joan Matranga
Sue & Greg Mozian
Mt. Daly Enterprises, LLC, Julia Marshall John & Barbara Moebius
Charlie Moore
Virginia Parker
John & Caroline Y. Moore
Norman & Melinda Payson
David Muckenhirn
Fred & Sandra Peirce
Rick & Virginia Newton
Bill Fales & Marj Perry
Dale & Sally Potvin
Olivia Pevec
Bob & Carolyn Purvis
Teddy Hill & Elizabeth Penfield
Rachel Richards
Peggy Corcillo & Dave Pietsch
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org
In Kind Donors
Mountain Flowers of Aspen
Mountain Parent Magazine
Mary Noone
Obermeyer Asset Management
Klaus Obermeyer
Wally Obermeyer
Otak
Paper Wise
Pat Patterson at Fine Things
Performance Ski
Planted Earth
Post Independent
Red Hill Animal Health Center
Red Rock Diner
Susan Reed
Rivendell Sod Farm
Roaring Fork Valley Co-op
Bill Roberts
Roberts-Gray Studios
Rocky Mountain Pet Shop
Jill Sabella
Seligman Family Foundation
Skyline Ranch and Kennels
Snowmass Western Heritage Association
Daniel Sprick
George Stranahan
Bridget Strang
Strang Ranch
Melissa Sumera
Sunsense Inc.
Renae Taylor
The Hotel Jerome, a Rock Resort
The Villlage Smithy
The Wine Cellar @ Carl’s Pharmacy
Liz Thele
Greg Tonozzi
Eileen Tucker
Ute Mountaineer Ltd
Bobbie Van Meter
Jeanne Wilder
Pat Winters
Kristen Wright
Blaine Wright
Yampah Spa & Salon
Dan Young
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*We apologize for any misprints or omissions
10th Mountain Division Hut Association
Ajax Bike & Sport
Anonymous
Douglas Arneson
Aspen Peak Magazine
Aspen Recreation Center
Aspen Skiing Company
Aspen Sports
Avalanche Ranch Cabins & Antiques
Babysitters.mom
Tracy Bennett
Jo Bershenyi
Stephen Bershenyi
Betsy Bingham-Johns
Blazing Adventures
Joy Blong, CMT
Dean Bowlby
Bristlecone Mountain Sports
Carly’s Gold
Martha Cochran
Colorado Animal Rescue Inc.
Community Banks of Colorado
Dos Gringos Burritos & Cafe Ole
Dragonfly Ranch
Dwyer Greens & Flowers
Eagle Crest Nursery
Joan Engler
Epicurious Fine Foods
Chris Erickson
Explore Booksellers & Bistro
Face Place
Flying Dog Brewery
Paula Fothergill, Alpine Angling &
Adventure Travel with Bob
McCormick and the Redstone Preserve
Frias Properties of Aspen
Marcia H. Fusaro
Fusion Design & Catering, Inc.
Grana Bread Company
Carol Gunther
Susan Gurrentz
Fred Haberlein
Hair Brainz, Shelley Spalding
Barbara Hammer
Harmony Scott Jewelry Design
Connie Harvey
Jim Hawkins
Sharill Hawkins
Heidi Hat / Heidi Bottom
Homeshow
Kathy Honea
Isberian Rug Company, Inc.
Leo Johnson
Michael Jude
Majid Kahhak
Michael Kinsley
Ed Kosmicki
Calvin Lee
Jane Lee
Linda Loeschen
Sam Louras
Main Street Gallery & The Framer
David O. Marlow
Amy Hadden Marsh
Nancy Martin
Matsuhisa Aspen
Roberta McGowan
Lee Mercer
Midland Shoe
Milagro Ranch
Summers Moore
These accomplishments brought to you
by AVLT’s generous donors*
Roberts-Gray Studios
Susy Ellison & Marty Schlein
Barbara & Rodger Schomaker
Randy Gold & Dawn Shephard
Amber Sparkles
Lori & Kimball Spence
Gay Spiegel
Sandy Stay
Suzie & Don Swales
Bradley N. Switzer
The Appraisal Office, Dave Ritter
John & Irene Tripp
Melissa Waters
Hans Widmer
George & Edie Wombwell
Theresa M. Zelenka, CPA, PC
Mary Beth & Allen Zubizarreta
Lathrop Strang Memorial Fund Donors
Bill Fales & Marj Perry
William Fender Family
Jane Foxen
Alfred & Kay Gardner
Ruth Harrison
Carter Jackson Family
Sam & Ann Johnson
Michael & Laura Kaplan
Mary & George Kirkham
Mark Weston & Lauri Korinek
Linda Loeschen
Peter Looram
Amy Austin Maron
Carol & Howard McCrady
The Murphy Family (VA)
Nancy Oden
Nigel & Jo Peacock
Teddy Hill & Elizabeth Penfield
Bert & Lorna Marie Petersen
James & Hensley Peterson
Nancy Pfister
Geoffrey & Hope Platt
Ken & Emily Ransford
David Reed
Arthur & Maureen Rothman
Kathy Shaner
Mike & Katy Shea
Henderson Supplee
Pam Szedelyi
Jennifer Phelps Tempest
John, Irene Tripp & Family
Parker & Albert Trostel
Tom & Roz Turnbull
Heidi & Paul Wade
Betty Weiss
Price & Diane Wills
Renee & Brian Wilson
Sam Yonce
American Horse Trials Foundation
Ernst & Wilma Martens Foundation
donors
Camilla & Raymond Auger
Gary & Norma Barr
Debby & Michael Brady
James & Katherine Bulkley
Richard Byyny
Cassie Cerise
Martha Cochran & Steve Mills
Susan Cuseo
Steven R. Carver & Greg A. Keller,
Dalby, Wendland & Co., P.C.
Martha Densmore
Floyd & Lavonne Diemoz
Mary Dominick & Sven Coomer
Carol & Buzz Dopkin
Miriam Dow
William & Martha Drake
Sherri Draper & Will Ferry
Caroline Duell
Lee Ann Eustis
Willa & Alexander Falck
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Dear Friends,
2008 Board
Thanks to everyone for a great year in 2008. The permanence and enduring value of AVLT’s
work is a refreshing counterpoint to both the challenges and causes of the current economic
climate.
Some really incredible parcels were put under conservation easement in 2008, many
contributed by previous donors who are steadfast in their commitment to expanding conservation
acreage; others by new donors, who also wish to preserve properties they love. In all, 2,600 acres
were added this past year. Thank you. Thank you.
Even more rich than the acreage is the connection our donors have to their land. 2008
marked the publication of Our Place, a photo-journalism book that captures the magic of what
AVLT seeks to preserve. Kudos to Martha Cochran and Lois Abel Harlamert for their great work.
The book, which I highly recommend, is available through AVLT, local book stores and Amazon.
Even better, rumor has it that Martha and Lois are working on a sequel.
Another achievement of this past year was AVLT’s participation in the accreditation
process with the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission. As our industry matures, there is
a natural weeding out of poorly run organizations and more learning that can be shared among the
better organizations. In a sense, becoming accredited gains us entry to an elite best practice group
through which we can share ideas, adhere to high standards and promote quality.
Finally, I am humbled by the quality work and unwavering
commitment of our great staff and my fellow board members. Thank you for
leading by such good example.
Wally Obermeyer,
President, Board of Directors
Louis Meyer
Vice President
Cathy Porter
Secretary
Sandy Jackson
Treasurer
Jim Aresty
Dave Bellack
Sue Edelstein
Lee Ann Eustis
Rosemary Patterson
Staff
Martha Cochran
Executive Director
Suzanne Stephens
Associate Director
photo by Dan Bayer
Sincerely,
Wally Obermeyer
President
Bethany Collins
Project Specialist
Melissa Sumera
Office Manager
Aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main Street, Suite 204, Carbondale, CO 81623 tel:970/963.8440 fax:970/963.8441 e-mail: [email protected] www.avlt.org