A new round of funding through the Transaction Cost Assistance Program is advancing the protection of high-value conservation lands across Colorado.
A Win for Land, Water, and Wildlife: Colorado Conservation Easement Tax Credit Extended
Legislation to extend the state’s highly successful Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program was signed into law by Governor Polis on June 1, 2026. Now the program’s sunset has been extended from 2031 to 2036. The bill passed with incredibly strong bipartisan support, with 92 of 100 legislators voting in support of HB26-1230.
Spring Summit 2026 at CMC Spring Valley
Op-Ed: Conservation Easements: Conserving More Than Just Land
Op-Ed: Why Denver should care about conservation easements
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Extend Colorado’s Conservation Easement Tax Credit
DENVER — Bipartisan legislation introduced on February 19 in the Colorado General Assembly would extend the state’s highly successful Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program. HB26-1230 ensures continued protection of Colorado’s farms, ranches, wildlife habitat, water resources, and outdoor recreation landscapes.
Over 7,000 Acres to be Conserved with Transaction Cost Grants
Keep It Colorado will award $551,100 in assistance to six nonprofit Colorado land trusts, which will support landowners who have volunteered to protect their properties through conservation.
Planning Together at Policy Summit 2025
New Connections at the National Land Conservation Conference
Keep It Colorado Awards $553,850 to Help Conserve 16,000 Acres
Keep It Colorado will award $553,850 in assistance to seven nonprofit Colorado land trusts, which will support landowners who have volunteered to protect their properties through conservation. The 10 selected projects will help permanently protect 16,026 acres encompassing vital wildlife habitat, working farms and ranches.
Spring Summit 2025: a Gunnison Adventure
Spring Summit always feels like a reunion, and it was such a joy to gather with 140 coalition members, supporters, and partners from May 21-23, 2025. Western Colorado University had a great space for our meetings, and the Gunnison Valley was the perfect backdrop for our land conservation event with countless examples of land conservation in action close by.
Robyn Paulekas appointed as Executive Director for Keep It Colorado
We're 5! Keep It Colorado Celebrates 5 Years
Policy Summit 2024
Every year Keep It Colorado convenes our members for our Annual Policy Summit. On October 2, 34 coalition members gathered in person and online to talk policy. We highlighted the outcomes of the 2024 legislative session, celebrated the coalition's conservation achievements, and discussed the outlook for 2025.
Public Agency Roundtable 2024
In the Field: Summer Visits 2024
Keep It Colorado Awards $840,000 for Voluntary Conservation Projects
Keep It Colorado will award $840,000 in assistance to 10 nonprofit Colorado land trusts, which will support landowners who have volunteered to protect their properties through conservation. The 15 selected projects will help permanently protect over 13,000 acres of working ranches, wetlands, water rights and wildlife corridors on land that would otherwise be at imminent risk of being subdivided or converted to other uses.
Keep It Colorado Receives Over $1.5 Million to Advance Conservation
Keep It Colorado has received $1.52 million to provide transaction, planning, capacity and community engagement support to Colorado’s land conservation community. The funds are organized under two programs: the Transaction Cost Assistance Program and Organizational Advancement. They will enable coalition members to take steps in implementing Conserving Colorado: A 10-year Roadmap for the Future of Private Land Conservation.
Spring Summit 2024: A Week to Remember
Oh, what a week it was! Spring Summit this year (May 8-10) was an event for the books. Over 150 members and partners traveled to Morgridge Commons in Glenwood Springs for the annual convening despite snowy roads and tunnel closures. We packed three full days with a water classroom, a water lab, a field trip to Cold Mountain Ranch, learning sessions, plenty of connection and networking opportunities, and Conservation Olympics.
Conservation Groups Receive Nearly $160,000 in Grants to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Organizational Development
Keep It Colorado and the Land Trust Alliance have partnered to award nearly $160,000 in grants to land trusts and conservation nonprofits, helping them strengthen and build programs to create a more diverse, equitable, inclusive and just conservation sector and advance organizational capacity. Investments from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) generously funded this initiative through Keep It Colorado’s Emerging Conservation Opportunities (ECO) program.
