Conservationists have released a plan to protect key lands and waters in Colorado that people and nature need to survive and thrive in a changing climate. “Conserving Colorado: A 10-year Roadmap for the Future of Private Land Conservation” calls for doubling the number of acres protected over the next 10 years, from 3.3 million to 6.6 million acres. Comments from Linda Lidov, interim executive director, Keep It Colorado.
It has been a busy beginning of the state legislative session! We’ve successfully seen the introduction and progress of the Working Group Bill – SB20-135.
Read our letter to the editor in the Summit Daily: “Conservation easements are a perpetual protection tool.”
Read our op ed in the Colorado Sun: “Forever means forever. Colorado’s iconic landscapes require ‘perpetual conservation easements’ protection”
Read what we had to say about Summit County’s plan to end a conservation easement in the Colorado Sun.
SB20-135 was introduced in the Senate. The bill was drafted to reflect the HB19-1264 Working Group recommendations. A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 13.
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