30th Anniversary Mid-Year Updates

This year, LPOSC celebrates 30 years of conservation progress in Southwest Colorado! Since 1992, our organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has worked with nearly 200 landowners throughout southwestern Colorado to conserve 26,000 acres of land and 49 miles of river in perpetuity. The lands protected include agricultural lands that support locally grown food, open spaces, wildlife habitat, and recreation and park lands offering over 26 miles of trails.

We closed on a unique conservation easement on a five-acre property with significant archeological resources dating back to 800 AD back in January, and will complete a 180-acre conservation easement on a property south of Durango off of Highway 550 in the coming weeks.  We are in the process of finalizing another 180-acre conservation easement north of Elmore’s Corner and anticipate completing two additional conservation easements later this year.

We have also seen strong success with our Southwest Stewardship Series, now in its second year, which consists of educational workshops on various stewardship topics with the goal of improving the quality and resiliency of local lands.  Over the past several months, LPOSC has hosted or co-hosted three workshops open to the public covering topics ranging from pollinator preservation, soil health, and noxious weed mitigation.

Support from donors like you help make our work possible.  Please consider making a gift today in support of the natural lands, waters, and ways of life that bind us all together by donating online at  lposc.org.

Thank you!

Adrienne Dorsey              Christy Curd                     Leah Coe
Executive Director          Stewardship Director     Programs Assistant

Meet our new Board President: Chase LaCroix

Join us for the Community Concert Series in the Secret Garden! Six La Plata County nonprofits serving the environment sector have been selected to benefit from the 2022 Community Concerts in the Secret Garden at the Rochester Hotel, and we are grateful to have been selected.  Community Concerts pairs a nonprofit with a local music talent on Wednesday evenings throughout July 13 – August 17 to offer a fun evening of entertainment.  Food and signature cocktails provided by the Rochester Hotel will be available for purchase.  Please find the 2022 Concert Schedule below!

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