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Winter of 2007-2008 - cattle
 
Winter of 2007-2008 - view

Winter of 2008 has brought record snow to the Gunnison Valley.

 

 
Vader Ranch
The Vader Cloverleaf Ranch Easement protects 299 acres in the Quartz Creek Valley above Parlin.
 
Trampe's barn on Allen Lane near Gunnison
Trampe's barn on Allen Lane north of Gunnison.

 

The Irby West Conservation Easement
 
Irby Ranch - barn
The Irby West Conservation Easement was completed in December 2003. The Irby family placed a conservation easement on 197 acres of irrigated meadow in the Tomichi Valley, about 20 miles east of Gunnison.
 
Irby Ranch - Pond
This productive agricultural property adds to the 17 miles of protected riparian corridor along Tomichi Creek. Funding for this easement was provided by the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, Great Outdoors Colorado, and the Gunnison Valley Land Preservation Board.

 

 
Cattle grazing with Anthracite Mountains as a backdrop.
Cattle grazing with the Anthracite Mountains as a backdrop.
 

 



Photos courtesy of Steve Willcox Photography


 

 
Family-owned ranchlands in the Ohio Creek Valley.
Family-owned ranchlands in the Ohio Creek Valley, between Gunnison and Crested Butte.
 
Brett Redden with dogs
Brett Redden’s family raises cattle in the Ohio Creek Valley where they have protected 995 acres with a conservation easement.

 

 
Burt Guerrieri with horse
Burt Guerrieri placed a conservation easement on 160 acres along Mill Creek near the West Elk Wilderness.
 
Cattle drive along Highway 135
Cattle are moved seasonally to lower pastures along the highway to Crested Butte Mountain Resort.

 

 
Fred Field with tractor
Fred Field placed an easement on 594 acres along Highway 50, east of Gunnison.
 
Fossil Ridge view
A conservation easement protects this view of the Fossil Ridge Wilderness.

 

 
Bill Trampe on horseback
Bill Trampe, one of the founders of the Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy.
 
Boots on a shed

 

Contact Information
For more information about the GRCL, or to make a donation, please contact:

Lucy Goehl, Executive Director
307 N. Main, Suite 2A
Gunnison, CO 81230
970.641.4386, voice
970.641.4685, fax
info@gunnisonlegacy.org

 

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