Larimer County to add 4.5 acres to Little Ponderosa conservation easement; amendment to appear on consent agenda

Larimer County staff told the Board of County Commissioners on May 12 that they plan to amend the Little Ponderosa Ranch conservation easement to include roughly 4.5 acres of inholdings the landowner acquired after the original easement was recorded.

The change matters because the conservation easement is perpetual and amendments are rare; county staff said the amendment would remove one residential development right, incorporate the recovered parcels into the protected acreage, and permit construction of one limited nonresidential barn to support agricultural use.

Megan Flanagan, Natural Resources, told commissioners the county only considers amendments that are “consistent with the original intent of that conservation easement,” and that amendments must produce a “net beneficial or neutral effect” on the…