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Mountain Area Land Trust describes 41 local conservation easements and regional work
Summary
Mountain Area Land Trust (MALT) said it has completed 41 conservation easements in the greater Conifer area, representing roughly 25% of its six-county work, and highlighted public-access properties and outreach programs including a leaf-peeping hike and educational activities.
Mountain Area Land Trust staff described the nonprofit’s regional conservation work and the number of easements completed in the Conifer area.
Christine Strickland, Land and Water Conservation Director for Mountain Area Land Trust (MALT), said MALT works across a six-county region and that Conifer-area properties account for 41 conservation easements — approximately 25% of the organization’s easements. She said MALT protects a broad mix of land types including working ranches and farms, mountain properties, former mining lands and legacy family properties.
Strickland listed public-access properties MALT has helped protect: Noble Meadow (now part of El Camino Open Space), Floyd Hill Open Space (where MALT holds a conservation easement on a front parcel), Floyd Hill Meadow (an 18-acre donation open year-round), Beaverbrook Watershed (a multi-stakeholder effort with the city of Golden, state and U.S. Forest Service), Sacramento Creek Ranch and Pennsylvania Mountain Natural Area. She said MALT holds nearly 27,000 acres in easements across its service area and about 8,200 acres have public access.
Strickland also noted MALT’s outreach and education programs, including trail work, birding, book readings and other events, and said outreach since 2015 has reached more than 2,000 people. MALT staff said they maintain a table at the meeting for residents who want to learn more or get involved.
