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Palmer Land Conservancy proposes farmland project and asks council to explore Pueblo Mountain Park easement
Summary
Palmer Land Conservancy briefed the council on a decade‑long Bessemer Farmland Conservation Project, a recent 620‑acre acquisition in Avondale, Generation Wild youth programming and a request to discuss conservation easement options for the city‑owned Pueblo Mountain Park.
Palmer Land Conservancy representatives presented an overview of local conservation work Monday and asked the Pueblo City Council to begin exploring a potential conservation easement for the city‑owned Pueblo Mountain Park.
Dylan O’Hare, senior conservation manager, said Palmer is Pueblo’s local land trust and has conserved about 140,000 acres across its service area, with more than 100,000 acres in working farms and ranches. He described the Bessemer Farmland Conservation Project, which Palmer has led for roughly 10 years in eastern Pueblo County to respond to planned “dry up” of irrigation on parts of the Bessemer Ditch. Palmer said Pueblo Board of Water Works purchased roughly a third of Bessemer Ditch shares (about 5,000 shares) in 2009…
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