50th Anniversary
Colorado
2016 marks The Nature Conservancy in Colorado’s 50th Anniversary. All year long we will be celebrating our work to protect Colorado’s lands and waters, restore our forests and connect more people with nature by highlighting our successes and how they inspire us as we plan for the future.
Learn more about the people and places behind our work over the last 50 years and check back as we add more features during our anniversary year.
Colorado Timeline
Explore the Conservancy's history of 50 years of work across Colorado.
Conservation at a Global Scale
The Nature Conservancy in Colorado has helped launch global programs in 16 locations throughout the world, through the sharing of best practices, expertise and resources.
Tamarisk Removal on the San Miguel River
Learn how an ambitious project to clear tamarisk from the San Miguel River set the precedent for riparian restoration work in the western United States.
Creating The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado River Program
Learn how states throughout the Colorado River basin came together to create one of the Conservancy's first landscape-level programs.
Great Sand Dunes
Watch a video to find out how The Nature Conservancy helped in the creation of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
JE Canyon Ranch
Watch a video about this iconic 50,000-acre property in the heart of southeast Colorado.
Walker Ranch
Learn how The Nature Conservancy, a lifelong rancher and the U.S. Army came together to protect 22,000 acres in Colorado.
Landscape Conservation: Phantom Canyon
When The Nature Conservancy purchased Phantom Canyon in the Laramie Foothills it changed the way the Conservancy approached land protection.
A Million Pennies for High Creek Fen
What started out as an elementary school math project turned into a lasting legacy for one of Colorado's most unique landscapes—and inspired a new generation of conservationists.
The Nature Conservancy’s First Colorado Preserve
The protection of Mexican Cut initiated the founding of The Nature Conservancy in Colorado.
Carpenter Ranch: 20 Years of Protection
Conserving the natural, historical and agricultural heritage of the Yampa Valley.