Colorado ranch bought for conservation links to 100,000+ acres of public land
A 674-acre ranch on Colorado’s Pikes Peak was listed for $5.9 million as a potential development site, but Palmer Land Conservancy bought it for conservation instead. The Pinestone Ranch property connects Woodland Park with more than 100,000 acres of public land and could eventually support trails, wildlife habitat and public access as part of wider efforts to complete the Ring the Peak route.
A land dispute in Colorado has persisted for over four decades, stemming from an 1844 Mexican land grant known as the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. The 80,000-acre property now called Cielo Vista Ranch, or traditionally La Sierra, is located in Costilla County. Ownership of the property is in dispute, as are the rights of access for various activities such as grazing livestock and collecting firewood.
The dispute has involved heirs of the original land grant and the current owners of the ranch, and has led to multiple legal battles over the extent of these rights. Recently, Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed former US Interior Secretary and Ambassador Ken Salazar as a special envoy to help resolve the long-standing disagreement.
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