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The Land Line
Forever Protected: Silver Mountain Preserve
December 10, 2025
In a collaborative conservation effort, Palmer Land Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy in Colorado are proud to announce the permanent protection of Silver Mountain Preserve, an expansive 11,000-acre working cattle and bison ranch in southeastern Colorado
What It Really Means to Protect Land Forever in Southern Colorado
November 21, 2025
Imagine this moment. You’ve just finished a trail run at Red Rock Canyon. The air has that crisp morning chill. At the base of a sandstone fin, you spot a doe and her still-spotted fawn grazing…
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Palmer's Picks: 2025 Land Lover Holiday Gift Guide
November 20, 2025
If you're shopping for someone who finds joy in Colorado's mountains, trails, and open spaces, you're in the right place. Palmer's Picks is a staff tradition where our team shares the gear that…
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CEO Op-Ed: Making a choice between despair and hope
October 16, 2025
This option piece by Rebecca Jewett, President and CEO of Palmer Land Conservancy, was first
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Following the Water: Bike the Bessemer 2025
October 15, 2025
Nearly 140 participants gathered for the 5th Annual Bike the Bessemer event, despite windy conditions. The extended 15-mile bike tour across Pueblo's St.
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Ancient Rhythms, Modern Solutions: How a Colorado Rancher and Palmer are Testing Ancient Grazing Wisdom
October 15, 2025
As the crisp fall mornings return to Pueblo County, Robert Hamilton moves his cattle across the rolling shortgrass prairie of Rocking Jar Ranch.
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Breaking Barriers to Nature: $1.75M Grant Creates Pathways for Pueblo's Next Generation of Conservation Champions
September 30, 2025
For over a decade, Palmer Land Conservancy has worked on community-driven conservation projects in Pueblo, most notably the Bessemer Farmland Conservation Project.
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Fall Colors Near Colorado Springs: Leaf Peep at these Five Peaceful Palmer-Protected Parks and Open Spaces
September 22, 2025
The legendary Colorado fall views beckon tens of thousands of people into the mountains for the temporal display of exquisite colors, which leads to an increase in traffic volumes along the few…
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Colorado College Students Experience a Model of Urban Conservation at Mesa Valley
September 12, 2025
In the heart of Colorado Springs, where quaint neighborhoods nestle up against open spaces, a group of ecology students from Colorado College recently discovered one of our community's hidden…
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Celebrating the Legacy of Two Local Conservation Champions
September 9, 2025
A Reflection by Rebecca Jewett, President and CEO
In the last couple of weeks, conservation lost two local stalwarts, Gary Conover and Marcy Morrison.
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Colorado College Students Tend Fire-Resilient Landscapes
August 26, 2025
In the shadow of Colorado's majestic Ponderosas, where neighborhoods meet the foothill forests, an inspiring collaboration unfolded recently at a Palmer-conserved property near the southern edge…
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