Protecting
agricultural lands, wildlife habitat, and open space in and around Mesa County
Welcome to Mesa Land Trust
We were founded in 1980, primarily as an agricultural land trust, by a
handful of
dedicated farmers from Palisade. Since then we have grown to
support six full-time staff and we work to conserve a variety of properties all over Mesa County.
Through partnerships with landowners, local governments, Mesa County, The Nature Conservancy and a variety of outside
funding agencies,
we now hold over 130 conservation easements and have conserved over 50,000
acres of land. The protected properties contain important agricultural
areas, including orchards, vineyard, cropland and grazing land, large
working ranches, and many properties provide important habitat for deer, elk
and the Gunnison Sage Grouse in addition to a variety of other species.
The conservation easements that we hold shall continue for perpetuity, and
this open space will help maintain the unique character, agriculture and
history of Mesa County.
Read our Newsletter
Our newsletter, The Landline, has stories about
conservation easements, different partnerships
and programs which we are working with, and other information and stories
about the workings of the land trust.
Here in Mesa County we have some beautiful vistas,
exceptional habitat and productive agricultural properties. We are all
fortunate that there are generous and concerned landowners who have donated
conservation easements on their properties. To view some of these
properties, click here.
Mesa Land Trust, 1006 Main
Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501
This site was last updated on
Thursday February 21, 2008 by
Ilana