Resources
The 5 Colorado Conservation Partners:
Colorado Conservation Trust - is a statewide non-profit organization passionate about keeping the very special places of Colorado special forever. Our role is to bring together conservation dollars, the great works of local, state and national conservation groups, and the latest information and expertise to make the greatest impact on Colorado’s threatened landscapes.
Colorado Open Lands - Our mission is to preserve the significant open lands and diminishing natural heritage of Colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation techniques and strategic leadership.
The Conservation Fund - is the nation’s foremost environmental nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s most important landscapes and waterways for future generations. The Conservation Fund pioneers a balanced, non-advocacy, non-membership approach to conservation, one that blends environmental and economic goals and objectives.
The Nature Conservancy - Our mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
The Trust for Public Land - is a national, nonprofit, land conservation organization that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic sites, rural lands, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come.
Local Partners:
Coming soon!
National & Statewide Land Trust Resources:
Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts – Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts’ mission is to promote and support land conservation excellence in Colorado through leadership, advocacy, education and outreach.
Colorado Department of Natural Resources – http://www.dnr.state.co.us/
Land Trust Alliance – The Land Trust Alliance promotes voluntary private land conservation to benefit communities and natural systems. They are the national convener, strategist and representative of more than 1,500 land trusts across America.
Conservation Law and Tax Issues:
Colorado Statutes – This is a searchable database of the Colorado Law Statutes.
Conservation Law, PC – Tax Articles – Conservation Law articles on tax credits and conservation easements.
IRS Tax Code Sec. 1.170A-14 – What are qualified conservation contributions? This is the actual language the IRS uses to gauge what is considered a qualified conservation contribution.
Isaacson Rosenbaum, PC – Tax Updates – Isaacson Rosenbaum’s directory of articles relating to tax and tax credit laws on conservation.
Stephen J. Small, Attorney – Stephen J. Small is recognized as the nation's leading authority on private land protection options and strategies. Before authoring the Federal Tax Law of Conservation Easements and Preserving Family Lands: Book I, Book II, and Book III, he wrote the Federal Income Tax Regulations on Conservation Easements as attorney-advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.
Colorado Informative News sites:
Headwaters News – Headwaters News seeks to create an informed and active citizenry in the Rocky Mountain West by providing an on-line, free, premier daily news service that features the region’s top stories on the most relevant issues. They offer summaries of and links to the region’s best stories and commentary on environmental, political, economic, growth and tribal issues, and delivers them to your desktop.
High Country News – High Country News is a bi-weekly newspaper that reports on the West's natural resources, public lands, and changing communities. Covering 11 western states, from the Great Plains to the Northwest, and from the Northern Rockies to the desert Southwest, High Country News is a respected source for environmental news, analysis and commentary on water, logging, wildlife, grazing, wilderness, growth and other issues changing the face of the West.
