Larimer County Administrative Services, District Attorney, Courts, Ranch, and Landfill will be closed on December 25, 2024, to celebrate the Christmas Day holiday.
Critical county services are not disrupted by closures.
The Smitherman conservation easement is not open to the public. The easement was purchased in order to protect a unique, naturally occurring and functioning Front Range wetland system.This property is located in the center of Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest and is also near more than 2,000 acres protected by Boulder County.
* Estes Valley Land Trust
** Great Outdoors Colorado
Management Plan
When only the development rights of a property are purchased, as in the case of a conservation easement, any future development of that land is limited. The landowner continues to manage the property, and the land remains on the tax rolls. Land with a conservation easement is not generally open to the public because it is still in private ownership.
The Estes Valley Land Trust holds the conservation easement and also manages this property.
