Dear Conservation-minded Consumer:

It is with much excitement that we announce the first annual edition of Bountiful Conservation: A Guide to Colorado Products and Services from Conserved Lands. We hope that you will find many hidden gems that are all the more special because you know that the owners of the businesses have committed to preserving the places that make their products and services so unique. All of the businesses in this directory are operated on conserved properties.

What is a conserved property?

It is a property that has a permanent conservation easement on it. That means that the owners voluntarily agreed to keep their land from being developed and have given up very valuable development rights because they care about sustaining the beauty, wildlife habitat, and productivity of their land forever.

The goals in creating Bountiful Conservation are threefold: 1) to reward landowners who have conserved their property by allowing them to market their products and services directly to consumers through listing in the directory; 2) to help Colorado residents understand the value of preserved land by realizing all of the important products and services that come from those lands; and 3) to give conservation supporters a way to "vote with their dollars" by purchasing products and services that come from conserved lands whenever possible.

If we have done our job well, you will enjoy organic vegetables from Grant Family Farms, decorate your home with a beautiful photograph from Tri C3 Imagery, go on a hunting trip at Hayward Ranch, or buy delicious Colorado raised beef from one of more than half a dozen producers. We also hope to find other producers who have conserved their land who aren’t included in the directory yet, so please let us know who we have missed. Finally, we hope that other folks who have thought about permanently preserving their land will look into it further and decide to grant a conservation easement. We hope you enjoy the bounty that Colorado has to offer!

Interested in being featured on this site? Contact us or complete a sign-up form.