Southern Plains Land Trust

Southern Plains Land Trust is a non-profit organization based in Lamar, Colorado. The organization employs 6 people and generates an annual revenue of $2.5 million. Southern Plains Land Trust focuses on the conservation of shortgrass prairie ecosystems. They achieve this by purchasing land in the southern Great Plains and establishing nature preserves. The organization also encourages neighboring landowners, both private and governmental, to adopt sustainable land management practices that promote harmony with the prairie ecology. The organization's first preserve, the Fresh Tracks Nature Preserve, was established in 1998 with a 1,280-acre parcel in Baca County, Colorado. Since then, they have expanded their network to include over 26,000 acres across southeastern Colorado. Southern Plains Land Trust holds conservation easements certified by the State of Colorado, is registered with the State of New Mexico, and is a member of both the Land Trust Alliance and the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts. For more information, please visit southernplains.org.