Happy Thanksgiving Week! 🦃
During this special time, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust gives thanks for the land — and for the people who keep it working.
We’re deeply grateful for you — the families, producers, partners in conservation, and supporters who empower our mission.
With your support, we’re able to continue partnering with landowners to conserve the land that feeds us, connects us, and defines us — and keep our state, Forever Colorado.
Thank you for being part of this lasting legacy.
Ours Today
Theirs Tomorrow
Here Always
#happythanksgiving #agriculture #conservation #thankyou
Last year, through Land Transfer Navigators, CCALT connected with approximately 100 landowners from across the state through one-on-one interactions, presentations and workshops. The Volks are just one of the many families working to get a succession plan in place. Over 12 million acres of Colorado ag land will change hands in the next 20 years. Dan Skeeters and CCALT are working hard to keep working lands in working hands and to help ensure these family legacies land and Colorado’s agricultural heritage will continue to live on. To support CCALT and our work in succession planning, ensuring we can continue to carry forward the legacy and local livelihoods of the next 150,000 acres and beyond, please consider donating to the Forever Colorado Spring Appeal at the link in our bio. #Colorado150 #ForeverColorado #OneMillionAcreMilestone
🌾We’re Hiring! Join the CCALT Team 🌾
The Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) is excited to announce an opportunity to join our team as an Eastern Colorado Additive Conservation Manager!
We’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented individual who is passionate about working lands, private land conservation, and rural Colorado communities. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys both field and office work, thrives in a dynamic environment, and is eager to collaborate with landowners, community partners, and conservation professionals.
🌿Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
🌿To learn more about the job and see how to apply, visit the link in our bio!
Colorado turns 150 this year and the Volk Ranch has been here nearly just as long. Founded in 1911, third generation rancher Gary Volk and his wife, Gail, spent years running cattle and stewarding the land, honoring the legacies and livelihoods of those that came before them. “To know that we have preserved the dreams, hard work and untold sacrifice of the generations before us is very special to us and we thank all that have made it possible,” said the Volks on their decision to put the ranch into a conservation easement with CCALT. That’s exactly what the Land Transfer Navigators program is about - preserving family and agricultural legacies that span generations and nearly Colorado’s entire history. To play your part in carrying legacies forward for the next 150 years, please consider donating to CCALT’s Forever Colorado Spring Appeal at the link in our bio #Colorado150 #ForeverColorado #OneMillionAcreMilestone
The Volks are one of the families that Land Transfer Navigator (LTN) lead at CCALT, Dan Skeeters, works with to carry forward legacies and transition agriculture to the next generation. His words reflect their deep commitment to the land—a legacy that CCALT and LTN are helping ensure live on. Over the last 150 years, Colorado has been shaped by families like the Volks. 🌾 Celebrate this 150th milestone by helping conserve the next 150,000 acres and beyond, and the family legacies tied to each acre. Donate to the Forever Colorado Spring Appeal at the link in our bio. To learn more about the Land Transfer Navigators, email [email protected] #FOREVER COLORADO #ONEMILLIONACREMILESTONE #COLORADO150
Farming and ranching is all about family...
And family begins with Mom.
To Mothers everywhere, thank you for being the steadying force that guides our families, shapes our futures, instills resilience, and fills our homes with love.
From the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust...
Thank you for being a Mom.
Join us tomorrow at the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation’s Farm and Ranch Day! Don’t miss a great opportunity for all ages to learn about ag, plus a Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast and Annual Plant Sale!
CALF has long been a partner with CCALT, and we are grateful to them for providing educational opportunities for all ages.
Learn more at thecalf.org.
We hope to see you there!
The Green’s commitment to the land ensures that agriculture in Routt County lives on while preserving the region’s important history. The original homesteads at Crags Ranch remain on the land thanks to the preservation efforts of Judy, Jerry, and many helping hands along the way.
Families like the Greens are the heart of Colorado’s first 150 years.
Please consider donating to CCALT’s Forever Colorado Spring Appeal here: /donate/
#Colorado150 #ForeverColorado #OneMillionAcreMilestone
This year, and every year, as Colorado celebrates its 150th year of statehood, we honor and thank families like the Greens.
Without their stewardship, Colorado’s first 150 years would not be defined by such rich history, deep love for the land, and thriving agriculture and rural economies.
To play your part in supporting working lands conservation, please consider donating to CCALT’s Forever Spring Appeal at the link in our bio.
#colorado150 #forevercolorado #onemillionacremilestone
We are proud to partner with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and landowner Mark Doehling to conserve 912 acres of Doehling Ranch, located in Moffat County. Originally purchased by the Doehling Family in 1987, the property provides a wealth of agricultural resource value, natural habitat, and scenic open space.
CCALT and the community at large extends its appreciation to the Doehling Family for their vision and generosity in placing Doehling Ranch under easement. By doing so, they have ensured this meaningful landscape will permanently remain intact and available for agricultural use, wildlife habitat, and scenic value. CCALT is also grateful to CPW’s Oil & Gas Compensatory Mitigation Grant Program and AES for their additional transaction cost assistance.
Learn more about the project at /2026/05/06/conservation-of-doehling-ranch-helps-maintain-grazing-landscape-wildlife-habitat-and-scenic-open-space/
Photos courtesy of Mark Doehling, Monica Shields, and Jim Le Favre.
The land is home to stories.
It’s the old milk can on the front porch that was once shipped back and forth from Denver.
It’s the echoes of ancient pictographs painted on the crag.
It’s the habitat for sandhill cranes, bears, and bald eagles.
It’s the cherished memories and history of families who have called it home.
As Colorado celebrates its 150th birthday in 2026, we celebrate the families, like the Greens, who love the land, and who’ve helped Colorado and CCALT reach amazing milestones. It is because of these families that we are within reach of the One Million Acre threshold. Please consider donating to CCALT’s Forever Colorado Spring Appeal to help us reach One Million Acres of conserved working lands and beyond.
/donate/
#Colorado150 #ForeverColorado #OneMillionAcreMilestone
We are so excited to be bringing the stories behind working lands conservation straight to you! Join us this Thursday, May 7th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm MT for the first of our Forever Colorado Virtual Ranch Tour series.
This month we will be highlighting Ben and Laurie Duke, owners of Fire Rock Ranch. Their hard work, dedication to working lands conservation, and passion for Colorado’s agriculture is an inspiration to all of us here at CCALT, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.
Register at the link in our bio 🔗
