After conducting extensive outreach with residents, trail users, cyclists, businesses, elected officials, and more, the Colorado West Land Trust has recently released a publication that articulates the community’s goals for conservation and recreation along Monument Road, “A Community Vision for Monument Road.”

Click here to view the Vision!

A 34-year-old organization that’s conserved more than 64,000 acres of agricultural lands, open spaces and wildlife habitat in and around Mesa County has earned a national distinction for a second time.

The Mesa Land Trust in Grand Junction has received renewed accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. The Mesa Land Trust first earned the accreditation in 2009.

Only 280 land trusts in the United States are accredited, which means they meet national standards ...