News Archives

This list provides links to 2008 articles that were active when published but may no longer be available.

• CCLT Press Release: Gov. Ritter gets bill putting brakes on land conservation abuses.
  [2-May-08]

• Conservation easement bill passes House
  Bizjournals.com, NC - May 2, 2008

• Appraiser on easements suspended
  Rocky Mountain News - May 2, 2008
  

• Appraiser accused of improper inflation may face charges
  9NEWS - May 1, 2008
  

• Bill to reform scenic land tax credits nears passage
  Rocky Mountain News - May 1, 2008
  

• Protect conservation easement system
  Longmont Times Call
  April 20, 2008
  Janis Whisman
  

• Protecting easements
  The Pueblo Cheiftain
  April 18, 2008
  

• In Land We Trust
  Rocky Mountain Chronicle
  April 17, 2008
  (reprint of High Country News article)
  

• Earth Events
  Summit Daily News
  April 21, 2008
  

• Land Trust presents Fielder slide show
  Estes Park Trail-Gazette
  April 11, 2008
  

• Easement proposal fails
  Denver Post, CO - Apr 9, 2008
  

• Conservation easement conundrums
  High Country News - Mar 31, 2008
  (see full text at end of email)

• Ranchers Worry About Future of Conservation Tax Credit
  KUNC - Radio Broadcast

• Columnist: Transparency welcome on open space tax credits
  Vail Daily News, CO - Mar 25, 2008
  Cindy Cohagen-Executive Director, Eagle Valley Land Trust

• Ridgway rancher looks back
  The Daily Planet, CO - Mar 24, 2008

• Colo. ranches preserved on film
  Denver Post, CO - Mar 21, 2008
  

• Land Conservation Credits
  Fox News Denver
  March 11, 2008
  

• Lawmakers Scrutinize Conservation Easement Fraud
  KUNC
  March 11, 2008
  

• Bill pays to monitor tax credits
  Denver Post, CO
  Mar 20, 2008 

• Panel backs land-conservation overhaul
  Rocky Mountain News, CO
  Mar 20, 2008
  

• Easement standards clear, plentiful
  Mark S. Weston
  Rocky Mountain News
  March 18, 2008
  

• Fees to benefit easement regulation
  Denver Post, CO 
  Mar 12, 2008 
  

• House panel hears easement testimony
  Denver Post, CO
  Mar 12, 2008 
  

• Lawmakers consider fees to oversee easements program
  Rocky Mountain News, CO
  Mar 11, 2008 
  

• Lawmakers promise to crack down on conservation easements
  Summit Daily News, CO
  Mar 11, 2008
  

• Legislators Tighten Up Easement Tax Credit
  Cherry Creek News, CO
  Mar 11, 2008
  

• Maintaining conservation system is critical for Colorado's future
  Grand Junction Sentinel
  March 07, 2008
  

• SPEAKOUT: Standards needed for easements
  Howard Hallman
  Rocky Mountain News, CO
  Mar 4, 2008
  

• Ritter: State may join land trust probe
  Denver Post
  2/28/08
  

• Policing conservation tax credits
  Rocky Mountain News
  2/27/08
  

• Preservation of ranch secured
  Rocky Mountain News
  2/26/08
  

• State agency subpoenas land trust's records
  Rocky Mountain News
  2/26/08
  

• State probes land trust
  Denver Post                                                   
  2/26/08
  

• Don't cap easements let enforcement work
  Jill Ozarski- Executive Director CCLT
  Rocky Mountain News
  

• Colorado should invest more in land conservation
  Senator Jim Isgar
  Durango Herald
  

• Better oversight will strengthen and preserve conservation easement program
  Representative Alice Madden
  Rocky Mountain News
  

• Public access is beside the point
  Nancy Lauth
  Rocky Mountain News
  

• Easy Easements
  Rocky Editorial Board
  Rocky Mountain News
  

• Our Money Their Benefit: Add oversight to land protection program
  Daily Camera, CO Feb 13, 2008
  

• Rocky Mountain News Series
  Part 1-Abuses Taint Land Deals
  Part 2- Access a Rare Bird and 'Real People' Doing Conservation
  Part 3-Saving Lands: For People or Profit?
  

• License frozen for Loveland appraiser
  Denver Post, CO - Jan 13, 2008

2007 Articles (no links - to find these articles we suggest searching google news)

• 12/28/07, Denver Post: State's conservation easement program worth saving
  
• 12/16/07, Pueblo Chieftain : Force focus on stronger easements
  
• 12/16/07, Denver Post, IRS Multiplies Easements' Pitfalls
  
• 12/12/07, Denver Post, Legislator: Easement Probe Chills Giving
  
• 12/11/07, Denver Post : Preserve the integrity of land easement program
  
• 12/11/07, Denver Post, State Annuls Tax Breaks
  
• 12/11/07, Rocky Mountain News, Senators Seek Faster Investigation of
  Easements
  
• 12/8/07, Rocky Mountain News, State Disputes $15 Million of Tax Credits
  
• 12/8/07, Rocky Mountain News : Official wants to keep program but halt
  abuses
  
• 12/8/07, Pueblo Chieftain, Easements Probe Includes Cases for Huerfano
  County
  
• 12/7/07, Rocky Mountain News : Ex-Broncos star lands subpoena
  
• 12/7/07, Denver Post : Appraiser fined $10,000, has license downgraded
  
• 12/7/07, Denver Post : Conservation tax breaks used to fund luxuries for
  rich
  
• 11/25/07, Denver Post, Editorial: Easement does it: Be careful with program
  
• 11/25/07, Durango Herald, Editorial: Conservation Easements: Curb Abuses
  and Protect Successful Program
  
• 11/24/07, Denver Post : Easement deals lead to inquiry
  
• 11/22/07, Pueblo Chieftain, Editorial: Bad Actors
  
• 11/20/07, Pueblo Chieftain, State Launches Conservation Easement Probe
  
• 11/21/07, Denver Post, Subpoenas Issued Over Easements
  
• 11/21/07, Durango Herald, Agencies Investigate Land Easements
  
• 11/11/07, Denver Post, Ranch Easements Culled