Colorado Open Lands

The Mission of Colorado Open Lands is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of Colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation techniques and strategic leadership.

Strategic Vision: Ensure perpetual conservation and preservation such that Coloradans recognize open lands are inherent in the fabric of our communities and fundamental to our quality of life. 

COL Guiding Principles:

Integrity – we earn the trust of our landowners, partners, donors and community by fulfilling our commitments and holding ourselves to the highest ethical standards in all we do.

Creativity – we are focused on creating, championing, and celebrating conservation-minded solutions that turn land use challenges into opportunities. 

Inspiration – we are driven by a love of Colorado’s magnificent lands and a respect for the landowners that steward them and the citizens that cherish them.

Collaborative Leadership – our leadership will seek and foster internal and external collaborative relationships to meet the challenge of conservation in perpetuity. 

How We Work: As we implement our annual work plan, we are also committed to focusing on “how” we work, with an eye toward our 10 year objectives, which include:

·    Becoming strong and relevant citizen of our communities
·    Providing leadership to our industry and community through collaboration and partnerships
·    Building effective partnerships with colleague organizations
·    Applying strong guiding principles to our organization and our work
·    Meaningfully engaging key constituencies