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The Southern Plains Land Trust
P.O. Box 66
Pritchett, Colorado 81064
505-699-7404

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What's new at SPLT? (Site updated 11/03/06)
    SPLT's Dedicate an Acre Program




    What is SPLT?


    The Southern Plains Land Trust recognizes the immense and immediate need to preserve the declining shortgrass prairie ecosystems of the Great Plains. We utilize the strategy of land acquisition and restoration coupled with a strong outreach program and support for public lands reform.

    SPLT celebrated the purchase of our first block of this reserve network in November 1998: a 1,280 acre parcel in Baca County, Colorado three miles north of the Comanche National Grassland. We named this property "Fresh Tracks" to acknowledge the welcomed sight of native animal tracks on the land and to signify a new path toward land management on the Plains, one where wildlife is respected for it own intrinsic value.

    Currently, there are 3,200 acres of protected land within SPLT's Prairie Reserve Network.

    Last Gulch Ranch Bed and Breakfast: enjoy a weekend on the prairie and support SPLT's land acquisition efforts
    Relax with Bison & Help SPLT! Spend a weekend at a southeastern Colorado bison ranch and help prairie wildlife. The bed and breakfast weekend package includes two nights at the Last Gulch Ranch; catered meals; and a guided tour of Fresh Tracks, Marianne Rees Nature Preserve, and area birding and wildlife hotspots by a SPLT board member or seasoned naturalist. Cost is $350 for two people or $700 for four. Transportation to bison ranch not included. Contact SPLT board member Jennifer Melton at jenmelton99@yahoo.com or 303-642-3998 for more information.
    Join SPLT's Conservation Buyers Network
    If you are interested in joining with SPLT friends who are looking to acquire more land, please let us know, so we can put you in contact with our network of conservation buyers. You can help SPLT and prairie wildlife by buying land, and then donating to either the land or a conservation easement on the land to SPLT. Contact splt@southernplains.org
    Comanche National Grassland Plan Participation
    SPLT is organizing site visits to different parts of the Comanche National Grassland (over 400,000 acres in southeast Colorado), which is managed by the US Forest Service. The Service is revising the management plan for the grassland and now is our opportunity to advocate for better management to protect native animals and plants. If you have the time to participate in this effort, please email us for more information: splt@southernplains.org.