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Restoring Historic Irrigation in the San Luis Valley

Funding from the Trinchera Blanca Foundation helped Colorado Open Lands initiate the protection of historic water rights and increase awareness of conservation across the San…

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Trinchera Blanca Foundation Renews Commitment to San Luis Valley Conservation Through Partnership with Colorado Open Lands 

Alamosa, CO Colorado Open Lands announced today renewed support from the Trinchera Blanca Foundation for ongoing conservation work in the San Luis Valley.  The two organizations…

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Impact Story 2: Colorado Open Lands – Supporting Community-Guided Irrigation Stewardship Through Acequia Advocacy

Acequia is an Arabic word that means “water bearer,” and it describes an irrigation system that Spanish settlers established in northern New Mexico and southern…

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Louis Bacon’s Trinchera Blanca Foundation Ensures Conservation of Colorado’s Acequia Water Rights

03.10.2016 SAN LUIS VALLEY, CO – Colorado Open Lands (COL) today announced that a generous grant from The Trinchera Blanca Foundation, the Colorado affiliate of…

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