Colorado's Great Outdoors: Celebrating 20 Years of Lottery-Funded Lands Friday, October 26th, 2012 - 7 pm - Carson Auditorium, Adams State University In celebration of Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) 20th anniversary, the Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust invites you to join renowned photographer John Fielder for a free slideshow on Colorado's Great Outdoors: Celebrating 20 Years of Lottery-Funded Lands.  Mr. Fielder will present his spectacular photos of GOCO projects from throughout the state, with a special focus on projects here in the San Luis Valley. John Fielder will also be on hand to sign his new books and 30% of all sales benefit RiGHT! For more information, please contact the land trust at (719) 657.0800 or click here to read our press release for the event. Additional information on Great Outdoors Colorado and John Fielder is available on their websites: www.goco.org and johnfielder.com 2nd Annual Headwaters Hoedown! Mark your calendars now for next year’s Headwaters Hoedown! Sunday, September 15th, 2013 RiGHT Board and Staff would like to thank everyone who came out to the Gilmore Ranch for our annual Headwaters Hoedown celebration! Our work would not be possible without the generous support of so many individuals and businesses. Click here for a full list of the landowners who conserved their land with RiGHT in 2011 along with all of our 2012 sponsors, volunteers, food donors, and silent auction donors - thank you! We also want to thank everyone who generously contributed to our "Save the Ranch" pledge drive. Thanks to your help, we successfully reached and surpassed our $10,000 goal!We are truly grateful for the overwhelming community support we received. 2013 is shaping up to be another big year and thanks to your help, we are well prepared to continue responding to important conservation opportunities in the San Luis Valley.

SAVE THE RANCH DONORS

$1,000
Dave Duncan (San Luis Valley Title Co.) - Julie Mordecai -
Andrea & Michael Banks in honor of Paul Robertson

$500
Glen & Fran Clark* - Gigi Darricades & Mike Gibson -
Jim Gilmore - Duane Larson - Steve Vandiver

$400
Tom & Pat Gilmore - Cathy Morin & Ian Rich

$250
Michael & Peggy Blenden - Tony Dinger & Gary Sabrowski (Wild West Wine & Spirits) - Judy Luckhart & Greg Hrehovcsik - Jim & Sandy Simmons -
Leonard Velasquez*

$200
Bill Brinton & Kristina Steinberg* - Lyle & Liz Hood* -
Don Richmond & Teri McCartney - Rita Roberts -
Mike & Marilyn Willett* - Toby & Jessica Willett* -
George Whitten & Julie Sullivan

$100-$150
Elizabeth, Justin, Noah & Soren Bailey -
Charlotte & Tom Bobicki - Nancy Butler & Lee Carpenter - Pete & Leah Clark - Beth Conover -Frank Evans & Susanna Gross - Harland & Sam Hauser - Milcah Hawk & Tom Tichy - Leigh Anne Lobato & Marc Syrene - Sean McConville & Kathy Faz - Ted & Judy McNeilsmith - Karen & Tom Slade -
Mike Spearman - Don Stegman - Jeannine Willett

$50-$75
Tyra Barnes - Don Leahy - John Stump & Perla Kopeloff

Note: A * indicates a landowner who conserved their land with RiGHT. RiGHT Board Members are indicated in bold.

Photo: The 400-acre Haywood Ranch contains productive agricultural lands, important wildlife habitat, and the number one senior water right on the Rio Grande. Thanks to all of our Save the Ranch donors for helping protect this important piece of the San Luis Valley!

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Since 1999, the Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust (RiGHT) has helped private landowners protect over 18,000 acres of working ranches and farms, wildlife habitat, water resources, and scenic landscapes throughout the San Luis Valley. Help protect what you love about the San Luis Valley and support RiGHT by becoming a Conservation Partner today!

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