STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – — On the heels of the program’s busiest year to date, members of the Purchase of Development Rights program say they have three conservation projects pending for 2012 and about $1.9 million of taxpayer money available for those and future projects.
“Last year was undoubtedly the most active year we’ve ever had in terms of completing projects,” veteran Purchase of Development Rights program board member Ron Roundtree said Monday.
The eight projects finalized by the PDR program in 2011 put just more than 5,376 acres of land under conservation easements, effectively eliminating any chance of future development on that land. Since it was established in 1997, the voter-approved PDR program has helped pay for easements on 27,192 acres of Routt County land.
Read more at:
