All Larimer County Administrative Offices, District Attorney, Courts, Landfill, and Ranch Offices will be closed on November 27 to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. On November 28, Larimer County Administrative Services, District Attorney, and Ranch offices remain closed. The courts will be open until noon that day, and the Landfill will be open.
Critical county services are not disrupted by closures.
Enos Mills, acknowledged as the father of Rocky Mountain National Park, came to this area when he was 14 years old and the rest, as they say, is history. Even as a teenager he recognized the important wildlife and wetland values of this area. The conservation easement protects the areas where he lived and worked and was established through a partnership with the Estes Valley Land Trust. It has very limited public access.
When only the development rights of a property are purchased, as in the case of a conservation easement, any future development of that land is limited. The landowner continues to manage the property, and the land remains on the tax rolls. Land with a conservation easement is not generally open to the public because it is still in private ownership.
