Past Accomplishments

SMLC has initiated or participated in conservation and land preservation projects in the south metro area totaling 10,300 acres.  They include:

• Buffering S. Platte Park:
  • Newton Trust property: 18.75 acres (site of Aspen Grove Shopping Center); Advocacy and Financial Participation
  • Superchi Property:  22 acres; Advocacy and Financial Participation
  • Ensor property:  7.8 acres; Financial Participation and Held Easement
• Chambers Farm (now Wynetka Ponds Park):  28 acres; Advocacy and Held and Disbursed funds raised by Chambers Farm Preservation Association
• Chatfield Basin Conservation Network:  Financial Participation and Grant Writer
• Chatfield Environmental Pool Stakeholder Group: Member and Purchaser of Water Share for Recreation on S. Platte River
• Stockwell/Hildebrand Property: 1,450 acres adjoining Chatfield State Park and Denver Botanic Gardens; Advocacy and Financial Participation
• Mineral Avenue Trail (former railroad spur); Advocacy and Financial Participation
• Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield State Park; Advocacy and Fund Raising
• Bowtie Property adjacent to Cherry Creek State Park: 8.6 acres; Provided Easement Monitoring
• Marjorie Perry Preserve on the Highline Canal: 55 acres; Financial Participation and Held Easement
• Oxbow Property along S. Platte River: 3 acres; Advocacy and Financial Participation
• Lee Gulch Open Space:  5.5 acres; Held Conservation Easement
• Marrs Ranch – West Bijou Creek (adjacent to former Plains Conservation Center land in Eastern Arapahoe County):  1,000 acres; Advocacy and Financial Participation
• Carson Nature Center Solar Classroom Construction at S. Platte Park:  Financial Participation
• Other:
  • South Platte Working Group
  • Arapahoe County Open Space Task Force
  • Arapahoe County Open Space and Trails Advisory Board
  • Cherry Creek Basin Working Group
  • High Line Working Group
  • Waterton Canyon Partnership