[cobirds] SOLD OUT!! Sandhill Crane trip to Kearney

 I will take 6 people on a wait list.

Thanks to all for their support, Pam

JE CANYON RANCH: 

TWO NIGHTS AT THE NEWEST NATURE CONSERVANCY (TNC) PROPERTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

 

Friday- Sunday, MAY 13-15, 2016

 

The nearly 50,000 acre JE Canyon ranch was recently purchased by TNC and the Terra Foundation.  It is bordered on three sides by more than 55 miles of 700 foot deep canyons, including 9 miles of the Purgatoire River and 6 miles of the remote Chacuaco Creek.  The ranch includes important short grass prairie habitat, upland mesas (5,400 feet), red rock canyons, as well as numerous springs and pools.  The ranch includes juniper and pinon forests, with ancient patches of aspen and ponderosa pine.

 

More than 850 species of flora & fauna have been identified, making it one of the most biodiverse ranches in the state which has been well documented by TNC, the Colorado Natural Heritage Program and Denver Botanic Gardens.  JE is one of the most iconic ranches in Colorado, featured in John Fielder's "Ranches of Colorado" and in "Colorado: Lost Places and Forgotten Words."  It is critical habitat for the state's largest population of bighorn sheep as well as elk, mule deer, mountain lion and numerous bird species including a highly important population of the long-billed curlew.

 

$160 per person.  Limited to 14 people, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ONLY, OR $160 SINGLE PREMIUM.  We will have a pot-luck the first evening and you will be responsible for 3 lunches.  We will provide dinner on Saturday night and two breakfasts.  Please carpool!!  The ranch is a 4.5 hour drive via I-25, then 1 hour on dirt and gravel roads.  Please plan on carpooling!

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