SO much is happening! We are pursuing the evolution of the 150 year old Everson Ranch into an educational and agricultural center for the Orient Land Trust and the San Luis Valley. If you have been to the Ranch, you know the beautiful ancient ranch buildings: Barns, sheep sheds, bunk house, loafing sheds. We are going to build these buildings from within, leaving the beautiful, authentic historical facades wherever we…

With Pam, our new Development Director, we are in the process of creating a Corporate Partners Program to engage the local and regional business community with OLT's broader mission of supporting economic, agricultural, and ranching sustainability for the San Luis Valley. Incentives, both advertising and program opportunities, will be offered for varying levels of support which in the future might even include business, education, and conservation leadership retreats and camps…

OLT has hired Pamela Nelson as our new Director of Development to bring in funding for all our new exciting programs! Pam will help us to secure funds through various strategies to deliver additional revenue streams. Pam comes to the San Luis Valley from Denver where she was engaged in consulting projects and brings almost twenty years of development experience, including three years as Director of Advancement at the Lancaster…