Our work – in the News
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NEWS ARTICLES
February 16, 2024
Land Trust Alliance • Habitat Conservation
Private Lands Play a Vital Role in Protecting Vulnerable Species
December 7, 2023
KRCC • Environmental
Trade your traditional Christmas tree for a juniper tree from SPLT’s Plains
June 27, 2023
Voyage Denver • Award for Historic Preservation
Meet Jay Tutchton of Southern Plains Land Trust
April 22, 2023
History Colorado • Award for Historic Preservation
Video: Penrose Schoolhouse Governor’s Award
Stephen H. Hart Award for Historic Preservation
April 19, 2023
Documentary Release • By: Jack Wolfskin & WaterBear
Serengeti of America
January 11, 2023
Rewilding Successes • By: Jay Tutchton & Nicole Rosmarino
Rewilding the Southern Great Plains
November 24, 2022
Defenders of Wildlife • By: Chamois Andersen
The Beauty and Opportunity of America’s Great Plains
October 20, 2022
KRDO Networks • By: Tyler Dumas
CPW Releases 30 New Black-footed Ferrets on the Eastern Plains
October 20, 2022
KDVR / Fox 31 • By: Maris Westrum
Colorado’s Black-footed Ferret is Back from Near Extinction
October 11, 2022
Keep It Colorado
Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve: Restoring the American Serengeti
September 30, 2022
The Denver Post • By: Helen H. Richardson
In Southern Colorado, the Tarantulas are Out and About — Looking for Love
September 28, 2022
CPR News • By: Sam Brasch
Squeak! Squeak! You Can Track Colorado’s Climate-threatened Pikas with a New App
September 26, 2022
The Denver Gazette • by: Carol McKinley
Tarantu-love: Saving Colorado’s “Charismatic” Spider
July 25, 2022
The Atlantic • by: Julia Rosen
Trees are Overrated. Preserving the world’s great expanses of grass could be essential to combating climate change.
March 26 2022
The Rewilding Institute • by: Nicole Rosmarino
Bringing Back the American Serengeti
March 3, 2022
Giving Compass • by: Nicole Rosmarino
A Place for the Wild Ones: The Southern Plains Land Trust’s Refuges for Prairie Wildlife
Dec. 17, 2020
Colorado Public Radio: KRCC • By Shanna Lewis
Wild Bison Return to Colorado’s Great Plains
SOCIAL
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PODCASTS
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September 28, 2022
NPR Short Wave
Grasslands: The Unsung Carbon Hero
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March 26, 2022
Rewilding Earth
Rewilding the Great Plains – America’s Serengeti
CONTACT US
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PO Box 1016, Lamar, CO 81052
217.621.6007
splt@southernplains.org
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