Apr 4, 2012
Effort to save Palisade farms bearing fruit

Many of the peach and wine-grape orchards you see today in the Palisade, Co. area will be around for your grandkids and great-grandkids to enjoy.

Thanks in part to the work of the Mesa Land Trust, five new parcels totaling 92 acres recently were added to those conservation efforts, labeled the Fruitlands Forever Initiative.

Officials from the Land Trust, fruit growers and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., gathered Tuesday morning on the 26-acre C&R Farms to celebrate the newly conserved parcels. The Daily Sentinel

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