MEEKER | Using funds from the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has acquired a perpetual conservation easement on the 1,121-acre Coal Creek Ranch in Rio Blanco County. The transaction also includes a 20-year access agreement that will allow for public fishing and limited, reservation-managed archery and muzzleloader hunting.
Coal Creek Ranch remains in private ownership and will continue as a working ranch operated by Michael and Tena Theos. The ranch is located…