The story centers on how John Malone’s 2000 purchase of Colorado’s 17,700-acre Greenland Ranch became part of a much larger effort to keep development from filling the open corridor between Denver and Colorado Springs. Malone says he paid $55 million for the ranch and contributed another $23 million toward conservation easements. The property was placed under conservation protection with help from Douglas County, The Conservation Fund and other partners, preserving its grasslands, wildlife habitat and Front Range views. The conservation easement was later transferred to the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, which now stewards the protection.
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