Members are invited July 19th-21st for our annual members appreciation weekend! Potluck Saturday afternoon 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Bring something delicious to share. OLT staff will serve breakfast Sunday morning starting at 9:00 am. Live Music on Friday and Saturday nights from 8-midnight at the pavilion.

The River Arkansas

Friday night we welcome The River Arkansas

The four-piece each skillfully showcases their craft while seamlessly bonding together as a band. Bolder Beat noted that "Together, they give off a heartfelt and wholesome sound which resonates with the Colorado lifestyle of mountain life meets the pavement."

Check them out here! The River Arkansas "All the Way Down" (Official Music Video)

Saturday night will include a live performance from Float Like a Buffalo.

Float Like a Buffalo is a Denver-based 6-piece, 9-instrument, high-energy Funk Rock band. Our style is rock with funk, ska, reggae, and jam influences. Nods to the funk of Lettuce and The Motet, jam of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, rock of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chicago Transit Authority, soul of James Brown, & high-energy guitar licks of Jimi Hendrix all combine to make a unique sound that's impossible not to dance to.

Enjoy this link: Float Like a Buffalo - Vertigo - Official Music Video

As a special treat, our own Melody Monroe will be playing near the pool on Saturday evening. Her one-woman show is sure to impress and inspire.

Check her out here: Summer Storm (Official Music Video)

This year, we will combine Member's Appreciation Weekend with our annual Outreach Board Meeting. Join us for the Board Meeting in the Pavilion on Saturday and meet our Board of Directors!

Welcome to summer OLT members, The board of directors of Orient Land Trust is excited to announce that Crystal England has been selected as the new Executive Director-Select, taking over when current Executive Director Doug Bishop retires at the end of the year. Crystal worked as part of our front desk team for years before serving as Deputy Director for the last year.

Preparation and planning for our Executive Director's retirement has been a two-year process.

First, the OLT Board of Directors created the Deputy Director position so that the person selected would have time to train, work in a management position, and be prepared to take on the role of Executive Director when the time came.

Second, the board created a job description, posted the Deputy Director position, and accepted applications from around a dozen candidates.

Third, the Governance Committee made recommendations and the board conducted the first round of interviews with eight candidates. Fourth, we had the second round of interviews and finally a third round of interviews with the final two candidates. For these final interviews, the board invited OLT managers to join them and selected Crystal England for the position.

Recently the board posted and interviewed two current OLT employees for the Executive Director position and decided to hire Crystal.

Please join us in congratulating Crystal England on her new position as Executive Director-Select.

Roger D Courtemanche
Chairman of the Board
Orient Land Trust

Seeking help with Adopt-A-Roadway cleanup on Sept 21.

OLT's Conservation Committee is sponsoring a cleanup of County Road GG on Saturday, Sept 21, 2024, in accordance with our participation in the Saguache County Adopt-A-Roadway program. All members are invited to help us out - we will gather at 9:00 am at the Welcome Center. Equipment and transportation will be provided by OLT. Several OLT Board members and staff will be participating, as well as members of the Conservation Committee. We should be finished around noon.

CDOT provides a training and safety video, and each participant is required to view it before the event. If you can view it before arriving, here is a link to the video:
https://www.codot.gov/programs/adopt-a-highway/videos

If you are unable to view the video ahead of time, please arrive at the Welcome Center at 8:40 am on the morning of the event, and we'll have it available for viewing.

Recent Fire Hazard Clean-up

On April 21, as part of OLT's efforts to mitigate wildfire risk, Doug Bishop led a group of eight OLT members and staff in the removal of dead wood and other fire hazards from the tent camping sites between the Welcome Center and Meadow Pond. In less than two hours, the group had the campsites cleaned up and looking good. Thanks to all who helped! 

Saturday August 10th, from 10am-1pm.

The Everson Ranch is hosting the Wyoming Worm Wrangler! Last year's hands-on worm casting workshop was a lot of fun and very educational for everyone. We will gather again this year for this workshop. Join us to learn how to set up a worm bed, how to maintain the worm bed, and how to sort out the worms from their castings. We will look for different sites for the worms at the ranch. Both indoor and outdoor vermicomposting systems will be discussed. Bring your questions and ask the Worm Wrangler! Pitchforks will be put to use!
If you wish to purchase worms or worm castings to be picked up at the event, please contact Erika (Wyoming Worm Wrangler) in advance. Worms may be available at the event, but there are no guarantees. You can reach her at 307-760-6171 via phone or text, email at , or through her Wyoming Worm Wrangler Facebook or Instagram pages.

You should feel confident in starting your own worm bed after this workshop!

This is a free event and donations are appreciated to support Erika and the Everson Ranch.

After the event we offer tours for those that are interested in learning more about the Everson Ranch.

Location: Everson Ranch, 29398 County Road 61, Moffat, Colorado 81143

Info: , garden manager/ranch caretaker

The Everson Ranch participated in the annual, international World Naked Gardening Day in May.

We had perfect weather to attend to the garden in the open and shed some or all clothes to experience the natural world. Some had never gardened before, some were experienced and some had joined this event several times. All reported that being physically active in the outdoors and in the open was a liberating experience! Thank you volunteers for your enthusiasm and for all your help! It means a lot to us! We are looking forward to celebrating World Naked Gardening Day with you in 2025.
If you don't want to wait so long and would like to experience a good physical workout by mowing our lawns for about 3 hours the next time you come to Valley View, please contact Sabine, garden manager at: .

In June, we offered as our free, educational event at the ranch, the Mushroom Inoculation Workshop. Tyler, the local presenter from the organic certified Alpine Valley Mushroom Farm, demonstrated how to inoculate mycelium to grow mushrooms in one's own backyard. His passion about the importance of nurturing our local fungi was definitely contagious! We are hoping that he will be back in the future to share his broad knowledge with us at the ranch.