Wendy McDermott
Executive Director
wendy@centralcoloradoconservancy.org
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
Natalie Allio
Agriculture Projects Manager
natalie@centralcoloradoconservancy.org
The focus of Natalie’s work is “keeping working lands working” through innovative and collaborative programs with Central Colorado Conservancy and the Upper Arkansas Conservation District. Drawing on her own experience in agriculture and her education in Ecopsychology and Collaborative Solutions in Natural Resources, Natalie leads innovative and collaborative programs that support water quality, water quantity and soil health in the Upper Arkansas Watershed.
Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:
pretty much any place that can be accessed from the back of a horse
Bryce Howe
Conservation Program Manager
Bryce works with landowners and Conservancy partners to protect land, waters and ways of life in the region. S
Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:
Browns Canyon National Monument
Harmony Jump
Natural Resources
Conservation Manager
Harmony implements collaborative programs to help producers and landowners meet the challenges facing agriculture today. She lives in Leadville and works in with the Lake County Conservation District around issues of water, land and soil health.
Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:
Any swimming hole along the Arkansas River on a hot day
Buffy Lenth
Watershed Restoration Specialist
Buffy coordinates our collaborative watershed restoration projects. She holds a BS in Conservation Biology from Middlebury College and a Master’s degree in Ecology from Colorado State University. She and her husband served in the Peace Corps in Mexico, conserving the natural resources of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. They are raising three daughters who love to camp, ski and paddle board--and hope to grow deep roots in the Arkansas River Valley.
Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:
the combination of many wonderful places like O'Haver Lake, Fooses Creek, Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, any aspen grove...
Julie Richardson
Volunteer & Donor Relations
As our volunteer and donors relations coordinator, Julie is the first person to get to know you at the Conservancy. Her work with the Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas began in the spring of 2013. She is from Kansas City where she grew up, raised her children, was a board member and volunteered with Wildwood Outdoor Education Center, and was an elementary teacher for over 25 years. In 2003, she assumed the role of director at the girl’s camp, High Trails Ranch, Sanborn Western Camps in Florissant, CO for the next 10 years.
Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:
looking out her front window, sunrises, sunsets, stars and exploring around Salida
STAFF
WHO
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board Member
Rob Tallmadge
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
Brown’s Canyon and west faces of the Sawatch Range and Cochetopa Hills
Board President
Hallie Mahowald
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
the view from the top of Mt. Elbert when the aspens are changing, the swimming beach by Rincon and the view of the Collegiates from Trout Creek Pass
Treasurer
Marcus Selig
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
the remote upper stretches of Browns Canyon National Monument
Secretary
Michael Fisher
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
high up in the Sawatch Range, the craggy less-visited peaks of White, Tabeguache, Jones and Antero and the valleys and streams between them
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Vice-President
Aaron Kindle
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
anywhere in the unroaded backcountry that has fish and elk
Board Member
Cammeron Larson
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
the mountains of the Southern Sawatch Range and the Arkansas River as it runs through Southern Chaffee and Northern Fremont Counties
Treasurer
John McGowan
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
Penitente Canyon grabs my heart—the climbing, hiking, forest, desert, night-sky camping and cultural history
Board Member
Gina Peters
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
anywhere the birds can be heard unobstructed by the sounds of civilization high up in the Sawatch Range
Secretary
Rob White
Favorite Place(s)
in Central Colorado:
anywhere along the Continental Divide Trail
