Colorado State Land Board votes unanimously on future management of the Chico Basin Ranch
Commissioners approve open bidding for its largest grazed landholding -Colorado State Land Board DENVER — At its monthly, public meeting, the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners voted to offer the 86,211-acre Chico Basin Ranch for a 10-year agriculture grazing lease to one operator via a public competitive bid process in 2023. The Colorado State Land Board has existed since statehood to steward Colorado’s working trust lands on behalf of Colorado public schools. The agency owns 2.8 million acres of trust land — commonly called school section land — and has earned $2 billion in ...
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