For
more information on conservation easement documentation services,
project design, minerals assessments (remoteness letters) for
conservation easement projects, or quotes please contact:
Steve
Boyle, Principal & Senior Biologist
We are specialists in
documenting conservation values and researching mineral estates severed
by private and federal mineral reservations.
Conservation
Easement Documentation
BIO-Logic, Inc.
has completed documentation reports for over
175 private land conservation easements in Colorado and New Mexico,
from small family farms to ranches covering thousands of acres. We have
provided documentation for conservation easements held by numerous land
trusts, state agencies, and counties and municipalities. We provide
Baseline Documentation Reports, Minerals Assessments, and strategic
planning to help land trusts and agencies focus their conservation work
more effectively. We are working with the Colorado Coalition of Land
Trusts to prepare a Minerals Handbook for Private Land
Conservation in Colorado.
Baseline
Documentation Reports document existing conditions such
as surface and minerals ownership, improvements, and land uses. The
report also documents conservation values protected by the conservation
easement such as agriculture, wildlife, rare plants or special
ecological features, scenic, historical, and other types of
conservation values.
Minerals
Assessments (“Remoteness Reports”)
are required for conservation easements when ownership of mineral
rights is split or severed from surface ownership. Minerals Assessments
document the nature of the severed mineral rights, the likelihood of
recoverable minerals occurring on the property, and feasibility factors
that affect the likelihood of development of severed mineral rights.
Our staff geologist maintains an extensive library of geologic
resources including books, maps, and digital databases covering the
State of Colorado . We confirm or research mineral estate ownership,
geologic potential, and potential for economic quality and quantity of
mineral resources.
Conservation Easement
Documentation clients and projects include:
Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural
Land Trust Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (
Colorado , New Mexico ) Colorado Open Lands The
Nature Conservancy Trust for Land Restoration
Black Canyon Land Trust Aspen Valley Land Trust Mesa
Land Trust San Miguel Conservation Foundation Southwest
Land Alliance San Isabel Land Protection Trust
Ouray County Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
Colorado Division of Wildlife Yampa Valley Land Trust Land
Trust of the Upper Arkansas
Links to land trusts and
conservation websites can be found here. >> Links
Fax
970-252-1969 
