This month, nonprofit The Conservation Fund announced it had acquired 300 acres of land on Colorado’s popular Mt. Democrat, permanently opening it to hikers after a series of closures. But the future of its neighboring mountains is anything but certain.
The Conservation Fund purchased 289 acres of land on Mount Democrat, one of the Colorado's fourteeners. This will allow free access to the land owned by John Reiber.
The Conservation Fund acquired about 300 acres on Mount Democrat with plans to convey the land to the U.S. Forest Service, a move that will protect public access.
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Public access to Mount Democrat, a fourteener near Fairplay that is part of the popular DeCaLiBron Loop, has been permanently secured following the sale of the mountain to The Conservation Fund by landowner John Reiber.