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About three months after the Conservation Fund acquired about 300 acres of land on Mount Democrat near Alma, it has conveyed the property to public ownership to be managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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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 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.