2015 REAL ESTATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Colorado Parks & Wildlife

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1 2015 REAL ESTATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Colorado Parks & Wildlife

2 2015 Closed Transactions Transaction Type Acreage Monetary Consideration* Conservation Easements 7,078 $5,237,600 Public Access Easements 28,476 $275,399 Fee Title 430 $1,472,500 Term Interests 24,129 $14,824 Other Acquisitions 647 SLB Leases $375 3 rd Party Conservation Easements 9,417 $2,477,850 Dispositions 2,474 $1,163,244 *Note: some transactions may be bargain-sale or have no monetary consideration; only monetary consideration is reflected in these numbers

3 Two Paths Which Bring Real Estate Work to CPW RFP application and evaluation process Field staff fills out REAP form PWC approves list of RFP projects Leadership Team approves REAP Real Estate Section conducts the transaction process 103 ACTIVE PROJECTS AS OF FEBRUARY ACTIVE RFP PROJECTS AS OF FEBRUARY 2016

4 2015 Closed RFP Transactions Colorado Wildlife Habitat Protection Program

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7 Jumping Cow Ranch SWA Woodard Ranch Parcel 2,934 acre 3 rd party Conservation Easement & Public Access Easement for fishing and hunting (limited basis) Elbert County Contains nearly 4 miles of Middle Bijou Creek drainage High priority habitat types: eastern plains river/streams, ponderosa pine woodlands, and short grass prairie

8 Slater Lake Ranch SHA 4,440 acre Conservation Easement Routt County Managed for livestock production, wildlife habitat, and hunting Elk and deer migration corridor and habitat for mountain lion, black bear, antelope, and occasional moose

9 Jumping Cow Ranch SWA Woodard Funding Source Amount GOCO $294,000 Habitat Stamp $272,000 Slater Lake Ranch SHA Funding Source Amount GOCO $900,000 Habitat Stamp $1,350,000 Funding Breakdown Colorado Parks and Wildlife

10 320 acre Fee Title Moffat County Wildlife species include antelope, mule deer, elk, and Greater Sage Grouse Surrounded on 3 sides by the Bitter Brush SWA, and 1 side by BLM Bitter Brush SHA Charles Tucker Laimbock

11 McStay Ranch SHA 3,492 acre 3 rd party Conservation Easement Moffat County Held by The Nature Conservancy Ground zero for Greater Sage grouse habitat One of the State s largest known lek sites

12 Bitter Brush SHA Charles Tucker Laimbock Funding Source Amount GOCO $80,000 Wildlife Cash $80,000 McStay Ranch SHA Funding Source Amount GOCO $220,000 Habitat Stamp $230,000 Funding Breakdown Colorado Parks and Wildlife

13 4UR Ranch SHA 1,080 acre 3 rd party Conservation Easement &10-year Access ROW Mineral County Big game hunting Partnered with Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust to acquire this CE. The ROW will allow 10 hunters per year access to the Weminuche Wilderness and San Juan National Forests.

14 Flagg Creek SWA Homestead Parcel 2,598 acre Conservation Easement and Access Easement Rio Blanco County Diverse habitats support a wide variety of wildlife including mule deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion and sage dependent species including greater sage-grouse.

15 4UR Ranch SHA Funding Source Amount Habitat Stamp $725,000 Flagg Creek SWA Homestead Funding Source Amount GOCO $1,888,560 Habitat Stamp $1,259,040 Funding Breakdown Colorado Parks and Wildlife

16 Headwaters Ranch SWA 550 acre 3 rd party Conservation Easement held by Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas & 180 acre Public Access Lake County Provides fishing access on 3 miles of the East Branch of the Arkansas River Designated as riparian wetland/shrubland habitat

17 Secret Canyon SHA Washburn Ranch 1,361 acre 3 rd party Conservation Easement held by Montezuma Land Conservancy San Miguel County Gunnison sage grouse habitat & winter range for elk and mule deer

18 Headwaters Ranch SWA Funding Source Amount Habitat Stamp $500,000 Secret Canyon SHA Washburn Funding Source Amount GOCO $95, Federal Aid $211,357 Funding Breakdown Colorado Parks and Wildlife

19 Coller SWA Bradley Parcel 3 acre Fee Title acquisition Rio Grande County Rio Grande boat launch ramp, used by the public since 1988 If CPW did not acquire the property, the owners would have closed access to the ramp & river

20 Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Placer Parcel 42 acre Fee title acquisition Chaffee County Relocated an existing boat ramp from a steep, unsustainable area to a gentle, easy to access slope Addition of approximately 1.5 miles of river to be used by anglers

21 Coller SWA Bradley Funding Source Amount GOCO $50,000 Habitat Stamp $83,500 Arkansas Headwaters Placer Funding Source Amount GOCO-Parks $317,500 Habitat Stamp $317,500 Funding Breakdown Colorado Parks and Wildlife

22 *Note: some transactions may be bargain-sale or have no monetary consideration; only monetary consideration is reflected in these numbers 2015 Closed RFP Transactions-Totals Transaction Type Acreage Monetary Consideration* Conservation Easements 16,455 (incl 3 rd Party) $7,713,359 Public Access (Term and Perpetual) 5,717 $230,000 Fee Title 365 $928,500

23 RFP Program History & 2015 Transactions Total RFP Acres by Transaction Type Average over History of RFP Program 2015 Transactions % % Fee Title 25% 65% 30% Access (Term & Perpetual) Conservation Easement 73%

24 Two Paths Which Bring Real Estate Work to CPW RFP application and evaluation process Field staff fills out REAP form PWC approves list RFP projects Leadership Team approves REAP Real Estate Section conducts the transaction process 103 ACTIVE PROJECTS AS OF FEBRUARY ACTIVE REAP PROJECTS AS OF FEBRUARY 2016

25 Field-Initiated REAP Projects Projects benefit landowners, mineral rights holders, and existing CPW properties REAP projects include: SUA s Utility easements Boundary line issues Some 2015 REAP projects include: Fee Title Exchange Term interest extension/amendment SLB Lease Access easements Donations All Parks work

26 2015 Completed REAP Highlights Colorado Parks and Wildlife

27 Rio Blanco Lake SWA - White River City 39 Acres Fee Title Rio Blanco County Appraised for $157,000, received at no cost to CPW Provides additional river access & land for public use for fishing and hunting, extending public access on both sides of the White River.

28 Browns Park SWA Cold Spring Mountain Unit 18,850 acre access lease Moffat County Big game hunting 10 year lease term

29 Two Buttes Reservoir SWA South Shore Access CPW exchanged 80 acres of fee title for three new public access points along the south shore of the reservoir. Baca County Provides additional recreation access to the reservoir for both hunting & fishing opportunities. Also provides CPW easier access to manage fee title lands.

30 Sandy Bluffs SWA Wieser Parcel 2,543 acre term access Yuma County 10 year extension Big & small game hunting Over 2 miles of the Arikaree River riparian area and the uplands and canyons Big game hunting opportunities: mule deer, white-tailed deer, & pronghorn. Small game hunting opportunities: turkeys, bobwhite quail, coyote, bobcat, morning dove, greater prairie chickens

31 Yampa River State Park - South Beach- Juniper Springs River Access 7 acre SLB Lease Moffat County Acts as a priority take out point for the endangered fish recovery effort Primary access to Juniper Canyon

32 Trinidad State Park - Hoehne Ditch 1 acre Lease Renewal Las Animas County Meets a requirement of a Water Court Decree which serves Trinidad Lake State Park to provide water storage and water return Lessor maintains and monitors stream flow equipment

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34 A Look Back A brief overview of CPW Real Estate transactions

35 Total # of Annual Transactions # of Transactions

36 Total Annual Protected Acres 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10, Protected Acres

37 Total Annual CPW Expenditures $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $ Expenditures

38 Real Estate Historical Transactions an Overview # of Transactions Protected Acres (thousands) Expenditures (millions) $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 $0

39 QUESTIONS? Colorado Parks & Wildlife: Life In The Active Tense