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By the end of 2022, the sanctuary had more than 30 rescued wild horses roaming freely at the Wild Animal Refuge, and was under contract to purchase a former 22,500-acre cattle ranch located near Craig, Colorado. In January 2023, the sanctuary completed the 22,500-acre purchase and began preparing the property to house upwards of 500 rescued horses.
The wildlife refuge is located on the lands of the Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4 near Crestone, Colorado in the San Luis Valley in southern Saguache and northern Alamosa counties, about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of the town of Alamosa, on the west side of the Sangre de Cristo Range.
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The refuge is located in the San Luis Valley south of the town of Monte Vista, Colorado in southeastern Rio Grande County, Colorado, in the watershed of the Rio Grande. It was established in 1953 by the Migratory Bird Conservation ...
In the late eighties, the remaining lands and waters of the ranch, now termed the "Baca Ranch" or "Baca", were used as a base by the corporate ownership of the ranch, reorganized as "American Water Development, Inc" (AWDI), to make an application in the Colorado Water Courts to develop and export deep underground water to the front range cities ...
The bear cubs were released on Nov. 20, 2024 at separate locations near Pagosa Springs, about 250 miles southwest of Colorado Springs, near the border of New Mexico, Colorado Parks and Wildlife ...
The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,169-acre (4,520 ha) United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado.The site is located in the San Luis Valley along the east side of the Rio Grande approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Alamosa primarily in southeastern Alamosa County, although very small parts extend into northeastern Conejos and western Costilla counties.
The Wild West isn't gone -- in fact, it's re-emerging in Colorado. Billionaire Bill Koch is building an entire Wild West town (pictured above) on his 6,400-acre Bear Ranch in Gunnison County, Colo ...
The land is within the Medano–Zapata Ranch, located to the west and south. Some of the ranch lands are located within the current national park boundary in its southwestern corner, [5] and includes a fenced area that contains a bison herd within 44,000 acres (68.8 sq mi; 178.1 km 2) [58] —an area that can only be visited on a guided tour. [59]