The Colorado First Conservation District is pleased to announce Elkhead Creek Ranch as the 2024 Conservationist of the Year!

The O’Neal Family of the Elkhead Creek Ranch have completed a two-phase river restoration effort on their stretch of Elkhead creek. Rotational grazing, long rest periods, and planting trees and shrubs in the riparian zone and around the property has greatly improved the land. 

They see the work of conservation not only as a benefit the their land, but also to every downstream stakeholder, the community and the environment at large.