Welcome to COSA!
The Colorado Open Space Alliance is a statewide organization of publicly funded local and regional open space programs, working cooperatively to share information, create public awareness and foster partnerships needed to protect and preserve the special places of Colorado.
2010 COSA Conference
Reserve your hotel room soon, the deadline to receive the conference rate is August 12.
The 2010 COSA conference will be hosted by the City of Westminster, Jefferson and Adams counties and will be held on September 13th-15th. This year COSA welcomes two wonderful keynote speakers, Patty Limerick and Hunter Lovins. Read more about them.
Conference Sponsors
Gold
Silver
Bronze
- Aller, Lingle, Massey Architecture
- Anderson Consulting Engineers
- Belt Collins
- Biohabitats
- Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
- ECOS
- Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc.
- ERO Resources
- ESCO Associates
- Loris and Associates
- Mundus Bishop Design
- Western Land Group
Registration Information
Register soon!
7/1 - 8/6: regular fee
8/7 - 8/29: $20 late fee
8/30 - 9/6: $40 late fee
after 9/6: $60 late fee
Hard copy registration forms are available upon request. Contact Zac at zwiebe@larimer.org.
Legislative Updates
Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts - Updates at www.cclt.org on legislation regarding the use of conservation easements in Colorado.
Local Government Best Practices and Certification
The Holding Conservation Easements: A Local Government Best Practices Handbook is complete! The goal of this Handbook is to provide peer-reviewed guidance to local governments on the acceptance and stewardship of conservation easements whether the local government has an established program or is just exploring the idea of holding conservation easements. The working group presented the handbook at the 2009 COSA conference and took final comments and suggestions. Hard copies are available or you can view it online [pdf]. Please contact Kathleen Staks at kstaks@goco.org if you have any questions.
The Colorado Division of Real Estate has released the application for local government Certification. For questions about the certification process contact Jordan Beezley at jordan.beezley@dora.state.co.us. Local governments who want to accept conservation easements that have a tax credit component must become certified by December 31, 2010.
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Blue Gramas - The new Blue Grama Awards will recognize outstanding management and programs offered by Colorado open space organizations.
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Growing the Next Generation of Open Space Leaders
The program goal is to offer a leadership experience within the conservation community that will give participants a broader understanding of issues facing local government open space programs and the candidate's ability to be a future leader within those organizations. To learn more about the program - review the following documents. Please contact us if you are interested in being a candidate or mentor for the 2010 program. Contact Linda Strand at LJeanStrand@comcast.net. The 2010 class has been chosen. 2011 application dates will be posted on this website in August, 2010.
- Leadership Program Description [pdf]
- Mentor Job Description [pdf]
- Leadership Candidate Application [pdf]
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