Rangeland Tour
Bent CD hosted a range tour on September 12, 2018
The tour visited Karney Land and Cattle Ranch and Brown Brothers Ranch. Grady Grissom, partner and manager on the Rancho Largo, from Walsenburg Colorado was the guest speaker. Grissom was the recipient of the 2017
Leopold Conservation Award for Colorado. The main topic of the tour addressed drought management.
For more information on Grady Grissom, follow the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPR1NUrM8_A
Camp Rocky
Every year the board supports and promotes area youth to attend Camp Rocky. Bent CD awards Camp Rocky Scholarships in May/June and the camp is held in July.
Camp Rocky is an educational week long, residential camp for 14 through 19 year olds who enjoy the outdoors and are interested in natural resources. Camp is located outside Divide, Colorado. Camp Rocky’s professional staff helps participants learn about their environment through hands-on experiences. Students work in teams, making new friends from across Colorado. Each year, new and returning students choose one resource field for their area of focus.
For 2019, the board awarded a Camp Rocky scholarship to Gayle Boyd and Jimmi Boyd from Las Animas, Colorado. This was Gayle's 2nd year, and she plans to attend next year as a student leader.
Contact the office for Scholarship information. The board awards partial and full scholarships to attend Camp Rocky.
2019 Camp Rocky Attendees
Matching Grant Funds
The Bent Conservation District received matching grant funds in the amount of $25000.00 for the year of 2019, through the Colorado State Conservation Board. Each year the CSCB offers districts throughout the state an opportunity to submit a grant request to fund conservation practices for local landowners and ag- producers.
The proposal; Drought Mitigation addressed the natural resource concerns: Rangeland Health and Soil Erosion.
Bent CD funded six conservation projects within the district boundaries. Some of these projects included installing cross-fencing, stock tanks, pipeline, and solar pumps. On February 21, 2019, Bent CD advertised solicitations for applications. Application deadline was March 15, 2019. The applications were selected by Bent CD board supervisors. The applications were selected based on meeting specific criteria conducive to the grant proposal.
Staff with the Natural Resources Conservation Services, a partner agency with Bent CD, provided the technical services to plan and implement conservation practices to be installed according to NRCS Standards and Specifications.
The conservation district reports quarterly to the CSCB regarding the status of the projects. Once the projects are completed, NRCS staff will certify practices as they meet standards and specifications. Upon certification, the recipients receive their cost share allocation.
For more information regarding the Matching Grant Program, contact the Bent Conservation District at (719)456-0210 ext 105 or stop in at the USDA Service Center located at 760 Bent Avenue, Las Animas, CO 81054.
Poster Contest
Each year, we hold a poster contest for area students. These students' posters are ranked at the local level, then the top 3 from each of the schools are sent on to the state level competition.
McClave: Left to right: Avery Hemphill 3rd place, Laila Garcia 2nd place , Leeanna Mata 1st Place
Las Animas: Left to right: Jazlynn Duran 3rd place, Jadann Eck 2nd place, Makayla Marfil 1st place
2019 McClave: Left to right: Avery Hemphill 3rd place, Laila Garcia 2nd place ,
Leeanna Mata 1st Place
2019 Las Animas: Left to right: Jazlynn Duran 3rd place, Jadann Eck 2nd place,
Makayla Marfil 1st place
2020 Contest Winners
2020 Scholarship Program
Alison Wilson of Las Animas, Colorado High School Graduate of Pritchett, Co and Hailey Davidson High School Graduate of Las Animas, CO. Have both received the 2020 Bent CD High School Graduate Scholarship.
The Bent Conservation District strives to recognize outstanding student leadership, community services, and to promote participation in agriculture related fields.
Congratulations to Alison and Hailey!
If you are interested in applying for the 2021 scholarship, please follow the links below. Applications are due by May 7, 2021.
