{"id":2445614,"date":"2019-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=308322"},"modified":"2019-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T06:00:00","slug":"mcbride-donates-ranch-easement-to-aspen-valley-land-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/mcbride-donates-ranch-easement-to-aspen-valley-land-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"McBride donates ranch easement to Aspen Valley Land Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lost Marbles Ranch<\/strong>
Pete McBride<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A longtime Aspen couple has donated a conservation easement on their Capitol Creek Valley ranch to the Aspen Valley Land Trust, according to a statement Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel it\u2019s the right thing to do for the land and the wildlife that inhabit it,\u201d said John McBride, who has owned Lost Marbles Ranch with his wife, Laurie, for four decades.<\/p>\n

The easement permanently protects wildlife habitat, agricultural land and scenery in the upper Capitol Creek drainage, according to the statement.<\/p>\n

In fact, the easement creates a 5,300-acre corridor of private land within the Capitol Creek drainage that includes the Capitol Creek Ranch, Harvey Ranch and part of the Weiben Ranch, according to the AVLT statement. The land also is bordered by U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management property.<\/p>\n

McBride helped develop Snowmass Village and led efforts to develop the Aspen Business Center and the North 40 residential neighborhood next door. He also founded Aspen\u2019s junior hockey program.<\/p>\n

McBride bought his Capitol Creek Ranch from the Mt. Emmons Mining Co. in 1979. The name \u201cLost Marbles\u201d came about after the purchase when McBride\u2019s friends thought he had gone crazy for buying property so far up the drainage, the release states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe McBrides have since lived on the ranch for the past 40 years,\u201d according to the AVLT. \u201cThrough thoughtful stewardship, the property retains the same natural habitat and rural agricultural character today as when John first purchased it.\u201d<\/p>\n

AVLT Executive Director Suzanne Stephens grew up in the Capitol Creek Valley and praised the McBrides for the donation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis valley is the defining feature of my childhood and in many ways formed what Colorado means to me,\u201d Stephens said in the statement. \u201cI always said that if anything ever happened to it, I\u2019d be outta here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laurie McBride said the easement will \u201cmake conservation an everlasting reality in our valley.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope it inspires others to consider similar options,\u201d she said in the statement.<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lost Marbles RanchPete McBride A longtime Aspen couple has donated a conservation easement on their Capitol Creek Valley ranch to the Aspen Valley Land Trust, according to a statement Friday. \u201cWe feel it\u2019s the right thing to do for the land and the wildlife that inhabit it,\u201d said John McBride, who has owned Lost Marbles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 02:44:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}