Our Goal
Ecological resiliency is the ability for the land to withstand disturbances while sustaining health and productivity. When land assets are managed to ensure proper structure, composition, and function they have the ability to endure any unforeseen stressor. Resiliency Lands was founded on the belief that with foresight and proper management land investments can be resilient to environmental and economic variables.
Our Services
Conservation
Working with lands that are conserved and with landowners that are contemplating conserving their lands is our bread and butter. While there are numerous benefits to owning a conserved property, there are also potential pitfalls. We aim to strike a balance between conservation and practical land use and help you work with land trusts and governmental conservation entities.
Habitat Enhancement
Whether your goal for your land is to be a sportsman’s paradise or a wildlife sanctuary, we use the best science and applications available to help you steward your asset as you best see fit.
Planning & Permitting
Efficiently and effectively creating and executing a vision for a piece of land can be an arduous and complex process. We pride ourselves on developing spatial and temporal plans that are conducive to your goals. From structural needs and infrastructure design to natural resource management and agricultural uses we can get you from planning through permitting.
Wildfire Risk Mitigation
As weather and climate conditions change and vegetative fuel loads develop, the potential for an occurrence of wildfire increases. Proactively mitigating for this risk greatly increases the safeguarding of people and property.
Agency/Government Interfacing
Whether your property neighbors public land or you desire to engage with cost-share funding opportunities, interacting with a governmental agency can be a common occurrence. Navigating these processes can be difficult at times which is why we develop and maintain strong rapport with these partners.
Personnel Recruitment & Oversight
To successfully manage land, you first need to manage your personnel. Properly identifying your personnel needs and then soliciting, evaluating, and hiring a team should be a top priority. We are here to help you thought the process and, if needed, provide continued oversight of staff and lessees, including farming, hunting, grazing, and housing/vacation leases.
Mapping
The first step in caring for and understanding your land should start with a comprehensive mapping project. Through the utilization of geographic information systems (GIS), our in-house mapping services enable us to create an array of maps that will guide decision making and implementation.
Water Rights
Water rights in the West can be a challenging field to navigate, which is why we work with select water law attorneys to address all your water needs.
About Us
Connor P. Coleman founded Carbondale-based Resiliency Lands, LLC in 2016 to serve landowners of the Western Slope of Colorado, and beyond, as a progressive, conservation-minded land management advisory group committed to promoting resource resiliency. Prior to founding Resiliency Lands, Mr. Coleman served as the Stewardship Director at Aspen Valley Land Trust where he oversaw the perpetual conservation of over 170 properties spanning from Independence Pass to DeBeque, Colorado. He possesses a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science focusing on wildlife ecology from Catawba College along with a Master of Environmental Management and a Master of Forestry (accredited by the Society of American Foresters) from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University focusing on the sustainable management and restoration of landscape-scale lands. Mr. Coleman has worked for multiple land management/conservation entities over the past fifteen years including The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Department of Defense, and multiple local land trusts, where collectively he was responsible for the administration of over 400 conservation easements.
He has been a certified wildland firefighter for over 15 years, is a certified Pitkin County Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Professional, and is trained in Holistic Grazing Management practices. In 2016, he was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and served on the steering committee for the Roaring Fork Valley Future Forest Roundtable from 2014 to 2019. Mr. Coleman is a member of the following professional societies: Society of Ecological Restoration International, The Wildlife Society, Society of Range Management, and the Association for Fire Ecology and has been identified as a “stewardship expert” by the national Land Trust Alliance. He recently obtained his Certificate in Advanced Ranch Management through the King Ranch Institute of Ranch Management at Texas A&M University - Kingsville.
Past/Present Advisory Roles
Bureau of Land Management – Resource Advisory Council (RAC) member, NW Colorado
Roaring Fork Valley Forest Roundtable – Steering Committee
The Nature Conservancy - Colorado - 13ers Advisory Council, Policy Liaison
5Point Adventure Film Festival – President, Board of Directors
Town of Carbondale – Tree Board
Roaring Fork Conservancy – River Stewards
Career Opportunities
The High Lonesome Ranch - DeBeque, CO
Position filled - The High Lonesome Ranch - General Manager (DeBeque, CO)
The 242,000-acre High Lonesome Ranch is seeking to hire a General Manager with proven, demonstratable abilities to be the hands-on, entrepreneurial, creative manager of our diverse working and guest ranch. This role is an opportunity to help achieve the Ranch’s mission, make a difference and be part of a multi-disciplinary team to achieve results that extend beyond the Ranch.
The High Lonesome Ranch - DeBeque, CO
Position filled - The High Lonesome Ranch - Landscape & Maintenance Manager (DeBeque, CO)
This position will be responsible for the primary maintenance and landscaping of The High Lonesome Ranch, located north of Grand Junction Colorado. This position entails the upkeep of maintenance and landscaping of all physical buildings, special use facilities, equipment, rolling stock and infrastructure at the 242,000-acre High Lonesome Ranch. This position will report and coordinate with the ranch’s Livestock and Agricultural Manager as well as the Ranch Services Manager. The ideal candidate should be well-organized and possess a “Team Player” attitude. It is imperative that they assure that all ranch facilities are ready for owner and/or guest occupancy and must possess a self-motivated work ethic.
Check back soon for New Opportunities
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CONTACT US
Connor P. Coleman
connor@resiliencylands.com
970.987.1723 mobile
Carbondale, Colorado
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