Eagle County's Hardscrabble Ranch draft plan includes something for everyone

EAGLE — The great thing about bringing the 1,540-acre historic Hardscrabble Ranch property into the Eagle County open space program is the possibilities it presents.

That's also the challenging thing.

From recreation opportunities to ranching operations to wildlife habitat conservation, the county wants to manage the property, located just south of Eagle in the Brush Creek Valley, for the benefit of many. That was the message for a crowd of roughly 60 residents who turned out for an open house Wednesday night, Sept. 19, that detailed the new management plan for the property.

"I do think the property can have something for everyone, but it can't have everything for everyone," offered Jessica Foulis, stewardship and outreach manager for the Eagle Valley Land Trust, the entity that now holds the conservation easement for the property.

"Balance is a key theme here," said Bill Mangle, from ERO Resource Corporation, the consultant who helped author the Hardscrabble Ranch plan.

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