Game Trail Corridor - Buena Vista
Owner: Marie Prairie
Acres: 40.65
County: Chaffee County
Date Recorded: 12/8/2006
LTUA ID: 15/8/06
LTUA ID: 15

This 40.65 acres property is part of the elk migration corridor that involves the 655-acre Heckendorf State Wildlife Area, the 357-acre Game Trail Conservation, and borders 200 acres of Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service. The land is worthy of protection in perpetuity because of its natural, scenic, open space and wildlife and other valuable resources.

The property provides winter range, severe winter range and the ability for elk, mule deer and antelope to migrate through this area as well as other properties that are contiguous to this property in the Game Trail Corridor in Buena Vista. Suitable habitat is found on the Property for 4 species of amphibian, 158 species of birds, 57 species of mammals, and 2 species of reptiles. The Property is not open to the public but qualifies as open space because it will be preserved for the scenic enjoyment of the general public and as a wildlife habitat. Conservation of the Property, combined with the adjacent conserved lands, also helps create a buffer to existing development in this area.