In line with our land conservation mission and thanks to your generous contributions, one project that was undertaken after buying the ranch was the construction of a reservoir. There were dreams of using the water stored in the reservoir to irrigate a field using a circular pivot. The reservoir construction was costly and we learned from some mistakes. Now there is a nice reservoir that is part of a fish habitat project that we have with Natural Resources Conservation Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The birds and fish are flourishing and these partners are enthusiastic about the success. The project successfully protects the whole cycle of the hot springs waters from recreation to power generation to natural areas to working farm and ranch.