Kenyon Fields, Mary Conover, Ken Salazar.

Leading landowners, industry experts, and thought leaders gathered at the Aspen Institute to discuss key issues facing private landowners and to honor Colorado’s Salazar family, The Land Report’s 2015 Legacy Landowners.
Photography by Aubree Dallas

Groves of quaking aspens welcomed dozens of guests to the 2015 Land Report Aspen Summit, sponsored by Mirr Ranch Group, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, and the Western Landowners Alliance. Panel discussions included strategic acquisitions, management best practices, and working with federal, state, and local regulators. Presentations included an overview on real assets from Dennis Moon of US Trust, as well as a keynote address by Colorado native Ken Salazar. – The Editors

Left: A full house at Plato’s. Upper Right: Bryan Pickens. Lower Right: Ken Salazar, Paul Lee.

Eddie Lee Rider Jr., Dennis Moon, C. Patrick Bates.

Left: Lesli Allison. Upper Right: Paul Vahldiek Jr. Middle Right: John Murfee. Bottom Right: Bob Randall.

Upper Left: Wayne Fahsholtz. Upper Right: John Watson. Bottom Left: Silvia Rider, Janet Lee, Eddie Lee Rider Jr., Paul Lee. Bottom Right: Russell Kemp, Ken Mirr.

Silvia Rider, Alison Murfee, Monica Manley.