Press Release–Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) is partnering with Fort Collin’s Sustain Music and Nature to host an outdoor acoustic concert, as part of their Trail Sessions series, September 12 from 1-3pm featuring Colorado bands Sugar Britches and Tree-O at the Silt River Preserve.
This event will bring together AVLT, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV), Highwater Farm, and the Town of Silt to help celebrate the community-driven successes of the preserve. Guests can enjoy a tree-top strings performance and honky-tonk duo as well as a tour of the preserve and of Highwater Farm. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10 for adults and free for kids under 12. Guests are encouraged to bring chairs, blankets, and coolers but leave glass and pets at home.
“Silt River Preserve is a great example of what is possible when a community comes together to take care of a special place,” said Suzanne Stephens, executive director of AVLT. “This special place will welcome everyone and serve as an example of the best of community-driven conservation. People care for the places they love and through this concert, new community members will be getting outside and connecting to the land, one another, and conservation.”
The Silt River Preserve, 130-acres of open land and wildlife habitat along the Colorado River, was conserved through AVLT in 2009. The Town of Silt now owns the preserve, and with AVLT, and these partners, is committed to ongoing restoration and improvements. In 2019, AVLT introduced the town to Sara Tymczyszyn, director of Highwater Farm, who established five acres of the preserve as the home for the community farm. Currently operating under the fiscal sponsorship of AVLT, the farm is dedicated to transforming the lives of young people and increasing access to healthy food in Garfield County through sustainable agriculture.
“Music and public lands are our two favorite things at Sustain Music and Nature, and we can’t wait to see the Silt River Preserve and enjoy some top-notch Colorado musicians this weekend,” shares Betsy Mortensen, Sustain co-founder. “This will be our first Trail Session on the Colorado River since we started back in 2019, and I can guarantee it will be a memorable experience.” Sustain Music and Nature’s Trails Sessions are a series of educational hikes and concerts on conserved lands across Colorado to support both local bands and conservation.