Land swap planned in north Larimer County

LIVERMORE — The State Board of Land plans to swap 485 acres of state trust land near Livermore for 412 acres of private land. The exchange between the board and the landowner will provide both with more contiguous parcels in an area southeast of Red Feather Lakes Road near Hewlett Gulch Road. The landowner paid the board $56,000 for the 73-acre size difference in the two parcels.

Larry Routten, Front Range district manager for the land board, said the cash difference will go into a fund that the Land Board can use for future purchases.

The Land Board controls 3 million acres of land in Colorado, making it the second-largest landowner in the state after the federal government.

A full 98 percent of the land it owns is used to generate funding for public schools, primarily through leasing agreements.

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