[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                DAN PIKE

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 7, 2016

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud 
Dan Pike for receiving the West Chamber's 2016 Jefferson County Hall of 
Fame Award.
  An active Colorado conservationist, Dan began advocating for the 
environment in 1976 when he opened an office for the Nature Conservancy 
and drafted the first ever Colorado conservation easement. Since then, 
Dan has continued to defend the environment as a founding member of 
both the Mountain Area Land Trust in Evergreen and Gunnison Ranchland 
Conservation Legacy and as retired president of Colorado Open Lands. 
Under Dan's leadership, Colorado Open Lands has made vast contributions 
to the protection of open space, preserving five thousand acres of 
Jefferson County land overall.
  Dan's civic achievements include Vice Chair of the Colorado Coalition 
of Land Trusts, Chair and Founder of the Mountain Area Land Trust, and 
a legislative member of the Colorado Conservation Easement Tax Credit 
Task Force. In 2015, Dan received the Friend of Open Space Award from 
the Palmer Land Trust for his recent efforts to protect southern 
Colorado. Recently, Dan has been working on the Jeffco Vision 2020 plan 
as well as coaching youth sports.
  I extend my deepest congratulations to Dan Pike for this well-
deserved recognition by the West Chamber.

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