After years of looking for a site, followed by almost six years of discussion, Lee said, he is close to signing a 99-year lease for a residential land-study center at South Park's circa-1863 Buffalo Peaks Ranch along the Middle Fork of the South Platte River. It's about two hours from Denver and Colorado Springs.
Working with Park County's community-development officials and the city of Aurora, which owns the ranch because of water interests, and Denver Water, which owns water rights, Lee and Martin sketched out program possibilities.
