A film by Peter Crosby

In 1999, Duke Phillips III signed a 25-year lease on the Chico Basin Ranch, an expansive 86,000-acre ranch on the plains of southern Colorado. There he would raise his family and put into motion the process that would lead to the development of Ranchlands.

In 2023, the land board of Colorado voted not to renew the Phillips’ lease, accepting instead a higher financial offer from a rival bidder.

After 25 years living and breathing the land, 2024 was Ranchlands’ last at the Chico.

In this film, some of those who've called the Chico home for the last 25 years reflect on how this place changed them and their families.