NOTICE OF PENDING SEALED BID AUCTION OF STATE LAND LEASE

NOTICE is hereby provided that the State Board of Land Commissioners (“Board”) has authorized an auction for a lease on the following parcel of state trust land located in Kiowa County, Colorado:

Legal Description: ALL

Meridian: 6

Township: 20S

Range: 44W

Section: 36

Acreage: 640.00

County: Kiowa

The above-described lease parcel will be auctioned for lease. The minimum acceptable bid for this parcel is $14,796.47 per year. The publication of this Notice on September 25th, 2026 begins a notice and public bid period during which sealed bids may be submitted to the Board. To be considered, sealed bids must be received by 4 p.m. on October 12th, 2026 by the Board’s Southeast District Office located at 700 S. Main St., Lamar, CO 81052.

Sealed bids must be submitted on the Board’s Agricultural Lease Application with a check for the $100 non-refundable application fee, a Resource Management Questionnaire and a separate check for the full amount of the first year’s rental bid. Interested parties can request an application from the District Office listed below or online at slb.colorado.gov. The words “Bid for the Kiowa 385 Dryland Lease” must be clearly marked on the outside of the sealed envelope. Bids received via facsimile or electronic mail will not be considered.

Board staff will open the bids at 11:00 A.M. on October 13th, 2026 at the office of the Board, 700 S. Main St., Lamar, CO 81052. This Bid Opening will be open to the applicants and to the public in general. Participation in the bidding process does not create any rights for the winning bidder or anyone else participating in the bidding process. The State Board of Land Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality or technicality in the bidding process, and to award the lease in the manner that it deems to be in the best interest of the affected Trust(s).

The successful applicant will be required to cooperate with the Board in complying with the mandates of C.R.S § 36-1-118.

PROPERTY INFORMATION

Location: Approximately 14 miles north of Granada on Hwy 385

Dry Crop Acres: 628.30 (11.7 Non-Billable Acres)

Minimum Bid: $14,796.47 ($23.55 per Acre)

Lease Term: 10 years.

Improvements: There are no improvements on the property

Water: No water is available

Use of Property: Dry Land Crop

Possession: Upon receipt of confirmation letter

All leases will be “as is where is”. An agricultural lease for this property is/is not in effect.

For more information or to receive an application, please contact the Southeast District office at (719) 336-3031. Unsuccessful bidders will have the first year’s rental bid returned to them within 15 working days of the final approval of a lease application.

First Published September 25, 2026

Last Published October 2, 2026

In the Kiowa County Press.