How to get our rural mountain raw land zoned agricultural for lower taxes?

Question

My mom has 35 acres of hilltop land about 12 miles north of a ski resort town in western Colorado. We aren't able to build there yet but the property taxes are eating her up. If she could have it zoned agricultural, as many area places are, she could reduce her taxes. I don't know that much about it, but I wondered: Could she maybe put honey bees there during the summer, or grow christmas trees, or have an area with elk or deer fenced in? Any ideas are appreciated.

Answer 1

You get land classified as agricultural by actually working the land. In nearly all states if you allow the land to lay fallow, you lose your ag classification.