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Harmony Acres offers Equine-Assisted Therapy services, Animal-Assisted Therapy services, therapeutic riding, a Veterans Program, and a Recreational Program. The program is a community-based equine and animal-assisted therapy center that includes a lifelong home to approximately 40 animals in its Sanctuary, along with 15 horses, 10 ponies, and a variety of other small animals. Business hours are by appointment only.
• Price: Tickets for Dr. Temple Grandin’s presentation are $25 with family and senior discounts available; early bird registration for the Harmony & Connection Clinic by August 1 is $600 for 2 days, and auditors are $50 per day.
Harmony Acres’ mission is to create a place where people and animals come together for the purpose of healing. It provides services for individuals who have experienced trauma, abuse, or hardship; military veterans; and individuals with disabilities, and it actively seeks to serve community members who have experienced discrimination, victimization, disability, or hardship. Its Community Outreach efforts assist individuals struggling with a temporary hardship so animals can stay out of the slaughter pipeline and in long-term homes where they are loved and valued. The organization is committed to providing a welcoming atmosphere regardless of race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military status, national origin, age, creed, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
In 2014 a small group of people and horses began offering Equine-Assisted Therapy services on a leased facility in Mesa County, and in 2017 Harmony Acres was able to purchase its own property. In the past 10 years, over 2400 individuals have benefitted through professionally facilitated therapeutic sessions. The property includes 24 acres, animal facilities, a large indoor arena, a small covered arena, and built-in offices, a waiting room, and restrooms, all designed to be inclusive and handicap-accessible.
Harmony Acres has over 100 volunteers, 11 staff and contracted agents, and a leadership team that includes Becky Snyder (President), Mike Hansen (Vice-President & Finance Committee Chair), Taylor Kelly-Lottman (Secretary), Christina Burke, LCSW (Executive Director), and Rori Tehan (Program Director), along with additional board members Auralea Ninemire, Dr. Janet Palm, Jackie Rudiger, and Mary McElheron. Staff credentials include Christina Burke, a licensed clinical social worker with an undergraduate degree in equestrian science; Morgan Kareus, a PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor with a BS in Biology; Rori Tehan, who has an equestrian studies degree from Houghton College; Kristin Moore, who has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Tennessee with an emphasis in Veterinary Social Work; Michele Mummert, a retired Army Veteran; Deb Crooks, a USDF Silver Medal Dressage Rider; and Alarain Barnhart, who has a two-year degree from the Equine Science program in Rangely, Colorado, and a PATH-certification for mental health programming. Deb Crooks was honored by being inducted into the Colorado Plateau Horseman's Hall of Fame for her life-long contributions to horses and riders on the Western Slope.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
• Price: Tickets for Dr. Temple Grandin’s presentation are $25 with family and senior discounts available; early bird registration for the Harmony & Connection Clinic by August 1 is $600 for 2 days, and auditors are $50 per day.
Harmony Acres’ mission is to create a place where people and animals come together for the purpose of healing. It provides services for individuals who have experienced trauma, abuse, or hardship; military veterans; and individuals with disabilities, and it actively seeks to serve community members who have experienced discrimination, victimization, disability, or hardship. Its Community Outreach efforts assist individuals struggling with a temporary hardship so animals can stay out of the slaughter pipeline and in long-term homes where they are loved and valued. The organization is committed to providing a welcoming atmosphere regardless of race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military status, national origin, age, creed, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
In 2014 a small group of people and horses began offering Equine-Assisted Therapy services on a leased facility in Mesa County, and in 2017 Harmony Acres was able to purchase its own property. In the past 10 years, over 2400 individuals have benefitted through professionally facilitated therapeutic sessions. The property includes 24 acres, animal facilities, a large indoor arena, a small covered arena, and built-in offices, a waiting room, and restrooms, all designed to be inclusive and handicap-accessible.
Harmony Acres has over 100 volunteers, 11 staff and contracted agents, and a leadership team that includes Becky Snyder (President), Mike Hansen (Vice-President & Finance Committee Chair), Taylor Kelly-Lottman (Secretary), Christina Burke, LCSW (Executive Director), and Rori Tehan (Program Director), along with additional board members Auralea Ninemire, Dr. Janet Palm, Jackie Rudiger, and Mary McElheron. Staff credentials include Christina Burke, a licensed clinical social worker with an undergraduate degree in equestrian science; Morgan Kareus, a PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor with a BS in Biology; Rori Tehan, who has an equestrian studies degree from Houghton College; Kristin Moore, who has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Tennessee with an emphasis in Veterinary Social Work; Michele Mummert, a retired Army Veteran; Deb Crooks, a USDF Silver Medal Dressage Rider; and Alarain Barnhart, who has a two-year degree from the Equine Science program in Rangely, Colorado, and a PATH-certification for mental health programming. Deb Crooks was honored by being inducted into the Colorado Plateau Horseman's Hall of Fame for her life-long contributions to horses and riders on the Western Slope.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
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