Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council
Welcome
The Sierra-Cascade Land Trust Council is a broad coalition of private local and regional land trust and conservancy organizations working with willing landowners to promote and preserve natural, cultural and recreational resources, open space and working farms and ranches in the Sierra Nevada and California Cascade region.By working with landowners who wish to conserve the natural values of their land into the future, the Council's members offer a market-based, pragmatic approach to responsible stewardship and sustainable economic activity in their communities. The Land Trust Council works to energize, enable and inspire its members to:
- partner with willing landowners in local communities to protect and steward important natural, cultural, recreational, and family farm, timber and ranch lands critical to the future well-being of our region, its citizens and visitors;
- build their individual capacities to ensure effective, sustained conservation work in the region;
- communicate, cooperate and coordinate with each other and with the Council and its many partners; and
- come together on issues of regional importance to provide a unified voice with elected and appointed officials, decision-makers and funders.
In addition the Land Trust Council provides opportunities for land trusts and conservancies in the region to learn from each other and from outside experts, influence decisions in the region through positive involvement and foster local conservation leadership in our communities. We value open and honest collaboration with all interests and are committed to finding effective, win-win solutions to the growth and conservation needs facing our Sierra-Cascade communities.