SCLTCWhat Is a Land Trust?

Headlines

American River Conservancy Achieves Milestone of 10,000 Acres Protected

SBC's Sierra Solutions Conference October 3-4, 2008

Project Manager Position at TPL for the Sierra Nevada program

Lt. Governor Named Conservationist of the Year by California Rangeland Trust

Lassen Creek Conservation Area: Bitterbrush Seeding Underway

Reference Documents

SCLTC Annual Report (.pdf)

Download the SCLTC brochure (.pdf)

Stories

The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.... A land ethic of course cannot prevent the alteration, management, and use of these 'resources,' but it does affirm their right to continued existence, and, at least in spots, their continued existence in a natural state.

Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There

California Land Trusts: Protecting the Best of California for Californians

RedwoodsMore than 150 land trusts work in local communities throughout California. Together, they share a common vision for conserving California's natural areas and farmlands, and keeping California the beloved place that Californians call home.

California land trusts perform the essential work of partnering with local communities and landowners to identify, protect and steward important conservation lands to benefit Californians.

Ensuring Californians' Quality of Life. Californians need clean water and air, places to play and rejuvenate, healthy and affordable food, scenic beauty, and natural areas to experience and learn. Land trusts protect the lands that provide these benefits. These lands are critical to the well being of Californians -- to our quality of life, our children's future and our love of California.

Kids on a creekWorking in Local Communities. Land trusts are rooted in local communities, and work to protect local places of value and importance. Land trust board members, staff and volunteers reside in the areas they work. They join with fellow community members to respond to local needs and protect local places. Together, through community after community, it adds up to protecting the best of California.

Fostering Partnerships. Land trusts work through partnerships. They bring together local community members, landowners, public and private funders, non-profit organizations, and public agencies to protect and steward the land. Land trusts' partnerships are unique responses to local needs and priorities, landowner desires, and the conservation goals for a property.

Together, we can protect the best of California.

Join your local land trust today.

Reprinted with permission from the California Council of Land Trust.

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The mission of the Sierra-Cascade Land Trust Council is to promote and preserve natural, cultural and recreational resources, open space, and working landscapes throughout the Sierra Nevada and California Cascade region by assisting member land trusts and conservancies in achieving their goals.