We were honored to speak with the conservation community about the public benefits of private land conservation at our panel presentation at Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Partners in the Outdoors Conference June 4.
Our executive director, Melissa Daruna, moderated “What has private land conservation done for you lately? Success stories of land trust partnerships and public benefits.”
People may often wonder how private land conservation directly benefits them. The benefits of land conservation in general are many — including enabling access to food that both people and animals need to survive, access to clean drinking water, healthy wildlife habitat, access to nature and open spaces we can use for outdoor recreation, untarnished views of beautiful landscapes, and continuity of a culture and a way of life, to name a few. On private lands, it’s no different. Our land trusts are conserving and protecting both private and public properties across Colorado to ensure that these benefits continue for generations to come. For many of our land trusts, there are also some unexpected benefits that result from their conservation work — extending into communities and improving quality of life in previously unimagined ways.
To learn how, hear from our panelists — including Libby Collins of Colorado West Land Trust, Jessica Foulis of Eagle Valley Land Trust, Noel Durant of Crested Butte Land Trust and Dave Erickson of Aspen Valley Land Trust. View the webinar here.
