Author: Bergen Tjossem

Earth Week With EVLT | 2023

  Join EVLT and partners for a week of conservation, learning, connection, and camaraderie to protect the wildlife habitat and open spaces that our community depends on. As trails around our community open, we’re...

Sweetwater Lake FAQ’s

  Where we are today: Using the Sweetwater Vision Statement as a guide, the Sweetwater planning process continues. Over the last year several improvements have been made to the Sweetwater area, including a new...

Sweetwater Lake Vision Statement

Sweetwater Lake is where current and future generations of Americans can recreate, connect with the natural environment, appreciate the cultural and natural history, and experience the freedom from the developed world like their grandparents may...

Trust Our Land: Why Community Conservation Matters

Conservation has come a long way since the days of Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir. Simply acquiring large swaths of land isn’t enough to protect wildlife and other conservation values, nor does it maximize...

Trust Our Land: Protect Wildlife as Seasons Change

By Bergen Tjossem. Photo by Eaglevalleywild.org   Well, it happened again. Summer gave way to fall which is transitioning into early winter faster than many of us are ready to accept.  We’re not the...

Trust Our Land | What are your barriers to access?

By Rachael Brard. Photo by Eaglevalleywild.org If public land is all around us, why isn’t everyone in our community able to enjoy it? This is a question that the Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT)...

Trust our Land: What is “Community Conservation”?

  By Adde Sharp   Just for a moment, imagine a community, our community, without open lands and wild spaces. Then imagine the opposite – abundant land, but without the ecological and human communities...

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Click Here to Take the Survey Eagle County contains world-class recreation opportunities, from skiing to whitewater rafting, hiking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, mountain biking, and everything in between. Recreationalists flock to this region to...

Trust Our Land: Tools of the trade, stewardship edition

By Torrey Davis   I’ve taken my little Subaru, Pearl, as I fondly call her, many fantastic places over the years. We’ve deftly (and maybe a bit foolishly) crawled over rocks, barrelled through conglomerates...

Annual Giving and Events Manager Job Posting

Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT), a growing accredited land trust, seeks an ambitious and passionate Annual Giving and Events Manager who will be responsible for the strategic management and direct oversight of the organization’s...

EVLT Signature Picnic Backpacks on Sale Now!

Host your own Farm to Fork Picnic with your own custom EVLT insulated backpack filled with everything you need to host your own celebration! Includes a gift card to a local Land and Rivers...

Sweetwater Lake | Information and FAQ’s

Note: Sweetwater Lake is in transition between private and public ownership. Please give managers time to activate the property. Signage, infrastructure, and access projects are in progress. US Forest Service trails surrounding the property...