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Trust Our Land: Conservation is for Everyone

By Keri Inouye The words “community” and “conservation” are two of my favorites in the English language. Individually, they represent many of the values that I (and I suspect many of you) hold dear:...

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...

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...

EVLT & EVOM Snowshoe Drive

Despite a laggardly start to winter in Colorado, the joys of snowy recreation are here. From skiing to snowball fights to snowball fights while skiing, there’s no shortage of fun to be had. Yet...

Mulroy Ranch, Protegido Para Siempre

Photos By Todd Winslow Pierce Mulroy Ranch se conserva ahora, para siempre, gracias a los propietarios Tom y Colleen Mulroy. La servidumbre de conservación de 1,900 acres, que es parte de la propiedad privada...

Mulroy Ranch, Protected Forever

Photos By Todd Winslow Pierce Mulroy Ranch is now conserved, forever, thanks to landowners Tom and Colleen Mulroy. The 1,900-acre conservation easement, which is part of the 2,300-acre private property, straddles Eagle and Grand...

Trust Our Land: Back to the future, together

  Let’s try out a thought exercise. Close your eyes and begin to imagine the Eagle River Valley, but with a caveat — the year is 1500 CE. Unrecognizable? Maybe. Now let’s begin a...

You’re Invited | EVLT’s Community Forum

****** Eagle Valley Land Trust Community Forum December 3, 2020 | 6:30-8pm via Zoom All are welcome! Click Here to Register Door Prizes from Alpine Quest Sports, Moe’s BBQ, and more! ****** Change can...

Trust Our Land: Stimulus through conservation

Investment in the conservation of the lands our community cares about most is a formidable economic driver, study says.  Todd Winslow Pierce | Special to the Daily Financial jargon such as ROI, debt servicing,...

Eagle Valley Wild: Photography for Change

  Todd Winslow Pierce is accustomed to the long game. Getting the perfect shot often requires hours upon hours of waiting, readjusting, fine-tuning, and waiting some more. And for Pierce’s favored photography – landscapes...