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Press Release: Eagle Valley Land Trust Purchases Wildflower Farm

by Bergen Tjossem

  1-Acre property and building to become center for community conservation   [Edwards, CO, November 18th] The Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT) purchased 33601 Highway 6 on November 17, 2022 to serve as a new center for community conservation. EVLT …

Trust Our Land: Protect Wildlife as Seasons Change

by Bergen Tjossem

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 only ones preparing our minds and …

Trust Our Land | What are your barriers to access?

by Bergen Tjossem

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) is often asked. Looking at a …

Trust our Land: What is “Community Conservation”?

by Bergen Tjossem

  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 that call that land home. Neither …

Trust Our Land: Tools of the trade, stewardship edition

by Bergen Tjossem

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 of mud and snow with gumption, …

Confíe en nuestra tierra: esta Legislación es monumental.

En medio del bullicio del verano nuevamente aquí en Colorado, uno puede ser perdonado si no se tiene en cuenta el seguimiento de la legislación estatal. Afortunadamente para el lector, nuestros amigos y virtuosos de las políticas de Keep it …

Trust Our Land: Willingly waiting for wildlife

Wildlife is one of our community’s most treasured resources. Deer, elk, and our other furry friends inspire and give us a reason to tread lightly in the backcountry. Like many in Eagle County, wildlife have had a challenging year. Increased …

Trust Our Land: What is 30 by 30 and what is our role?

International agreements can be rife with challenges. Some may say that nations will always choose to act in their rational self-interest in the short term, even if over the long term, collaboration is in their best interest. Nowhere does this …