Eastern Sierra Land Trust
Eastern Sierra Land Trust
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Mission
The mission of Eastern Sierra Land Trust (ESLT), a public nonprofit organization, is to work with willing landowners to preserve vital lands in the Eastern Sierra region for their scenic, agricultural, natural, recreational, historical, and watershed values. ESLT is the first and only local land trust operating in this region that encompasses California's Inyo, Mono, and Alpine counties, in addition to Western Nevada. It is uniquely situated to negotiate and steward collaborative land-use agreements in an area characterized by beautiful landscapes, rural agricultural economies, and recreational opportunities.
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ESTABLISHED IN 2001, EASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST (ESLT) WORKS TO PERMANENTLY SAFEGUARD THE EASTERN SIERRAS TREASURED LANDSCAPES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THROUGH CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS, WE PROTECT EASTERN SIERRA LANDS FOR THEIR SCENIC, AGRICULTURAL, NATURAL, RECREATIONAL, HISTORIC, AND WATERSHED VALUES. IN OUR 18 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, ESLT HAS PROTECTED NEARLY 15,000 ACRES OF CRITICALLY-IMPORTANT WILDLIFE HABITAT, SCENIC MARVELS, AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AGAINST THE THREAT OF POORLY-PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OUR WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES AND CRITICAL HABITATS PROGRAMS. AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM, WE OFFER PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE LAND, ENCOURAGING A SPIRIT OF STEWARDSHIP IN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. OUR LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM (WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES, CRITICAL HABITATS AND STEWARDSHIP; WORKED WITH THE BI-STATE LOCAL AREA WORKING GROUP TO HELP PROTECT THE GREATER BI-STATE SAGE GROUSE THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON WORKING RANCHES IN PRIME HABITAT AREA, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICES (NRCS) THROUGH THE REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (RCPP) . ESLT ALSO RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $4,000,000 AWARD FROM NRCS AND APPROXIMATELY $1,000,000 FROM CALIFORNIAS STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCILS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM TO PURCHASE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON SCEIRINE POINT RANCH IN BRIDGEPORT VALLEY, CA.; WHICH WAS PROTECTED IN 2018. ESLT ALSO ORGANIZED FIFTEEN VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP DAYS HELPING TO REMOVE INVASIVE WEEDS, BITTERBRUSH PROTECTION AND RIVER AND HIGHWAY CLEANUPS. RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP BECAME A SPECIAL FOCUS OF ESLTS PRIORITIES AFTER THE ROUND FIRE BURNED NEARLY 7,000 ACRES, INCLUDING FOUR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ESLTS OWN SMALL WILDLIFE PRESERVE. ESLTS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM HELPED BRING LAND ETHIC AND CONSERVATION CONCEPTS TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUR SUNFLOWER GARDEN PROJECT (LOCAL THIRD-GRADERS LEARN ABOUT POLLINATORS, FOOD SYSTEMS, AND LOCAL FOOD) AND OUR EASTSIDE POLLINATOR GARDEN PROJECT (A CERTIFICATION PROCESS TO CREATE POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY GARDENS WITH NATIVE PLANTS.