EASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST
PO BOX 755, BISHOP, CA 93515 www.eslt.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ESTABLISHED IN 2001, EASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST (ESLT) WORKS WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO PRESERVE VITAL LANDS IN THE EASTERN SIERRA REGION FOR THEIR SCENIC, AGRICULTURAL, NATURAL, RECREATIONAL, HISTORICAL, AND WATERSHED VALUES. ESLT RECOGNIZES THAT THE LAND WE SHARE HAS LONG BEEN USED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, AND WE WORK TO PRESERVE A HEALTHY BALANCE OF USES FROM RANCHING TO HIKING, WILDLIFE HABITATS TO FAVORITE FISHING SPOTS THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED FOREVER, ENSURING A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. ESLT WORKS TO HELP FAMILIES IN THE FACE OF PRESSURES TO SUBDIVIDE THEIR WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES, WE WORK WITH LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT THE REGIONS CRITICAL HABITATS, WE WORK TO OFFER THE ENTIRE EASTERN SIERRA COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH OUR TREASURED LANDS, WILDLIFE AND A RURAL HERITAGE THAT HEARKENS BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FRONTIER. AS AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST, ESLT MEETS THE HIGHEST NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR

EASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST (Trust) WORKS WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO protect open space and PRESERVE VITAL LANDS in Inyo, Mono, and Alpine Counties IN THE EASTERN SIERRA REGION for their scenic, recreational, historical, agricultural, botanic, watershed, and wildlife values.

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.

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