Sponsored conten If you want to go far, go together Aspen Valley Land Trust is embarking engagement effort, "Your Land Trust LUistens, to help shape its strategic conservation plan for the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys ought to you by Aspen Valey Landust Prom Independence Pass to the Roan Plateau, the Aspen Valley Land Trust wants to understand how communities re feeling albout population growth, changing climate, conservation issues, and community issues, among other topics efforts, AVLT hopes to shape its strategic conservation plan- which will cutline the eganirations conservation work in the Roaring Pork and Colorado River valleys over the pext 5 to 10 years-with a lot of We hope to find out not jast what pressing onservation issues peope entify, but what pressing issoons conservation might be able to help address, said Suzanne Sicphens, executive director of the Aspen Valley Land Trust. "We hope to ecenect with supporters as well as people and ommunities that are not currently nvolsed with the Land Trust so that we can Carbondale area ranchers from the Nieslanik family keep our region's rural agricultural heritage alive. at Aspen Valey I and Trust "Every feedhack community feels it a lictle differently, so we're wanting to engage olks to understand what they're feeling now, and what each community's threats andmmunties we work in, nor do we about, and help set a future eouse thast isc We don't want to add somethling to our mission that's not a good fit for the THE ISSUES want to leave behind something really ome of the many issues facing the valley COMMUNITY DRVENCNSERVATION This ommunity involvement wil help Aeross the country, land trusts are steppg AVI.Tbeoome more aware and conmected back, talking with their communities and anrmed as it chars ahead. taking stock ofwhere they want to foeus Alad ust relies on partmerships to make impacts of droeght, dimate change, loss fopen space and agricultural land, and pressures cen wildlife and natural resources One o AVLTs most important emgagement to produce the best conservation - and community-outcomes, Stephens said. communaties we work with are our most esidents will fill out online The questionsT Throughost our history, this conoept of important partsers, Stephens said. "As the community-driven conservatice has been old saying goes, If you want to go fast, 8 Cooper Means harvesting the results of a a recurrent theme, but w's risen hack to the lone. If you want to go far, go together. season of hard work at Coay Point Ranch her information about which conservaticn Is access to locally grown food as important forefront over the last few years as a result us providing critical habitat and resources o a few high-profile community projects or wildlife? Do people want to maintain scathe Save Red Hill effort and the open spaces and scenic buffers between purchase of a property used for outdoor communitie? Do they want to maintain education in dMarble that hopes to serve he rural agricultural heritage of the area? sehools from Aspen to Glenwood, she said. How mach does conserving land eallyTs This impoetant Seedback will help AVL.T direct and prioritize landscape-scale conservation work, as well as other types of community-drive conservation projects like these, lt's the first time the organization population rate in Colorado is growing and we're feeling that change pretty acutely," said Matt Annabel, ommanications and Outreach Direetor has ever solicited sach broad ecenmunity HELP SHARE THE VALLEY'S FUTURE The Aspen Vailey Land Trust wants to know what the community cares about and what it needs from its Land Trust. In order for their work to remain relevant and meaningful AVLT seeks to respond to changing needs by involving the community in envisioning the future. Come to a public lstening session in either New Castle Carbondale, or Aspen (and bring your friendsi. An online veesion of the commuity survey is available at www.alt.org.Your partikipation is cracil to this process, and AVLT wants you to think big Divide Creek area elk benefiting from agricultural land conservation Join us and be a part of the plan > LAND TRUST Monday, May 6 Tuesday May 7 Thursday May 9 Three opportunities to share Please plan to attend a full 2hr session. Pitkin County Library Thied Street Center Calaway More at AVLT.or Sponsored conten If you want to go far, go together Aspen Valley Land Trust is embarking engagement effort, "Your Land Trust LUistens, to help shape its strategic conservation plan for the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys ought to you by Aspen Valey Landust Prom Independence Pass to the Roan Plateau, the Aspen Valley Land Trust wants to understand how communities re feeling albout population growth, changing climate, conservation issues, and community issues, among other topics efforts, AVLT hopes to shape its strategic conservation plan- which will cutline the eganirations conservation work in the Roaring Pork and Colorado River valleys over the pext 5 to 10 years-with a lot of We hope to find out not jast what pressing onservation issues peope entify, but what pressing issoons conservation might be able to help address, said Suzanne Sicphens, executive director of the Aspen Valley Land Trust. "We hope to ecenect with supporters as well as people and ommunities that are not currently nvolsed with the Land Trust so that we can Carbondale area ranchers from the Nieslanik family keep our region's rural agricultural heritage alive. at Aspen Valey I and Trust "Every feedhack community feels it a lictle differently, so we're wanting to engage olks to understand what they're feeling now, and what each community's threats andmmunties we work in, nor do we about, and help set a future eouse thast isc We don't want to add somethling to our mission that's not a good fit for the THE ISSUES want to leave behind something really ome of the many issues facing the valley COMMUNITY DRVENCNSERVATION This ommunity involvement wil help Aeross the country, land trusts are steppg AVI.Tbeoome more aware and conmected back, talking with their communities and anrmed as it chars ahead. taking stock ofwhere they want to foeus Alad ust relies on partmerships to make impacts of droeght, dimate change, loss fopen space and agricultural land, and pressures cen wildlife and natural resources One o AVLTs most important emgagement to produce the best conservation - and community-outcomes, Stephens said. communaties we work with are our most esidents will fill out online The questionsT Throughost our history, this conoept of important partsers, Stephens said. "As the community-driven conservatice has been old saying goes, If you want to go fast, 8 Cooper Means harvesting the results of a a recurrent theme, but w's risen hack to the lone. If you want to go far, go together. season of hard work at Coay Point Ranch her information about which conservaticn Is access to locally grown food as important forefront over the last few years as a result us providing critical habitat and resources o a few high-profile community projects or wildlife? Do people want to maintain scathe Save Red Hill effort and the open spaces and scenic buffers between purchase of a property used for outdoor communitie? Do they want to maintain education in dMarble that hopes to serve he rural agricultural heritage of the area? sehools from Aspen to Glenwood, she said. How mach does conserving land eallyTs This impoetant Seedback will help AVL.T direct and prioritize landscape-scale conservation work, as well as other types of community-drive conservation projects like these, lt's the first time the organization population rate in Colorado is growing and we're feeling that change pretty acutely," said Matt Annabel, ommanications and Outreach Direetor has ever solicited sach broad ecenmunity HELP SHARE THE VALLEY'S FUTURE The Aspen Vailey Land Trust wants to know what the community cares about and what it needs from its Land Trust. In order for their work to remain relevant and meaningful AVLT seeks to respond to changing needs by involving the community in envisioning the future. Come to a public lstening session in either New Castle Carbondale, or Aspen (and bring your friendsi. An online veesion of the commuity survey is available at www.alt.org.Your partikipation is cracil to this process, and AVLT wants you to think big Divide Creek area elk benefiting from agricultural land conservation Join us and be a part of the plan > LAND TRUST Monday, May 6 Tuesday May 7 Thursday May 9 Three opportunities to share Please plan to attend a full 2hr session. Pitkin County Library Thied Street Center Calaway More at AVLT.or