Organizational Overview

The California Council of Land Trusts’ mission is to conserve California’s extraordinary land and water resources through a strong network of land trusts with one cohesive voice across urban and rural communities.

To advance our mission and vision for California, we rely upon the following six key strategies.  Each strategy has a set of goals and priorities as explored in our A Vision and Strategy for the California Council of Land Trusts.

1. Leadership.  CCLT is a statewide thought-leader and the voice for California land trusts and conservation.
2. Policy.  CCLT advances a pro-active public policy agenda to ensure strong laws and policies for conserving land and supporting land trust operations.
3. Funding.  CCLT creates and sustains financial resources to meet the diversity of land conservation needs.
4. Communications.  CCLT assures communication within land trust community and increases visibility and support for land trusts and land conservation.
5. Education.  CCLT provides tools and leadership to build highly knowledgeable, effective and resilient land trusts to conserve and steward California’s important land resources.