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Land Trusts

California Council of Land Trusts Members have the privilege of protecting and stewarding many of the State’s most important conservation lands and resources.

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Conservation

Land conservation is an action to permanently conserve the natural, scenic, agricultural, historical, forested or open space character or uses of real property.

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What We Do

CCLT works 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.

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March 22-24

2027 California Land & Water Conservation Conference

Early Bird Registration Now Open

Join us for the 2027 California Land & Water Conservation Conference will take place March 22–24 at the Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort and Spa.

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2025 Impact Report

Building Strength, Voice, and Community for Conservation

Read about the California Council of Land Trusts impact in 2025—a year of building strength by empowering capacity among the California land trust community and providing a strong voice for land trusts

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Deadline: Saturday, October 31

Survey: Help Us Tell the Story of Conservation in California

Your work can help us understand the conservation landscape across California and identify opportunities to strengthen support for land trusts of all sizes.

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Project Advancement Grants Round 2

$1.51 million awarded to 16 organizations

CCLT is thrilled to award $1.51 million in funding to 16 land trust organizations as part of the Project Advancement Grants for projects that advance the goals of the State of California described in Pathways to 30x30 (30x30) and the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy (NWLCSS).

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Oct / 2026

Compiled Funding Opportunities (October 2026 – Rolling)

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Latest Land Trust News

Visit our Latest News webpage to read recent articles, opportunities, and announcements from our California land trust community.

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Membership

A strong network, speaking with one voice.

We see a future where all California residents share a common conservation ethic and benefit from having access to clean water, healthy food, parks and other natural lands where they live. Join us!

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Land Acknowledgement
CCLT acknowledges that all of the lands and waters in which we live and work are the traditional unceded ancestral homelands and sacred spaces of native peoples from more than 100 nations, who inhabited, and still inhabit, these lands. Many of CCLT’s member land trusts are actively working with local tribes to return ancestral lands. They are also partnering with tribes to exchange knowledge and share resources towards traditional stewardship of conserved lands. For more information about the Indigenous territories and lands on which you live and work, visit Native Land or Digital Atlas of California Native Americans.