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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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2024 Impact Report

A Year of Growth and Connection

Read how 2024 was a year of great impact for CCLT on behalf of the land trust community in California.

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Now Accepting Applications!

Project Advancement Grant Program

The California Council of Land Trusts (CCLT) invites proposals from California’s conservation land trusts and their partners for 6-12 month 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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Annual Conference

2025 California Land & Water Conservation Conference

Thank you for everyone who participated, our generous sponsors, the incredible Tenaya Lodge, and our team for putting together this year's sold-out CCLT California Land & Water Conference! We can't wait for next year's annual conference in Sacramento!

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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!

Advocacy

Education

Funding

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.