Why It Matters

Conservation has economic, ecological, and social and community benefits. In partnership with the land trusts and open land advocacy groups, Moore Charitable aims to increase the pace, quality and permanence of land conservation through advocacy and policy change. Moore Charitable supports outreach and education programs that enhance land stewardship by providing conservation training to landowners, local communities, and future leaders. We also support community conservation efforts that enlist the highest level of local participation and empower communities to manage and conserve their natural resources.

One of the most effective and powerful tools for conserving private land is conservation easements – agreements between landowner and a land trust or government agency of varying sorts – which limit uses of the land in order to protect it in perpetuity. These easements often provide public benefits while continuing to allow landowners to own and use their land consistent with the conservation objectives. In partnership with land trusts and conservation partners, Moore Charitable is committed to advancing the use and innovation of conservation easements to protect natural and working landscapes from unwanted development and other pressures, as well as the fragmentation of open spaces.

Impact Stories

Enacting Powerful Conservation Measures

By partnering directly with The Land Trust Alliance (LTA), the mother of all land trust coalitions with more than 1,000 land trust members, The Moore Charitable Foundation aims to increase the pace, quality and permanence of land conservation through persuasive advocacy and policy change. 

Land & Water Conservation in the Valley

Colorado Open Lands has developed a strong presence in the San Luis Valley, generating a pipeline of conservation projects totaling over 56,000 acres. The nonprofit now supporting long-term area sustainability through the development of a Ground Water Easement Model with local partners.

Farms of the Future

Through its Farms of the Future initiative, Peconic Land Trust is protecting farmland threatened by development and increasing the number of working acres through conservation tools that address farmland accessibility, affordability, and sustainability.

Grain for Cranes

Colorado Open Lands, with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Miller Coors Brewing, launched the Grain for Cranes program to support local agriculture while assuring sufficient habitat and food resources for the migrating Sandhill Crane population. 

Conservation Easements Innovation

Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust innovated Colorado’s conservation easement program, by changing the value proposition from loss of development opportunity to that of conserving important natural resources.

Community Conservation Leadership

The Taos Land Trust, in step with an entire community, is revitalizing a 20-acre section of the Rio Fernando River, bringing an acequia back to life, and restoring the once productive agricultural lands of this property.

Impact Stories

  • Enacting Powerful Conservation Measures

  • Land & Water

  • Farms of the Future

  • Grain for Cranes

  • Conservation Easements

  • Community Conservation

By partnering directly with The Land Trust Alliance (LTA), the mother of all land trust coalitions with more than 1,000 land trust members, The Moore Charitable Foundation aims to increase the pace, quality and permanence of land conservation through persuasive advocacy and policy change.

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