Stewardship of Resources

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What is stewardship? Stewardship is about inspiration: Inspiring land and water conservation in all local citizens, especially in children, in order to promote community connection to natural areas and an increased awareness of our region’s irreplaceable natural resources. Stewardship is actively caring for a place in a comprehensive way, optimizing the land for all the forms of life that dwell on or interact with it. Stewardship is expanding our awareness to a truly eco-centric worldview, an ecological conscience in which all citizens embrace their responsibility for the land’s continued health and well-being. Stewardship is service to something greater than ourselves.

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There are many expressions of stewardship in Monterey County. Our region’s enduring ranching and farming communities, for example, provide a tremendous opportunity for continued stewardship of vital and sensitive landscapes that are among our most beloved and familiar vistas. The Big Sur Land Trust will continue to work with individual landowners, other non-profit organizations and government agencies to safeguard opportunities for new generations who desire to seek a living in direct connection to the land and its resources.

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Stewardship is also a commitment to balancing access to the land with long-term management goals. Stewardship means monitoring and protecting fragile or endangered species, combatting threats posed by invasive weeds and other pathogens (such as Sudden Oak Death), and managing with care our region’s magnificent landscapes to ensure they are protected in perpetuity.

Join us in this exciting time of partnership, vision, and opportunity.

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