{"id":2443582,"date":"2019-04-30T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=304927"},"modified":"2019-04-30T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T16:00:27","slug":"if-you-want-to-go-far-go-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/if-you-want-to-go-far-go-together\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If you want to go far, go together\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.6008771929825\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-304927-385\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Cozy-Point-01-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Cozy-Point-01-1024x576.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Cooper Means harvesting the results of a season of hard work at Cozy Point Ranch. | Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Cozy-Point-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Cooper Means harvesting the results of a season of hard work at Cozy Point Ranch.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust<\/strong><br \/>Cooper Means harvesting the results of a season of hard work at Cozy Point Ranch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Elk-07-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Elk-07-1024x576.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Divide Creek area elk benefiting from agricultural land conservation. | Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Elk-07-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Divide Creek area elk benefiting from agricultural land conservation.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust<\/strong><br \/>Divide Creek area elk benefiting from agricultural land conservation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Image-for-AT-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Image-for-AT-1024x569.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Carbondale area ranchers from the Nieslanik family keep our region\u2019s rural agricultural heritage alive. | Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Image-for-AT-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"Carbondale area ranchers from the Nieslanik family keep our region\u2019s rural agricultural heritage alive.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust<\/strong><br \/>Carbondale area ranchers from the Nieslanik family keep our region\u2019s rural agricultural heritage alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Silt-Youth-Corps-3-small-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Silt-Youth-Corps-3-small-1024x576.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Silt-Youth-Corps-3-small-1024x576.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/if-you-want-to-go-far-go-together-sponsored\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/if-you-want-to-go-far-go-together-sponsored\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>From Independence Pass to the Roan Plateau, the Aspen Valley Land Trust wants to understand how communities are feeling about population growth, changing climate, conservation issues, and community issues, among other topics. Through various community engagement efforts, AVLT hopes to shape its strategic conservation plan \u2014 which will outline the organization\u2019s conservation work in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys over the next 5 to 10 years \u2014 with a lot of input from the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to find out not just what pressing conservation issues people identify, but what pressing issues conservation might be able to help address,\u201d said Suzanne Stephens, executive director of the Aspen Valley Land Trust. \u201cWe hope to connect with supporters as well as people and communities that are not currently involved with the Land Trust so that we can better understand the trends people worry about, and help set a future course that is most responsive to current needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The issues<\/strong><br \/>Some of the many issues facing the valley include a lack of affordable housing, impacts of drought, climate change, loss of open space and agricultural land, and pressures on wildlife and natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>One of AVLT\u2019s most important engagement tools is a 15-minute survey it hopes residents will fill out online. The questions aim to gather information about which issues matter most to people.<\/p>\n<p>Is access to locally grown food as important as providing critical habitat and resources for wildlife? Do people want to maintain open spaces and scenic buffers between communities? Do they want to maintain the rural agricultural heritage of the area? How much does conserving land really matter to local residents?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe population rate in Colorado is growing, and we\u2019re feeling that change pretty acutely,\u201d said Matt Annabel, Communications and Outreach Director at Aspen Valley Land Trust. \u201cEvery community feels it a little differently, so we\u2019re wanting to engage folks to understand what they\u2019re feeling <em>now<\/em>, and what each community\u2019s threats and opportunities are <em>now<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community-driven conservation<\/strong><br \/>Across the country, land trusts are stepping back, talking with their communities and taking stock of where they want to focus to produce the best conservation \u2013 and community \u2013 outcomes, Stephens said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout our history, this concept of community-driven conservation has been a recurrent theme, but it\u2019s risen back to the forefront over the last few years as a result of a few high-profile community projects such as the Save Red Hill effort and the purchase of a property used for outdoor education in Marble that hopes to serve schools from Aspen to Glenwood,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This important feedback will help AVLT direct and prioritize landscape-scale conservation work, as well as other types of community-drive conservation projects like these. It\u2019s the first time the organization has ever solicited such broad community feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to add something to our mission that\u2019s not a good fit for the communities we work in, nor do we want to leave behind something really important,\u201d Annabel said.<\/p>\n<p>This community involvement will help AVLT become more aware and connected and informed as it charges ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA land trust relies on partnerships to make conservation happen, and the people and communities we work with are our most important partners,\u201d Stephens said. \u201cAs the old saying goes, \u2018If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/if-you-want-to-go-far-go-together-sponsored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land TrustCooper Means harvesting the results of a season of hard work at Cozy Point Ranch. Photos courtesy of Aspen Valley Land TrustDivide Creek area elk benefiting from agricultural land conservation. 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