Heart of the Rockies Initiative
WE Collaborate Across Boundaries to do conservation that lasts
Heart of the Rockies is a Regional partnership of 29 land trusts
We support land trusts across the Rocky Mountain West in keeping family farms, ranches, and timberlands in family hands through capacity assistance, collaborative fundraising, data sharing, and networking.
Our mission
Our mission
To ensure connected habitat and working lands for people and wildlife by increasing the pace of durable conservation in the Central Rockies of North America.
Our Values
Our vALUES
COLLABORATION
We believe collaboration is the key to lasting conservation. As an inclusive, nonpartisan organization, we are committed to helping all our partners communicate and cooperate across sectors, politics, ideologies, cultures, and geographic boundaries to accomplish shared goals.
COMMUNITY
We believe that conservation is rooted in local actions and needs. We bring a community-based approach, founded upon concern and respect for all people and communities of our region.
EQUITY
We value and embrace the differences that occur among all individuals within our community, and strive to provide advantages to all people regardless of, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, and socioeconomic status.
EXCELLENCE
We maintain high professional standards, ensuring that both the Heart of the Rockies Initiative and our members are effective, impactful, financially sound, equitable, and sustainable organizations. Our work is guided by scientific understanding and local knowledge.
INTEGRITY
We are accountable to our members, partners, funders, and communities. We operate with transparency, ethics, and authenticity.
Our Programs
We offer programs that support communities, organizations, and agencies in collaborative conservation.
Keep It Connected
We are a land trust partnership at our core and work on several levels to support land trusts and private land conservation with willing landowners. Our Keep It Connected program connects land trusts with funders who support wildlife connectivity projects.
High Divide Collaborative
The only project of its kind in the region, it brings together over 200 people in 80 different organizations to work together across boundaries to restore, protect, and sustain biodiversity, wildlife connectivity, and migratory routes.
Rural Initiatives
The Rural Initiatives program supports rural communities by providing technical assistance to identify a common vision and goals, while helping communities receive financial support to accomplish projects that they want to see in their future.
Carnivore Conflict Reduction
Carnivore Conflict Reduction programs are critical to maintaining producer viability as large carnivore populations stabilize, increase, and expand geographically, coming in closer contact with agricultural operations and rural communities.
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