About the Siskiyou Land Trust
Cascades, Mt Shasta, Siskiyou County April 2021. Photo by Bubba Seuss – Hike Mt. Shasta
Welcome to The Siskiyou Land Trust (SLT). We are a community based non-profit organization that strives to protect open space, ranch and farmlands, forest and wetlands, natural resources, scenic viewsheds and wildlife habitat in beautiful Siskiyou County.
The Siskiyou Land Trust is a private nonprofit organization that promotes and utilizes a variety of tools to help landowners and communities in Siskiyou County accomplish their land protection objectives. We demonstrate public interest in the goals of preserving open space, agricultural, forest and wild lands for the benefit of future generations.
Founded in 1993 to promote long-term land stewardship in Siskiyou County, we work with willing landowners, agencies, and organizations to acquire land and conservation easements through a variety of flexible approaches, many of which offer significant tax benefits to the landowner.
Our Mission:
Siskiyou Land Trust permanently conserves and stewards the irreplaceable wild places, watersheds, and working lands that are the heart of Siskiyou County.
Our Vision:
We envision a future where landscape scale conservation and partnerships support thriving working lands and ecosystems that strengthen our rural economy and foster the next generation of land stewards.
Our Values:
Locally connected – Our relationship with place connects us to the land, people, and rural way of life in Siskiyou County.
Sustainable – We balance our expansive vision of conservation with responsible organizational growth and enduring stewardship of protected landscapes.
Adaptive – We value innovation, creativity, and resourcefulness to meet the challenges of a changing world.
Collaborative and Inclusive – We value the unique cultures of our region, and we bring together diverse community members and stakeholders to create multi-benefits opportunities.
Trusted – We serve our community by building relationships through trust, integrity, and transparency.
Our Goals:
Landscape Conservation – to permanently protect irreplaceable private lands and watersheds using the tools of voluntary conservation.
Stewardship – to steward the lands under Siskiyou Land Trust protection to ensure their perpetual conservation value.
Organizational Sustainability – to increase the capacity of Siskiyou Land Trust to care for protected properties in perpetuity and to meet conservation opportunities as they arise.
Community Connection – for community-wide engagement in the conservation of the irreplaceable wild places, working lands and watersheds of far Northern California.
