NEWS & UPDATES

By Jo Thompson, Blue Elements AmeriCorps Watershed Steward and Community Engagement and Resource Management Assistant On May 16, the Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (GARNA) and the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA) hosted their 35th annual Clean Up Green Up event. Volunteers spent their Saturday picking up trash along the Arkansas River by foot and by boat. According to The Mountain Mail, the effort in Salida almost filled a 30-yard dumpster with the collec

By Jo Thompson, AmeriCorps Blue Elements Watershed Steward and Community Engagement & Resource Management Assistant Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who made this season’s Hands for Lands ditch cleaning work parties in April such a success! Each spring, the Hands for Lands community shows up to help local ranchers clear out their ditches before the irrigation season, lightening the workload and helping to create valuable wetland and wildlife habitat, critical in dry years s

By Suzanne Copping, Program Director The Conservancy is currently applying for renewal of our land trust accreditation status through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission (Commission), a national organization that recognizes land conservation organizations that meet the highest national quality standards for permanently protecting and stewarding important natural places and working lands. Accredited land trusts must continuously meet stringent standards and practices aro