MISSION
To preserve and protect open space, wildlife habitat, working agricultural lands and the scenic and cultural values of Northern and Central Arizona for future generations.
To preserve and protect open space, wildlife habitat, working agricultural lands and the scenic and cultural values of Northern and Central Arizona for future generations.
Many THANKS to all who supported CALT's efforts in placing a conservation easement on this unique property.
We're excited to share that we recently received a land donation on the slopes of Thumb Butte, Prescott's iconic landmark. The generous donor, Mr. Robert Knudsen, has deep roots in Arizona. His grandparents and other family members migrated from Arkansas to Arizona. Great Aunt Antoinette was a schoolteacher and in 1909 she bought a one-acre property in Prescott with a view of Thumb Butte and the valley for $1.
Read MoreCALT is a community-based, nationally accredited Arizona non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the irreplaceable landscapes that define central and northern Arizona.
Learn MoreIn 1989, a bulldozer began carving out new home sites at the foot of Thumb Butte, a cherished scenic historic landmark overlooking the City of Prescott.
Learn MoreCALT works in six counties throughout Central Arizona, including Yavapai, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo, Apache, and Maricopa.
Learn MoreCALT works with private landowners to develop conservation easements that protect open space, wildlife habitat, scenic views, and working farms and ranches in perpetuity.
A conservation easement may be treated as a charitable gift, for Federal Tax purposes, if donated to a qualifying organization, such as CALT, making the value of the easement tax deductible.
Another important tax benefit is the reduction of estate taxes
CALT invites people of all ages to experience the beauty and uniqueness of our easement areas. Outreach efforts and activities include opportunities to learn about birds and their habitat, wetland ecology, and riparian environments.
CALT works with landowners to evaluate land protection options and to develop conservation easements specific to the property. Each conservation easement is unique and addresses the resources being protected.
Becky Ruffner is part of a family with five generations in central Arizona, beginning in the 1860's when Marion Ruffner homesteaded near Tavasi Marsh in the Verde Valley. Her deep love of western landscapes brought her to the work of the Central Arizona Land Trust and local conservation efforts of land trusts throughout the country.
Judy Clapp graduated from Prescott College with a BA in Outdoor Education. After graduating she worked for the US Forest Service, both on kayak patrol on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, and on a number of wilderness lookout towers in the Frank Church Wilderness area of Idaho. She then went from the great outdoors to the great indoors, working as an audio engineer/mixer based in Los Angeles.
After returning to the Prescott area, she bought a mobile home park and eventually partnered with Coalition for Compassion & Justice to provide affordable housing. She has served on the Board of Trustees of Prescott College as well as her neighborhood HOA board.
Member of family ranching business in Coconino County, Arizona; 100+ years on same piece of ground. BA from UofA, married, 2 children, 5 grandchildren; bookkeeper by trade. Believe it is vitally important to keep working lands producing, or begin again to produce, the wealth from natural resources that made our nation great. Saving these open lands as open is the work of land trusts. Exciting times ahead on this work.
Patricia grew up in the foothills of the Sierras in Northern California. Her undergraduate studies occurred both at Oregon State University and at the University of Oregon, where she earned her BS and MS, with a focus on science and education. A career in community college administration led to work in Alaska, Oregon and Arizona. She ended her “working” days as a Financial Advisor in Prescott.
The wide, open spaces of the west have informed Patricia’s life. Her background and experiences, as well as love of wide, open spaces, are a solid foundation for her activity with CALT.
Continuing his family´s legacy as Arizona pioneers, Ken Jordan has been ranching for 40 years, both in the cattle and meat goat production. He also worked for 37 years as a contract responder for major disasters, a job in which he helped people both around the country and abroad recover after natural catastrophes. Ken remains committed to the wise use of natural resources and open space.
Dave Irvine is the Executive Director of the Highlands Center for Natural History in Prescott, AZ. Dave brings in over 30 years of experience working with non–profit, science education organizations.
Locally Dave has served on number of committees involved with stewardship of public lands and Prescott National Forest including: the Prescott Stewardship Forum, Central Arizona Sustainable Recreation Coordinating Team, and the Yavapai County Resource Allocation Committee (RAC). Dave holds a BS degree from Penn State University in Parks & Recreation with emphasis in Environmental Interpretation.
Katie holds a B.S. Environmental Science and Policy, M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Biology and Biotechnology and is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott, AZ). Katie brings to CALT over 10 years’ experience in ecological monitoring, wildlife habitat restoration, and private lands conservation.
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OUR ADDRESS
Central Arizona Land Trust
PO Box 1050
Prescott, AZ, 86302
Office: 1577 Plaza W. Dr.
Prescott, AZ 86303
PHONE & EMAIL
Call us please: 928-445-7790
calt@centralazlandtrust.org
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