Looking for a Career in Conservation?
Eagle Valley Land Trust is currently looking for a Community Engagement Manager to join our team!

Are you an organized, creative, hard-working, and enthusiastic professional? Do you know someone who is interested in managing a diverse workload ranging from community relations and program development to grant administration?

EVLT is hiring a Community Engagement Manager, responsible for developing and implementing our Community Conservation Plan. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. See the full job description for more details and how to apply.
Sweetwater Lake Public Survey
Your opinions matter.

Please share your thoughts about Sweetwater Lake and how it can best serve our community into the future by taking this survey. For more information and FAQ's visit evlt.org/sweetwater.
Help us provide healthy habitats for wildlife in Eagle County
Wildlife in Eagle County, like elk and deer, depend on healthy habitats to survive. In the winter, they descend into our valleys, where they wait out the harsh conditions of higher elevations. It’s during the winter when they are most vulnerable, especially when the snow starts piling up like this year.

Permanently protected open spaces like the Eagle River Preserve in Edwards and the Brush Creek Valley Ranch & Open Space in Eagle provide them with a sanctuary during these long cold months. But as you know, open spaces in the valley bottom are becoming fewer and farther between with each passing season.

That’s why we’re working hard every day to conserve more land.

The Eagle Valley Land Trust has been protecting critical habitats that keep our wildlife alive for over 40 years because donors like you make it possible. On average, every $100 donated to EVLT helps protect an acre - the size of a football field - in Eagle County forever. That’s an additional acre for Elk and their calves, for bears and their cubs, and for all the other wildlife in Eagle County with whom we share our home. They are relying on you, and so are we. How many acres can you protect?

To keep conservation moving forward, we need donors like you to step up before the end of the year. Can we count on you to make a quick donation before your next outdoor adventure?
Support our local Land and River's Fund businesses
Your input matters for the future of Sweetwater Lake
After years of work beginning in 2019, the Conservation Fund successfully transferred Sweetwater Lake into public hands — The White River National Forest — on Aug. 31, 2021. The Conservation Fund purchased the land in 2020 with help from a big local fundraising effort, the “Save the Lake” campaign, and a loan from Great Outdoors Colorado, to prevent any potential development while the U.S. Forest Service awaited funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Shortly after the purchase, the Sweetwater Lake Partnership was formed between Colorado Parks and Wildlife, The Eagle Valley Land Trust, and the U.S. Forest Service to create and implement a long-term plan improving public access to Sweetwater Lake, enhancing the recreation opportunities historically offered in the Sweetwater Lake area, and protecting the social and natural characteristics of the area.

Creating a shared vision for the property was the first step toward working together. After looking back on the Save the Lake Campaign and public comments, as well as a shared duty to steward the property, the partnership agreed on a vision statement: “Sweetwater Lake is where current and future generations of Americans can recreate, connect with the natural environment, appreciate the cultural and natural history, and experience the freedom from the developed world like their grandparents may have 50 years ago; connecting with our western heritage. Here partnerships are paramount to deliver public benefits. Sweetwater Lake provides cultural, historic and social value to local communities.”
Eagle Valley Land Trust | Phone: (970) 748-7654 | Website: www.evlt.org

All photos courtesy of Eagle Valley Wild

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