Arizona Land and Water Trust

Arizona Land and Water Trust continued to advance its protection of biologically sensitive areas and working landscapes throughout fy23, producing a number of outreach and education community workshops on Land and Water protection options, and providing technical assistance on conservation, Land use and policy-related issues. The Trust maintained the protection of its existing easements and properties and made further progress on protecting new lands. The Trust continued its innovative desert rivers program, saving billions of gallons of Water for the environment to date, and expanded its focus into the area of resiliency efforts on lands already protected by the organization. (continued on schedule o)as of 9/30/23, Arizona Land and Water Trust had surpassed 71,000 acres protected to date with willing landowners and over 500,000 acres as a result of our policy work in Land and Water planning, habitat conservation and wildlife corridor mapping. Our conservation efforts and partnerships have leveraged upwards of $350,000,000 over the life of the organization for Land and Water conservation.