Central Arizona Land Trust

08/06/2025

We're looking for sponsors for this year's Wide Open Spaces Celebration! This year, we're launching the "Birds of a Feather" campaign for raising funds to preserve ~640 acres of historic Date Creek Ranch. The Ranch is a host to 42 species of birds which thrive in this rare desert riparian environment. Help us offset costs for this event so more proceeds can go toward preserving Date Creek Ranch! All levels receive shout-outs on our social channels, plus:

GRAY HAWK sponsors at $2,500 receive full-page recognition in CALT's fall newsletter and four complimentary event registrations

ZONE-TAILED HAWK sponsors at $1,500 receive 1/2-page recognition and two complimentary event registrations

HARRIS'S HAWK sponsors at $750 receive 1/4-page recognition and one complimentary event registration

RED-TAILED HAWK sponsors at $250 receive one complimentary event registration

Please email Becky at [email protected] for a sponsorship packet or visit our ticket page to to register and sponsor: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/wideopenspacesevent/event/wideopenspacescelebration2025/ (link in bio).

08/03/2025

Please join us at the 2025 Wide Open Spaces Celebration on Thursday, September 18th from 5:30-8:00pm at The Federal ! Join us to celebrate the launch of the “Birds of a Feather” campaign to raise funds for a ~640-acre conservation easement on the historic Date Creek Ranch , a rare riparian oasis in the high desert, where wildlife and happy cows thrive. Local birding guide Eric Moore will give us a birding “tour” of the Ranch through a photo compilation of his many trips there. This presentation will be followed by a live ask for your help in raising $150,000 for the purchase of this conservation easement. $50 per person to register. Enjoy heavy appetizers and adult beverages. There will also be a silent auction with diverse items and experiences to choose from!

Register here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/wideopenspacesevent/event/wideopenspacescelebration2025/ (link in bio).

Hope to see you there!

08/31/2024

We're still looking for sponsors for this year's Wide Open Spaces Celebration!

SUSTAINER sponsors at $1,000 receive a full-page ad in CALT's fall newsletter and four complimentary event registrations

PATRON sponsors at $500 receive a 1/2-page ad and two complimentary event registrations

PARTNER sponsors at $250 receive a 1/4-page ad and one complimentary event registration

Please email [email protected] today to help us offset the costs of this event so that more proceeds can go toward preserving Date Creek Ranch.

08/29/2024

Register today for the Wide Open Spaces Celebration on Friday, September 13, 2024, at The Federal . Join us to celebrate those who steward our wide open spaces and CALT's 7,000 acres of conservation lands & champion a high-desert jewel by supporting the Date Creek Ranch Forever Campaign. Register here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/wideopenspacesevent/event/wideopenspacesevent2024/.

08/28/2024

Please join Central Arizona Land Trust and its board at the 2024 Wide Open Spaces Celebration on Friday, September 13th, from 5:00-7:00pm at The Federal ! In addition to celebrating CALT's work to preserve more than 7,000 acres and keep ranching families on their land, we will be raising funds for the Date Creek Ranch Forever Campaign (https://centralazlandtrust.org/date-creek-ranch/) . Enjoy heavy appetizers and adult beverages. There will be a silent auction with diverse items and experiences!

Register here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/wideopenspacesevent/event/wideopenspacesevent2024/.

Hope to see you there!

10/24/2023

Today is the day! Come see us at the Lookout (Formerly Jay's Bird Barn) at their new location 1230 Willow Creek Rd in Prescott. As part of the Lookout's grand opening week each day a different non profit is gifted a portion of the sales. Today you can support Central Arizona Land Trust by getting the bird supplies or Hallmark items you need. Come say hi!

10/03/2023

Please join CALT on October 24 at The Lookout to learn more about land protection and our campaign to protect Date Creek Ranch permanently.

07/17/2023

11/08/2022

A new video from the Land Trust Alliance speaking to the importance of land trusts around the country.

Land trusts have saved more than 60 million acres of land – an increase of 15 million acres since 2010 – and we are working to conserve another 60 million ac...

04/29/2022

A recent news story by Cronkite News on the Central AZ Land Trust's latest conservation easement placed on Maya's Farm.

Three years ago, Maya Dailey risked losing the urban farmland she had spent seven years renting and cultivating. A conservation easement through Phoenix’s new Farmland Preservation Program, managed by the Central Arizona Land Trust, saved Maya’s Farm.