Friends of Alta, your local land trust

A land trust is a nonprofit organization that, as all or part of its mission, actively works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or conservation easement acquisitions, or by its stewardship of such land or easements.

By effectively saving land, land trusts enhance the economic, environmental and social values of their communities. They provide clean water, fresh air, safe food, places for recreation and a connection to the land that sustains us all.

~ Land Trust Alliance

The Mission of Friends of Alta is to protect the environment of Alta, including watershed and wildlife habitat areas; to preserve Alta’s unique character and heritage; and to encourage stewardship and sustainability of Alta’s environment and community.

Friends of Alta, Alta's local land trust facilitates acquisition and conservation of undeveloped privately owned lands in Alta that exhibit watershed, open space, and wildlife habitat values. We support the protective policies of the Town of Alta, Salt Lake City's watershed management policies, and the U.S. Forest Service's policies and their stewardship of the area's public lands. In order to encourage stewardship among the general public, we support environmental studies and other research in an effort to educate people about the area's fragile and unique environment, as well as the value and contribution Alta's natural resources add to local and regional economies.