HOW WE WORK

Protecting Our Landscape

Conserving the natural environment and cultural heritage of our region requires many tools and working partnerships. Three Valley Conservation Trust is an emerging leader in landscape-level resource protection, promoting policies and land uses that safeguard our watersheds and implement environmentally-sound approaches to community development.

Watershed Protection

Western Tributaries Watershed Project —

Three Valley Conservation Trust sponsors the Lower Great Miami River-Western Tributaries Watershed Project. This project is a collaboration of organizations, government agencies, elected officials, and citizens that identify water quality issues, set protection or restoration goals for our streams, and implement projects to reach these goals. The project is funded in part by a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and donations from project partners. For more information please contact the Trust office.

Twin Creek Conservation Area Plan —

Conserving the natural environment and cultural heritage of our landscape is best accomplished through working partnerships. Through a grant request, the Trust draws on the experience and resources of The Nature Conservancy to build effective, measurable conservation strategies for the Twin Creek watershed, one of the most ecologically-sound streams in Ohio.

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Community Advising

Throughout southwest Ohio, growth and development impose ever-increasing demands on our natural resources and greatly impact the quality of human life. Three Valley Conservation Trust advocates planned growth, rather than sprawl, as a means to limit the loss of farmland, preserve open space, and protect our natural resources.

The Trust offers its rich diversity of resource professionals, partnerships, and other talents to assist with public and private-sector development and conservation projects. Examples of the Trust's ongoing participation in our community's affairs include:

• Contributions to zoning reform, development standards, and land-use planning at county, township, and municipal levels.
• Development of Ohio's farmland preservation program
• Promotion of conservation development projects in our service area
• Acquisition of new parklands and purchase of conservation easements as buffers to parkland areas.

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