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Stable communities.  Clean water.  Sustainable forests.  Open space.  Abundant wildlife.  These are irreplaceable American treasures.

The Conservation Leaders Network is the leading organization in the country whose focus is on supporting and forging ties between county commissioners and environmental leaders.  We work with county commissioners at the state and national level to encourage ethically and economically responsible decisions to protect our natural resources which complement and complete our communities.

Pro-environment county officials are key to engaging the public and decision-makers and the Conservation Leaders Network is key to making this happen.

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive network of information and contacts to county commissioners and those who are interested in working with county commissioners to conserve our natural resources.

• Are you interested in meeting like-minded colleagues throughout the country?
• Do you want solid information on natural resource questions?
• Do you know how to turn local politicians into allies on conservation issues?

Many counties play a key role in shaping natural resource policy at the state and national level.  Counties are currently involved in issues ranging from federal forest management to state land use policy to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and have a very influential voice.

However, resource extraction industries also have a powerful voice and far more resources than the environmental community.  With little information to counter their claims and little time to devote to these issues, environmentally-friendly commissioners face a difficult challenge to stand up to their extraction-oriented colleagues.  As a result, some counties have advocated radically anti-environmental natural resource positions.

The Conservation Leaders Network can help you change that.  Please join the network and get involved.  For more information, please contact Peg Reagan, Executive Director at 541 247-8079 or email us at info at conservationleaders dot org.

What Others Are Saying About Conservation Leaders Network

There has been a recent recognition of the value of the work the Conservation Leaders Network undertakes.  In a recent article by Peter Lavigne and David Orr entitled “Rethinking Green Philanthropy,” they write that “connectors, information providers, and persuaders (marketing) are vital to the overall success of the [environmental] movement.”  The Conservation Leaders Network is a “connector,” that is, “people who are important for more than simply the number of people and connections they know.  Their importance is also a function of the importance and kinds of people they know in any given situation.”

Thank you for visiting our site.  We are pleased to offer a comprehensive network of  information and contacts to those who are interested in working with county commissioners to conserve our natural resources.