Thanks to exceedingly generous donors and challenge gifts, we are well on our way to exceeding $100,000 for our Promise to the Future campaign, supporting OLT’s Operating Endowment to allow us to grow and protect even more land for the future. Your gift, dedicated to the Operating Endowment, will let us generate investment income to keep us growing […]
Tag Archives: conservation
OLT President Interview: Candid Talk with Jacob Reby
Over the course of our four decades of conservation successes, we’ve had seven community leaders who have served to move Ozark Land Trust forward. We continue our 40th Anniversary celebration of the leaders whose visionary work has helped fueled OLT’s success. This month, we visit with Jacob “Jake” Reby, one of OLT’s presidents in the […]
Another Beautiful Piece of Land Protected
OLT has just completed yet another Conservation Easement in the Huzzah Creek watershed of the Meramec River! Another 114 acres in the beautiful Huzzah, known for its natural beauty, floating and agricultural/grazing lands, is now permanently protected. OLT has worked for over two decades with private landowners who have voluntarily decided to keep their lands free of […]
OLT’s Annual Meeting
Several dozen OLT Board, staff, members and guests joined us in June for our Annual Members Meeting in St. Louis County. The day started with a hike on one of our newest conservation easement properties. Landowner Wes Fordyce led a tour of his magnificent land along the Missouri River. More than 30 people showed up […]
Celebrating Another Easement
After adding three more conservation easements last December, OLT just completed a project in close partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation. Two years ago, as a result of a federal environmental settlement, OLT took ownership of a nearly 500-acre piece of land in Reynolds County, MO. The property is located next to Logan Creek Conservation Area. […]
Celebrating 40 Years: A Letter from the Executive Director
As we head into our 40th anniversary year in 2024, we look back fondly at some of the projects that Ozark Land Trust has done over the years since its 1984 inception. We have had so many great people and partners who have participated in our projects to permanently protect Ozark lands across our beautiful […]
Ozark Holler Winter 2023
Ozark Holler Winter 2023 about the work of OLT as we begin our 40th year of work protecting properties throughout the Ozarks. Ozark Holler Winter 2023
Farewell to Nic Rogers
We also say goodbye to our good friend and associate, Conservation Program Manager Nic Rogers, who has been both an exceptional steward of OLT’s lands and manager of a number of new protection projects. He is moving West to be closer to family and for his fiancé Alexis’ new position in Utah. Nic has been an […]