Conserving the Altar Valley for Future Generations

The Altar Valley Conservation Alliance is a watershed based collaborative conservation organization founded in 1995, and incorporated as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. We work through a strongly collaborative, science-based, community driven and integrated approach to conservation, to promote a thriving agricultural economy, and sustaining a resilient rural community by retaining and renewing the cultural and historical traditions of the Altar Valley.

Our Work

Community

The Altar Valley is a working landscape – a place where a vast area is protected from residential and commercial development by the presence of human economic activity that has a much lighter touch on the land. Learn more

The use of sound science is a fundamental tenet to the work of the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance. Much of the work of the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance is done through collaborative decision making, and it is imperative that conversations and decisions are being guided by sound science. Learn more

The Alliance is essential to facilitating on-the-ground, collaborative conservation in the Altar Valley. Countless hours have been invested in the watershed health of the Altar Valley by individuals and agencies who recognize the importance of cross-boundary thinking in conserving the valley as an open landscape for future generations. Learn more

Seats on the Alliance’s Board of Directors are open to a single representative from each agricultural operation in the Altar Valley, along with three community representatives. The Alliance has part-time staff running the day-to-day operations of the organization. Learn more

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14990 S Sasabe Road,
Tucson, AZ 85736

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Your support enables the Alliance to conserve the Altar Valley for future generations through collaborative conservation projects, education and communication projects, research fellowships, scientific and technical expertise, management policy, and restoration solutions, guided by the needs of the land, by the people who know the land.