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The Conservation Opportunity

Carrus has consistently improved ranch productivity while simultaneously improving wildlife habitat for both game and non-game animals such as deer, elk, sage grouse and prairie dogs. Carrus actively collaborates with local, regional and national conservation organizations to identify rangeland and grassland investment opportunities.  Our experience is that the value of conservation on large properties that fit our investment criteria is multiplied because significant parts of entire ecosystems will be protected, whereas conservation on smaller properties can be impaired more easily by adverse management practices on neighboring properties.


 

The health of the land is its capacity for self-renewal; conservation is "our" effort to understand and preserve this capacity.
                                                                                                                                                  ~ Aldo Leopold

There are many threats to the numerous values created by large landscapes, including culture, open space, clean water, and abundant wildlife. Often altruistic property owners, donors, and taxpayers are the only means of support for these values.

Our business model is based on three key assertions regarding a better way to reverse resource degradation and provide long-term conservation values:

1) With the right management, multiple land-based enterprises can be integrated to create conservation outcomes that are both profitable and sustainable.

2) Measuring, monitoring, and demonstrating desired outcomes provides both opportunity and incentive to foster ecologically responsible behavior.

3) No individual can create fully integrated outcomes; this requires concerted collaboration within properly structured systems.

To many, the conservation movement includes preservation of social wealth embodied in rural cultures. We understand how management of large tracts affects local communities and appreciate environmental and social justice issues often ignored by outsiders. Because both the government and special interest groups represent collections of individuals with diverse interests, we intend to produce specific conservation outcomes by working collaboratively with our partners to achieve high net conservation outcomes.