Our Mission

To protect and preserve sacred natural space and to provide community access for physical and mental well-being through renewing connections to the earth, to each other, and to ourselves.

To cultivate the new Stewards necessary to protect this and other natural watersheds on our planet.


Our Vision

To provide opportunities and programs that foster creativity, stimulate critical thinking, and strengthen our connection to the natural world. We envision Big East Fork Valley as a large protected space of healing, education, and recreation available to our guests and members, as well as partnering organizations.

Value Statement

We serve as stewards of our precious natural environment and are active in conservation and regenerative efforts. We believe biodiversity has intrinsic worth and so protect the land, water, and creatures of the Big East Fork watershed. We encourage visitors to experience, explore, and appreciate the natural world by active engagement with the outdoors. It is our hope that our efforts express our gratitude as we transfer wisdom to future generations.

The CSS logo of three leaves represents the three pillars of our organization:

Stewardship of the Land -

We protect our watershed, pastures, soil, and forests so we may receive their many blessings.

We do unto downstream as we would have upstream do unto us.

We identify and invest in watershed rural lands to place forest and farmland in the hands of the next generation of stewards.


Stewardship of Others -

We provide safety, resources, support, and encouragement to those around us.

We contribute financial reserves, food to our food bank, or work in our community..

We provide and support education to the future stewards of our various overlapping communities.

Stewardship of Self -

We cultivate our own physical, mental, and spiritual health

We communicate with intention, to understand and uplift.

We treasure our creativity and give ourselves time and place in which to play.