This presentation explores the need to protect fragile desert ecosystems and surrounding lands, highlighting both the challenges of conservation and the opportunities for collective action through private public partnerships. Participants will learn how deserts—often seen as barren—are actually rich in biodiversity, and vital resources, and how we can make a difference.

 The second part of this presentation will focus on the work at Keystone Heritage Park as a strategy to promote awareness of the importance of land conservation, water harvesting, native plants, and the interconnectedness of these strategies as part of environmental stewardship.