Importantly, Legado focuses on individuals as the drivers of change. It’s not only conservation leaders or elected officials who are responsible for shaping their community’s future, but rather everyone has a role to play. We believe that there’s a leader inside each of us, and Legado’s legacy programming taps into this potential.

We support community members as they define their own legacies for a Thriving Future to uncover their passions and. Individuals then come together to create a shared legacy for their community as a whole that builds off of the foundation laid by the personal legacies. In collaboration, they make a realistic plan for achieving their community’s top priorities, and Legado  and implement their plan with the support of outside partners and collaborators.