Colorado Natural Land Trust co Paul Geer

Colorado Natural Land Trust co Paul Geer Noah Land Conservation (Previously Noah's Crib) was initially formed in 2000 for the purpose of ministering to childeren who are at risk - typically in lock down facility such as a juvenile jail facility. The purpose of the organization has, historically, been to mentor these juveniles and provice an opportunity for them to turn their lives around. In this process, activities become an important tool so that the organization would provice productive time with the juveniles in the mentoring process.An initial idea was to have the juveniles spend time in natural surroundings appreciating the world in a different light, away from drugs, parental issues, gangs and other negative influences. Thus, the organization began looking into land and agricultural based outings for the furthering this purpose so that the mentors and the juveniles could find places to do something productive during the mentoring process.