What We Do

Since 1950, we have led the effort to permanently protect nearly 110 million acres of wilderness. We have been at the forefront of nearly every major public lands victory.

Our Mission

We create connection, belonging, and safety for all community members. We:

• Build capacity to implement and use restorative practices by providing knowledge, space, and tools

• Strengthen our community through practices that build mutual understanding among people

• Empower people who have been harmed to exercise their voice and choice

• Promote healing, accountability, repair and restoration

• Create space for all people to meet their needs with dignity, compassion, and courage

“Redford has helped accomplish over 200 of its partners’ major conservation goals. They inspire everyone to care for the planet.”

— Quote Source

Our Core Values

  • Ensure Equity by offering processes that embody dignity, respect, and

    inclusion, and that support belonging, especially for people who have

    experienced marginalization.

  • Empower Community by developing collaborative practices that

    deepen the sense of mutual care for all community members.

  • Build Trust and promote healing and safety through deep listening,

    exercising empathy, being authentic, and using a trauma-informed lens.

  • Be Responsive to the needs of all community members by committing

    both to ongoing evaluation of our restorative practices and to

    improvement, with courage and flexibility.

  • Exercise Accountability through fidelity to the principles of restorative

    justice, honesty and transparency about our work, and a commitment

    to just and fair treatment of all partners and participants in our

    programs and processes.

“Redford has helped accomplish over 200 of its partners’ major conservation goals. They inspire everyone to care for the planet.”

— Quote Source

Our Commitment to Restorative Practices

We honor and acknowledge the field of restorative justice/ restorative practices and the indigenous cultures from which it came. We strive to apply the wisdom, principles, and best practices of those with experience and expertise in this work. As part of a dynamic, growing movement, we try to be responsive and reflective, learning from our experiences and new insights and research.

As we implement restorative practices, we endeavor to:

  • Honor the worth, goodness, and wisdom of every person

  • Promote shared voice and power, especially through engaging those who are affected in the response to conflict and harm

  • Ensure that participation in restorative practices is genuinely voluntary, validating the agency of participants at every point

  • Provide pathways for accountability, to include acknowledgment of the impact of harm and taking actions to repair the harm

  • Acknowledge the role of relationships, trauma, power, and systemic forces that impact our community and our interactions

  • Make restorative practices and training accessible, with provisions to welcome, support, and accommodate all members of our community

  • Train, mentor, and compensate a diverse cadre of restorative practitioners that reflect the community we serve