The pilot “land that owns itself” project was completed in 2023 for a three acre parcel of forest in northeastern Washington State which abuts national forest land and other conservation land. Partnering with Sacred Contract, the title-holder placed a “rights of nature”….

On June 7, 2025, a Colorado mountain became the first in the United States to own itself. The transfer was part of the “Land That Owns Itself” program of Sacred Contract, a coalition of several different organizations which has worked over the past two years to devise a way for ecosystems to own their own land titles.