DESPITE OF BEING USED FOR SHEEP FARMING FOR WOOL PRODUCTION SINCE THE END OF THE XIX CENTURY -LIKE MOST OF PATAGONIA´S LAND- NOT ALL THE EXTENSION OF PENÍNSULA VALDÉS IS IN THE SAME SITUATION NOWADAYS. TODAY PRACTICALLY ALL THE LANDOWNERS LIVE IN THE CITY, MANY OF THEM STILL ARE IN THE WOOL BUSINESS BUT, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, SOME HAVE REDUCED THEIR HERDS AND ARE NOT USING THE WHOLE PROPERTY FOR GRAZING. FINALLY, THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT DIRECTLY DO NOT FOLLOW WITH THIS ICONIC ACTIVITY OF PATAGONIA AND HAVE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS OR BUSINESSES OUTSIDE THE AREA.
Buying land for conservation and building alliances with landowners for rewilding entire ranches -or some areas within them- that are not longer being used for sheep grazing are one of CPV´s most ambitious goals.