The Edmond Land Conservancy (ELC) was born out of The Edmond Greenprint, a document produced in July 2003 by the City of Edmond’s Green City Task Force. The ELC was formed by several members of the Green City Task Force in September 2003, and received its nonprofit status as a 501(c)(3) entity in March 2004

With the help of seed money from the City of Edmond, ELC put its all volunteer organization together and under its adopted mission statement of: “Working to preserve, Create and Improve Edmond’s Natural, Scenic and Outdoor Recreation Environment,” set about to make itself known in the community and pursue projects consistent with the Greenprint.