Get NY Land Trust Accreditation Commission Accreditation Agreement 2019-2024

The seal identifies land trusts that are accredited and meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent.

California, New York and Montana led the nation in the amount of acreage protected by local and regional land trusts.

The Nature Conservancy: This science-based organization is the largest land trust and the one most familiar to the general public.

A land trust is a legal entity that takes ownership of, or authority over, a piece of property at the request of the property owner. Land trusts are living trusts that allow for the management of property while the owner is alive.

Search by land trusts by city, state, or a word or phrase in their name. As of September 2023, there are 462 accredited land trusts in 46 U.S. states and territories.

Land trusts have been working in Texas since the 1960s, with a large expansion of their work in the 1990s, growing from a handful of organizations to the robust coalition of more than 30 groups working across Texas today to conserve our state's most precious lands and waters.

The seal identifies land trusts that are accredited and meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent.

California, New York and Montana led the nation in the amount of acreage protected by local and regional land trusts.

The Nature Conservancy: This science-based organization is the largest land trust and the one most familiar to the general public.

A land trust is a legal entity that takes ownership of, or authority over, a piece of property at the request of the property owner. Land trusts are living trusts that allow for the management of property while the owner is alive.

Search by land trusts by city, state, or a word or phrase in their name. As of September 2023, there are 462 accredited land trusts in 46 U.S. states and territories.

Land trusts have been working in Texas since the 1960s, with a large expansion of their work in the 1990s, growing from a handful of organizations to the robust coalition of more than 30 groups working across Texas today to conserve our state's most precious lands and waters.