Contact land trusts and government agencies that work to assist landowners in your community who are interested in conservation. Get to know their policies and services, and discuss what you'd like to accomplish on your land and what rights you'd like to keep.
A conservation easement is just one of many options. You may also donate or sell property, donate or sell development rights, or do a bargain sale with a land trust. The opportunity of a permanent conservation easement can protect a family farm or ranch, allowing for future generations to continue in agriculture.
Your Real Estate Can Be a Gift for Nature To learn more, complete the form on this page or contact our specialists at (833) 336-PLAN or legacy@tnc. You can also visit our website.
A conservation easement is a legally binding agreement entered into voluntarily and mutually between a landowner and Utah Open Lands, protecting the land from some or all future development in perpetuity.
Contact land trusts and government agencies that work to assist landowners in your community who are interested in conservation. Get to know their policies and services, and discuss what you'd like to accomplish on your land and what rights you'd like to keep.
People conserve their land for many reasons. It strengthens local communities and is our nation's best and perhaps only hope for securing the critical public benefits provided by natural and working lands, such as clean water and air, habitat for plants and animals and healthy, local food.
Land conservation is the process of protecting natural land and returning developed land to its natural state.
TNC accepts two types of real estate gifts, both of which are critical to our work: land that donors would like permanently protected and land that donors permit us to sell, with the proceeds going to support our work. We are not able to protect all of the real estate that is offered to us.
What is Land Conservation? Land conservation is the long-term protection and management of undeveloped land resources, such as open space, farmland, and forestland. Land conservation is achieved through a series of tools, some of which are introduced in the adjacent sidebar.