Open valley land

The Land Trust

Protection that lasts longer than any of us.

We work with willing landowners to permanently conserve open space, watersheds, working lands, and wildlife habitat — through voluntary conservation easements that keep land in private hands while retiring the pressures that would carve it up, and through land management agreements where an owner wants a steward rather than a restriction.

For landowners

How it works

  1. 1

    Conversation.

    You reach out. We walk the land together. No cost, no commitment.

  2. 2

    Design.

    We draft an easement around your goals.

  3. 3

    Agreement.

    Independent appraisal, legal review by your advisors and ours, signed and recorded.

  4. 4

    Stewardship.

    Annual visits, documented conditions. Forever.

Your land. Your terms. Forever.