| What is a Land Trust? Land Trusts are local, regional,
or statewide nonprofit conservation organizations directly involved
in helping protect natural, scenic, recreational, agricultural,
historic or cultural property. The main function for
most land trusts are to preserve open land that is important to the
community where they operate: rural, urban, or suburban.
There are currently land trusts operating in every state in the
nation, all working to protect land of local, regional, and national
importance.
America's first land trust is over 100 years old; however, half
of the nation's land trusts have been formed within the last decade.
With public funds for conservation shrinking and resistance to
government regulation growing; land trusts' innovative, responsive
approach has made them the ideal answer to many of today's
conservation problems.
The Platte Land Trust supports opportunities for responsible
growth while conserving the natural resources. |
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What does a Land Trust do?
- Educates about the values of protecting open space
- Protects a variety of lands including: scenic vistas,
streams, forests, wetlands, deserts, parks, greenways,
farmlands, and more
- Obtains land to ensure open space use
- Secures conservation
easements on land and monitor the terms in perpetuity
- Works in partnership with other conservation agencies to
advance mutual goals
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