land trusts
Nonprofit property holders
Land trusts are nonprofit organizations that acquire and manage land for conservation, preservation, or community benefit.
A conservation land trust protects natural areas, farmland, or open space from development: The land trust holds easements on three thousand acres of watershed.
Community land trusts operate differently—they acquire property to provide affordable housing, retaining ownership of the land while selling or leasing buildings to residents at below-market rates.
- easementLimited land-use privilege
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- biodiversityRange of life forms
preservation · affordable housing · perpetuity · forever wild · wildlife corridors · community gardens · deed · reforestation · green belt · nature reserves · public parks · public access · habitat restoration · habitat · nonprofit organization · property tax · tax benefits · urban planning
- community organizationscommunity centers, nonprofits, civic groups, volunteer groups, civic clubs
- forest conservationsustainable forestry, forest stewardship, forest management, reforestation, forest reserves
- land conservationsoil conservation, conservation areas, protected areas, protected lands, wilderness areas
- land historyhomesteading, homesteads, Homestead Act, public lands, westward expansion
- land managementparcels, boundaries, surveying, zoning, mapping
- land stewardshipforest stewardship, forest management, wildlife management, sustainable harvest, habitat restoration
land trustsstrip mining
Removing overburden for minerals
urban sprawl · industrial agriculture · deforestation · overdevelopment · resource extraction