One of the fastest growing segments of the land conservation movement in the country is the land trust community. In fact, the past 10-15 years has seen a virtual mushrooming of land trusts throughout the United States. Vermont has been active since the inception of this movement, and today is home to more than 36 such organizations.

In the simplest terms, land trusts are local, state and regional non-profit organizations that protect land for a variety of purposes including, recreational value, scenic beauty, natural resource value and historical value. Different organizations utilize different forms of land protection including the acceptance of donations, the purchase of development rights, and outright fee acquisition.

This website is designed to inform the people of Vermont of some of the land conservation activity occurring in Vermont by the land trust community. This site is organized by town and provides acreage of land protected by the Vermont Land Trust, the Upper Valley Land Trust and The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, the main land conservation funding organization in the state.

*List of Land Trusts in Vermont

*Funding Sources for Conservation in Vermont

*Acreage of protected land conserved by the VHCB, the Vermont Land Trust, and the Upper Valley Land Trust

Please remember that with all of the data, there is room for human error. If you detect a mistake, notify The Center for Rural Studies via email so that it can be corrected. Thank you.

Presented by Megan Fifield