An area of land especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of conservation values and managed through an enforceable legal mechanism. Legal restrictions protecting land may be permanent or [..]

We call land “protected” when its future use is legally restricted to protect its natural resource values. Land can be protected when it is acquired by a land trust, or by entering into a preservation agreement between a land trust and a private owner. Most of the 3600 acres protected by the Foundation is land we have acquired, but in some cases (T [..]