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In 1985, AFT protected Wolfe's Neck Farm with an agricultural conservation easement. In 2000, AFT launched Smart Growth America. [8] AFT helped create state and local land trusts throughout the country including the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust in 1995 [9] and the Texas Agricultural Land Trust in 2006. [10]
Whatcom Land Trust is a non-profit organization based out of Bellingham, Washington that works to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County. The mission of Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve land for future generations and to promote land stewardship.
The number of easements within state programs, which comprise nearly half the nation’s protected acreage, has grown by about 20% over the last five years, according to the American Farmland ...
The Alliance performs a National Land Trust Census that keeps track of the land protected by local and regional land trusts. [10] The last [ when? ] Census, conducted in 2003, reported that these trusts have protected almost 9.4 million acres (38,000 km 2 ) of land in the United States , double the 4.7 million acres (19,000 km 2 ) recorded in ...
In May 2014 the Jefferson County Land Trust in collaboration with Washington State University have designated over 15 acres of undeveloped agricultural land in central Chimacum to be reserved as incubator farms and called the Chimacum Commons. This project envisions an educational and trade hub offering both affordable, clustered local housing ...
The US Census has provided data for trust lands since the 1980 Census. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, tribes can purchase off-reservation land and have it placed in trust in order to operate casinos on the land. [2] For example, in 2015 the Spokane tribe won Bureau of Indian Affairs approval for an off-reservation casino. In 2008, the ...
Land trusts in New York (state) (1 C, 4 P) ... Land trusts in Washington (state) ... Land Trust Alliance; Land Trust for Tennessee;
Forterra (formerly known as Cascade Land Conservancy), [1] based in Seattle, Washington, US, is the state of Washington's largest land conservation, stewardship and community building organization dedicated solely to the region. Currently, Forterra operates in multiple counties. [2] Principal offices are in Seattle, Roslyn, and Tacoma.