Land Conservation Partners
You will need to identify a suitable nonprofit or government agency in order to preserve natural or agricultural land with a Conservation Easement. Nonprofits who do this work are typically known as a “land conservancy” or a “land trust.”
The largest and most effective land trust in Northeastern Ohio is, in our opinion, the Western Reserve Land Conservancy: http://www.wrlandconservancy.org. There may be other nonprofit organizations and government agencies in your area (such as park districts or soil and water conservation districts) that also hold Conservation Easements locally or around the State of Ohio. Here are a few links:
Appalachia Ohio Alliance: http://www.appalachiaohioalliance.org
Athens Conservancy: http://www.athensconservancy.org
B-W Greenway Community Land Trust: http://www.bwgreenway.org
Beaver Creek Wetlands Association: http://www.beavercreekwetlands.org
Black Swamp Conservancy: http://www.blackswamp.org
Captina Conservancy: http://www.captina.org
Cardinal Land Conservancy: http://www.landconservancyhc.org
Fairfield Land Preservation Association: http://www.fairfieldlandpreservation.org
Friends of Lower Muskingum River: http://www.muskingumriver.org
Gates Mills Land Conservancy: http://www.gatesmillslandconservancy.com
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust: http://www.hswlt.org
Killbuck Watershed Land Trust: http://www.killbucklandtrust.org
Licking Land Trust: http://www.lickinglandtrust.org
Little Miami Conservancy: http://www.littlemiami.com
North Central Ohio Land Conservancy: http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Central-Ohio-Land-Conservancy-Inc/141741765853971?sk=info&tab=page_info
Owl Creek Conservancy: http://www.owlcreekconservancy.org
Philander Chase Corporation: http://www.kenyon.edu/philanderchase.xml
Tecumseh Land Trust: http://www.tecumsehlandtrust.org
The Hillside Trust: http://www.hillsidetrust.org
The Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/ohio/index.htm
The Wilderness Center: http://www.wildernesscenter.org
Three Valley Conservation Trust: http://www.3vct.org
West Central Ohio Land Conservancy: http://www.wcolc.org
West Creek Conservancy: http://www.westcreek.org
Western Reserve Land Conservancy: http://www.wrlandconservancy.org
Western Wildlife Corridor, Inc.: http://www.westernwildlifecorridor.org
