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    Gaining Ground

    Kansas

    215,156

    Acres Protected

    That’s about 162,997 football fields!

    Land trusts have already conserved 61 million acres of private land across the nation — more than all of the national parks combined. Help us conserve another 60 million acres by the end of the decade.

    Together, let’s keep Gaining Ground.

    Demographics

    Every land trust is as unique as the community it serves.

    Kansas land trusts are community-led and supported and protect lands and waters that benefit everyone.

    Active Land Trusts

    3

    A land trust is a nonprofit that conserves land by acquiring and stewarding land or conservation easements.

    Learn more about land trusts
    Alliance Member Land Trusts

    3

    Land Trust Alliance members commit to adopting Land Trust Standards and Practices as their guiding principles.

    Learn about the land trust alliance
    Accredited Land Trusts

    2

    Accredited land trusts undergo a thorough review of their practices in governance, finance, transactions and stewardship.

    Learn about land trust accreditation

    People

    • 498

    • 34

    • 2

    • 4

    • 29

    Land Trust Longevity

    • 33 years old (1990)

    • 20 years old (2003)

    • 27 years old

    Percent of Land Trusts Who Increased Focus on Climate Change in the Last Five Years

    100%

    Percent of Land Trusts Receiving Funding to Address Climate Change

    0%

    Land Protected

    There has been a 57% increase in land protected by Kansas land trusts since 2010.

    Acre by acre, land trusts are helping to conserve Kansas lands, waters and ways of life.

    2010
    2015
    2020
    Total acres protected
    136,919
    146,036
    215,156
    +57%
    Under easement
    56,588
    74,993
    136,514
    +141%
    Owned
    48,138
    49,029
    51,897
    +8%
    Acquired and reconveyed
    15,419
    15,534
    16,346
    +6%
    Protected by other means
    16,774
    17,248
    10,400
    0%

    Disclaimer: Land trusts conserve land in many different ways and every project is unique. Category totals may change depending on how acres are reported by survey respondents to reflect the most current data and minimize double-counting. In some instances, the total may be greater than the sum of the separate categories due to organizations that provided total acres not broken down by category.

    Percent of Land Owned and Under Easement Held by an Accredited Land Trust

    99%

    Source: 2020 National Land Trust Census

    Total Public Funding for Conservation From 1998-2017

    $75 million

    Source: Trust for Public Land's Conservation Almanac

    Acres of Land Lost to Development From 2012-2017

    21,200

    Source: NRCS - Natural Resources Inventory

    This information reflects data collected in the National Land Trust Census, the longest-running comprehensive survey of private land conservation in America. Learn more about the Census and see which land trusts participated in the 2020 National Land Trust Census.

    Making a Difference

    Kansas land trusts are gaining ground.

    Land trusts across the state are helping find solutions to some of Kansas' most pressing issues.

    • Saving family farms: The Ranchland of Kansas helped protect a 340-acre family farm in Shawnee County to keep it available for haying, grazing, seed production and other agricultural uses that do not destroy the native grasslands.

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    • Addressing community needs: The accredited Kansas Land Trust partners with Fort Riley’s Army Compatible Use Buffer Program to protect wildlife habitat and the military installation against conflicts with its neighbors, and to make sure wind turbines don’t interfere with radar.

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    Land Trusts Working in Kansas

    Land Trust Alliance member land trusts, listed below, commit to adopting Land Trust Standards and Practices as their guiding principles.

    Access Fund
    Access Fund
    Boulder, CO
    American Farmland Trust
    American Farmland Trust
    Northampton, MA
    2,000 acres protected in KS
    Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
    Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
    Memphis, TN
    1,213 acres protected in KS
    Heartland Conservation Alliance
    Heartland Conservation Alliance
    Kansas City, MO
    Kansas Land Trust, Inc.
    Kansas Land Trust, Inc.
    Lawrence, KS
    39,870 acres protected in KS
    National Park Trust
    National Park Trust
    Rockville, MD
    10,894 acres protected in KS
    Platte Land Trust
    Platte Land Trust
    Kansas City, MO
    30 acres protected in KS
    Ranchland Trust of Kansas
    Ranchland Trust of Kansas
    Topeka, KS
    14,104 acres protected in KS
    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Missoula, MT
    Sunflower Land Trust
    Sunflower Land Trust
    Wichita, KS
    1,500 acres protected in KS
    The Conservation Fund
    The Conservation Fund
    Arlington, VA
    600 acres protected in KS
    The Nature Conservancy
    The Nature Conservancy
    Arlington, VA
    149,551 acres protected in KS
    The Trust for Public Land, National Office
    The Trust for Public Land, National Office
    San Francisco, CA
    205 acres protected in KS
    Watershed Land Trust
    Watershed Land Trust
    Belton, MO