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    Gaining Ground

    Nebraska

    210,389

    Acres Protected

    That’s about 159,386 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.

    Nebraska land trusts are community-led and supported and protect lands and waters that benefit the entire state.

    Active Land Trusts

    4

    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

    4

    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

    1

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

    Learn about land trust accreditation

    People

    • 403

    • 205

    • 24

    • 18

    • 82

    Land Trust Longevity

    • 111 years old (1913)

    • 23 years old (2001)

    • 39 years old

    Land Protected

    There has been a 38% increase in Nebraska land protected by land trusts since 2010.

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

    2010
    2015
    2020
    Total acres protected
    152,587
    172,194
    210,389
    +38%
    Under easement
    34,137
    40,712
    75,769
    +122%
    Owned
    88,030
    88,817
    91,967
    +4%
    Acquired and reconveyed
    10,563
    13,837
    15,719
    +49%
    Protected by other means
    19,857
    22,783
    26,934
    +36%

    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

    85%

    Source: 2020 National Land Trust Census

    Total Public Funding for Conservation From 1998-2017

    $165 million

    Source: Trust for Public Land's Conservation Almanac

    Acres of Land Lost to Development From 2012-2017

    16,400

    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

    Nebraska land trusts are gaining ground.

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

    • Saving family farms: After their grandparents' farm was sold to developers and converted to houses, Dean and Wayne Fedde vowed to avoid the same fate for the adjacent farm they purchased from their Aunt Stella after their uncle's death. Together they worked with the accredited Nebraska Land Trust to protect the farm and the legacy of their aunt and uncle with a permanent conservation easement.

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    Land Trusts Working in Nebraska

    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
    Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
    Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
    Memphis, TN
    15,126 acres protected in NE
    J.A. Woollam Foundation
    J.A. Woollam Foundation
    Lincoln, NE
    National Park Trust
    National Park Trust
    Rockville, MD
    180 acres protected in NE
    Nebraska Land Trust
    Nebraska Land Trust
    Lincoln, NE
    32,540 acres protected in NE
    Northern Prairies Land Trust
    Northern Prairies Land Trust
    Sioux Falls, SD
    4,100 acres protected in NE
    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Missoula, MT
    18,421 acres protected in NE
    Solidago Conservancy
    Solidago Conservancy
    Lincoln, NE
    40 acres protected in NE
    The Conservation Fund
    The Conservation Fund
    Arlington, VA
    4,747 acres protected in NE
    The Nature Conservancy
    The Nature Conservancy
    Arlington, VA
    110,793 acres protected in NE