West Virginia
343,924
Acres Protected
That’s about 260,548 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.
Every land trust is as unique as the community it serves.
West Virginia land trusts are community-led and supported and protect lands and waters that help the entire state.
People
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61,150
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6,035
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63
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7
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70
Land Trust Longevity
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41 years old (1982)
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21 years old (2002)
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29 years old
There has been a 31% increase in West Virginia land protected by land trusts since 2010.
Acre by acre, land trusts are helping to conserve West Virginia lands, waters and ways of life.
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.
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.
West Virginia land trusts are gaining ground.
Land trusts across the state are helping find solutions to some of West Virginia's most pressing issues.
Land Trusts Working in West Virginia
Land Trust Alliance member land trusts, listed below, commit to adopting Land Trust Standards and Practices as their guiding principles.

Access Fund

American Farmland Trust

Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Berkeley County Farmland Protection Board

Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Fayette County Farmland Protection Board

Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board

Land Trust of the Eastern Panhandle

National Park Trust

New River Conservancy

Potomac Conservancy

Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc.

The Conservation Fund

The Nature Conservancy

The Trust for Public Land, National Office

West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority
