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    Gaining Ground

    Wyoming

    1,537,534

    Acres Protected

    That’s about 1,164,798 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.

    Wyoming land trusts are community-led and supported and protect lands and waters that help 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

    2

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

    Learn about land trust accreditation

    People

    • 1,105

    • 375

    • 23

    • 6

    • 47

    Land Trust Longevity

    • 44 years old (1980)

    • 18 years old (2006)

    • 33 years old

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

    33%

    Percent of Land Trusts Receiving Funding to Address Climate Change

    0%

    Land Protected

    There has been a 26% increase in Wyoming land protected by land trusts since 2010.

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

    2010
    2015
    2020
    Total acres protected
    1,218,202
    1,442,663
    1,537,534
    +26%
    Under easement
    482,009
    671,091
    766,077
    +59%
    Owned
    40,892
    41,521
    36,855
    0%
    Acquired and reconveyed
    48,935
    51,282
    35,142
    0%
    Protected by other means
    646,367
    683,914
    699,461
    +8%

    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

    98%

    Source: 2020 National Land Trust Census

    Total Public Funding for Conservation From 1998-2017

    $225 million

    Source: Trust for Public Land's Conservation Almanac

    Acres of Land Lost to Development From 2012-2017

    12,600

    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

    Wyoming land trusts are gaining ground.

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

    • Conserving wildlife habitat: In Wyoming, land trusts like Jackson Hole Land Trust and Green River Valley Land Trust worked with willing landowners to conserve land that serves as wildlife corridors for species such as the pronghorn, the greater sage-grouse, mule deer and more.

      Read more

    • Saving family farms and ranches: The accredited Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust created a short film to highlight how conservation easement projects have protected agricultural lands, homes for wildlife and open spaces.

      Read more

    Land Trusts Working in Wyoming

    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
    Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
    Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
    Denver, CO
    642 acres protected in WY
    Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
    Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
    Memphis, TN
    157 acres protected in WY
    Jackson Hole Land Trust
    Jackson Hole Land Trust
    Jackson, WY
    56,917 acres protected in WY
    National Park Trust
    National Park Trust
    Rockville, MD
    3 acres protected in WY
    Platte River Trails Trust
    Platte River Trails Trust
    Casper, WY
    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
    Missoula, MT
    154,529 acres protected in WY
    Sheridan Community Land Trust
    Sheridan Community Land Trust
    Sheridan, WY
    3,834 acres protected in WY
    Teton Regional Land Trust
    Teton Regional Land Trust
    Driggs, ID
    108 acres protected in WY
    The Conservation Fund
    The Conservation Fund
    Arlington, VA
    180,133 acres protected in WY
    The Nature Conservancy
    The Nature Conservancy
    Arlington, VA
    527,240 acres protected in WY
    The Trust for Public Land, National Office
    The Trust for Public Land, National Office
    San Francisco, CA
    11,321 acres protected in WY
    Western Rivers Conservancy
    Western Rivers Conservancy
    Portland, OR
    Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust
    Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust
    Cheyenne, WY
    284,981 acres protected in WY