Land management

Stewarding your land.

Management planning determines how to steward land in perpetuity. Stewardship, in its broadest sense, includes working to maintain or improve the ecological processes and functions of the landscape. When stewarding land, we target conservation values, those key values that motivate protection in the first place. Good stewardship produces many positive benefits for a land trust, including:

• Protecting and enhancing the conservation values of a property.

• Creating a sound, responsible public image for the land trust and enhancing support for its efforts.

• Maintaining a good relationship with a donor that may result in additional gifts.

• Encouraging others to give funds, land and conservation easements.

Land is not static, so management plans must adapt to changing conditions and knowledge, particularly as we experience the effects of a changing climate. Learn how your land trust can plan for stewardship to ensure the perpetual protection of its land.