Land Conservation
Learn about our private preserves, conservation easements, and projects dedicated to protecting nature.
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SERVIDUMBRES DE CONSERVACIÓN
Una servidumbre de conservación es un acuerdo legal voluntario entre un propietario de un terreno y un fideicomiso de tierras o una agencia gubernamental que limita permanentemente los usos de la tierra para proteger sus valores de conservación. Los propietarios de tierras conservan muchos de sus derechos, incluido el derecho a poseer y utilizar la tierra, venderla y transmitirla a sus herederos.
Reservas de acceso público
Nuestras reservas o propiedades públicas son espacios comunitarios donde puedes conectarte con la belleza de la naturaleza. Ya sea pescando, haciendo una caminata o sentándose y dejando que el paisaje lo inunde, estamos orgullosos de haber protegido los siguientes paisajes preciados para las generaciones venideras.
Organizaciones asociadas
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Como organización sin fines de lucro, Wood River Land Trust conoce el valor de cultivar asociaciones exitosas con otras organizaciones y partes interesadas en todos los niveles y en muchas áreas de enfoque. Nos asociamos con agencias públicas, otras organizaciones sin fines de lucro, organizaciones que otorgan subvenciones, grupos de voluntarios, ciudadanos privados y miembros de la comunidad, y muchos otros que comparten nuestra visión de proteger y restaurar nuestros paisajes y medio ambiente.
Current Projects
Protect Your Land
We work to ensure that lands acquired or placed under easement are properly conserved and stewarded for the long haul, ensuring their conservation benefits for people and wildlife are forever.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Why do landowners protect their land?
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Landowners often feel a deep connection to their land and want to preserve it for future generations. Many worry about pressures from development that could threaten their family’s home, livelihood, or the natural character of their property. By placing a conservation easement on their land, landowners can protect it from development permanently, ensuring it remains available for activities like farming and ranching. Conservation easements can also offer financial benefits, such as potential payments or tax advantages, and may help in estate planning by reducing future tax liabilities.
Ways to protect your family’s land:
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Conservation Easement: A conservation easement is a voluntary, legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust that limits or prohibits certain uses of the land – like large scale residential subdivision – in order to conserve the natural and traditional values of the land. Landowners grant conservation easements to protect the resources of their property, while retaining the rights of private ownership. The terms of the conservation easement represent a mutual agreement between the landowner and the Land Trust. These types of projects are only carried out k with willing landowners.
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Donating Land: In some cases a landowner may wish to donate their land to the Land Trust outright. When title to the property is transferred to the Land Trust, we accept responsibility for its permanent protection. Landowners can do this during their lifetime or arrange to have it done after their estate is settled. If done during one’s lifetime, the landowner or their estate may qualify for significant tax benefits. If done after the estate is settled (through a will), then a reduced, but still significant, tax benefit may accrue to the estate. Interested landowners should contact a tax professional for information related to this.
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Selling Your Land: In certain situations, the Land Trust may be interested in purchasing title to your land. Depending on your preference, the Land Trust would own and manage the in perpetuity, or place a conservation easement on the property prior to selling it to a conservation-minded buyer to ensure that it remains protected forever.
What are the advantages of working with a Land Trust?
A land trust is a nonprofit service organization for landowners interested in permanently protecting their land. The Wood River Land Trust assists landowners with all phases of the conservation easement process. After a conservation easement is completed and recorded, the Land Trust is the entity responsible for monitoring and enforcing the restrictions the landowner chooses to place on the land. the Land Trust is responsible for ensuring the terms of the conservation easement are upheld in perpetuity, and works with future landowners to maintain the benefit to the public of the conserved property.
Land trusts have many advantages as land protection organizations. One advantage of working with land trusts is that they are very closely tied to the communities in which they operate. They are familiar with the land in the area and often have the trust and confidence of local landowners who may not want to work with entities from outside the area. Moreover, the nonprofit tax status of land trusts brings them a variety of tax benefits. Donations of land, conservation easements or financial instruments may qualify for income, estate or gift tax savings.
How do I Get Started?
Contact Wood River Land Trust. Call our office in Hailey at 208-788-3947 or email info@woodriverlandtrust.org to reach one of our land protection staff. One of Wood River Land Trust’s land protection staff will meet with you to discuss your property and its conservation values, your intentions, and the process for working to protect your property. We will explain how a conservation easement works, what kind of approach is appropriate for the property, and any other conservation options that may be available to you.