Land trusts operate in regions. If you are looking for a land trust to assist you in conserving your property, look for the land trust that operates in your region. This does not mean that you must use that land trust, but it may be easier on you and them. All land trusts, once the property is conserved, will tour (on foot) your property annually to insure that the tenets set down in the conservation easement language are being honored. That tour is most often done by a volunteer for the land trust and travel and time are not reimbursed.
Here are some of the land trusts (and their regions) in the Upper Valley area:
- Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust
- New London, NH, Sutton, NH, etc.
- Monadnock Conservancy
- Peterborough, NH, Dublin, NH, etc.
- The Nature Conservancy
- National (usually conserves hundreds of acres at a time)
- Society for the Protection of NH Forests
- New Hampshire (primarily forested land)
- The Upper Valley Land Trust
- Connecticut River from Bath, NH/Newbury, VT to Charlestown, NH/Springfield, VT
- Vermont Land Trust
- Woodstock, VT area