L A N D T R U S T A C C R E D I TAT I O N :
A Mark of Distinction. A Collective Impact.
Congratulations to all 372 accredited land trusts, listed inside...
Individually Strong
Accreditation helps build strong land
trusts that share these characteristics.
• Stronger because of accreditation
• Independently operated
• Unique in structure and programs
• United by strong national standards
Collective Impact
Everyone Benefits
The accredited land trust network
conserves 77% of all land trust
conservation holdings and has the
verified ability to protect millions of
acres forever.
• 12.7 million acres under conservation
easement
• 6.4 million acres of conservation
properties
Accredited land trusts are high-impact
and, over the last five years, show the
following achievements as compared
to eligible land trusts that are not yet
accredited.
• Have protected 5 times more land
• Are 5 times more likely to monitor
100% of their easements every year
• Are 5 times more likely to have a
baseline documentation report for
every easement
• Have significantly more money to
defend and steward their holdings
(averaging $700,000 dedicated to
stewardship and defense and holding
94 properties as compared to $50,000
and 42 properties)
Accreditation has increased the public’s
trust in land conservation. This benefits
the entire land trust community.
• Increased confidence in land trusts
as a result of accreditation has helped
win support for federal, state and local
conservation funding measures
• Increased Congressional trust made
possible the passage of the permanent
federal tax incentive in 2015
A ccredited L and T rusts
NATIONAL
• Ducks Unlimited and its affiliate,
Wetlands America Trust G
• The Conservation Fund and its affiliate,
Sustainable Conservation
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Wilderness Land Trust G
ALABAMA
• Freshwater Land Trust G
• Georgia-Alabama Land Trust
• Land Trust of North Alabama
• Weeks Bay Foundation G
ALASKA
• Great Land Trust
• Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
• Southeast Alaska Land Trust
ARIZONA
• Arizona Land and Water Trust
• Central Arizona Land Trust
• Desert Foothills Land Trust G
ARKANSAS
• Northwest Arkansas Land Trust
CALIFORNIA
• Bear Yuba Land Trust G
• Big Sur Land Trust
• California Rangeland Trust G
• Center for Natural Lands Management G
• Central Valley Farmland Trust G
• Eastern Sierra Land Trust G
• Elkhorn Slough Foundation
• Feather River Land Trust
• John Muir Land Trust
• Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo
County
• Land Trust for Santa Barbara County G
• Land Trust of Napa County
• Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
• Marin Agricultural Land Trust G
• Mendocino Land Trust H
• Northcoast Regional Land Trust
• Northern California Regional Land Trust G
• Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
• Pacific Forest Trust G
• Peninsula Open Space Trust G
• Placer Land Trust G
• Riverside Land Conservancy
• Sacramento Valley Conservancy G
• San Diego Habitat Conservancy
• San Joaquin River Parkway and
Conservation Trust
• Save Mount Diablo
• Save the Redwoods League
• Sempervirens Fund G
• Sequoia Riverlands Trust
• Shasta Land Trust G
• Sierra Foothill Conservancy
• Silicon Valley Land Conservancy
• Solano Land Trust
• Sonoma Land Trust
• Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust
• Tejon Ranch Conservancy
• Tri-Valley Conservancy G
• Truckee Donner Land Trust
• Wildlife Heritage Foundation G
COLORADO
• Access Fund
• Aspen Valley Land Trust G
• Black Canyon Regional Land Trust G
• Central Colorado Conservancy
• Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural
Land Trust G
• Colorado Headwaters Land Trust
• Colorado Open Lands G
• Crested Butte Land Trust
• Douglas Land Conservancy
• Eagle Valley Land Trust G
• Estes Valley Land Trust G
• La Plata Open Space Conservancy G
• Mesa Land Trust G
• Montezuma Land Conservancy G
• Mountain Area Land Trust
• Palmer Land Trust G
• Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust G
• San Isabel Land Protection Trust G
CONNECTICUT
• Avalonia Land Conservancy H
• Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust
• Colchester Land Trust
• Connecticut Farmland Trust
• Cornwall Conservation Trust
• Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust
• Granby Land Trust
• Greenwich Land Trust
• Housatonic Valley Association
• Joshua’s Tract Conservation
and Historic Trust G
• Kent Land Trust G
• Land Conservancy of Ridgefield H
• Lyme Land Conservation Trust
• Newtown Forest Association H
• Norfolk Land Trust
• Redding Land Trust G
• Roxbury Land Trust
• Salem Land Trust G
• Sharon Land Trust
• Steep Rock Association H
• Warren Land Trust
• Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust
FLORIDA
• Alachua Conservation Trust G
• Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast G
• Conservation Trust for Florida
• Tall Timbers Research Station &
Land Conservancy G
GEORGIA
• Athens Land Trust G
• Central Savannah River Land Trust G
• Chattahoochee Valley Land Trust
• Chattooga Conservancy H
• Georgia Piedmont Land Trust
• Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia G
• Oconee River Land Trust G
• Southeastern Trust for Parks and Land
• Southern Conservation Trust
• St. Simons Land Trust
HAWAI’I
• Hawaiian Islands Land Trust G
IDAHO
• Kaniksu Land Trust
• Lemhi Regional Land Trust
• Palouse Land Trust
• Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust
• Teton Regional Land Trust G
• Wood River Land Trust G
ILLINOIS
• Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
• Lake Forest Open Lands Association and
its affiliate, Lake Forest Land Foundation G
• Openlands
INDIANA
• Central Indiana Land Trust
• NICHES Land Trust H
• Shirley Heinze Land Trust H
IOWA
• Bur Oak Land Trust
• Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation G
KANSAS
• Kansas Land Trust
• Ranchland Trust of Kansas H
KENTUCKY
• Bluegrass Conservancy
• Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
• Louisville & Jefferson County
Environmental Trust
• River Fields
• Woods and Waters Land Trust H
LOUISIANA
• Land Trust for Louisiana
MAINE
• Androscoggin Land Trust
• Bangor Land Trust
• Blue Hill Heritage Trust
• Boothbay Region Land Trust
The accreditation seal is awarded to land trusts meeting the highest national standards
for excellence and conservation permanence.
• Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
• Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
• Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust
• Coastal Mountains Land Trust G
• Damariscotta River Association
• Forest Society of Maine G
• Frenchman Bay Conservancy
• Georges River Land Trust
• Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
• Harpswell Heritage Land Trust
• Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
• Mahoosuc Land Trust
• Maine Coast Heritage Trust G
• Medomak Valley Land Trust
• Midcoast Conservancy
• Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay
• Orono Land Trust
• Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
• Three Rivers Land Trust
• Vinalhaven Land Trust
MARYLAND
• American Chestnut Land Trust
• Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
• Potomac Conservancy G
MASSACHUSETTS
• Ashby Land Trust
• Buzzards Bay Coalition and its affiliate,
Acushnet River Reserve
• Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust
• Groton Conservation Trust
• Kestrel Land Trust
• Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust
• Massachusetts Audubon Society
• Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
• Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation
• Sudbury Valley Trustees
• The Trustees of Reservations and its
affiliates, Boston Natural Areas Network,
Hilltown Land Trust and Massachusetts
Land Conservation Trust G
• Wareham Land Trust
• White Oak Land Conservation Society
MICHIGAN
• Chikaming Open Lands G
• Chippewa Watershed Conservancy
• Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy G
• Land Conservancy of West Michigan
• Leelanau Conservancy G
• Legacy Land Conservancy G
• Little Forks Conservancy G
• Michigan Nature Association
• North Oakland Headwaters Land
Conservancy
• Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy
• Six Rivers Land Conservancy
• Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
MINNESOTA
• Minnesota Land Trust G
MISSISSIPPI
• Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain G
MONTANA
• Bitter Root Land Trust
• Five Valleys Land Trust G
• Flathead Land Trust
• Gallatin Valley Land Trust G
• Montana Land Reliance G
• Prickly Pear Land Trust
• Vital Ground Foundation
NEBRASKA
• Nebraska Land Trust
NEVADA
• Nevada Land Trust
NEW HAMPSHIRE
• Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
• Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust G
• Five Rivers Conservation Trust H
• Monadnock Conservancy G
• Society for the Protection of
New Hampshire Forests
• Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
• Squam Lakes Conservation Society
• Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
• Upper Valley Land Trust
• Mianus River Gorge G
• Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
• Mohonk Preserve
• North Salem Open Land Foundation
• North Shore Land Alliance
• Oblong Land Conservancy
• Open Space Institute and its affiliate,
Open Space Institute Land Trust G
• Orange County Land Trust
• Otsego Land Trust
• Rensselaer Land Trust G
• Rondout-Esopus Land Conservancy
• Saratoga P.L.A.N.
• Scenic Hudson and its affiliate,
Scenic Hudson Land Trust G
• Thousand Islands Land Trust G
• Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust G
• Wallkill Valley Land Trust
• Westchester Land Trust G
• Western NewYork Land Conservancy
• Winnakee Land Trust F
NORTH CAROLINA
• D&R Greenway Land Trust
• Harding Land Trust
• Hunterdon Land Trust
• Monmouth Conservation Foundation
• New Jersey Conservation Foundation
• Ridge and Valley Conservancy
• The Land Conservancy of New Jersey G
• Blue Ridge Conservancy
• Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy G
• Catawba Lands Conservancy G
• Conservation Trust for North Carolina G
• Eno River Association G
• Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina G
• Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
• LandTrust for Central North Carolina
• Mainspring Conservation Trust G
• New River Conservancy G
• North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
• Piedmont Land Conservancy G
• RiverLink
• Southern Appalachian Highlands
Conservancy G
• Tar River Land Conservancy
• Triangle Land Conservancy
NEW MEXICO
OHIO
NEW JERSEY
• New Mexico Land Conservancy
• Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust
• Santa Fe Conservation Trust
• Taos Land Trust
NEW YORK
• Agricultural Stewardship Association
• Champlain Area Trails
• Columbia Land Conservancy F
• Dutchess Land Conservancy G
• Finger Lakes Land Trust
• Genesee Land Trust
• Genesee Valley Conservancy F
• Greene Land Trust
• Hudson Highlands Land Trust G
• Indian River Lakes Conservancy H
• Lake George Land Conservancy
• Black Swamp Conservancy
• Gates Mills Land Conservancy
• Licking Land Trust
• Tecumseh Land Trust G
• Three Valley Conservation Trust
OREGON
• Deschutes Land Trust G
• Greenbelt Land Trust G
• McKenzie River Trust G
• North Coast Land Conservancy
• Southern Oregon Land Conservancy
• The Wetlands Conservancy
• Wallowa Land Trust
• Western Rivers Conservancy
For information on the land trust accreditation program: LANDTRUSTACCREDITATION.ORG
PENNSYLVANIA
• Allegheny Land Trust G
• Bedminster Regional Land Conservancy G
• Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art G
• Chestnut Hill Conservancy F
• ClearWater Conservancy
• Countryside Conservancy G
• Delaware Highlands Conservancy F
• Edward L. Rose Conservancy
• French and Pickering Creeks
Conservation Trust
• French Creek Valley Conservancy
• Heritage Conservancy G
• Lancaster County Conservancy G
• Lancaster Farmland Trust G
• Land Conservancy of Adams County
• Natural Lands Trust and its affiliate,
Montgomery County Lands Trust G
• North Branch Land Trust G
• The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County G
• Tinicum Conservancy G
• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Westmoreland Conservancy
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• Willistown Conservation Trust G
VERMONT
• Greensboro Land Trust G
• Lake Champlain Land Trust G
• Northeast Wilderness Trust G
• Stowe Land Trust G
• Vermont Land Trust
VIRGINIA
• Blue Ridge Land Conservancy G
• Historic Virginia Land Conservancy
• Land Trust of Virginia G
• New River Land Trust
• Northern Neck Land Conservancy
• Northern Virginia Conservation Trust G
• Piedmont Environmental Council G
• Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust G
WASHINGTON
• Bainbridge Island Land Trust
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• Blue Mountain Land Trust
Land Trust
Accreditation
Commission
Heather Richards, Chair (VA)
Molly Doran, Vice Chair (WA)
Daniel J. Cline, Secretary (MI)
Jennifer Sims, Treasurer (WA)
Jamie Brown (NY)
Marty Coleman-Hunt (CA)
Scott Dickerson (ME)
Thomas R. Duffus (ME)
Jay Erickson (MT)
Karen Ferrell-Ingram (CA)
Cary F. Leptuck (PA)
Kristen Maneval (MD)
Anne Murphy (CO)
Catherine Rawson (CT)
Tom Reed (OH)
Katharine Roser (CO)
Bruce Runnels (CO)
Stephen Swartz (MD)
Chris Vaughn (SC)
• Capitol Land Trust
• Chelan-Douglas Land Trust
• Columbia Land Trust
• Forterra G
• Great Peninsula Conservancy
• Jefferson Land Trust G
• Lummi Island Heritage Trust
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• Methow Conservancy
• Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
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• Nisqually Land Trust
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Tammara Van Ryn, Executive Director (NY)
• PCC Farmland Trust
• Aquidneck Land Trust G
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Jennifer Brady-Connor (NY)
• San Juan Preservation Trust
• Block Island Conservancy
Stacy Girmindl (NY)
• Skagit Land Trust G
• Sakonnet Preservation Association G
Greg Good (WA)
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Melissa Kalvestrand (NY)
• Tiverton Land Trust
• Whidbey Camano Land Trust
• Westerly Land Trust H
Valerie Roof (NY)
SOUTH CAROLINA
• Aiken Land Conservancy
• Beaufort County Open Land Trust
• Congaree Land Trust
• Edisto Island Open Land Trust G
• Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy H
• Lowcountry Land Trust
• Pee Dee Land Trust
• Spartanburg Area Conservancy
• Upstate Forever G
TENNESSEE
• Land Trust for Tennessee G
• Lookout Mountain Conservancy
• Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation G
• Wolf River Conservancy
TEXAS
• Bayou Land Conservancy
• Galveston Bay Foundation
• Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas
• Hill Country Conservancy
• Hill Country Land Trust
• Katy Prairie Conservancy
• Pines and Prairies Land Trust
• Texas Agricultural Land Trust
• Texas Land Conservancy G
UTAH
• Summit Land Conservancy F
• Utah Open Lands
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WEST VIRGINIA
• Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust
• West Virginia Land Trust
Jessica Whittaker (MA)
WISCONSIN
• Bayfield Regional Conservancy
• Caledonia Conservancy
• Door County Land Trust
• Driftless Area Land Conservancy H
• Ice Age Trail Alliance
• Kettle Moraine Land Trust
• Kinnickinnic River Land Trust G
• Mississippi Valley Conservancy
• Natural Heritage Land Trust
• Northwoods Land Trust
• Ozaukee Washington Land Trust
• Tall Pines Conservancy
• West Wisconsin Land Trust
WYOMING
• Jackson Hole Land Trust G
• Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural
Land Trust
As of February 22, 2017
H Indicates Newly Accredited
F Indicates Newly Renewed
G Indicates Previously Renewed
Cover photos (counter-clockwise from top):
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (Chad Ress);
Land Trust Accreditation Commission;
Joshua’s Trust (Michael Hveem)
Cover data is as of 2015