Existent since Roman times, land trusts preserve land important to communities and their surrounding regions. Without them, 2.7 million acres of land, like the Appalachian Trail and San Juan Islands, would be unprotected. Land trusts are often nonprofit conservation organizations and acquire land through donations. Though we are losing land at 3,000 acres per day, land trusts in the United States have been increasing at 23% a year. That’s one per week. Land trusts operate in every state in the nation, which means you can join the effort to protect our land and conserve the environment. Trust in that.
