Working Lands
Credit: Arna Johnson
Family farms and ranches provide food, support local economies, and make up some of America’s most beautiful landscapes. But in many communities, these special places are disappearing—sold to pay taxes or finance their owner’s retirement.
Family farming requires long hours and hard work. Still, most ranchers and farmers love the land and the rural way of life they have practiced for decades. The Trust for Public Land has earned a national reputation for helping farmers and ranchers preserve their land and livelihoods. Using conservation easements, TPL is keeping working lands in production while preventing development forever.
There has never been a better time to save working landscapes. The recent real estate downturn means that conservation funding goes further—so TPL can help more farm and ranch families feed the nation and stay on the land they love.
