Working Lands
Credit: Arna Johnson
The nation's farms, ranches, and forests yield food food and timber, support local economies, safeguard clean water, and comprise some of our most beautiful landscapes. A working landscape may be a Western forest of tens of thousands of acres, an emerald mosaic of ranchland in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, or the last farm in a New England town, supplying healthy food while linking the community to its rural past.
Such lands are too important to be lost to poorly planned development. The Trust for Public Land works with landowners, agencies, and communities to keep working lands working while preserving their environmental benefits—often through the use of conservation easements that prevent development while permitting ranching, farming, and sustainable forestry to continue. The result: lands that continue to support our bodies, industries, spirits, and communities, and foster a healthy, vibrant agricultural system.
Explore some of our working lands projects below. Choose a state to get started.
Crosby Pepperhall
A conservation easement on approximately 14 acres now protects this Lowcountry plantation, located at the junction of the Okatie River and Highway 278 in southern Beaufort County. read more »Crystal Creek
The Trust for Public Land helped protect a 360-acre wetlands site on Crystal Creek, a spring creek tributary to Upper Klamath Lake in southern Oregon. read more »
Cypress Abbey Ranch
Located on a particularly scenic portion of the Northern California coastline, Point Arena's Cypress Abbey Ranch is known for its dramatic coastal shelves and bluffs, spring-fed waterfalls. read more »Depoe Bay
The Trust for Public Land helped protect three parcels of land for the city of Depoe Bay, Oregon, for use as a municipal waterfront park. read more », spirits, and communities and foster a healthy, vibrant agricultural system.
