We create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.
Photo: Darcy Kiefel
Our Work
The Trust for Public Land works to protect the places people care about and to create close-to-home parks—particularly in and near cities, where 80 percent of Americans live. Our goal is to ensure that every child has easy access to a safe place to play in nature. We also conserve working farms, ranches, and forests; lands of historical and cultural importance; rivers, streams, coasts, and watersheds; and other special places where people can experience nature close at hand.
Parks for People
Our work in cities and suburbs across America to ensure that everyone enjoys close-to-home access to a park, playground, or natural area.
Our Land and Water
Our work with communities to protect the land and water that keep us healthy, inspired, and connected with nature and each other.
Explore our work
Since 1972, The Trust for Public Land has protected more than 3.3 million acres and completed more than 5,400 park and conservation projects.
Erik Weihenmayer, blind adventurer, summited Mount Everest and now he takes on the Zion Narrows to raise awareness about the importance of keeping our public lands protected and accessible.
