A conservation easement is a legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust that permanently limits a property's uses in order to protect its conservation values. The agreement is tailored to protect the land's conservation values and meet the financial and personal needs of the landowner.

When land is owned, many rights associated with it are also "owned", such as the rights to harvest, build structures, sub-divide parcels, create roads, and so on. When individuals donate or sell a conservation easement to a land trust, some of those rights are permanently restricted. Future owners will also be bound by the terms of the easement. Read more...

Nevada County Land Trust Conservation Easements
Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve
Bennett Street Grasslands
Chaparral Hill
Feld Family
Hannan Wildlife Preserve
Jonathon Whitworth Butts Forest Management Area
Peardale Bird Sanctuary
Phillips Easement
Pitcher Plant Bog
Red Dog Road Easement
Roth Forest Easement
Round Mountain / Rock Creek BLM public lands
Round Mountain
Wild Rock Ranch

Nevada County Land Trust Owned Lands
Burton Homestead
Mathis Pond
Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve