Our mission is
to conserve the open space, scenery, wildlife habitat, and water quality of
the Palouse region for the benefit of current and future generations.
Guiding Principles
- We support the preservation of the working farms and forests and rural heritage of the Palouse.
- We support efforts to maintain the natural and managed landscapes of significant conservation value within the Palouse region.
- We promote the stewardship of natural resources based on the principles of environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
- We facilitate the conservation of private land to enable local communities and landowners to establish conservation legacies.
- We respect and value the rights of private land owners
- We
maintain an effective, non-partisan, sustainable volunteer organization
that represents the values and perspectives of the communities within
the Palouse region.
- We subscribe to and uphold the Standards and Practices of the national Land Trust Alliance.
We do this through conservation easements. Conservation easements enable farmers and other private landowners to protect
and conserve their open space, wildlife habitat, water quality and favorite views. Conservation
easements are legal agreements between a landowner and a land trust that permanently
limit uses of land. Because they are very flexible, easements can allow
continued agricultural or forest production, or limited development.
A conservation easement permits landowners to:
* Protect what is special about their land
* Control future development and uses of their land
* Pass land from one generation to the next with reduced inheritance taxes
* Gain significant income and estate tax advantages
Palouse Land Trust Conservation Easement Criteria
Palouse Land Trust Geographic Area of Interest
