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Title
Legacy Land Trust
Description
About Us
Legacy Land Trust was formed in 1996 as an offshoot of the Bayou Preservation Association, a Houston group dedicated to protecting the bayou systems of Houston. To better protect the bayous, and the water quality that flows into them, Legacy Land Trust was born to protect the remaining open space lands surrounding these bayous.
There are close to 1,300 land trusts throughout the United States. Most, like Legacy Land Trust, work in a specific geographic area, protecting the natural spaces in their region. In Texas, there are close to 30 land trusts, with about 1 2 organizations doing specific land trust work – which is specifically to acquire and/or preserve lands. Because Legacy Land Trust’s work is focused in a large 13-county geographic area, our most effective efforts are placed in doing land preservation agreements, otherwise known as conservation easements.
These land preservation agreements are made with willing landowners who agree to set aside their land permanently from future commercial development in order to maintain the natural habitat of their property. It is important to note that these are voluntary agreements between the landowner and Legacy Land Trust; we are not in any way a state or federal agency. But the federal government does specifically authorize land trusts (not just any 501(c)(3) agency) to hold these conservation agreements, which are formal, legal documents which are recorded in the County records wherever the land is located.
Contact
- Legacy Land Trust, Inc.
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- Houston TX
- United States 77098
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- +1.71352421
