Conserving Special Places

There are more than 1,600 land trusts in the United States, and every state has them. Community-based land trusts are private, independent, nonprofit organizations that join with landowners to conserve private land for public benefit. Twenty land trusts are actively working in Idaho to protect natural lands, wildlife habitat, and working farms and ranches. Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust steward, Deb Mignogno, and executive director, Babette Thorpe, will describe the land trust movement and its work in southeastern Idaho.