National Land Trust Census

National Land Trust Census

It's time for the 2021 National Land Trust Census!

Conducted once every five years, the Census is the only comprehensive survey of private land conservation in America. Census data directly informs how land conservation is understood by the public, including policymakers, journalists, researchers, state associations and other partners at the state, local and national levels.

We’re all in this together. Join us in sharing your land trust’s stories and successes. 

To get started, log into the web survey with your Land Trust Alliance address and password. Note: this is the same login you use for the Learning Center, Terrafirma and registering for Alliance webinars or Rally.

Check out our guide to getting ready and find the full list of questions here. Questions? Email us at census@lta.org.

What's New

• Only the essentials - 30% fewer questions than the 2015 Census
• New sections on community engagement and climate change
• A redesigned, easy-to-use web survey

Thank You

Many thanks to the 520 organizations that have already responded to the Census. We greatly appreciate your help! If your organization isn't yet on this list, will you help us reach our goal of 750 responses?

Updated 4/19/21

Download Census Data for Your State

You can find data from the 2015 National Land Trust Census here. The 2015 report includes downloadable snapshots of conservation data in every state, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each portal includes fun facts, an image gallery and a breakdown of the state’s unique land conservation priorities. View national and state data here.

• Adirondack Land Trust
• Ag Land Trust
• Agricultural - Natural Resources Trust
• Agricultural Stewardship Association
• Alabama Forest Resources Center
• Alachua Conservation Trust
• Alaska Farmland Trust
• Allegheny Land Trust
• American Chestnut Land Trust
• American Farmland Trust
• Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
• Andover Village Improvement Society
• Androscoggin Land Trust
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy
• Appalachia Ohio Alliance
• Applied Ecological Services
• Ashby Land Trust, Inc.
• Aspen Valley Land Trust
• Athens Conservancy
• Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust
• Back Country Land Trust
• Bainbridge Island Land Trust
• Baltimore Green Space
• Baraboo Range Preservation Association, Inc.
• Barrington Area Conservation Trust
• Battenkill Conservancy
• Bayou Land Conservancy
• Bear Yuba Land Trust
• Belmont Land Trust
• Berkeley County Farmland Protection Board
• Berks Nature
• Berlin Land Trust
• Bethany Land Trust, Inc.
• Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust
• Bitter Root Land Trust
• Black Swamp Conservancy
• Block Island Conservancy
• Block Island Land Trust
• Bluegrass Land Conservancy
• Blue Hill Heritage Trust
• Blue Mountain Land Trust
• Blue Ridge Conservancy
• Blue Ridge Land Conservancy
• Bolton Land Trust
• Boxborough Conservation Trust
• Broad River Watershed Association
• Broad Water Innovations
• Bronx Land Trust
• Brooklyn Queens Land Trust
• Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
• BTA/BOLT
• Bur Oak Land Trust
• B-W Greenway Community Land Trust
• Cadillac Area Land Conservancy
• California Farmland Trust
• California Rangeland Trust
• Calusa Land Trust and Nature Preserve of Pine Island, Inc.
• Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
• Capital Region Land Conservancy
• Capitol Land Trust
• Captina Conservancy
• Cardinal Land Conservancy, Inc.
• Catalina Island Conservancy
• Catawba Lands Conservancy
• Catoctin Land Trust
• Cayucos Land Conservancy
• Cazenovia Preservation Foundation
• Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation
• Center for Natural Lands Management
• Central Arizona Land Trust
• Central Colorado Conservancy
• Central New York Land Trust
• Centre County Farmland Trust
• Champlain Area Trails
• Charlotte Land Trust
• Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy
• Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust
• Chelan-Douglas Land Trust
• Cheshire Land Trust
• Chestnut Hill Conservancy
• Chikaming Open Lands
• Chippewa County Land Conservancy
• Chippewa Watershed Conservancy
• Chocorua Lake Conservancy
• Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy, Inc.
• Clifftop NFP
• Coastside Land Trust
• Colchester Land Trust
• Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
• Colorado Headwaters Land Trust
• Colorado Open Lands
• Colorado West Land Trust
• Columbia Land Conservancy
• Columbia Land Trust
• Community Farm Land Trust
• Concord Land Conservation Trust
• Congaree Land Trust
• Connecticut Farmland Trust
• Conservancy for Charles County
• Conservation Florida
• Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
• Conservation Trust for North Carolina
• Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
• Conserving Carolina
• Countryside Conservancy
• Cowiche Canyon Conservancy
• Cragsmoor Conservancy, Inc.
• Crested Butte Land Trust
• Dancing Rabbit Land Trust
• Deer Lake Conservancy
• Delaware Highlands Conservancy
• Deschutes Land Trust
• Door County Land Trust
• Douglas Land Conservancy
• Driftless Area Land Conservancy
• Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
• Duxbury Land Trust
• Eagle Valley Land Trust
• East Cooper Land Trust
• Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
• Eastern Sierra Land Trust
• East Granby Land Trust
• East Haddam Land Trust
• Edison Greenways Group
• Edisto Island Open Land Trust
• Elkhorn Slough Foundation
• Eno River Association
• Essex County Greenbelt Association
• Essex Land Trust
• Estes Valley Land Trust
• Fairfield Land Preservation Association
• Fallbrook Land Conservancy
• Finger Lakes Land Trust
• Five Valleys Land Trust
• Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust
• Flathead Land Trust
• Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
• Foothills Land Conservancy
• Forest Park Conservancy
• Forest Society of Maine
• Forterra
• Foundation for Sustainable Forests
• Francis Small Heritage Trust
• French Creek Valley Conservancy
• Frenchman Bay Conservancy
• Friends of Alta
• Friends of the Columbia Gorge
• Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve
• Friends of the Panhandle Pathway, Inc.
• Friends of the Sangamon Valley
• Frontera Land Alliance
• Gallatin Valley Land Trust
• Galveston Bay Foundation
• Gates Mills Land Conservancy
• Gateway Greening
• Genesee Land Trust
• Genesee Valley Conservancy, Inc.
• Geneva Lake Conservancy
• Georgia-Alabama Land Trust
• Georgia Piedmont Land Trust
• Glacial Lakes Conservancy
• Golden State Land Conservancy
• Grand Prairie Friends
• Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
• Greater Lovell Land Trust
• Greater Worcester Land Trust, Inc.
• Great Land Trust
• Great Peninsula Conservancy
• Great Works Regional Land Trust
• Greenbelt Land Trust
• Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid-Missouri
• Greene Land Trust
• Greensboro Land Trust
• Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas
• Greenwich Land Trust
• Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy
• Groton Conservation Trust
• Groton Open Space Association, Inc.
• Groundswell Conservancy
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust
• Gunpowder Valley Conservancy
• Hanover Conservancy
• Harding Land Trust
• Harford Land Trust
• Harpswell Heritage Land Trust
• Harris Center for Conservation Education
• Hartland Land Trust
• Hawaiian Islands Land Trust
• HeadWaters Land Conservancy
• Heartland Conservation Alliance
• HeartLands Conservancy
• Henry L. Ferguson Museum
• Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
• Hill Country Conservancy
• Hill Country Land Trust
• Hilltown Land Trust
• Hopkinton Area Land Trust
• Hudson Highlands Land Trust
• Ice Age Trail Alliance
• Illinois Audubon Society
• Independence Conservancy, Inc.
• Indian River Lakes Conservancy
• Indian River Land Trust
• Inland Northwest Land Conservancy
• Interior Alaska Land Trust
• Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
• Jackson Hole Land Trust
• Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board
• Jefferson Land Trust
• Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
• Joshua's Trust (Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust)
• Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
• Kaniksu Land Trust
• Kansas Land Trust, Inc.
• Katawba Valley Land Trust
• Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
• Kern River Valley Heritage Foundation
• Kettle Moraine Land Trust
• Keweenaw Land Trust
• Killbuck Watershed Land Trust
• Kingston Land Trust
• Kinnickinnic River Land Trust
• Kittitas Conservation Trust
• Klamath Lake Land Trust
• Lake County Land Trust
• Lake Forest Open Lands Association
• Lake George Land Conservancy
• Lancaster County Conservancy
• Lancaster Farmland Trust
• Land Conservancy of Adams County
• Land Conservancy of McHenry County
• Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc.
• Land Conservancy of West Michigan
• Landmark Conservancy
• Landmark Heritage Trust
• Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain
• Land Trust of Napa County
• Land Trust of North Alabama
• Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley
• Land Trust of the Eastern Panhandle
• Land Trust of the Treasure Valley
• Land Trust of Virginia
• La Plata Open Space Conservancy
• Leelanau Conservancy
• Legacy Land Conservancy
• Lewisboro Land Trust
• Licking Land Trust
• Lincoln Land Conservation Trust
• Little Forks Conservancy
• Little River Wetlands Project
• Littleton Conservation Trust
• Little Traverse Conservancy
• Livingston Land Conservancy
• Logan County Land Trust
• London Britain Township Land Trust
• Lookout Mountain Conservancy
• Loon Echo Land Trust
• Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust
• Lower Muskingum Conservancy
• Lower Nehalem Community Trust
• Lower Shore Land Trust
• Lummi Island Heritage Trust
• Madison Audubon Society
• Mahoosuc Land Trust
• Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust
• Maine Coast Heritage Trust
• Maine Farmland Trust
• Manchester Land Conservation Trust
• Maryland Environmental Trust
• Mass Audubon
• Mattapoisett Land Trust, Inc.
• McKenzie River Trust
• Mendocino Land Trust
• Mendon Foundation, Inc.
• Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy
• Methow Conservancy
• Mianus River Gorge, Inc.
• Michigan Karst Conservancy
• Midcoast Conservancy
• Mid-Michigan Land Conservancy
• Milford Land Conservation Trust
• Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy
• Minnesota Land Trust
• Mississippi Valley Conservancy
• Missouri Caves & Karst Conservancy
• Missouri Prairie Foundation
• Mitigation Futures Conservancy
• Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
• Mohonk Preserve
• Monadnock Conservancy
• Monmouth Conservation Foundation
• Montana Land Reliance
• Montezuma Land Conservancy
• Morris Land Trust
• Mountain Area Land Trust
• Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia
• Mountains Restoration Trust
• Narrow River Land Trust, Inc.
• Nashoba Conservation Trust, Inc.
• National Park Trust
• Nation Ford Land Trust
• Naturaland Trust
• Natural Land Institute
• Natural Lands
• Nebraska Land Trust
• Neighborhood Gardens Trust
• NeighborSpace of Baltimore County, Inc.
• Nevada Land Trust
• New Canaan Land Trust
• New England Forestry Foundation
• New Jersey Conservation Foundation
• New Mexico Land Conservancy
• New River Land Trust
• Newtown Forest Association
• New York Agricultural Land Trust
• Nichols-Smith Conservation Land Trust
• Nisqually Land Trust
• Nolumbeka Project
• Norman Area Land Conservancy
• North Branford Land Conservation Trust
• North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
• North Central Conservancy Trust
• North Coast Land Conservancy
• Northcoast Regional Land Trust
• North County Land Trust, Inc.
• Northeast Wilderness Trust
• Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust
• Northern California Regional Land Trust
• Northern Prairies Land Trust
• Northern Waters Land Trust
• North Olympic Land Trust
• North Salem Open Land Foundation
• North Shore Land Alliance
• Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
• Northwoods Land Trust, Inc.
• Oak Heritage Conservancy
• OBI Land Trust
• Oblong Land Conservancy, Inc.
• Oconee River Land Trust
• Ogden Valley Land Trust
• Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
• Okanogan Land Trust
• Open Space Institute
• Orange County Land Trust
• Oregon Agricultural Trust
• Oregon Desert Land Trust
• Orleans Conservation Trust
• Orono Land Trust
• Otsego Land Trust
• Ouabache Land Conservancy
• Owl Creek Conservancy
• Oxbow, Inc.
• Ozark Greenways, Inc.
• Ozark Land Trust, Inc.
• Pacifica Land Trust
• Pacific Forest Trust
• Palmer Land Conservancy
• Palouse Land Trust
• Parklands Foundation
• Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust
• PCC Farmland Trust
• Peconic Land Trust
• Pee Dee Land Trust
• Pemi-Baker Land Trust
• Peninsula Open Space Trust
• Philander Chase Conservancy
• Pine Creek Land Conservation Trust
• Pines and Prairies Land Trust
• Piscataquog Land Conservancy
• Placer Land Trust
• Platte Land Trust
• Pound Ridge Land Conservancy
• Prairie Land Conservancy
• Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
• Putnam County Land Trust
• Queen Creek Coalition
• Raritan Headwaters Association
• Red-tail Land Conservancy
• Rensselaer Land Trust
• Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, Inc.
• Rhode Island Land Trust Council
• Richmond Land Trust
• Ridge and Valley Conservancy
• Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust
• Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
• River Revitalization Foundation
• Rockburn Land Trust
• Roxbury Land Trust
• Sacramento Valley Conservancy
• Sacred Earth Foundation
• Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust
• Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy
• Sakonnet Preservation Association
• Salisbury Association, Inc.
• San Benito Agricultural Land Trust
• Sanctuary Forest
• San Diego River Park Foundation
• San Juan Preservation Trust
• San Marcos River Foundation
• San Miguel Conservation Foundation
• Santa Fe Conservation Trust
• Saratoga P.L.A.N.
• Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands Organization
• Save Mount Diablo
• Save the Environment - Moorestown
• Save the Redwoods League
• Scarborough Land Conservation Trust
• Scenic Rivers Land Trust
• Schoharie Land Trust, Inc.
• Scott Conservancy
• Sebasticook Regional Land Trust
• Seekonk Land Conservation Trust
• Seno K/RLT Conservancy
• Sequoia Riverlands Trust
• Serpentine Art and Nature Commons, Inc.
• Sharon Land Trust
• Shasta Land Trust
• Sheffield Land Trust
• Sheridan Community Land Trust
• Sheriff's Meadow Foundation
• Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Inc.
• Six Rivers Land Conservancy
• Skagit Land Trust
• Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
• Solano Land Trust
• Somers Land Trust
• Sonoma Land Trust
• Southeast Alaska Land Trust
• Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
• Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy
• Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
• Southern Madison Heritage Trust
• Southern Oregon Land Conservancy
• Southern Plains Land Trust
• South Hero Land Trust
• Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
• Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy
• Steep Rock Association
• St. John Land Conservancy
• Stowe Land Trust
• Summit Land Conservancy
• Sustainable Iowa Land Trust
• Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust
• Swan Conservation Trust
• Sycamore Land Trust
• Tall Pines Conservancy
• Tamalpais Conservation Club
• Teatown Lake Reservation
• Tecumseh Land Trust
• Tennessee River Gorge Trust
• Teton Regional Land Trust
• Texas Agricultural Land Trust
• Texas Land Conservancy
• The Conservation Foundation
• The Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc.
• The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
• The Kennebec Land Trust
• The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County
• The Land Conservancy of New Jersey
• The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County
• The Land Trust for Tennessee
• The Manor Conservancy, Inc.
• The Nature Collective
• The Northern Neck Land Conservancy, Inc.
• The Trustees of Reservations
• The Vital Ground Foundation
• The Wallace Trust
• The Warren Land Trust, Inc.
• The Westerly Land Trust
• The Wetlands Conservancy
• The Wilderness Center, Inc.
• Thousand Islands Land Trust
• Three Rivers Land Trust
• Three Valley Conservation Trust
• Thumb Land Conservancy
• Triangle Land Conservancy
• Tri-Valley Conservancy
• Truckee Donner Land Trust
• Tuckernuck Land Trust
• Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust
• Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
• Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
• Upper Savannah Land Trust
• Upper St. John Land Trust
• Upstate Forever
• Valley Land Fund
• Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust
• Vermont Land Trust
• Vinalhaven Land Trust
• Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust
• Wallkill Valley Land Trust
• Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy
• Wallowa Land Trust
• Watertown Land Trust, Inc.
• Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation
• Wellesley Conservation Land Trust
• Wellfleet Conservation Trust
• Westborough Community Land Trust
• West Central Ohio Land Conservancy
• Westchester Land Trust
• Western New York Land Conservancy
• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Western Reserve Land Conservancy
• Western Wildlife Corridor, Inc.
• Westmoreland Land Trust
• Westport Village Society, Inc.
• West Virginia Land Trust
• Whatcom Land Trust
• Whidbey Camano Land Trust
• Wildlands Conservancy
• Wildlife Heritage Foundation
• Wild Rivers Land Trust
• Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association
• Wolf River Conservancy
• Woodie Wheaton Land Trust
• Wood-Land-Lakes Resource Conservation and Development
• Wood River Land Trust
• Woodstock Land Conservancy
• Wyndham Land Trust, Inc.
• Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust