Private land conservation program

Enquiries nre. The Department, the agricultural sector and regional Natural Resource Management NRM Committees all acknowledge the key role of private landowners in conserving our natural diversity and the public and private benefits that flow from this approach. Capable land stewardship conserves the natural environment, providing benefits for future Tasmanians and visitors while enabling landowners to maintain market access and capitalise on new opportunities.

The PLCP aims to develop and encourage an integrated approach to private land management and planning that helps landowners fully benefit from the sustainable management of their properties' natural diversity. We seek to achieve high level recognition of the biodiversity value of natural systems and the need to appropriately protect them, and to support individuals who voluntarily manage these systems for conservation outcomes.

The Private Land Conservation Program maintains a register of expression of interest for new voluntary covenants and processes these requests within available resources with priority given to areas of land with significant natural values such as threatened species. Please note that covenant areas are generally required to be 10 ha in area or greater.

More than 55 miles of sandstone canyons carve the ranch, including the foot deep main canyon of the Purgatoire River. Nine miles of the river flow along the red rock cliffs on the property's west side, mirrored by six miles of Chacuaco Creek along the eastern boundary. The ranch's uplands include native shortgrass prairie habitat. Pinyon-juniper woodlands occupy canyon rims, and north-facing slopes shelter remnants of ancient stands of aspen and ponderosa pine. Numerous springs and pools provide oases for both aquatic and terrestrial species in this arid land.

The ranch has varied and notable wildlife including elk, mule deer, pronghorn, black bear, mountain lion, turkey, beaver, and Colorado's largest and healthiest population of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. More than flora and fauna species have been documented on the property by the Conservancy, the Colorado Natural Heritage Program and Denver Botanic Gardens.

The Nature Conservancy will convey a conservation easement to the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust over the entire property prior to sale. Key terms of the easement will include the prohibition of conversion to crop agriculture, restricting the construction of buildings outside of approved building envelopes, and limiting subdivision.

Cattle grazing, hunting and outfitting, and other recreational activities will be permitted in accordance with the terms of the conservation easement and management plan. This ridge-top property, located in the Ouachita Mountains, is forested shortleaf pine, oak, and hickory with several north and south-facing glades.

The ridges at this ecological site provide scenic vistas and harbor several ecoregional endemic flowers, including the Arkansas twistflower Steptanthus maculatus. The Ouachita Mountain Ecoregion includes parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and comprises a landscape of approximately The goal at this site is to ensure the conservation of the full suite of viable plant communities through the reintroduction of fire, a key ecological factor for most terrestrial sites in the Ouachita Mountain Ecoregion.

Several rare plants are found on the scenic ridgetop glades, such as the Arkansas twistflower Steptanthus maculatus. The information about the properties identified and listed herein do not constitute an offer to sell any particular property and cannot be accepted without additional written agreements between the Conservancy and a prospective buyer.

A prospective buyer will be expected to execute further documents, including but not limited to a purchase and sale agreement, in order to undertake and complete any transaction contemplated herein.

If the transaction involves a donation by the purchaser to the Conservancy, a tax deduction may be available for the donation. It is the purchaser's obligation to establish the amount of the donation for federal tax purposes and prospective purchasers therefore must consult with their own advisers and rely upon their advice with respect to the availability of a tax deduction for the donation and the requirements for appraisals to substantiate the tax deduction.

Close We personalize nature. To manage or opt-out of receiving cookies, please visit our Privacy Notice. I Accept. Back To Top. Red Rock Cliffs Cattle graze grasslands at the base of red rock cliffs, illuminated in late afternoon sun, in the Laramie foothills area of northern Colorado.

Montana Grassbank Project Today, 13 ranchers graze their cattle on the Matador, and the grassbank has enabled TNC to leverage conservation on more than , additional acres of private land. Resources Statement on Syndicated Easements The Nature Conservancy actively supports rigorous oversight that would tighten rules governing syndicated easements.

Biodiversity Highlights Chandler Mountain hosts large blocks of relatively unfragmented mature hardwood and mixed pine hardwood forests along the rim and slopes. Technical assistance can include:. Landowner Incentive Program Helping private landowners protect rare plants and animals. LIP is not currently accepting applications for funding.

If you are looking for technical help, please email us with your questions. Limited site visits may be available to landowners in the Driftless Area with property that supports rare or declining species.

For homeowners looking for help on pollinator plantings, please see DNR's native plants and pollinator web pages.