Start Date
15-11-2024 1:05 PM
End Date
15-11-2024 1:20 PM
Description
Part 1 of the "Protecting Glen Helen with a Conservation Easement" presentation. Michele Burns introduces the concept of land trusts—nonprofit organizations that protect various types of land, particularly through conservation easements, which are legally binding agreements that restrict development and preserve land forever. She explaines how Tecumseh Land Trust, founded in 1990, operates in southwest Ohio to protect farmland and natural areas without owning land directly and their work in protecting the Glen Helen preservation.
Repository Citation
Burns, Michele, "Tecumseh Land Trust: Land Trusts and Land Preservation" (2024). Runkle Woods Symposia. 3.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/woods_symposium/2024/novermber16/3
Tecumseh Land Trust: Land Trusts and Land Preservation
Part 1 of the "Protecting Glen Helen with a Conservation Easement" presentation. Michele Burns introduces the concept of land trusts—nonprofit organizations that protect various types of land, particularly through conservation easements, which are legally binding agreements that restrict development and preserve land forever. She explaines how Tecumseh Land Trust, founded in 1990, operates in southwest Ohio to protect farmland and natural areas without owning land directly and their work in protecting the Glen Helen preservation.