Land trusts now operate in every state in the nation protecting land of local, regional, and national importance.

Collectively, America's nearly 900 independent land trusts:

	Helped protect 2.7 million acres
	Own 437,000 acres
	Hold conservation easements on another 450,000 acres
	Have acquired, protected, and transferred 668,000 acres to other organizations and agencies
	Have used other direct methods to help protect another 1,159,000 acres

Well-known areas protected by land trusts include land on the California coast at Big Sur; in the San Juan Islands, Washington State; at Jackson Hole, Wyoming; along the Appalachian Trail; in New York’s Adirondacks; and at Acadia National Park in Maine.

Excerpt from http://www.possibility.com/LandTrust/

More about Land Trusts:

• Sonoma Land Trust
• The Marin Agricultural Land Trust
• Solano Land Trust
• The Peninsula Open Space Trust
• Bay Area Ridge Trail
• Greenbelt Alliance
• California Coastal Conservancy
• Martinez Regional Land Trust
• Yolo Land Trust
• The Bodega Land Trust
• Bureau of Land Management
• NRS, The UC Natural Reserve System 
• California State Dept. of Fish and Game
• GreenInfo Network
• Land Trust Alliance - LTA is the national convener, strategist and representative of more than 1,300 land trusts across America.
• Trust for Public Land - Founded in 1972, the Trust for Public Land is the only national nonprofit working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and well-being.
• Nature Conservancy
• Conservancy by Richard Brewer