What We Do

The Land Trust collaborates with the community to protect our most cherished places, while supporting our economic livelihood and well-being.  For Napa County this means farmland, water resources, recreational areas and wildlife corridors.

How We Do It

Conservation Agreements

The Land Trust partners with individual land owners to develop the optimal conservation plan and preserve a portion of their land forever.

Conservation agreements offer landowners the opportunity to permanently restrict the use of their land, while maintaining ownership. Conservation easements typically are donated, which can result in significant federal income tax benefits to the donor. As the holder of a conservation agreement, the Land Trust is responsible to monitor the land in the future, and we ask easement donors to help fund this cost. Contact Lands Project Manager, Lena Septimo, at (707) 261-6316 if you have a property that you would like to work with us to preserve.

Acquisition

The most direct way to protect land is to own it. The Land Trust owns thousands of acres of preserves in the Napa County. We have acquired this land primarily through donations from landowners.  In special circumstances we have acquired by outright purchase. Contact Executive Director, John Hoffnagle, at (707) 252-0435 if you have a property that you would like to work with us to preserve.

Property Transfers

Collaboration is a core value at the Land Trust, and nothing exemplifies this more than our partnerships with local, state and federal agencies (e.g.-Fish & Game, State Parks & City Parks) to acquire open space, parks and wildlife refuges for public use.