Conservation easements

Conservation easements, sometimes called conservation restrictions, allow people to permanently protect land.

why IT’s Important

When someone voluntarily gives up specific development rights, they guarantee that its conservation values are protected. When the NLC holds a conservation easement, it monitors the land annually. In some cases, conservation easements can also promote Indigenous cultural access.

Nemasket River Village site

20.35 acres in Middleborough including an archeologically significant site of a Wampanoag village more than 6000 years old.

Chop Chaque Bogs

14.67 acres in Mashpee including a retired cranberry bog undergoing restoration.

Native Roots Foundation

50 acres of mature forest and farm land located in Nanticoke territory in Georgetown, Delaware where NRFF is developing a hub for food sovereignty, featuring a community garden for harvesting traditional first foods and providing a peaceful space for gathering.

Ekvn-Yefolecv

776 acres in central Alabama cared for by a Maskoke community restoring tribal traditional culture, language and lifeways.