Our Mission
To educate and assist private landowners in South Dakota and Nebraska to conserve and restore lands for habitat, agriculture, water quality, and cultural protection by building conservation easements, providing a conservation toolkit, guiding landowners in conservation opportunities and enabling a land ethic.
Our Programs
Conservation Toolkit
Deciding the future of your land will be satisfying to you and your family, and may be financially beneficial. It may be emotional, bringing your deepest values into focus. Choosing the right option for you and your family will ensure you have peace of mind for many years to come.
Conservation Easements
A conservation easement is the most popular, permanent way you can protect natural land while continuing to own it. The land is still in your hands to sell or pass on to your heirs, but you set aside certain rights. You determine that no future owner will do specific things on the property that would harm its natural features.
Stewardship
Northern Prairies Land Trust helps private conservation-minded landowners protect their land, not just during their lifetimes, but in perpetuity. To ensure their conservation goals are fulfilled, landowners accompany their donated conservation easement with a gift to The Stewardship Fund.
Our Impact
Since our inception, we have made great strides in securing easements on over 7,000 acres, including areas famously chronicled by the explorers Lewis and Clark. We are continually working on new easements and also use our conservation expertise to act as a referral source for other private and governmental organizations.
1.5+
Million Dollars Raised
20+
Years Serving communities
7,000
Acres Conserved
Get Involved
We are part of our natural world. We use its resources to grow our communities, and we protect and replenish what has been lost. It is vital we continue to use our earth in a sustainable way so our grandchild have the benefits we did.