Conservation is Forever.

We’re proud to be an accredited land trust! That means that we meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands. Conservation is forever… which is why land trusts across the country take accreditation so seriously.

“Accreditation is serious business. We need to demonstrate to the public and to each other that we are operating to the very highest ethical, legal, and financial standards with our stewardship responsibility into the future.”

You can learn more about what goes into becoming an accredited land trust at the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.

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The Cajun Prairie: Louisiana’s Forgotten Grassland

When most people think of Louisiana’s natural landscapes, they picture cypress swamps, bayous, marshes, and bottomland forests. Yet one of the state’s most remarkable ecosystems is often overlooked: the Cajun prairie, or coastal prairie ecosystem. Once stretching across more than 2.5 million acres of southwestern Louisiana, the Cajun prairie was a vast expanse of native

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Conservation Servitude: Tax Benefits for Landowners

If you own farmland, timberland, wetlands, or hunting property in Louisiana, a conservation servitude may be the most powerful financial and legacy tool you’ve never heard of. You worked hard for your land. You’ve hunted it, farmed it, maybe raised a family on it. The last thing you want is to see it sold off,

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