TEXAS AG LAND TRUST

The result was the creation of the Texas Agricultural Land Trust, a Texas non-profit organization. Modeled on agricultural land trusts in Colorado, Wyoming and California, Texas Ag Land Trust promotes the conservation of open space, wildlife habitats, and natural resources on Texas' private working lands. Governed by a Board of Directors comprised of men and women who own land themselves, Texas Ag Land Trust today has partnered with landowners to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of prime working lands. Created by farmers and ranchers for farmers and ranchers, Texas Ag Land Trust is proud to play a role in conserving part of Texas' legacy of wide open spaces... Concerned that Texas is losing its rural lands faster than any other state in the country, leaders of Texas' statewide agricultural, wildlife and landowner organizations came together in 2007 to create the Texas Agricultural Land Trust. With a Board of Directors who, as landowners themselves, understand the day-to-day..

Also known as: TALT, Texas, Texas Agricultural Land Trust

Primary location: San Antonio United States