Partnering conservation-minded buyers and sellers

The Teton Regional Land Trust’s Conservation Buyer Program introduces critical properties that are currently on the market to potential buyers who wish to enjoy the Upper Valley’s vistas while protecting important natural resources.

The Teton Regional Land Trust staff works closely with landowners and realtors to highlight key properties and to find conservation-minded buyers who will help preserve the property’s natural resources through a donation of a conservation easement. We work with buyers and their representatives to identify properties that might be the perfect match based on a buyer’s needs. In addition, we work with landowners who are interested in selling their property to a buyer who will permanently protect the property from further development. The Teton Regional Land Trust works with the real estate community on these projects, but does not accept real estate commissions.

Conservation buyers typically donate a conservation easement on the property within a year of their purchase. The donation of a conservation easement may provide significant income and estate tax benefits to the buyer while permanently reducing the potential for residential development on a property.

Priority properties within the Program are eligible for your donation of a conservation easement and meet some or all of the following criteria:

• Wetlands, floodplains, and riparian habitats needed to protect water quality
• Agricultural land that provides significant open space values and maintains agricultural uses
• Wildlife
• Land adjacent to other protected properties
• Land of sufficient size that its resources will remain intact if adjacent lands are developed

Please visit our Listed Properties Page or Northern Rocky Ranches for more information on priority properties throughout the Teton Regional Land Trust service area. Please contact Land Protection Specialists Matt Lucia or Babette Thorpe for additional information on current properties, or to find out how the gift of a conservation easement could benefit you.