Help us protect our special places.
The Kansas Land Trust protects lands of ecological, agricultural, cultural, or recreational significance in Kansas. We work with landowners, communities, and other conservation organizations to protect our natural heritage through voluntary conservation agreements. To date, KLT has preserved more than 40,000 acres, across 81 properties in Kansas, with more than 1,300 of those acres being open to the public.
We invite you to join in our promise to protect. Your gift to KLT’s End of Year Campaign ensures we can protect the landscapes you love and the natural heritage that makes Kansas unique. Together, we can preserve these incredible spaces for generations to come. DONATE BY DECEMBER 31st to Help us reach our goal of $50,000!
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KLT partners with Douglas County Open Space for Pilot Program
“Douglas County views its partnership with the Kansas Land Trust as a chance to ensure that future generations remain connected to conserved areas and benefit from the mutually rewarding relationship with the land,” says Kaitlyn Ammerlaan, Heritage Conservation Coordinator for Douglas County, Kansas.
In this exciting pilot program, KLT will work closely with Ammerlaan and other Douglas County staff on at least two voluntary conservation projects that provide significant public benefit. Interested landowners should review all program materials and submit a complete application no later than February 28, 2025. The Kansas Land Trust will host all application and program materials on its website and the KLT Board of Directors will approve eligible projects in March.
Kaitlin Stanley, Executive Director of KLT told the Lawrence Journal World, “ I am delighted to enter this partnership because community-centered conservation is at the core of the Kansas Land Trust’s recently completed strategic conservation plan, which will guide KLT’s future work.”
Another 130 acres permanently protected!
Wells Farm, Douglas County
We did it! In June, the Kansas Land Trust team celebrated the successful protection of the Wells Farm in Douglas County! Wells Farm is comprised of 130 acres of prime agricultural soils, ecologically significant habitat, and a rich cultural and natural heritage, all providing a scenic buffer around the Douglas County-operated Wells Overlook Park. Our promise to permanently protect this special place would not have been possible without the amazing who have dedicated hard work and their creative energies to land conservation!
Many thanks to the support from the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council and authors of A Kansas Bestiary, who donated a portion of their proceeds to the Kansas Land Trust, for helping us make the dream of this voluntary conservation agreement a reality!
Photograph of Wells Farm by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
"Yes, we just signed papers to save the land for the future, but the land has been saving us and will continue to save us."
In a recent article, landowner and poet Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg recounts the inspiring and hopeful story of conserving Wells Farm.
