Michigan Land Conservancies, Land Trusts, and Similar Organizations
A land trust or conservancy is a non-profit organization which seeks to protect land. Land trusts work closely with landowners, helping to ensure that scenic areas, wetlands, critical wildlife habitats, and other significant natural areas are protected for now and future generations. Most land trusts are small, community based organizations, with work accomplished by volunteers or a single staff person.

Other land trusts are more regional in scope and may have many staff members with specialized skills and areas of expertise. Regardless of their size, almost all land trusts can provide landowners with protection opportunities for their land.

Michigan Land Trusts

Little Traverse Conservancy (Area of Operation: Charlevoix, Cheboygan,Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac Counties

Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy

Chippewa Watershed Conservancy

Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy

Grosse Isle Nature and Land Conservancy

HeadWaters Land Conservancy

Keweenaw Land Trust Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Leelanau Conservancy

Little Forks Conservancy

Livingston Land Conservancy

Michigan Karst Conservancy

Michigan Nature Association

North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy

Raisin Valley Land Trust

Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy

Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy

Washtenaw Land Trust

Land Trust Tools

Farmland Information Library from the American Farmland Trust

Knowing, Cherishing and Protecting One's Land---Paul Feinberg (from Land Trusts of Central New York)

Land Choices

Land Trust Alliance

Michigan Model Conservation Easement

Preserving Family Lands---Stephen J. Small