2005 National Land Trust Census Tables

National

Total Acres Conserved by Method of Conservation
Top 10 States in Number of Land Trusts

State by State Tables

Number of Land Trusts and Acres
Total Acres Protected
Growth and Number of Land Trusts

Regional Tables

Total Acres Conserved
Growth and Number of Land Trusts
Board Members

National Data

Total Acres Conserved by Local and State Land Trusts, 2000 and 2005

	Acres Owned by Land Trusts	Acres Under Easement by Land Trusts	Acres Acquired and Reconveyed and Conserved by other means	Total Acres Conserved
2000	1,219,632	2,514,545	2,322,447	6,056,624
2005	1,703,212	6,245,969	3,940,928	11,890,109
Increase (acres)	483,580	3,731,424	1,618,481	5,833,485
% Increase	40%	148%	70%	96%

For the period ended December 31, 2005, this compares the total acres conserved by three mechanisms: acres owned in fee by the land trust, acres protected by conservation easement, and acres acquired and reconveyed and conserved by other means.
Note: “Acres Protected by Other Means” includes land protected directly because of activities of the land trust such as negotiating and preparing for acquisition by other organizations or agencies.

Top 10 States in Number of Land Trusts

State	# of Land Trusts
CA	198
MA	161
CT	128
PA	95
NY	90
ME	85
MD	58
WI	54
RI	47
MI	44

State Data

Number of Land Trusts and Acres Protected by Local and State Land Trusts as of December 31, 2005

State	No. Land Trusts	Acres Owned	Acres Under Easement	Acres Acquired and Reconveyed and Conserved by Other Means	Total Acres Conserved
AK	7	1,057	4,854	37,251	43,162
AL	7	4,940	48,428	43,526	96,894
AR	2	1,018	2,320	884	4,222
AZ	21	1,129	35,645	69,790	106,564
CA	198	304,393	427,411	1,000,667	1,732,471
CO	38	4,822	849,825	104,677	959,324
CT	128	50,349	24,164	21,094	95,607
DC	4	1	3	-	4
DE	5	21,723	2,394	79,042	103,159
FL	36	9,653	37,458	39,610	86,721
GA	24	5,303	87,643	10,110	103,056
HI	14	289	212	43	544
IA	8	12,396	6,000	69,265	87,661
ID	12	4,127	29,987	24,792	58,906
IL	35	7,708	7,532	49,080	64,320
IN	27	11,743	5,648	3,200	20,591
KS	7	184	4,583	1,000	5,767
KY	10	1,721	5,026	4,682	11,429
LA	4	257	24,042	543	24,842
MA	161	118,240	61,569	104,518	284,327
MD	58	5,334	191,330	17,136	213,800
ME	85	84,274	1,492,279	141,104	1,717,657
MI	44	33,024	54,762	17,633	105,419
MN	5	2,171	24,500	7,108	33,779
MO	19	10,302	9,460	2,672	22,434
MS	6	782	48,423	5,183	54,388
MT	15	8,793	714,993	224,427	948,213
NC	32	23,199	112,874	92,451	228,524
ND	-	-	-	965	965
NE	5	17,338	12,916	4,403	34,657
NH	35	79,719	133,836	50,078	263,633
NJ	43	55,331	11,832	145,858	213,021
NM	9	402,735	142,072	29,677	574,484
NV	5	490	-	14,148	14,638
NY	90	168,259	191,095	264,887	624,241
OH	44	11,379	35,262	4,061	50,702
OK	3	5,263	3,507	384	9,154
OR	20	7,440	50,627	16,535	74,602
PA	95	35,432	139,309	265,916	440,657
RI	47	15,378	7,863	1,482	24,723
SC	24	7,673	98,349	70,439	176,461
SD	2	280	10,769	9,484	20,533
TN	21	12,988	21,075	131,765	165,828
TX	32	28,597	131,520	83,246	243,363
UT	6	2,242	34,418	39,985	76,645
VA	32	12,135	365,355	284,812	662,302
VT	35	69,204	399,681	107,848	576,733
WA	36	22,889	43,701	153,395	219,985
WI	54	18,121	33,903	25,934	77,958
WV	8	726	16,156	8,397	25,279
WY	5	661	49,358	55,741	105,760
Totals	1,663	1,703,212	6,245,969	3,940,928	11,890,109

Total Acres Protected by Local and State Land Trusts, Increase in Acreage, and Percentage Change (2000 and 2005)

	Total Acres Protected
Region/State	2005	2000	Increase	% Change
Mid-Atlantic
DC	4	3	1	38%
DE	103,159	102,041	1,118	1%
MD	213,800	141,673	72,127	51%
NJ	213,021	138,628	74,393	54%
PA	440,659	336,788	103,871	31%
VA	662,302	204,660	457,642	224%
WV	25,279	58,321*	-33,042*	N/A
Total	1,658,224	982,114	676,110	69%
Midwest
IA	87,661	65,212	22,449	34%
IL	64,321	45,683	18,638	41%
IN	20,591	9,754	10,837	111%
KS	5,767	2,451	3,316	135%
MI	105,419	71,156	34,263	48%
MN	33,779	16,788	16,991	101%
MO	22,434	9,347	13,088	140%
ND	965	758	207	27%
NE	34,657	16,772	17,885	107%
OH	50,702	20,255	30,447	150%
SD	20,533	9,625	10,908	113%
WI	77,958	25,262	52,696	209%
Total	524,787	293,062	231,725	79%
Northeast
CT	95,607	70,879	24,728	35%
MA	284,327	216,001	68,326	32%
ME	1,717,656	136,712	1,580,944	1156%
NH	263,633	193,563	70,070	36%
NY	624,241	571,519	52,722	9%
RI	24,723	16,770	7,953	47%
VT	576,733	444,770	131,963	30%
Total	3,586,920	1,650,214	1,936,706	117%
Northwest
AK	43,161	28,939	14,222	49%
ID	58,906	36,532	22,374	61%
MT	948,213	505,659	442,554	88%
OR	74,602	24,572	50,031	204%
WA	219,985	41,728	178,258	427%
WY	105,760	40,759	65,001	159%
Total	1,450,627	678,188	772,439	114%
Pacific
CA	1,732,471	1,250,509	481,962	39%
HI	544	8	536	6700%
NV	14,638	12,225	2,413	20%
Total	1,747,653	1,262,742	484,911	38%
Southeast
AL	96,894	29,916	66,978	224%
AR	4,222	1,496	2,726	182%
FL	86,720	63,460	23,260	37%
GA	103,057	36,901	66,156	179%
KY	11,429	4,012	7,417	185%
LA	24,842	13,645	11,197	82%
MS	54,388	4,405	49,983	1135%
NC	228,524	102,226	126,298	124%
SC	176,461	97,381	79,080	81%
TN	165,828	43,804	122,024	279%
Total	952,365	397,247	555,118	140%
Southwest
AZ	106,564	38,175	68,389	179%
CO	959,324	338,650	620,674	183%
NM	574,484	268,923	305,561	114%
OK	9,154	5,151	4,003	78%
TX	243,363	85,675	157,688	184%
UT	76,645	56,483	20,163	36%
Total	1,969,534	793,055	1,176,479	148%

National Total	11,890,110	6,056,624	5,833,486	96%

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*An organization based in WV, works in several states but reported all acres saved only under WV

Growth and Number of Land Trusts by Region and by State, 2000-2005

Mid-Atlantic Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
DC	1	4	3	300%
DE	3	5	2	67%
MD	42	58	16	38%
NJ	29	43	14	48%
PA	75	95	20	27%
VA	17	32	15	88%
WV	7	8	1	14%
Totals	174	245	71	41%
Midwest Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
IA	4	8	4	100%
IL	28	35	7	25%
IN	14	27	13	93%
KS	2	7	5	250%
MI	38	44	6	16%
MN	3	5	2	67%
MO	10	19	9	90%
NE	3	5	2	67%
OH	36	44	8	22%
SD	2	2	0	0%
WI	46	54	8	17%
Totals	186	250	64	34%
Northeast Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
CT	112	128	16	14%
MA	143	161	18	13%
ME	76	85	9	12%
NH	35	35	0	0%
NY	72	90	18	25%
RI	34	47	13	38%
VT	25	35	10	40%
Totals	497	581	84	17%
Northwest Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
AK	5	7	2	40%
ID	8	12	4	50%
MT	9	15	6	67%
OR	15	20	5	33%
WA	29	36	7	24%
WY	3	5	2	67%
Totals	69	95	26	38%
Pacific Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
CA	132	198	66	50%
HI	5	14	9	180%
NV	2	5	3	150%
Totals	139	217	78	56%
Southeast Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
AL	4	7	3	75%
AR	1	2	1	100%
FL	23	36	13	57%
GA	17	24	7	41%
KY	8	10	2	25%
LA	1	4	3	300%
MS	4	6	2	50%
NC	26	32	6	23%
SC	18	24	6	33%
TN	15	21	6	40%
Totals	117	166	49	42%
Southwest Land Trusts by State, 2000-2005
State	2000	2005	# increase	% increase
AZ	10	21	11	110%
CO	35	38	3	9%
NM	8	9	1	13%
OK	1	3	2	200%
TX	22	32	10	45%
UT	4	6	2	50%
Totals	80	109	29	36%
Grand Totals	1263	1667	404	32%

Regional Data

Total Acres Conserved, by Region, from 2000 – 2005, including Acres Owned, Under Easement or Conserved by Other Means by Local and State Land Trusts

	Acres Owned
	2000	2005	Increase	% Increase
Mid-Atlantic	106,261	130,682	24,421	23%
Midwest	93,539	124,646	31,107	33%
Northeast	486,343	585,423	99,080	20%
Northwest	23,731	44,967	21,236	89%
Pacific	206,689	305,172	98,483	48%
Southeast	48,972	67,534	18,562	38%
Southwest	254,096	444,788	190,692	75%
Grand Totals	1,219,632	1,703,212	483,580	40%

	Acres Under Easement
	2000	2005	Increase	% Increase
Mid-Atlantic	405,723	726,379	320,656	79%
Midwest	83,907	205,335	121,428	145%
Northeast	763,391	2,310,487	1,547,096	203%
Northwest	512,518	893,520	381,002	74%
Pacific	159,955	427,623	267,668	167%
Southeast	183,516	485,638	302,122	165%
Southwest	405,534	1,196,987	791,453	195%
Grand Totals	2,514,545	6,245,969	3,731,424	148%

	Acres Acquired and Reconveyed and Conserved by Other Means
	2000	2005	Increase	% Increase
Mid-Atlantic	470,130	801,161	320,656	70%
Midwest	115,616	194,805	121,428	68%
Northeast	400,481	691,011	1,547,096	73%
Northwest	141,939	512,141	381,002	261%
Pacific	896,098	1,014,858	267,668	13%
Southeast	164,759	399,193	302,122	142%
Southwest	133,425	327,759	791,453	146%
Grand Totals	2,322,447	3,940,928	3,731,424	70%

	Total Acres Conserved
	2000	2005	Increase	% Increase
Mid-Atlantic	982,114	1,658,222	676,108	69%
Midwest	293,062	524,786	231,724	79%
Northeast	1,650,214	3,586,921	1,936,707	117%
Northwest	678,188	1,450,628	772,440	114%
Pacific	1,262,742	1,747,653	484,911	38%
Southeast	397,247	952,365	555,118	140%
Southwest	793,055	1,969,534	1,176,479	148%
Grand Totals	6,056,624	11,890,109	5,833,485	96%

Board Members by Region (2003 - 2005)

	2003	2005	Increase	% change
Mid-Atlantic	1,622	2,106	484	30%
Midwest	2,193	2,351	158	7%
Northeast	4,357	5,685	1,328	30%
Northwest	760	883	123	16%
Pacific	1,030	1,269	239	23%
Southeast	1,288	1,612	324	25%
Southwest	853	1,000	147	17%
Totals	12,103	14,906	2,803	23%