Conservation easements
Conservation easements, sometimes called conservation restrictions, allow people to permanently protect land.
why IT’s Important
When someone voluntarily gives up specific development rights, they guarantee that its conservation values are protected. When the NLC holds a conservation easement, it monitors the land annually. In some cases, conservation easements can also promote Indigenous cultural access.
Nemasket River Village site
20.35 acres in Middleborough including an archeologically significant site of a Wampanoag village more than 6000 years old.
Chop Chaque Bogs
14.67 acres in Mashpee including a retired cranberry bog undergoing restoration.
Ekvn-Yefolecv
776 acres in central Alabama cared for by a Maskoke community restoring tribal traditional culture, language and lifeways.