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When you contribute to adopt an acre, your contribution will be combined with other donations to help purchase a
conservation easement on a working ranch, initially in Wyoming.
A conservation easement is a contractual agreement
regarding the land's future use between the rancher and a land trust, and each has to agree to its terms. The
conservation easement will be purchased by the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust, which holds the
easement and monitors the land to ensure that its conservation values are protected forever.
In addition to
conserving the land, the purchase price may allow the rancher to pay off the mortgage, buy out a disinterested
family member, or otherwise manage the ranch finances so they can 'keep the family in the family ranch'. The
rancher is expected to donate a portion of the easement's value, so when you donate to save an acre, you know
that the rancher, too, has some skin in the game and is motivated by stewardship. And if that rancher ever
sells the land, the new owner will be bound by the terms of the conservation easement, so your contribution to
save an acre really does save an acre - forever.
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