Protect Your Land
Our goal is to protect and sustain land that makes the Chiricahua-Peloncillo region so unique. We acquire land and/or conservation easements from willing partners to preserve their biological and historical values in perpetuity. Land can be donated to us, left in a bequest, or protected via a Conservation Easement. In rare cases, the CLC may be able to act as a Conservation Buyer.
Bequests and Gifts of Land
If you have property with conservation values that you would like to sustain long-term, contact our land conservancy to discuss options to achieve your goals. CLC may be able to accept your property as a gift or bequest. Gifted properties with exceptional conservation values will be permanently retained and protected by the CLC. Some properties may warrant other approaches to long-term preservation such as deed restrictions or a conservation easement held by the CLC.
Click here to contact us about your goals and how to leave a conservation legacy in your will or trust.
Click this link to view a PDF of CLC’s Property Selection Criteria.
Conservation Easements
A Conservation Easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land conservancy that lasts forever. The landowner maintains ownership of the property while giving up some rights—most commonly, development rights such as the right to subdivide—while retaining all others. Details of the easement stipulations are worked out on a case-by-case basis. The land conservancy agrees to ensure that the terms and conditions of the conservation easement are upheld in perpetuity. The landowner can sell the property, but future owners are also bound by the terms of the easement. More details are available on this website.
Conservation Buyers
Conservation buyers are those whose interest in the natural, scenic or historic attributes of a property motivates them to purchase a property in order to protect its conservation values. The CLC can work with conservation buyers to assess environmental attributes, establish deed restrictions or hold conservation easements, and collaborate with the buyer to raise additional funds for acquisition if needed. A conservation buyer may later sell or donate an easement or the entire property to the CLC if it is mutually desirable. “Bargain sales,” in which the landowner sells to the Conservancy for less than the appraised value and takes the difference as a charitable contribution, are also possible.