About Us
What is Prairie Land Conservancy?
As your local land trust, we work with landowners to help conserve our region's natural areas, open spaces, farmlands and forests. PLC is one of more than 1700 land trusts across the country committed to preserving land. We will help landowners who wish to:
- Retain prime agricultural land.
- Preserve natural landscapes and diversity, as well as conserve soils and groundwater.
- Protect wildlife habitat.
- Learn about benefits of preserving land through estate planning.
Additionally, our work includes educating the public about the
need for land preservation and land management. We look forward to
working with land use planners and developers who are interested in balancing growth with conservation.
- Strategic Conservation Plan (Coming Soon!)
- 2008-2011 Strategic Plan (pdf)
- By-Laws (pdf)
Where We Are
The Conservancy operates in ten counties in West Central Illinois, between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. These counties are: Adams, Brown, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler and Warren.
