In over twenty years, we’ve completed 163 projects conserving over 173,000 acres of important urban green space, working lands, and rivers, streams and forests throughout the region.

We employ traditional conservation tools such as land purchases, donations, conservation easements and ownership agreements. We’re also implementing innovative conservation tools like the Landscape Conservation and Landscape Infrastructure Program (LCLIP), a tool Forterra lead through the 2011 legislative session. LCLIP combines Transfer of Development Rights and Tax Increment Financing to offer landowners the chance to conserve their land while still realizing the development value of their property.