Conserving Your Land
Scenic Hudson works with willing property holders to permanently protect land in a variety of ways.
Acquiring Land
The most direct way for Scenic Hudson to protect land is to buy it outright — also known as acquiring property in “fee simple.” We hold and manage thousands of acres of parks, preserves, and other conservation lands throughout the Hudson Valley, which we’ve acquired through generous land holder donations, purchases, and other voluntary land transfers.
Have a Property You’d Like to Conserve?
Permanently Conserving Natural Resources
Some land holders wish to retain the land and its use, while also protecting natural resources for future generations. By acquiring voluntary conservation easements (legal restrictions that support conservation and limit future development), Scenic Hudson can permanently protect a property’s natural resources while also keeping the underlying land with a private land holder.
Conservation easements can be donated by land holders or, in some instances, purchased by Scenic Hudson. We currently hold more than 150 easements on 17,000 acres of land across the Hudson Valley.
Have Land You’d Like to Protect??
Fill out this form to tell us about it.
Conservation Partners
Scenic Hudson frequently collaborates with local land trusts and public conservation agencies to protect land that advances shared conservation priorities. For example, we’ve helped other land trusts assemble public and private funding to purchase easements on working farms, to ensure the land is protected and the farm operations remain viable. We often pre-acquire lands for New York State and local governments — acting quickly to secure critical properties, then transferring ownership.
We also hold several properties jointly with local communities who we engaged to raise the funds needed to purchase the land and create a vision for public use. In some cases, we hold land while local land trusts and other partners work with us to manage the property for public access.
Interested in conserving land in your community? Contact us. We might be able to help.
Who do I contact to:
- To ask about a conservation easement currently managed by Scenic Hudson or ways to conserve land: landconservation@scenichudson.org
- To report a concern about our parks and/or outdoor activities on Scenic Hudson land: info@scenichudson.org
- To ask general questions about Scenic Hudson’s work: info@scenichudson.org
For information about other land access issues, please contact the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC):
Browse other resources to help you conserve the irreplaceable natural and scenic resources on your property here.
