here are many creative ways to preserve and protect properties of special interest. Here is short list of web sites to get started with:

www.lta.org/resources/websites.htm

Land Trust Alliance list of websites

www.farmlandinfo.org

A partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.

www.farmland.org

America Farmland Trust

www.landchoices.org

How conservation subdivision design can be more profitable than traditional subdivision development.

www.nature.org

The Nature Conservancy

www.landlegacy.com

A Tulsa, Oklahoma land trust