The Land Conservancy of Adams County (LCAC) held its 27th Annual Dinner meeting at the Gettysburg Hotel on March 9. Landowners who preserved their properties in 2022 were honored and new board members were elected.
The Land Conservancy seeks to preserve the rural character of Adams County through the negotiation of Conservation Easements. An easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits the uses of land in order to protect its conservation values. It is one of the most effective tools available for the permanent conservation of private lands resulting in millions of protected acres across the United States. Landowners continue to own and manage their land and retain the right to sell the land or pass it on to future generations.
Pictured here are, left to right, Sarah Kipp (Conservation Director, LCAC), David Kuhn, Mary Margaret Kuhn, Jeannette Smith, Walter Smith, Barbara Martin, Emily Martin, Dave Salisbury (Board President, LCAC)
Since its founding in 1995, the Land Conservancy, an accredited, member-supported, 501(c)3 nonprofit land trust, has worked with over 130 local landowners to preserve more than 12,100 acres of farmland, meadows, forests, streams, and historical spaces in perpetuity, surrounding over 43 miles of Adams County streams and creeks, helping keep those waters clear and cool by limiting disturbance and the removal of vegetation in the riparian buffer.