About Us

The Western Reserve Chapters primary activities in conservation is to take and hold Conservation Easements. Conservation Easements are used to protect and preserve natural areas. Ownership of property can be described as a "bundle of rights". These rights include, for example, the right to lease, develop the land, drill for oil and gas and harvest timber. Easements are nothing new and have been used for many many years to provide utilities and mineral extraction companies with certain property rights. Easements can also be used to protect the environment. In granting a conservation easement, one or more of the rights of ownership is/are transferred from the landowner to an organization that is committed to protecting the environment. The Western Reserve Chapter has taken on that responsibility to protect natural areas.

Another primary activity of the Western Reserve Chapter is conservation education. This web site is one of the tools that we use to provide information that can be used to protect and enhance the conservation of our natural resources.