Conservation Easements

Alta Harris Creek

The Harris Family has partnered with the Land Trust and others to set aside various open spaces in Harris Ranch. Alta Harris Creek is a constructed side channel of the Boise River. This trout stream will be protected forever by an easement held by the Land Trust.

V.V. Sparks Farm

This 80 acre farm was protected with a conservation easement donated to the Land Trust by Evelyn Craig, daughter of V.V. Sparks. The property is on Highway 55 near Lake Lowell and a short distant from the growing edge of Nampa, Idaho. It will be a farm or wildlife habitat forever.

Three Rivers Ranch

This 160 acre jewel on the Boise River is protected with a conservation easement granted to the Land Trust by owner, Ron Sali. The property & diverse habitat draws a wide variety of birds species, deer, turkey and wintering bald eagles. Next to Linder Road,the open vistas will become tremendously valued in the years ahead.

Jewel Wetland

Jon and Mary Trail have created a jewel of a wetland. The Land Trust serves as trustee of mitigation funds for the wetland construction that also includes reintroduction of a plant once thought to be extinct! Due to their diligence, the Indian Valley Sedge is gaining ground. The Trails are true Idaho conservationists!

Mary and Jon Trail Rare Plant Preserve

The Trail property contains two rare plants on 44 acres protected by a conservation easement donated to the Land Trust. It is located north of Payette, Idaho.

Showy Phlox

The Land Trust holds an easement on 59 acres of this rural subdivision which limits fencing of the lots to allow big game migration. The easement also protects a section of Dry Creek, one of the longest creeks in the foothills of Boise. A real estate transfer fee from the sale of lots will establish the stewardship fund for the easement.