The Golden State Land Conservancy (GSLC) is a “landowner-friendly©” land trust.

GSLC’s mission is to promote and secure land conservation by developing flexible
relationships with landowners to achieve conservation objectives. In other words, we
balance the needs and desires of the landowner with the legal requirements of a
conservation easement.

Landowner-friendly©” is GSLC's distinctive philosophy of approaching conservation
pragmatically. Our focus is on the landowner’s vision for their property—to work with
them to bring about the best, most cost-effective and sustainable conservation
outcomes. GSLC espouses no ideological agenda. We simply wish to help
landowners conserve their property for the future, by meeting regulatory and
professional requirements in a common sense, practical way. Our
“landowner-friendly“ philosophy has resonated with many satisfied
landowners. Currently, GSLC holds conservation easements on more
than 34,000 acres throughout California.

Many of GSLC’s conservation easements are donated by the landowner,
which typically provides them an income tax savings. GSLC has
several landowners and their representatives who
are available as references.



GSLC is a California non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation.