TEXAS AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST
PO Box 6152, San Antonio, TX 78209 www.txaglandtrust.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The mission of the Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT) is to conserve the Texas heritage of agricultural lands, natural resources and wildlife habitats. TALT works to sustain the long-term stewardship of private lands for the benefit of all Texans. TALT accomplishes its mission through the use of voluntary conservation measures and through education and outreach efforts. TALT partners with private landowners to negotiate and transact conservation easements that protect important conservation values, in accordance with IRC Section 170(h). These privately stewarded lands provide public benefits such as productive agricultural lands, scenic views, drinking water protection, natural wildlife habitat and open space. Additionally, with a state that holds 94% privately owned lands, TALT works to educate the public on the many public benefits provided by the stewardship of private lands, and to educate Texas landowners about the use of conservation easements. Since 2007, TALT has helped lando

To conserve the Texas heritage of agricultural lands, natural resources and wildlife habitats.

Conservation easements to protect working lands: TALT partners with landowners who seek donated conservation easements, purchase of development rights, and mitigation banks. TALT staff provides professional, efficient, responsive and experienced service for the negotiations of conservation easements. TALT will then monitor and steward these easements on an annual basis. TALT's processes have been developed to incorporate best management practices from the Land Trust Alliance (LTA) and from members of the Partnership of Rangeland Trusts (PORT). TALT earned an accrediation seal in 2019 from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. This is awarded to land trusts meeting the highest national standards for excellence and conservation permanence. TALT closed 5 easements in the tax year bringing acres under TALT held conservation easements to almost 235,000. TALT is the largest state-based land trust in Texas.

Outreach: TALT's outreach work falls into two categories: to educate landowners and their advisors on how to use conservation easements to protect, conserve and pass land down to future generations; and to educate the general public about the benefits private working lands provide - such as clean and plentiful drinking water, domestic and affordable food and fiber, and wildlife habitat. TALT communicates the need to protect those lands for the benefit of all Texans. Education and outreach programs occur in a wide variety of formats and reach diverse audiences. During the tax year, some of TALT's outreach efforts included: landowner workshops/meetings in Alpine and Victoria; sponsorship and attendance at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Policy Conference; hosting information booths at the Texas Wildlife Association annual convention, TSSWCB, and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Annual Convention and the Fort Stockton Ranch gathering. TALT also partnered with South Texas Property Rights Association and the Gulf Coast Land Conservation Conference to provide education about the conservation easement as an effecive tool for the landowner. Through the use of its newsletter, website, social media and speaking engagements, TALT educates an urban audience regarding the public benefits of rural working lands. TALT staff and board members additionally penned several opinion editorials that were published in major Texas newspapers highlighting the values of private working lands, as they relate to current events.

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