Our
Who We Are
The Fairfield Land Preservation Association is a
voluntary non-profit
501(c)(3) tax exempt organization dedicated to enabling landowners
in the perpetual stewardship of their property through the formation
of conservation easements.
Goals
Seek to preserve the
natural environment, historical heritage, and cultural diversity of
Priority areas for local protection by landowners
include:
1)
Highly productive farmland, especially areas with prime soils
of
2)
Floodplains, flood pools, and riparian corridors that act as
stream-side buffers.
3)
Scenic vistas, especially those found along glacial margins, stream
gorges and rocky bluffs or outcrops.
4)
Wetland areas that include man-made areas such as along abandoned
canal corridors and isolated natural bogs and marshes.
5)
Green space buffers along existing protected features such as nature
preserves, county, city and metropolitan park lands, and other
existing conservation easements.
6)
Valuable historical and archaeological lands including the Zane’s
Trace corridor, native American village sites and other historic
structures and landmarks associated with early settlement.