Palouse Land Trust

Palouse Land Trust works with landowners and communities to conserve the lands we love, now and forever, and to enrich connections to the natural world. We envision a future where natural beauty persists, lands are cared for and connected, and healthy soils, wildlife, and clean water are abundant. A place where communities intertwine with the natural world, complementing one another, whether within neighborhoods or on farms, ranches, and forests. A region with an unrivaled quality of life and vibrant economy, where people live knowing that some of the most special places will be protected forever as working lands, preserves, wildlife corridors, and places to recreate and connect.

Palouse Land Trust works with families and individuals across the Palouse and north-central Idaho to conserve and protect the lands that mean so much to all of us: working agricultural land and forests, healthy waterways and wildlife habitat, iconic landscapes, open spaces, outdoor recreation sites, and special ecosystems like the Native Palouse Prairie. Through voluntary conservation agreements, we work to ensure that the landscape that defines us and sustains us not only endures, but thrives for today, tomorrow, and generations to come.

We are a nonprofit organization funded by private donations, grants and foundation support, and government contracts. Palouse Land Trust serves Whitman County in Washington and seven counties in Idaho, including Latah, Nez Perce, Benewah, Shoshone, Clearwater, Lewis, and Idaho. We are active members of both the Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts and the Washington Association of Land Trusts, as well as our national body, the Land Trust Alliance.