Our Choices Today Create The Hill Country Of Tomorrow

Most everyone would agree that protecting the Hill Country and its way of life is important. Everything we treasure from the land to the wildlife and even the families who live and work here depend on the wisdom of those who have gone before us. The Hill Country that our children inherit will depend on the stewardship decisions that we make today. Leaving it to chance just doesn't make good sense.

Back in 1998 a group of volunteer Hill Country landowners organized the Hill Country Land Trust (HCLT). Their goal was to help neighbors preserve their legacy. Whether it be for a working ranch, a watershed, recreational land or open range, the HCLT has provided the legal tools, called conservation easements, to ensure the long term protection of property.

When a landowner chooses to establish a conservation easement, he doesn't give up his rights to continue utilizing the property as he has in the past. A conservation easement simply restricts future development that the owner does not want on his land, regardless of who may own it in the years ahead. He chooses the future for his land.

The Hill Country Land Trust is active in Menard, Kimble, Mason, Llano, Burnet, Blanco, Hays, Comal, Kendall, Gillespie, Bandera, Real, Kerr, Edwards, Schleicher, Sutton, Lampasas, San Saba, McCulloch counties and surrounding areas.

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