Land Trust for Tennessee

[7] Since its founding, the organization has worked with private landowners to protect more than 40,000 acres of farmland, including multiple "Century Farms" owned and continuously operated by the same family for more than 100 years.

[25] The Land Trust protects multiple properties on the National Register of Historic Places, Tennessee Century Farms, sites with critical American Indian history, and significant Civil War properties,[26][27][28] including sites in Franklin, Nashville, Thompson's Station and New Johnsonville and Rippavilla Plantation in Spring Hill.

[31] The Land Trust for Tennessee has completed multiple conservation projects focused on protecting wildlife habitat within farms, forests, parks, riparian corridors and wetlands.

[3] Through these legal agreements, private or public landowners continue to own their property, and limitations are placed on future development to protect conservation values.

[3] In some cases, The Land Trust for Tennessee works to acquire potential parkland and wildlife habitat to transfer to government entities.

[9] The Land Trust often assists in securing private dollars and works with other conservation partners to supplement state and federal resources.

The program meets state curriculum standards and exposes students to a natural, historic and agricultural landscape, providing an enriched learning experience outside of the classroom.

[37][38] The organization hosts group tours and community days at Glen Leven Farm, but the property is not to regularly open to the public.

[40] The Land Trust for Tennessee's first project was a conservation easement donated by Aubrey Preston in December 1999 on his farm in Leiper's Fork in Williamson County, one of the 50 fastest growing U.S.