Our Work
More than twenty years of conservation experience spanning 170+ advisory, planning, and brokerage projects. An interactive map of this work is coming soon.
$250m+
Value of brokerage and conservation projects to-date
200,000+
Acres helped transact and protect, across lead and supporting roles
15
States with successful project outcomes
175
Conservation and brokerage projects successfully completed
Featured Projects
Buffalo Creek Wilderness
Advisor for Arcadian Land & Water
A state wildlife agency wanted the property and there was no money on the table.
Terra Alta developed the $13.5 million Forest Legacy Program application that positioned it for acquisition by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Travis County Parks Plan
Planner for Mend Collaborative & Travis County
A fast-growing county needed a defensible answer to why one property was appropriate for conservation and another was not.
Terra Alta helped develop the prioritization model and contributed the recommendations that turned the analysis into a sequence the County could act on.
Prevost Conservation Ranch
Broker for Private Landowner
A 2,760-acre ranch under a permanent conservation easement needed a buyer who wanted it that way.
Terra Alta marketed the property and its restrictions together and closed the sale with the conservation protections intact.
Natural Infrastructure Plan
Planner for Texas Hill Country Network
An 18-county region under heavy growth pressure needed to know where conservation investment would do the most good.
Terra Alta produced the spatial analysis and mapping behind the regional plan for land, water, sky, and natural infrastructure.
Luchetti Farm
Broker for National Audubon Society
Thirty-five acres of South Valley farmland needed a buyer who would keep farming it while placing the property under a conservation easement.
Terra Alta ran the sale and structured deed restrictions tying the water rights to the land in perpetuity, protecting what made the property worth keeping.
Farmland Preservation Program
Advisor for Village of Corrales
A village passed a bond to protect its farmland and needed the money turned into completed easements.
Terra Alta serves as Conservation Advisor to the program, with three easement projects currently active and four others completed.
Dethlefsen Conservation Sale
Broker for Northern Jaguar Project
A conservation nonprofit needed to sell 380 protected acres without weakening the protection.
Terra Alta priced and marketed the property and its easement together, closing the sale to a private buyer with the restrictions in place.
Great Canal Farm
Advisor for International Farming
A village passed a bond to protect its farmland and needed to turn the money raised into completed easements.
Terra Alta serves as Conservation Advisor to the program, with four conservation easement projects completed and three others currently active.
San Gabriel Valley Community Land Trust Study
Planner for Primrose Research Group
A regional coalition wanted to know whether a land trust would work and where it should start.
Terra Alta led the geographic analysis across 18 municipalities that identified where land acquisition would have the greatest effect.
Featured Clients
Start with the property and the question
You do not need to know which conservation option is right—or whether conservation makes sense at all. Tell us about the property and what you hope to accomplish. We will help identify what is realistically possible and which paths, if any, are worth pursuing.