Ozark Land Trust is a not for profit organization whose mission is to help landowners preserve and protect the nature, history, and heritage of the Ozarks forever. With Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma land trusts, OLT has more than 28,000 acres protected from urban development and subdivision. The way this is achieved is through various methods that include conservation easements, nature preserves, and partnerships with conservation organizations.

Land Trusts in Missouri & Arkansas

The Ozark Land Trust is part of a rapidly expanding land conservation movement throughout the United States that now includes more than 1,700 land trusts. OLT has been instrumental in protecting many natural and geological features such as waterfalls, caves, springs, bluffs, forests, prairies, glades, rivers, and wetlands. OLT also preserves urban green space, agricultural lands, historic places, and sensitive ecological sites.

A Non-Profit Organization

Ozark Land Trust is a non-profit conservation land trust with tax-exempt status pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to OLT are tax deductible. OLT was founded in 1984 and is operated by a volunteer board of directors that oversees the activities of the organization and directs its staff.