About Us

Working from more than 30 offices nationwide, our organization offers a range of services to address the conservation needs of the 21st century. The Trust for Public Land helps communities plan for growth, raise funds, acquire land, renovate parks and playgrounds, and conduct conservation research.

The Trust for Public Land works to protect the places people care about and to create close-to-home parks—particularly in and near cities, where 85 percent of Americans live. Our goal is to ensure that every child has easy access to a safe place to play in nature.

We also conserve working farms, ranches, and forests; lands of historical and cultural importance; rivers, streams, coasts, and watersheds; and other special places where people can experience nature close at hand.

Since 1972, The Trust for Public Land has completed more than 5,200 park and conservation projects, conserved more than three million acres, and helped generate more than $34 billion in state and local conservation funding—all made possible by the generosity of supporters like you. Because we pool funds from many sources, every $1 donated to The Trust for Public Land conserves more than $4 worth of land.

For more information, to donate, to sign up for free electronic newsletters, or to download publications from The Trust for Public Land, go to tpl.org.