How the Jackson Hole Land Trust Protects Property In the past, the Jackson Hole Land Trust generally operated on donated conservation easements, which are signed contracts between the Land Trust and the landowners, agencies or qualified organizations placing permanent restrictions of future use of the property. Due to reservation by the owners of many important tracts of open and undeveloped land which remains in the valley, the Land Trust has decided to make a key fundraising attempt called the Campaign for Our Valley, with the goal of purchasing conservation easements from these owners. The Land Trust also uses the conservation fire program to match buyers who are interested in protecting land with conservation-worthy properties. The Jackson Hole Land Trust accepts donations of rights to land including ownership. The Land Trust will permanently keep a conservation-worthy property, lease it, or properly assign conservation restrictions to it, eventually selling the property. If the property is not conservation-worthy, the Trust will sell it and put the money towards future conservation efforts.